IWMW Plenary Speakers: 1997-2012

Kevin Ashley (2012)

Kevin Ashley is Director of the DCC (Digital Curation Centre). He began his career as a developer supporting researchers at a large MRC/NHS research facility. In 25 years at ULCC he was involved in network development, systems management, the provision of web services to organisations such as OFTEL and the British Museum, national services and standards development, before establishing ULCC's Digital Archives Department. That group provides digital preservation, repository and web-based services to a wide range of national bodies as well as engaging in collaborative research on topics such as web preservation (the JISC PoWR project, with UKOLN being one example.) At the DCC he is responsible for raising capability and capacity for research data management in the UK.

Rob Borley (2012)

Rob Borley has been working with the web since 2002. Starting life as a developer he moved through project management and business development, today he is the co-founder of UK based mobile applications development agency Dootrix. Rob also consults on emerging technologies at UK web agency Headscape working closely with clients to help them formulate and realise their web strategy.

Paddy Callaghan (2012)

Paddy Callaghan has over ten years' experience of web development and has expert knowledge of all aspects of a project life cycle, and has a longstanding interest in the web and web development and has recently been honing his skills in responsive design. Paddy has several years of agency experience and currently practices in the HE sector at the University of Bradford.

Stuart Church (2012)

Stuart Church is a user experience (UX) consultant based in Bristol, UK. His company, Pure Usability, has provided user research, design, training and strategy services for numerous public and private sector clients. These include JISC, HEFCE, the AHRC, the MRC, the University of Bristol, the University of Oxford, the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency and Cambridge Assessment. He has helped to set up and run both the Cambridge Usability Group and the Bristol Usability Group, and is a co-organiser of the UXBristol conference. Prior to his career in UX, Stuart was a lecturer and research fellow in Animal Behaviour, Visual Ecology and Biostatistics at the Universities of Bristol and Southampton.

Keith Doyle(2012)

Keith Doyle has worked in education since 1993, including time at what is now The Manchester College as Web Master and the University of Salford as Web Content Architect. He has been a freelance information architect since 2010.

EA Draffan (2012)

EA Draffan trained as a Speech and Language Therapist, before specialising in the field of Assistive Technology and Accessibility. She has since worked with disabled students in Further and Higher Education, set up an Assistive Technology Centre, contributed to the work of JISC TechDis and other institutions and groups. She was a member of the committee that worked on BS 8878. She is now a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton with interests in the ease of use and accessibility of cloud based services and the mainstreaming of assistive technologies.

Dawn Ellis (2012)

Dawn Ellis leads the University Website Programme at the University of Edinburgh, supporting the University's key strategic goals and coordinating a comprehensive web publishing framework for the University community.

Stephen Emmott (2012)

Stephen Emmott is the Head of Web Services at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has previously worked for King's College London, Webmedia, Netmare, Easynet/Cyberia, and the University of Westminster. Having worked on the web since 1993, Stephen combines an in-depth knowledge of web technology with sound people skills. He specialises in web management and governance within medium to large organisations. More recently, he was an external examiner for the Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL). Stephen has a BSc in Applied Psychology, a MSc in Cognitive Science and Intelligent Computing and a Diploma in Management.

Marieke Guy (2012)

Marieke Guy works for UKOLN and has been involved with the Institutional Web Management Workshop series for many years: as a co-chair, workshop facilitator and participant. Last year her role at UKOLN changed and she is now an Institutional Support Officer for the Digital Curation Centre(DCC), working towards raising awareness and building capacity for institutional research data management at HEIs. She deals with researchers and the data they create. Although researchers tend to be a little more precious about their data (!) she feels that many of the issues are also relevant to Web managers and the information they work with.

Martin Hawksey (2012)

Martin Hawksey is e-Learning Advisor at JISC CETIS based at the University of Strathclyde. In between supporting the UK's OER Programme Martin is a master of web mash-ups exploring and crafting solutions for life's little problems. Blogging on MASHe Martin tries to shine a light on the cutting edge on technological development, but often leaves readers blinded by the sun as he chases tomorrow's opportunities.

Tony Hirst (2012)

Tony Hirst is an academic in the Department of Communication and Systems at the Open University, but better known for the OUseful Blog on practical applications of Open Data. In February 2009 Tony and colleague Joss Winn, established WriteToReply, to re-publish the UK Government's Digital Britain Interim Report in a way that allowed readers to comment on each paragraph. This was among a number of experiments to promote greater online public participation in government consultations. In March 2009 Tony created a technique for extracting and presenting subtitles generated from Twitter status updates. Tony won the 2011 "Open Up" contest for his ideas about the use of UCAS data. Tony was described as "brilliant" in The Guardian data blog for his work analysing the use of twitter by journalists. Tony has also been featured in Wikipedia.

Brian Kelly (2012)

Brian Kelly is chair of the IWMW 2012 organising committee. Brian works for the Innovation Support Centre (ISC) at UKOLN, University of Bath which has a responsibility for supportunting innovation acrtoss the UK higher and further education sector. Brian established the IWMW series of events in 1997 and has been chair or co-chair of the event ever since. Brian has also spoken at all of the IWMW events.

Sally Kerr (2012)

Sally Kerr has been working with the Web since the 1990s, the Council's primary website for around 10 years and has been Edinburgh Council's Web Manager for over 5 years. She is a corporate Project Manager with substantial experience of delivering websites - including corporate, partnership and individual clients. She has extensive experience of managing award winning websites, providing consultancy to enterprise level web project delivery and how to introduce new technologies. Currently she's working on the development of open data use, the Council's social media strategy and mobile site development.

Ferdinand von Prondzynski (2012)

Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is known as a lawyer, a legal academic, a high profile public commentator and a university leader in Ireland and Scotland. A German-born Irish citizen, he is a former lecturer and Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin, and was later both a Professor and a Dean at the University of Hull, before serving as the high profile second President of Dublin City University (DCU), Dublin, Ireland from 2000 to 2010. He has been Principal of Robert Gordon University since late March 2011. He is an authority on employment and commercial law and on certain EU and competition policy matters, and an active commentator on academic affairs and public policy.

Helen Sargan (2012)

Helen Sargan has been a webmaster since 1994, and in IT since 1990. A career before that as an editor in scientific and medical textbooks and journals gives a different perspective on information. Currently absorbed in managing and supporting a Plone-based content management service and keeping up with responsive design and HTML(5).

Tom Franklin (2011)

Tom Franklin works for University of Manchester and Franklin Consulting. He is a learning technologist whose work has covered many areas including accessibility, Web 2.0, standards and activity data. He has written several influential reports including for JISC and for the Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience. His work covers both the strategic and technical aspects of learning technology. He can be contacted on tom@franklin-consulting.co.uk

Marieke Guy (2011)

Marieke Guy is a research officer in the Community and Outreach Team at UKOLN. She has co-chaired IWMW for the last 5 years. Marieke is currently working on IMPACT an EU project which is improving access to text using OCR. In the past she has been involved in many JISC and cultural heritage projects from the technical (Good APIs, ePrints, Subject Portals), to the not-so-technical (Web 2.0 workshops for museums, libraries and archives) and the in-between (JISC PoWR, NOF-digitise and Ariadne). Marieke continues to work from home and maintains a blog entitled Ramblings of a Remote Worker.

