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‘Storing information in the Cloud’ Unconference
21 May 2010 in Manchester
Full details available here:
http://www.dis.aber.ac.uk/en/news/cloudworkshop.asp
Venue: Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning (CEEBL) at
Manchester University, C24 Sackville Street Building, Sackville Street,
Manchester, M60 1QD (http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/ceebl/)
Format: short keynote (15-20 minutes) followed by workshop based on
cloud scenarios
Cost: £65 Includes Lunch and coffee
To register download the registration form here:
http://www.dis.aber.ac.uk/en/news/cloudworkshop.asp
Registration ends 12 May 2010
This workshop-based unconference is part of a project currently run by
the Department of Information Studies at Aberystwyth University and
funded by the Society of Archivists looking into security, operational
and governance issues of storing information in the cloud.
Cloud computing, that is the provision of IT services via the internet,
is a trending topic within the information communities. In recent years
many organisations already have or are actively planning to outsource
some of their IT services such as email, information storage, payroll
etc. to cloud computing providers such as Google and Amazon for cost and
efficiency reasons. Cloud computing can have financial and operational
advantages such as reduced deployment cost, increased storage
capabilities and scalability. However, cloud computing raises security
and compliance issues that need to be addressed when outsourcing
information storage to third parties. Our aim at this one-day
workshop-based unconference is to generate debate and to highlight some
of the security and governance issues surrounding the storage of
information in a virtual environment.
The unconference is aimed at information professionals such as
information managers, records managers, archivists and librarians as
well as at IT professionals who are faced with organisational
initiatives to move information into the cloud and who are looking for a
starting point on how to tackle information management and security
requirements in the cloud environment. The unconference is divided into
three streams (governance, security and information management in the
cloud) chaired and introduced by three industry experts in their field.
A short presentation from the chair of each session is followed by an
open workshop working through the issues relating to the storage of
information in the cloud from a governance, security and IM angle as
well as some possible approaches to managing the cloud-based information
environment. The highly participative, open unconference format provides
participants with the opportunity to exchange opinions, ideas and
approaches with fellow information professionals in a friendly, yet
informed environment.
Conference design:
9.30 a.m. Registration and coffee
10-10.30 a.m. Welcome and topic brainstorm
10.30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Session 1: Information Governance - Chair: Dai
Davies, Brooke North LLP
12-1 p.m. lunch and networking
1-2.30 p.m. Session 2: Information Security - Chair: Paul Miller, Cloud
of Data
2.30-2.45 p.m. Tea break
2.45-4 p.m. Session 3: Cloud computing challenges and the future of RIM
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Chair: Steve Bailey, JISC
4-5 p.m. Cloud Service Provider Q&A Session (tbc)
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Nicole Schulz
Teaching Fellow
Department of Information Studies
Aberystwyth University
Llanbadarn Fawr
Aberystwyth SY23 3AS
Tel: +44 (0)1970 622151
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