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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 providers 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 users 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) -- 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 Head of Computational Systems Chemistry http://www.southampton.ac.uk/chemistry/research/groups/computational_systems_chemistry.page Staff Web Page http://www.southampton.ac.uk/chemistry/about/staff/jgf.page PI of the Digital Economy IT as a Utility Network+: http://www.itutility.ac.uk<http://www.itutility.ac.uk/> Co-Chair of the Computationally Intensive Imaging USRG: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/imaging/ ORCID 0000-0003-0842-4302 ResearcherId B-8630-2011 Google scholar profile: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=cIXkTUoAAAAJ LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremygfrey Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeremy_Frey2