Martin Hamilton (2011)

Martin Hamilton is Head of Internet Services at Loughborough University in the UK. Martin recently led the project to select a "cloud email" supplier for Loughborough and subsequently implement Google Apps for Education at Loughborough, including a groundbreaking service for alumni. Martin's current major project is my.Lboro, a Web 2.0 portal, which will incorporate a Mobile Web OSP site. In his presentation at IWMW 2011 Martin will discuss this and other work that is being undertaken at Loughborough to embed Web 2.0 within the institution. This will range from techniques for exploiting institutional systems (e.g. through generation of RSS feeds) to use of external services such as Google Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Prezi and Animoto.

David Hawking (2011)

David Hawking is Chief Scientist at the internet and enterprise search company Funnelback. Funnelback spun off from an Australian research organisation in 2005 and has a significant and growing focus in the UK. Funnelback search technology has won a number of awards and now supports hundreds of customers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK, mostly in government, higher education, and finance. UK higher education clients include LSE, City University and the University of Staffordshire. David is also an adjunct professor at the Australian National University where he supervises a number of PhD students. He has authored around a hundred publications in the Information Retrieval area (see david-hawking.net). With colleagues he was responsible for the creation and distribution of text retrieval benchmark collections in widespread use around the world. He holds a PhD from ANU and an honorary doctorate from the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland).

Brian Kelly (2011)

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian has been involved with Web development activities since he helped to establish a Web service at the University of Leeds in January 1993 - probably the first institutional Web service in the UK. Brian's interests include Web standards, Web accessibility Web metrics and innovative Web developments. He has been involved with IWMW since he launched the event in 1997.

Dave Raggett (2011)

Dave Raggett has been closely involved with the development of Web standards since 1992, contributing to work on HTML, HTTP, MathML, XForms, voice and multimodal interaction, ubiquitous web applications, financial data, privacy and identity. Dave is currently involved in several European FP7 research projects, including PrimeLife, webinos and Serenoa. In addition to work on standards, Dave is a keen programmer, and has developed experimental web browsers (e.g. Arena), a plugin for rendering math from natural language (EzMath), a tool for cleaning up HTML (Tidy), a web page library for HTML slide presentations (Slidy), a Firefox add-on for enhanced privacy (Privacy Dashboard), and most recently, work on real-time browser-based multi-user editing of HTML and XML. He was educated in England and obtained his doctorate from the University of Oxford, and is a visiting professor at the University of the West of England.

Ranjit Sidhu (2011)

Ranjit Sidhu (or SiD) is founder of Statistics into Decisions (or SiD). Around 1998 Ranjit fell into the internet space whilst trying to run away from a career in law. Since then he has worked at several internet based companies, but has found his niche in analysis and helping clients understand what is going on in the internet ether and how to use that information to improve what they do. Around 4 years ago he set up Statistics into Decisions (SiD), in Sydney - since then the company has, happily, found a market for its basic ethos on making information relevant and something that can be used so much so that it now works with many top blue chip companies as well as governmental clients both in the UK and Australia. SiD's second office is in Perth, Scotland.

Josef Lapka (2011)

Amber Thomas is a Programme Manager in the JISC Digital Infrastructure Team. She currently works on the Open Educational Resources (OER) Programme, coordinating the IPR and technology support projects, and she oversees the work of Jorum. Her focus is on how learning and teaching materials can be supported by digital infrastructure, including repositories, tools, standards, metadata, rights management and sustainable services. In previous roles she ran the WM-Share project, managed the Ferl service for FE, worked on the National Grid for Learning Portal, and over ten years ago she was assistant coordinator for the JISC information strategies initiative.

Paul Walk (2011)

Paul Walk is Deputy Director at UKOLN. His interests are primarily around software and systems for the Web and he has more than ten years experience in Web-application and e-Learning systems development. His blog is http://blog.paulwalk.net/.

Melius Weideman (2011)

Melius Weideman spent a number of years in the electronics and computer industry, before moving on to the academic world. His early research interest was in computer viruses, but since the birth of the Internet and search engines this interest gradually evolved into the visibility of websites to crawlers, and their usability by humans. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Information Science from UCT in 2001, and has published extensively - local and international conference papers, journal articles and on numerous other forums. He has delivered a number of international guest lectures at many leading universities, including in London, Al Ain, New York, Oxford and Frankfurt. In 2007 he was chosen from 41 international applicants to become the first Visiting Professor at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, where he lectured for three months. A university in Graz, Austria, invited him for a workshop series on Internet Marketing through Websites in 2008. His interest has been on the "What" and "Why" of Search Engine Optimisation, which culminated in his first academic book, published by Chandos (Oxford, UK): "Website Visibility: The Theory and Practice of Improving Rankings". He was promoted from Associate to Full Professor at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in 2008, and has contributed to academic development on many fronts. Melius loves spending time with his family, and has completed amongst other things a number of Karoo, Two Oceans and Comrades Marathons, as well as 18 Argus Cycle tours, four Double Centuries and 1.5 ABSA Cape Epic events.

Mike McConnell (2011)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:00:00 +0000

Mike McConnell, University of Aberdeen was the chair for the morning session on Improving Visability which was held on Wednesday 27 July from 09.00-10.30.

Mike Nolan (2011)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:30:00 +0000

Mike Nolan, Edge Hill University was the chair for the afternoon session on Openness which was held on Wednesday 27 July from 13.30-15.00.

Josef Lapka (2010)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Josef Lapka is a senior Web Applications Developer at Corporate Information Services at Canterbury Christ Church University. With a team of three .NET developers, Josef is responsible for all web application developments at the University. Josef started off as a DTP designer moving into web design and development before programming in .NET. Josef will be giving a plenary talk entitled "StudentNET Portal", part of the Doing the Day Job session.

James Lappin (2010)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

James Lappin is a records management consultant and trainer. He writes on records management topics for his blog Thinking Records. James is the co-author of Northumbria University's 'Investigation into the use of SharePoint in UK Higher Education Institutions' published in January 2010. He is an accredited trainer for the European Commission, for whom he provides records management training. James obtained his MA in Archives and Records Management at UCL in 1994, after which he held records management roles at The National Archives, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and the Wellcome Trust. He worked as a consultant and trainer for TFPL between 2004 and 2008, before founding his company Thinking Records, at the start of 2009. James will be giving a plenary talk entitled "The impact of SharePoint in Higher Education" with Peter Gilbert, part of the Doing the Day Job session.

