IRMS North of England Group

This is a Final reminder about the IRMS North of England Group Half Day event in Newcastle upon Tyne on 20 October.

There are still places available at this free event so if you wish to register please email me as per the message below.

Thanks

From: SHQ - Gardiner, Lee [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 September 2011 10:53
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Subject: IRMS North of England Group

Please find attached the details of the next meeting of the IRMS North of England Group on 20 October 2011 at the University of Northumbria from 12.30pm until 4.00pm (ish).

12.30   Lunch and Registration (provided by University of Northumbria and the IRMS)
1.15    Introduction
1.30    Professor Johanna Gunnlaugsdottir, University of Iceland - A Country in Crisis: A Lack of Formal Documentation and Transparency in Iceland

2.30    Break
2.45    Vicki Wilkinson, RBS - Records Management: A Sound Investment in Troubled Times
3.45    Professional Developments
4.00    Close of Meeting

If you would like to attend the meeting please let me know your name, email address, telephone number, the organisation that you work for and whether or not you are a member of the IRMS.

A Country in Crisis: A Lack of Formal Documentation and Transparency in Iceland. Prof Johanna Gunnlaugsdottir, University of Iceland.

Iceland saw the collapse of its major banks in late 2008. The Icelandic parliament appointed a Special Investigating Commission in 2008 to investigate the events leading to their collapse and its causes. It delivered its truth finding report on April 12, 2010. In this presentation some of the Commission's findings on records creation, access to information and registration in the private and public sectors are presented. The report points out many weaknesses. Frequent lack of systematic and formal documentation is striking as is the lack of formality in decisions and executions in accordance with laws and regulations. The Commission proposes to correct the situation with a systematic information and records management programme proclaiming that the interests of the State cannot be safeguarded without it.

Johanna Gunnlaugsdottir is a Professor at the University of Iceland where she teaches and conducts research in information and records management, total quality management and knowledge management. In 1985 she founded a consulting company in information and records management, Gangskor sf. and has worked for over 100 organizations in Iceland. She has also held seminars and given lectures on RIM, TQM and KM for various institutions, companies and associations, both in Iceland and at international conferences. Johanna has been a member of the IRMS (UK) and ARMA International since 1987 and was one of the founders of the Icelandic Records Management Association (IRMA) in 1988. She was also one of the founders of the Icelandic Knowledge Management Association (IKMA) and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Records Management Journal (Emerald).

'Records Management - a sound investment in troubled times', Ms Vicki Wilkinson, Royal Bank of Scotland
Vicki Wilkinson - Manager of the Group Records Management Team at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Professional Records Manager for almost 25 years, she has worked in a variety of businesses from charity and academia to the financial services. She is an energetic, enthusiastic, optimistic and pragmatic practitioner.

Apologies for our scheduling this meeting so close to the Public Sector group Meeting but Prof Gunnlaugsdottir is only in the country for short period and so we were limited in terms of available dates.

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