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Colleagues,
Here is the round-up for April.
I hope this information is useful to you and would welcome any suggestions. If people send me details of other regional events or local organisations and networks, I would be happy to include them. Please include 'Regional Roundup' in the subject line.
Be seeing you.
Daniel Cunliffe (BHCIG-BCS regional liaison).
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-- BCS BRANCH EVENTS April --
Except where otherwise noted ([#]), these are BCS or BCS branch events.
Full details of the following events and last minute notification of any changes can be found on the individual Branch websites.
BCS Branch events are generally free for both BCS members and non-members. Note that location information refers to the organising Branch, not necessarily the location of the event.
Remember, these events typically count towards BCS CPD, 0.5 CPD units per hour, or 0.75 units per hour for workshops.
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Scotland
4 Apr. Hosting Managed Services. Glasgow.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/glasgow/
13 Apr. UK Data Protection Act and its Impact on IT Design. Aberdeen.
http://aberdeen.bcs.org/
18 Apr. Interactive TV usability and accessibility. (Edinburgh) Scottish UPA [*].
http://www.scottishupa.org.uk/events.html
Why not check out the Scottish Usability Professional's Association, a chapter of the UPA?
See http://www.scottishupa.org.uk/ for details.
Why not check out the ScotlandIS Usability Forum?
See http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/scotlandis for details.
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Northern Ireland
12 Apr. Tom Winter Memorial Lecture. Belfast.
http://www.infj.ulst.ac.uk/~bcs/index.html
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Isle of Man
No events listed.
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North England
6 Apr. UK KDD Symposium. (Liverpool) Artificial Intelligence SG.
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~frans/ukkdd2005.html
6 Apr. The forgotten clinician: the nurse. (Manchester) Health Informatics (Northern) SG
http://www.bcs-nmsg.org.uk/
7 Apr. The Computer Ate My Vote. Newcastle upon Tyne.
http://www.newcastle.bcs.org/start.htm
14 Apr. Do you need Formal Verification? Merseyside.
http://www.merseyside.bcs.org/
19 Apr. Whatever happened to Virtual Reality? Manchester.
http://www.bcsmanchester.org.uk/
19 Apr. Visit to Planet Roland. West Yorkshire.
http://www.westyorkshire.bcs.org/
20 Apr. Evening visit to the Shire Centre, Salford University. (Salford) Health Informatics (Northern) SG
http://www.bcs-nmsg.org.uk/
21 Apr. Growing Cells in Computers - Developing a Virtual Biology. South Yorkshire.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~bcs/programme.html
21 Apr. Virtual reality, reality and Simulation Solutions. (Preston?) Preston and District Branch with the IEE.
Email: [log in to unmask]
27 Apr. 3-D Haptic Interface. Newcastle upon Tyne.
http://www.newcastle.bcs.org/start.htm
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Central England and North Wales
5 Apr. Visit to the Computer Museum in Swindon. Cheltenham and Gloucester.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/chelt/
12 Apr. Virtual Reality. Birmingham.
http://birmingham.bcs.org/prog.htm
14 Apr. Staring into Space - Searching for Planets using IT. Leicester.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/leicester/
19 Apr. National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. Northampton.
http://northampton.bcs.org/
20 Apr. Emerging trends in health informatics. Coventry.
http://coventry.bcs.org/events.htm
26 Apr. Internet Filtering. North Staffordshire.
http://www.nstaffs.bcs.org/
Why not check out the new UPA Wales group?
Email: [log in to unmask]
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East England
19 Apr. New NHS National Programme For IT. South Essex.
http://bcsseb.tanzarine.net/
20 Apr. Performance by Design: The Role of Design in Software Product Development. (Cambridge) Cambridge Usability Group (UPA) [*]
http://www.ukupa.org.uk/events/
26 Apr. Using leading-edge computer technology for storm watching and forecasting. East Anglia.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/eastanglia/
27 Apr. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). Hertfordshire.
http://www.herts.bcs.org/index.htm
27 Apr. WW2 Operations at Bletchley Park. South Essex.
http://bcsseb.tanzarine.net/
Why not check out the Cambridge Usability Group, a chapter of the UPA?
See http://www.ukupa.org.uk/cambridge/ for details.
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Greater London
7 Apr. Innovative mobile wireless applications in addressing the needs of people with disabilities. (London) Wireless IT SG.
http://www.witsg.org/
12 Apr. .NET on Linux. West London.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/wlondon/Home.htm
13 Apr. Forensic IT. North London.
http://www.nlondon.bcs.org/index.htm
13 Apr. Annual Conference - Linking it all together. (London) Project Management SG.
http://www.proms-g.bcs.org/
13 Apr. Introduction to Agile Systems Development. (London) Business Information Systems SG.
http://www.tlaconsultancy.co.uk/bcsbis/bisthisyear.php
14 Apr. Configuration and Service Management - the ITIL way. (London) Configuration Management SG.
http://www.bcs-cmsg.org.uk/
14 Apr. New York Digital Salon. Computer Arts SG.
http://www.computer-arts-society.org/
17 Apr. Biometrics and Identity. Kingston and Croydon.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/kingston/index.htm
20 Apr. Modelling your system goals: the i* Approach. (London) Requirements Engineering SG.
http://www.resg.org.uk/
20 Apr. Develop and Improve Your Consultancy Skills - Episode 2: Learning to Exploit Change. (London) Consultancy SG.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/siggroup/consultancy/
21 Apr. Chemistry with Computers, not Chemicals. Central London.
http://www.londoncentral.bcs.org/aboutus/home.php
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South East England
14 Apr. Using Patient Data in Nursing Education and Patient Care. (Winchester) Health Informatics Forum/Nursing SG.
http://www.bcsnsg.org.uk/nightingale2/index.htm
20 Apr. Virus and Anti Virus. Berkshire.
http://berkshire.bcs.org.uk/
21 Apr. Intellectual Property - What do I own? Oxfordshire.
http://www.oxon.bcs.org/
27 Apr. ESPACE a Novel Interactional Workspace to Support Sales Transactions. Sussex.
http://www.pavilion.co.uk/bcs/
28 Apr. Human Factors in Interactive Group Response Systems. Guildford.
http://www.bcsguildford.freeserve.co.uk/
28 Apr. Professionalism in a Changing Health Environment. Hampshire.
http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/hampshire/
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South West England and South Wales
5 Apr. Web Services - XML in e-Government. Bristol.
http://www.bristol.bcs.org.uk/index.php3
12 Apr. Virtual Communities. South West.
http://www.bcssouthwest.org.uk/
13 Apr. Starting a Technology Company. South Wales.
http://southwales.bcs.org/
20 Apr. Internet Security - Realtime Threat Response. Dorset.
http://www.dorset.bcs.org/
Why not check out the South West Usability Group based in Bristol?
See http://usability.typepad.com/swug/ for more details.
Why not check out the new UPA Wales group?
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Channel Islands
21 Apr. Data Protection - what all IT managers need to know about Data Protection but are afraid to ask! Jersey.
http://www.jersey.bcs.org/
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