Suraj Kika (2010)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Suraj Kika is the CEO and founder of Jadu, a global CMS software vendor that specialises in enterprise web content management, transactional and search systems. Jadu has implemented for both Public and Private Sectors, Higher Education and NFP markets. After just seven years the company is one of the leading CMS vendors in the UK with aggressive growth across the globe. Suraj has shaped the functionality of Jadu CMS around enterprise 2.0 and social media, making Jadu one of the first CMS systems to deploy personalisation, blogging, social media, podcasting, image and video content management as standard features. Jadu recently announced the first CMS client for Twitter taking the micro blogging service into the enterprise for brand management and moderated publishing to social networks. The MyJadu API, a RESTful interface to the Jadu CMS, provides organisations with rapid interoperability and the ability to capitalize on their content and data through WebServices. Suraj started his career in publishing and then worked in graphic design and marketing before moving into online marketing and eCommerce development at Electrocomponents PLC. Suraj will be giving a plenary talk entitled "Social Networking - The Challenges and Opportunities of social media and the implications for HEI Web Masters", part of the Doing the Day Job session.

Peter Gilbert (2010)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Peter Gilbert is a SharePoint evangelist and "developer" working at UWE. He works in SharePoint technologies using C#, InfoPath, Skelta and blog about their good and bad points. In his "spare" time he is an artist and photographer and helps organise the Southbank Bristol Arts Trail as well as running other arts events throughout the year. Peter will be giving a plenary talk entitled "The impact of SharePoint in Higher Education" with James Lappin, part of the Doing the Day Job session.

Ranjit Sidhu (2010)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Ranjit Sidhu (or SiD) is founder of statistics into Decisions (or SiD). Around 1998 Ranjit fell into the internet space whilst trying to run away from a career in law. Since then he has worked at several internet based companies, but has found his niche in analysis and helping clients understand what is going on in the internet ether and how to use that information to improve what they do. Around 4 years ago he set up SiD, Statistics into Decisions in Sydney - since then the company has, happily, found a market for its basic ethos on making information relevant and something that can be used so much so that it now works with many top blue chip companies as well as governmental clients both in the UK and Australia. SiD's second office is in Perth, Scotland. Ranjit will be giving a plenary talk entitled "'So what do you do exactly?' In challenging times justifying the roles of the web teams".

Damian Steer (2010)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Damian Steer is a senior technical researcher at the Institute for Learning and Research Technology, University of Bristol. He is part of the Web Futures group, which focuses on the use of new web technologies in Higher Education. Web Futures has been particularly concerned with the semantic web / linked data, authorisation, the social web, and more recently mobile web technologies. Recent projects include: Research Revealed, which is examining the integration and exploitation of research information; Visualising China, an exploration of a historical photograph collection; and Mobile Campus Assistant, which makes existing campus-related information available to University of Bristol students via their location-aware smart phones. Damian will be giving a plenary talk entitled "Mobile Web and Campus Assistant".

Jeremy Speller (2010)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Jeremy Speller has been involved with the UCL Web presence since 1995. Having headed UCL Web Services for a number of years, Jeremy is now Director of Learning & Media Services which, along with the Web, covers AV, design, learning technology, multimedia and photography. Prior to becoming a full-time Web "operative", Jeremy's background was in planning and statistics at UCL and previously at the University of Birmingham. Way back when he ran the Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme at what was then CVCP. Jeremy will be giving a plenary talk entitled "It's all gone horribly wrong: disaster communication in a crisis".

Patrick Lauke (2010)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Patrick Lauke works as Web Evangelist in the Developer Relations team at Opera Software ASA. In a previous life he worked as Web Editor for the University of Salford, where in 2003 he implemented one of the first thoroughly web standards based sites in the sector. Patrick has been engaged in the discourse on standards and accessibility since early 2001 - regularly speaking at conferences and contributing to a variety of web development and accessibility related mailing lists and initiatives such as the Web Standards Project. Published works include a chapter in Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance, released by Friends of Ed in 2006, as well as various articles for .net magazine, where he sits on the advisory panel. An outspoken accessibility and standards advocate, Patrick favours a pragmatic hands-on approach over purely theoretical, high-level discussions. "I'm an idealist by nature, but a pragmatist by trade. I'd never class myself as an expert and I certainly don't have all the answers...I'm just an opinionated guy eager to find real world solutions 'where the rubber meets the road'." His personal corner of the web can be found at http://www.splintered.co.uk. Patrick will be giving a plenary talk entitled "HTML5 (and friends)".

Richard Brierton (2010)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Richard Brierton has been working in the Web team at the University of Sheffield since 2003 - initially as a Web Developer, and since 2007 as head of the web team. Since graduating with a degree in Multimedia Technology (video, animation, web etc), he has run through a wide-range of activities at the university - web development, design, usability, server setup and administration, improving resilience of systems, video streaming, collaboration tools plus a whole host of other things he cares not to mention. The team also spend a lot of time working with their Web Marketing team on cross-cutting work! Current fads are creating an editor community; training up the web editor community; upgrading/replacing their CMS; increasing user support and buy-in, most of which he'll be talking about at the conference. Richard will be giving a plenary talk entitled "Replacement CMS - Getting it right and getting the buy-in", part of the Doing the Day Job session.

Paul Boag (2010)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Paul Boag has been working on the web since 1993. He is a user experience consultant for Headscape Ltd, a web design agency that he founded back in 2002. He typically works on large institutional websites including government agencies, higher education institutions and heritage organisations. Paul also produces and hosts the longest running and popular web design podcast at boagworld.com. He is regularly speaker at workshops and conferences and writes for various publications. Paul will be giving a plenary talk entitled "No money? No matter - Improve your website with next to no cash".

Chris Sexton (2010)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Chris Sexton is Director of Corporate Information and Computing Services at the University of Sheffield and current chair of UCISA. Chris will be giving a plenary talk entitled "The Web in Turbulent Times".

Brian Kelly (2010)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian's interests include Web standards, Web accessibility, quality assurance for Web services and innovative Web developments, including collaborative Web tools. Brian is co-chair of the event and will be giving the welcome with Marieke Guy. He will also be facilitating a parallel session entitled "Engagement, Impact, Value: Measuring and Maximising Impact Using the Social Web".

Marieke Guy (2010)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Marieke Guy is a research officer in the Community and Outreach Team at UKOLN. She has chaired IWMW for the last 4 years (with one short-break in which she had a baby!). Marieke is currently working on a digital preservation guide for JISC. In the past she has been involved in many JISC and cultural heritage projects from the technical (Good APIs, ePrints, Subject Portals), to the not-so-technical (Web 2.0 workshops for museums, libraries and archives) and the in-between (JISC PoWR, Nof-digitise, Ariadne). Marieke is UKOLN's remote worker champion and last year won the Remote Worker of the year accolade. She has worked on a number of initiatives aimed specifically at remote workers and written several articles on remote working and related technologies. She maintains a blog entitled Ramblings of a Remote Worker. Marieke is co-chair of the event and will be giving the welcome with Brian Kelly.

Susan Farrell (2010)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Susan Farrell is a web consultant with a background in information science. Her career has spanned everything from abstracting and editing to website development and content management system implementations. Having spent the last few years as Head of Web and Portal Services at King's College London, Susan set up her own company, Susan Farrell Consulting Ltd, in January 2010. The company specialises in helping clients to maximise the effectiveness of their web presence and does this by: developing and implementing web, digital and content strategies; driving website redesign and development projects; ensuring the optimum user experience through stakeholder engagement and user research; and aiming for high levels of usability through excellent content management. Susan gained a BSc in Biology from Durham University many years ago, and an MSc in Information Science from Sheffield University almost as long ago, and certainly long before the web was even dreamed about! Susan will be giving a plenary talk entitled "Are web managers still needed when everyone is a web 'expert'?".

