A bit more general than Data Management,  but Data is key…  You might fund our IT as a Utility Network conference quite interesting - We have a few places available  19 & 20 June Hilton Southampton

Jeremy


http://www.itutility.ac.uk/ai1ec_event/it-as-autility-network-community-conference/?instance_id=

This will be a two-day presentation and reflection on the achievements so far and the future plans of the RCUK-funded IT as a Utility Network+. The event will be an opportunity to further examine the role of IT utilities in the digital economy both now and in the future.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/it-as-autility-network-community-conference-tickets-9565555835?ref=ebtnebtckt

All funded pilot projects and secondees will present their achievements and findings and participants from the comprehensive workshop programme will report on the outcomes and follow-on actions.

Topics covered :
• emerging economies
• libraries of the future
• trust and security
• design approaches for IT utilities
• human data interaction
• smart spaces and diversity
• 3D printing

Key note speakers will introduce key topics throughout the two days.

We welcome exisitng and new members of the  ITaaU Network+ and also those involved in other aspects of the RCUK Digital Economy theme.

Keynote speakers:
• Joe McLeod, Global Design Director at ustwo
• Shenja Van Der Graaf, iMinds, Belgium
• Elizabeth Churchill, Director of Human Computer Interaction, eBay Research Labs at eBay Inc
• David De Roure, Professor of e-Research at University of Oxford,  Director of the Oxford e-Research Centre
• Lizbeth Goodman, Professor of Inclusive Design & Chair of Creative Technology Innovation at University College Dublin
• Sian Thomas, Head of Analytics at the UK Food Standards Agency
• Graham Lake - former Director General of CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation)
• IT utilities: service provider's perspective

Programme

Thursday 19th June

08:30 – 10:00 – registration
10:00 – 10:30 – Welcome (Jeremy Frey, University of Southampton, Steve Brewer)
10:30 – 11:00 – the Digital Economy Programme: Past Present and Future
11:00 – 11:45 – keynote – Elizabeth Churchill – the human interface to the digital economy: an international perspective
11:45 – 12:30 – keynote – IT utilities: the provider’s perspective
12:30 – 13:30 – buffet lunch
13:30 – 14:15 – keynote: Sian Thomas - The Food Standards Agency: the role of IT utilities and food network security
14:15 – 15:15 – Presentation session A: 4 project and workshop reports (Lizzie Tait - Libraries of the Future, David Rees - Creative/Digital clusters, Andrea Cox - Open Data Institute overview, Christopher Richardson - Trust and Security)
15:15 – 15:35 – coffee
15:35 – 16:15 – keynote: Koen Willaert – the value of trust: understanding the scale and depth of the user’s perspective
16:15 – 17:15 - Presentation session B: 4 project and workshop reports (Mike Santer - BluPoint, Mark Wright - CloudMaker, Anisah Osman Britton - Tech City and The Bakery, Erinma Ochu - presents "The social life of data" - an ITaaU documentary)
19:00 – 19:30 – reception
19:30 – 20:00 – pre-dinner talk: Joe McLeod: Fail Fast Flare: a view from Tech City
20:00 – 22:30 - Dinner

Friday 20th June

08:30 – 09:00 – registration
09:00 – 09:15 – welcome and announcements
09:15 – 09:55 – keynote: Graham Lake: The value of urgent reconfiguration of IT utilities: the air traffic control perspective including Inmarsat's contribution to the search for MH370.
09:55 – 10:40 - Presentation session C: 3 project and workshop reports (Erinma Ochu - The social life of data - making the ITaaU documentary, Tim Gollins - Project Abaca: Sensitivity Review, Yue Gao - weightless communication)
10:40 – 11:00 - coffee
11:00 – 11:45 – keynote: Lizbeth Goodman: IT and accessibility: challenges and opportunities
11:45 - 12:30 – Presentation session D: 3 project and workshop reports (Edoardo Pignotti - Trusted Tiny Things, Uplands Rescue Resiliance, Ashiq Anjum - secondment experiences)
12:30 – 13:30 – Buffet lunch
13:30  - 14:15 – keynote: Dave De Roure: Taking IT for granted: a long view into the future
14:15 – 15:00 – Presentation session E: 3 project and workshop reports (Tom Lodge - Communities in the clouds)
15:00 – 15:20 – coffee
15:20 – 15:30 – closing reflections – University of Southampton perspective
15:30 – 16:00 – Actions going forward – short term and beyond (JGF and SB)
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Jeremy G. Frey
Professor of Physical Chemistry Tel: +44 (0) 238059 3209
Chemistry, University of SouthamptonEmail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Southampton SO17 1BJ Twitter: @Profechem

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Co-Chair of the Computationally Intensive Imaging USRG: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/imaging/
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