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NCeSS Showcase - New Research Tools for Social Scientists Over the last 3 years the ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science (www.ncess.ac.uk) has co-ordinated the development of new research tools which harness the power of Grid computing for social scientists. We would like to invite you to attend a showcase of these tools at the University of Manchester from the 27th-29th March. The three days will be of benefit to those working in Social Science and others involved in Grid Computing, by updating them with recent developments which can improve research methods and research times, as well as informing them of trends and software which will impact on them in the future. A full programme is available on our website but amongst others, sessions will cover: -A look at relevant developments in Grid Computing at an international/national and regional level -A showcase of NCeSS successes including tools for virtual urban environments, the semantic web and the collaborative analysis of audio- visual qualitative data. -An exploration of the benefits of Web2.0 technologies (as well as a chance to separate the opportunity from the hype) -Forthcoming developments from the National Grid Service (http://www.grid-support.ac.uk/) -P-Grade and how it can help with workflow visualisation (http://www.cpc.wmin.ac.uk/ngsportal/) For a full programme, more details, and to register a place, please visit http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/showcase/ If you would like to attend this event please register at Please note that registration is free but places are highly limited so early registration is recommended. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- FREE OUR DATA? Should social researchers have unlimited access to the data that Government collects about individual UK citizens? Would the benefits of better evidence on which to base social policy outweigh concerns about privacy? Experts from academia and government will offer their views and respond to questions from the audience. Attend in person or watch via a live webcast. Date: 15th March 2007 Location: University of Manchester Time: 6pm – 8pm (GMT) This event is being organised by the ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science (http://www.ncess.ac.uk/) as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/FSS/) and will be run in conjunction with The Guardians Free Our Data? campaign. Chair: Jim Hancock : Ex Political Editor for BBC North West Panellists: Charles Arthur: Technology Editor, The Guardian Peter Elias: Professor of Labour Economy, University of Warwick and Strategic Advisor (Data Resources) to the ESRC Duncan MacNiven: Registrar General for Scotland Jil Matheson: Director of Census, Demographic and Regional Statistics, Office for National Statistics Neil Ackroyd: Director of Data Collection and Management, Ordnance Survey This event will also be webcast - further details of this will be available closer to the event on our website. There is no charge to attend this event in person, but admission is by ticket only. To register for this event, please complete the online registration form available at: http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/ Tickets are limited to 2 per person. If you require a group booking in excess of 8 people, please contact Katy Middlebrough ([log in to unmask]).