Matthew Wood (2009)

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Matthew Wood is Head of Software Engineering and Architecture at BBC Audio and Music. He runs a team of software engineers and client side developers and likes making things. Matthew gave a plenary talk entitled "How the BBC make Web sites" with Michael Smethurst.

Michael Smethurs (2009) t

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Michael Smethurst is a Senior Information Architect at BBC Audio and Music interested in building highly linked data driven websites that are accessible for people, machines and search engines. Michael gave a plenary talk entitled "How the BBC make Web sites" with Matthew Wood.

Mike Nolan (2009)

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Mike Nolan is Head of Web Services at Edge Hill University where he is responsible for development of external Web sites and a portal service for staff and students. Michael regularly posts about HE web development topics on the Edge Hill Web Services blog and is a regular participant (and hence speaker!) at BarCamps around the country. Mike chaired the final morning session and facilitated the Developer's Lounge Show and Tell session.

Joe Nicholls (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Joe Nicholls is a Principal Consultant in the Strategy and Enablement Group; part of the Information Services Directorate at Cardiff University. He has over 20 years experience in Higher Education, with a background in Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Learning Technologies and Web related services. His current work focuses on identifying technologies and methodologies that can be employed to improve the awareness, access to, and use of University services. He is particularly interested in the process of gathering and managing service requirements, the educational role of service providers and the potential of enterprise architecture as an approach to enabling organisational change. Joe gave a plenary talk entitled "Servicing 'Core' and 'Chore': A framework for understanding a Modern IT Working Environment" with David Harrison.

David Newman (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

David Newman is a Lecturer in Information Systems in the Queen's University Management School. At Queen's he has researched groupware use in co-operative learning, critical thinking in online and face-to-face discussions, and the use of the Internet by community groups. He ran a 0.5 Euro million cross-border research project into electronic public consultation and then took part in the team evaluating the Irish Parliament's pilot e-consultation on the Broadcasting Bill. He is just starting a new European project which will get thousands of young people discussing Internet governance on their own Web 2.0 sites, then collect their creative ideas and feed them to national and European policy-makers. David gave a plenary talk entitled "Hub Websites for Youth Participation".

Derek Law (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Derek Law has worked in several British universities and published and spoken at conferences extensively. Most of his work has been to do with the development of networked resources in higher education and with the creation of national information policy. This has been combined with an active professional life in professional organisations related to librarianship and computing. A committed internationalist he has been involved in projects and research in over forty countries. He was awarded the Barnard prize for contributions to Medical Informatics in 1993, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999, an honorary degree by the Sorbonne in 2000, the IFLA medal in 2003, Honorary Fellowship of CILIP in 2004 and was an OCLC Distinguished Scholar in 2006. He is currently Chair of the new JISC Services Management Company and Programme Consultant for the Libraries of the Future Horizon Scan. Derek will be giving a plenary talk entitled "Headlights on Dark Roads".

David Harrison (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

David Harrison is Assistant Director of Information Services at Cardiff University with responsibility for Strategy and Engagement. He had previously been a Director and a Head of Service at two other universities. He is also a past-Chair of the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) and CEO of Welsh Networking. He has an interest in how emergent technologies from external providers (especially Web 2.0 tools) can be accommodated within traditional service delivery models but more especially he is interested in the cultural change agenda that needs to be considered in ensuring successful implementation and take-up of new technologies. In this, the role of enablement and education become of paramount importance, as does the concept of partnership working both within and outside the enterprise. David will be giving a plenary talk entitled "Servicing 'Core' and 'Chore': A framework for understanding a Modern IT Working Environment" with Joe Nicholls.

Christopher Gutteridge (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Christopher Gutteridge has been running the Web Systems for the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, since 1997 and still isn't bored. He is also lead developer of the award winning EPrints repository software, used by hundreds of organisations. He strongly believes that tedious work should be done by computers, not people. Christopher gave a plenary talk entitled "Lightweight Web Management".

Dave Flanders (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Dave Flanders is a programme manager at JISC where he works as part of the Information Environment team. Previously he has worked at the University of London and British Library in building cutting edge technologies specific to teachers, researchers, curators, librarians, administrators and learners. His experience working as developer, usability expert and manager provides a unique perspective on how innovation occurs across teams in the modern Web Environment. David will be talking on innovation and why it is essential (especially in times of recession) for institutions to take risks. Dave gave a video presentation of a plenary talk entitled "Agile Prototyping in Academia".

Paul Boag (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

aul Boag describes himself as a user experience designer. He is a founding partner of Web design agency Headscape, runs the boagworld.com community for people who run Web sites, and is the author of many articles (for the likes of .net magazine and Think Vitamin). Paul is a charismatic and entertaining speaker (e.g. .net magazine podcast, Refresh06 and Web2Live). Paul has worked extensively in the higher education sector for clients such as; City University, Brunel University, JISC and the Universities of Portsmouth, Brighton, Southampton and Lancaster. Paul also has significant experience in running online communities and has done so as far back as 1995 when he was one of the original community leaders of geocities. He wrote his dissertation on virtual communities and the disabled back in 1994. Paul gave a plenary talk entitled "Making your killer applications... killer!" and facilitated a parallel session entitled "Twittering Techniques".

James Currall (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

James Currall is a statistician who has always worked in multi-disciplinary environments. He has been involved in the support of software, ICT planning and user support and training at the University of Glasgow for nearly 20 years. His main job currently is as Director of Information Strategy where he interacts with records managers, archivists, librarians, information technologists, academics and university managers. From a position of being none of the above, James has on a number of occasions been described as an iconoclast as he does not hold dear much of the 'baggage' that these professions have accumulated through time. For two years he was on secondment to the University Learning and Teaching Centre, transforming the support of the University Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle) from a tool for enthusiasts into a well supported and managed service, during which time he was very much involved in the management and strategic planning of ICT in Learning and Teaching. James is also a Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII), where he has, for the last ten years, been developing applied research into information issues drawing on his service and strategic experience and also more theoretical work on the nature of digital objects and the problems associated with their management, security and retention. James has been involved with the highly successful Glasgow MSc course in Information Management and Preservation since its inception, in which he teaches about the transition from storage of information on physical to digital media, the management and preservation of digital materials, information security, the role of numbers as information and a variety of other topics including risk and information management as an investment. In this latter context he was the Project Director of the espida project which developed a sustainable business-focussed model for digital preservation. James gave a plenary talk entitled "What is the Web?".

Debbie Nicholson (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Debbie Nicholson has worked in Web and Learning Technology (WaLT) at the University of Essex for 8 years as a Web Developer, and more recently as WaLT Project Manager. Debbie is currently project managing the relocation of all the University Professional Service web content from individual office based sites, to audience based content incorporated in to the corporate site and design. Debbie chaired the day 2 morning session.

Keith Brooke (2009)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Keith Brooke has worked for the University of Essex since 1998, first as Web Officer, then as Web Support Manager, and now as Web and Learning Technology Manager. He is currently responsible for teams covering Web development, training, support and learning technology. As if that wasn't enough, he also teaches creative writing in the University's Literature department, using a mix of traditional classroom work, workshopping, e-mail, online resources and Facebook silliness. Keith has recently published his fifth science-fiction novel: The Accord. Keith chaired the day 2 afternoon back-end session.

Brian Kelly (2009)

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC and MLA which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian's interests include Web standards, Web accessibility, quality assurance for Web services and innovative Web developments, including collaborative Web tools. Brian chaired the final day's workshop conclusions and facilitated a parallel session entitled "Using The Social Web To Maximise Access to Resources".

Marieke Guy (2009)

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Marieke Guy is a research officer in the Community and Outreach Team at UKOLN. She has recently worked on the Good APIs project, which aimed to provide JISC and the sector with information and advice on the factors that encourage use of APIs. Last year she was involved in the JISC PoWR (Preservation of Web Resources) project. Since returning to work after her third lot of maternity leave (!) Marieke has become a remote worker and is the remote worker champion at UKOLN. In this role has worked on a number of initiatives aimed specifically at remote workers and written several articles on remote working and related technologies. She maintains a blog entitled Ramblings of a Remote Worker.

Ewan McIntosh (2008)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Ewan McIntosh is a teacher and social media specialist based in the Edinburgh area. He advises on how social media can be harnessed for public service and education management and used to improve learning. His edu.blog shows how social software is not just a gimmick and can provide exciting opportunities for learning. Ewan gave a plenary talk on "Unleashing the Tribe".

Brian Kelly (2008)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Brian is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC and MLA which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian's interests include Web standards, Web accessibility, quality assurance for Web services and innovative Web developments, including collaborative Web tools. Brian is a member of the IWMW 2008 organising committee.

Alison Wildish (2008)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Alison Wildish is an advocate of institutions embracing third party services to support their marketing/communications initiatives and has an active interest in the opportunities offered by personalisation and user owned technologies. Heading up the Web Services team at the University of Bath she manages the central Web team and is responsible for the strategic direction of University Web services. She formerly held the same position at Edge Hill University where she led projects which include the University portal project and the development of the Applicant Community Web site (winner of a UCISA best practice award). Alison blogs at "http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices". Alison gave a plenary talk on "Look Who's Talking Now ...".

Stephanie Taylor (2008)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Stephanie Taylor has over fourteen years experience as an information professional. She is currently working on the JISC-funded Repository Support Project (RSP) which aims to assist academic institutions to develop a deployed network of inter-operable repositories for academic papers, learning materials and research data across the UK. The RSP delivers practical advice to English and Welsh HEI's regarding development, implementation and management of these repositories. Stephanie gave a plenary talk on "Institutional Repositories: Asset or Obstacle?".

David Hyett (2008)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

David Hyett is Head of Information & Records Management at the British Antarctic Survey. When he's not pushing back the frontiers of science and exploring new lands in the Antarctic, he manages information projects both across BAS and its parent organisation NERC. He has direct responsibility in BAS for Web, archives, data management and library services. David gave a plenary talk on "Web 2.0 - Whatever Happened to Web 1.0?".

James Currall (2008)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

James Currall has been employed in the University of Glasgow for almost 20 years. His main job currently is as Head of Learning Technology where he has overall responsibility for the University VLE. Previously he was the Director of Strategy and Planning in IT Services, where he interacted with archivists, librarians, information technologists, academics and university managers. James is also a Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII), where he is developing applied research into information issues drawing on his service and strategic experience and also more theoretical work on the nature of digital objects and the problems associated with their management, security and retention. James gave a plenary talk on "The Tangled Web is but a Fleeting Dream ...but then again...".

Rob Bristow (2008)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Rob Bristow is a Programme Manager at the Joint Information Services Committee (JISC) where he has responsibility for e-Administration as part of the Organisational Support and User Technology team. Prior to moving to JISC last year he was Information Services Manager at the Graduate School of Education at Bristol University and before that he as Web Manager at Cass Business School. Rob give a plenary talk on "Institutional Responses to Emergent Technologies - What JISC is Doing".

James Souttar (2008)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

James Souttar has been part of the Precedent team since its inception in 1989. Prior to working at Precedent, he worked for the corporate identity specialists Wolff Olins. His area of expertise is branding and communications within the education sector specialising in working for universities: Cambridge University, Universities of Sheffield, Southampton and Reading, Oxford Brookes, Middlesex and Hertfordshire. James extensive experience has led him to be invited to write and lecture extensively on both sides of the Atlantic. For two years he was consultant lecturer at Central Saint Martins (now part of the University of the Arts). He also taught at the Lincoln College of Art (now part of the University of Lincoln) and Epsom School of Art. In addition, both he and a colleague were invited to give a week long charrette to the School of Communication at Virginia Commonwealth University. James gave a plenary talk on "Web 2.0 and Brand: Theory and Practice" and facilitated a workshop on "Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Support a Brand Focused Marketing Strategy".

Cameron Neylon (2008)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Cameron Neylon commenced a joint appointment as Senior Scientist in Biomolecular Sciences at the ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in 2005. Since then, in collaboration with Jeremy Frey (University of Southampton) he has been involved in the development and optimisation of blog based electronic notebook systems for the biochemistry laboratories and the development of systems for monitoring and capturing data from the laboratory, the so-called 'Blogging Lab'. Through this work he has become a prominent member of the international community advocating the adoption of a more open approach to research practice. His group is currently moving to a fully Open Notebook approach where the research worker's laboratory notebook is made public as it being recorded. This process is being recorded and analysed in his Blog, Science in the Open. Cameron gave a plenary talk on "Science in the You Tube Age: How Web Based Tools are Enabling Open Research Practice".

Derrick McClure (2008)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Derrick McClure is a Senior Lecturer in the English School of Language & Literature at the University of Aberdeen. Derrick gave the opening address.

Mike McConnell (2008)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Mike is the manager of the University of Aberdeen's Web Team. The team omprises seven developers who are responsible for the majority of the University's web sites and web applications. The team also works for a range of commercial clients. Mike formerly worked at the Robert Gordon University as an Educational Development Officer, and as a researcher in Information Management. As a callow youth he worked at the sharp end of IT user support in the oil services industry. Mike has published on technology issues in education, Web usability and Web management. Mike gave the opening welcome speech to Aberdeen with Derrick McClure.

Marieke Guy (2008)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Marieke is currently a member of the Interoperability Focus team at UKOLN. Interoperability Focus is a national activity, jointly funded by JISC of the Further and Higher Education Funding Councils and the MLA. Marieke is a member of the IWMW 2008 organising commitee and facilited workshop sessions on "Embracing Web 2.0 Technologies to Grease the Wheels of Team Cohesion" with Andy Ramsden and on "Approaches To Web Site Preservation" with Brian Kelly.

Adam Hulme (2007)

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Adam Hulme is an Account Manager for Maxsi. Maxsi are developers of eVisit Analyst, a range of advanced Web site analysis tools used by universities such as Northumbria and Exeter. Adam participated in the panel session on "Dealing with the Commercial World: Saviour or Satan?"

John Harrison

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

John Harrison is the CEO of Maxsi. Maxsi are developers of eVisit Analyst, a range of advanced Web site analysis tools used by universities such as Northumbria and Exeter. John participated in the panel session on "Dealing with the Commercial World: Saviour or Satan?"

Brian Kelly (2007)

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC and MLA which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN.

Brian will be be participating in the panel session on "Dealing with the Commercial World: Saviour or Satan?" and facilitating a workshop session on "Building The Web Management Community" with Steven Warburton.

Jeff Barr (2007)

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Jeff Barr is the Senior Manager of Web Services Evangelism for Amazon Web Services. He manages a team consisting of himself and three other evangelists and their goal is to create excitment and awareness for the Amazon Web Services. While maintaining an intense schedule at work he still finds time to write for his personal blog and to enhance and maintain Syndic8, his 5 year old RSS Feed directory. Jeff gave a plenary talk on "Building Highly Scalable Web Applications".

Isabel Allen (2007)

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Isabel Allen, independent consultant, former head of eBusiness, Nottingham Trent University. Isabel participated in the panel session on "Dealing with the Commercial World: Saviour or Satan?"

Peter Reader (2007)

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Peter Reader is Director of Marketing and Communications at the University of Bath; his current responsibilities include Web, media relations, marketing strategy and internal communications. Peter gave a plenary talk on "Marketing Man takes off his Tie: Customers, Communities and Communication".

Drew McLellan (2007)

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Drew McLellan has been hacking on the Web since around 1996 following an unfortunate incident with a margarine tub. Since then he's spread himself between both front- and back-end development projects, and now works as a Web Developer for Yahoo! Europe in London, UK. Drew gave a plenary talk on "Can Your Web Site Be Your API?".

Keith Doyle (2007)

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Keith Doyle is Web Content Architect at the University of Salford. He is also responsible for the intranet framework, and has direct involvement with the University intranet home pages. He is passionate about how intranets and portals can support administrative activities, and also about usability and information architecture issues. In his spare time, Keith runs a WordPress blog on information architecture. Keith give a plenary talk on "The Promise of Information Architecture" and facilitated a workshop session on "How Do I Implement Enterprise Information Architecture?"

Arthur Clune (2007)

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Arthur Clune works at the University of York as an IT Security Specialist, but is also a member of the UK Honeynet Project. In the latter role he is involved in developing the Honeynet Project's "Honeymine" data analysis tool and in helping with other aspects of Honeynet development. In the past he has worked on simulations of Internet traffic, studies of road traffic and in pure mathematics. Arthur give a plenary talk on "Trends in Web Attacks".

Paul Boag (2007)

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Paul Boag describes himself as a user experience designer. He is a founding partner of Web design agency Headscape, runs the boagworld.com community for people who run Web sites, and is the author of many articles (for the likes of .net magazine and Think Vitamin). Paul is a charismatic and entertaining speaker (e.g. .net magazine podcast, Refresh06 and Web2Live). Paul has worked extensively in the higher education sector for clients such as City University, Brunel University, JISC and the Universities of Portsmouth, Brighton, Southampton and Lancaster. Paul also has significant experience in running online communities and has done so as far back as 1995 when he was one of the original community leaders of geocities. He wrote his dissertation on virtual communities and the disabled back in 1994. Paul gave a plenary talk on "Social Participation in Student Recruitment" and participated in the panel session on Dealing with the "Commercial World: Saviour or Satan?"

Steven Warburton (2007)

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Steven Warburton is an e-learning ICT manager at King's College London with a wealth of experience in the implementation and evaluation of learning technology within a variety of educational settings. He has managed both technical and pedagogically driven e-learning projects that have included work on personal publishing tools, social software, virtual learning environments, and the development of blended teaching programmes. Steven gave a plenary talk on "What does 'Community of Practice' mean for Institutional Web Managers?".

Alison Wildish (2007)

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Alison Wildish is Head of Web Services at Edge Hill University where, for the past seven years, she has led a team responsible for the development of the corporate Web site(s), intranet sites and Web services. Prior to joining Edge Hill, Alison was developing Web applications in the commercial sector. Alison has an active interest in the opportunities offered by personalisation and user owned technologies and gave a plenary talk on "Let the Students do the Talking...."

Dr Miranda Stephenson (2007)

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Dr Miranda Stephenson was heavily involved in establishing the National Science Learning Centre which is based on the University of York campus. Miranda welcomed delegates to the University of York at the start of the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2007 event.

Piero Tintori (2006)

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Piero Tintori is founder and CEO of TERMINALFOUR, one of the IWMW 2006 workshop sponsors. Founded in 1996, TERMINALFOUR is a specialist software company providing CMS and ECM solutions. TERMINALFOUR's CMS/ECM platform Site Manager has achieved market leading position in Higher Education in the UK and Ireland. Piero has had personal involvement in 14 Higher Education CMS projects. Piero participated in a debate on "CMS: Challenging the Consensus". Piero can be contacted at piero.tintori@terminalfour.com.

Andy Powell

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell is Head of Development at the Eduserv Foundation, a Bath-based charity that supports the effective use of ICT in education. As a member of Bath University Computing Services he was the first 'webmaster' at the University of Bath, moving in 1996 to UKOLN where he was involved in a number of European and JISC funded 'digital library' projects. More recently, Andy has liaised closely with the JISC, advising them on the standards and protocols needed to support e-learning and e-research, notably through the development of the JISC Information Environment and the e-Framework for Education and Research. Andy gave a plenary talk on "Reflections on 10 years of the Institutional Web". Andy can be contacted at andy.powell@eduserv.org.uk.

Stephen Pope (2006)

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Stephen Pope works for Eduserv and is a R&D CMS Specialist. Stephen participated in a debate on "CMS: Challenging the Consensus". Stephen can be contacted at stephen.pope@eduserv.org.uk.

Iain Middleton (2006)

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Iain Middleton is a lecturer in E-Business and ICT at the Robert Gordon University. He played a co-ordinating role in RGU's 2005 site-wide Web redevelopment - the second time he has done so, having previously been Web Editor when the site moved to a CMS in 2000. In the intervening years he worked at the University of Aberdeen's Learning Technology Unit, developing educational Web sites and project managing the development of staff and student portals. He has also been a researcher and a help desk slave. Iain is a writer for Faulkner Information Services and has published on help desks and user support, Web strategies and educational technology. Iain participated in a debate on "CMS: Challenging the Consensus". Iain can be contacted via http://www.imiddleton.com/?page=contact.

Mike McConnell (2006)

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Mike McConnell is the Web Team Manager of the University of Aberdeen's Web Design Unit and currently manages a team of six staff who are responsible for the University's central Web presence, and the maintenance of certain departments and sections across the institution. Mike formerly worked at the Robert Gordon University as an Educational Development Officer, and as a researcher in Information Science. Prior to that he worked at the sharp end of IT user support in the oil services industry. Mike has published on technology issues in education, Web usability and produced a number of educational Web applications. Mike participated in a debate on "CMS: Challenging the Consensus". Mike can be contacted at m.mcconnell@abdn.ac.uk.

Scott Wilson (2006)

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Scott Wilson works for CETIS. He was initially responsible for turning the CETIS site into THE portal for learning technology standards. Scott is an Assistant Director of CETIS, and has a special interest in standards for infrastructure and enterprise integration. Scott spoke in a panel session on Web 2.0. Scott can be contacted at s.wilson@bangor.ac.uk.

Ranjit Sidhu (2006)

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Ranjit Sidhu is a Sitestat Account Manager for Nedstat, European leader in Web site analytics. Nedstat are the Gold Sponsors for this year's workshop. Ranjit has been at Nedstat since the end of 2004, working closely with the University Sector to understand their Web analytics requirements. He now account manages over 20 UK universities that are using Sitestat to improve their online performance. He played an important role in the creation of benchmarking statistics for the university sector (Sector Statistics) and Nedstat's 'Get more online Education' free event in April 2006. Previously, Ranjit attained a law degree at University of Leeds and LPC from College of Law. He has worked within the Education and Government sector including Kings College University and The Western Austalian Governement. Ranjit gave a plenary talk on "Sector Stats". Ranjit can be contacted at R.Sidhu@nedstat.com.

Brian Kelly (2006)

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC and MLA which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian's interests include Web standards, Web accessibility, quality assurance for Web services and innovative Web developments, including collaborative Web tools. Brian gave a plenary talk on "What Does Openness Mean to the Web Manager?" with Randy Metcalfe and facilitating a parallel session on "Web 2.0: Addressing Institutional Barriers" with Lawrie Phipps. Brian can be contacted at b.kelly@ukoln.ac.uk.

Paul Miller (2006)

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Paul Miller is a technology evangelist for Talis. Paul joined Talis in September 2005 from the CIE, where as Director he was instrumental in scoping policy and attracting new members such as the BBC, National Library of Scotland and English Heritage to this group of UK public sector organisations. Previously, Paul worked at UKOLN where he was active in a range of cross-domain standardisation and advocacy activities, and before that he was Collections Manager at the Archaeology Data Service. At Talis, Paul is exploring new models of collaboration and identifying further areas in which our technology or knowledge would be of value. Paul has a Doctorate in Archaeology from the University of York. Paul spoke in a panel session on Web 2.0. Paul can be contacted at Paul.Miller@talis.com.

Randy Metcalfe (2006)

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Randy Metcalfe is the manager of OSS Watch, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) national advisory service on free and open source software for UK further and higher education. Randy concentrates his efforts on raising the level of awareness of free and open source fundamentals amongst senior IT decision-makers in UK colleges and universities. He also spends a considerable amount of time exploring aspects of community building prevalent within open source development projects. Years ago, he lived a different life as an academic philosopher researching the nature of disagreement in moral theory. Randy gave a plenary talk on "What Does Openness Mean to the Web Manager?" with Brian Kelly. Randy can be contacted at info@oss-watch.ac.uk.

John Gilbey (2006)

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

John Gilbey is the Institute QA Manager for IGER and a honorary lecturer in the department of Computer Science, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Before moving into strategic development, John Gilbey managed an IT service for 400 scientists, post-graduates and administrators. A Fellow of the British Computer Society, he teaches a course in Internet Services Administration for the Department of Computer Science at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. John gave a plenary talk on "Managing Standards - Delivering a Quality Assured Web Environment". John can be contacted at john.gilbey@bbsrc.ac.uk.

Kate Forbes-Pitt (2006)

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Kate Forbes-Pitt has 15 years experience of working with electronic document management systems. She started working with paper based systems, electronically generated, at London Borough of Lambeth in 1991. She joined the LSE in 1999 to procure and implement a new electronic document management system. In addition, during the last 15 years, she has completed two degrees at LSE, and now pursues document and content management as areas of academic research. She has spoken about document management at many conferences, has recently published on the structure of documents and content and is currently researching the effects of electronic documents on work ownership and identity. Kate gave a plenary talk on "Delivering Information: Document vs. Content". Kate can be contacted at K.Forbes-Pitt@lse.ac.uk

Michael Webb (2006)

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Michael Webb is Head of IT and Media Services at the University of Wales, Newport. He joined Newport in 2003, and has worked in Higher Education for 15 years. A substantial part of Michael's career has been focussed on making innovative use of Internet technologies to support and improve the student experience, both in a technical and strategic role. Michael gave a plenary talk on "Developing a Web 2.0 Strategy". Michael can be contacted at michael.webb@newport.ac.uk.

Chris Scott (2006)

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:00:00 +0000

Chris Scott is one of the three founders of Headscape. He has 17 years experience of working in IT and new media, mainly in project management, consulting and business development roles. Chris has worked both in the Higher Education sector, including as a founder of a highly successful IT consulting unit at the University of Southampton, and for many of Headscape's HE sector clients. Professionalism and quality of service are at the heart of Chris's vision for Headscape. His experience of working with organisations including Boots the Chemist, ICI, Lloyds TSB, Reuters, Somerfield Stores, The National Trust and Unilever have helped set Headscape's standards. Chris gave a plenary talk on Real World Emerging Technologies. Chris can be contacted at chris.scott@headscape.co.uk.

Miles Banbery (2005)

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Miles Banbery is the Web Editor at the University of Kent. Miles manages the University Web Team, a small group of people within Communications & Development at the University of Kent. Communications & Development's remit covers internal communications, corporate publications (largely student recruitment support), congregations (graduation ceremonies) and events, alumni relations, press and media relations and development and fund raising. Miles is a member of the Programme Committee and was chair of the final morning including the panel session on "Responding To The CMS Challenge". Contact details in hCard format Miles Banbery can be contacted at m.e.c.banbery AT kent.ac.uk

David Sweeney (2005)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

David Sweeney is the Vice-Principal, (Communications, Enterprise & Research) at Royal Holloway, University of London. David gave a plenary talk on "Sky High or Free Fall - All Aboard the Web Rollercoaster".

Jeremy Speller (2005)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Jeremy Speller has been involved with the UCL Web presence since 1995 and is now Head of Web Services. He is currently working on the migration of UCL's central materials to a Zope/Silva-based CMS and is taking forward development of an enterprise portal. Jeremy is also involved with development of services to provide the student experience of the future and has particular interest in the use of handheld and mobile devices. Prior to becoming a full-time Web "operative", Jeremy's background was in planning and statistics at UCL and previously at the University of Birmingham. Way back when he ran the Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme at what was then CVCP. Jeremy and his colleague Ian Bartlett gave a plenary talk on "Publish and Be Damned: Re-purposing in the Real World". Jeremy can be contacted at j.speller AT ucl.ac.uk

Piero Tintori (2005)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Piero Tintori is founder and CEO of TERMINALFOUR, one of the IWMW 2005 workshop sponsors. Founded in 1996, TERMINALFOUR is a specialist software company providing CMS and ECM solutions. TERMINALFOUR's CMS/ECM platform Site Manager has achieved market leading position in Higher Education in the UK and Ireland. Piero has had personal involvement in 14 Higher Education CMS projects. Piero gave a talk about content management systems in the JISC Services And Vendor Presentations session and took part in the panel session on Responding To The CMS Challenge.

Duncan Ireland (2005)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Duncan Ireland has been in the Internet Officer role at the University of Strathclyde since late 2002. His time is largely taken up with rolling out the T4 Sitemanager CMS (see http://www.strath.ac.uk/terminalfour/). Before arriving in academia, Duncan could be found at Scottish Amicable (latterly Prudential) where he worked on a project to implement the MediaSurface CMS. Prior to that he worked for BAE Systems where he saw the introduction of standard desktops, internet access and an Intranet. His leisure time is largely spent learning how to duck(!) while training with Caledonian Muay Thai in Glasgow (see http://www.caledonianmuaythai.co.uk/) - he refutes any suggestion that this training was deliberately undertaken to bring more folk round to his way of thinking in meetings. Duncan took part a panel session on "Whose Web Is It Anyway?" with Andrew Cox and Brian Kelly. Duncan can be contacted at Duncan.Ireland AT strath.ac.uk

Tom Franklin (2005)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Tom Franklin runs Franklin Consulting which offers consultancy services in educational technology. His particular interests are in portals, educational technology standards and VLEs and MLEs. He is technical advisor to the Higher Education Academy's Connects portal, where his work has included the selection and definition of appropriate standards and developing appropriate techniques for developing the channels in Web sites and portals. Franklin gave a plenary talk on "There Is No Such Thing As A Silver Bullet: CMS And Portals Will Not Solve Your Problems!" and facilitated a workshop session on "Embedding Third Party Services in Web Sites and Portals - From Links to WSRP the Pros and Cons". Tom can be contacted at tom AT franklin-consulting.co.uk

Andrew Cox (2005)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Andrew Cox is conducting a PhD in the Research School of Informatics, Loughborough University. He was previously a manager of the digital library research centre, LITC, at South Bank University. Andrew took part in a panel session on "The Web Management Community: Present and Future" with Duncan Ireland and Brian Kelly. Andrew can be contacted at A.M.Cox AT lboro.ac.uk.

Professor Mark Clark (2005)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Professor Mark Clark became the Director of Information Systems at The Victoria University of Manchester in September 2001 and his role encompasses responsibilities for all University IS as well as providing hosting for the Research Council's National Supercomputing Service, CSAR, and the JISC's National Data Services incorporating MIMAS, as well as many other services. With the merger of the old Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST, Mark was appointed as Director of Information Systems, and has overseen the restructuring of computing support for the new institution, The University of Manchester, incorporated in October 2004. Previously Mark held the post of Director of Academic Information Systems at the University of Salford for six years (a converged service where he had responsibility for both Library and Computing). Prior to that he was Director of Computing at the University of Essex where he also held a Senior Lectureship in the Department of Electrical Systems Engineering, researching and teaching in the area of networks and computing systems. Mark holds a BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering (Digital Systems and Telecommunications), and his PhD subject was speech coding using digital adaptive delta modulation. Mark was invited to join the UKERNA Board as HEFCE nominated Director; he also is the Chair of Internet Facilitators Ltd and of Net North West Ltd. Mark gave a plenary talk on "Challenges at The University of Manchester arising from Project UNITY".

Ian Bartlett (2005)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Ian Bartlett has worked in the student recruitment field at UCL since 1992. Based in the Department of Educational Liaison, which covers all aspects of UK and international student recruitment from first point-of-contact up to the point of admission, Ian's role is to structure, develop and maintain the student recruitment section of the UCL Web site (see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/. By working closely with the student recruitment publications team at UCL (with whom he shares an office), he is able to use the ready-audited text of printed publications in order to ensure that the content of the Prospective Students site is accurate and regularly updated. However, with the growing volume of information now expected and needed by prospective students, he is keen to ensure efficient use of staff resources and is working with Jeremy Speller on a system of parallel publishing tied in with a CMS interface to speed production of printed and Web materials. Ian and his colleague Jeremy Speller gave a plenary talk on "Publish and Be Damned: Re-purposing in the Real World".

Stephen Emmott (2005)

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Stephen Emmott is the Head of Web Services at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) where he leads a team of 10 delivering the LSE's Web site, portal ("LSE for You") and document management services. Prior to this he was the Editor of Web Services at King's College London (1997 to 2000) and has worked a total of 9 years in higher education and 3 years in industry. His background is in cognitive science and he is currently leading an initiative to adopt PRINCE2 at LSE. Stephen gave a plenary talk on "Customers, Suppliers, and the Need for Partnerships". Stephen can be contacted at stephen.emmott AT lse.ac.uk

John Dale (2005)

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

John Dale is the head of development at e-lab, University of Warwick. He has overseen the introduction of several Web applications, including content management, collaboration software, authentication services and more. John gave a plenary talk on "University blogging: what happens when everyone can publish?". John can be contacted at j.dale AT warwick.ac.uk

Dave Hartland (2004)

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Dave Hartland is the manager of Netskills, a national training and staff development service based at Newcastle University and partly funded by the JISC. Netskills provides approximately 400 workshops per year primarily to the Higher and Further education and public library sectors in Internet technologies, Web service management, e-learning and information skills. The training materials developed for these workshops are made available via a licence system to universities and colleges. Netskills also runs accredited Professional Development Certificates in conjunction with the workshop programme. David is a member of the UCISA Staff development Group and the BIOME (Health and Life Sciences Information Gateway) Steering Group. He has run workshops and training courses for the Internet Society's developing countries programme and was for 5 years the chair of the Information Systems and User Services Working Group for TERENA (Trans-European Research and Education Network Association) Dave gave a plenary talk on Strategic Staff Development for the Web-enabled Organisation.

Lawrie Phipps (2004)

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Lawrie Phipps is the TechDis Senior Advisor for Higher Education. His background is in staff development and e-learning, designing and developing virtual field trips and courses and supporting science lecturers in learning and teaching. Lawrie is also a Visiting Fellow at the Special Needs Computing Research Unit at the University of Teesside. The research group is looking at a range of issues including disability and mobile learning, the use of multimedia to support disabilities, computer assisted assessment and the development of Virtual Learning Environments to support students with learning difficulties.

Sebastian Rahtz (2004)

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Sebastian Rahtz is normally Information Manager for Oxford University Computing Services, but is currently seconded part-time to manage the JISC Open Source Advisory Service (OSS Watch). As this role lets him play with open source software a lot, and reject MS Word attachments with a clear conscience, he is having fun. Sebastian also serves as a member of the Board of Directors, and Technical Council, of the TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) and recommends TEI markup to anyone who stays around long enough to listen. Sebastian gave a plenary talk on Beyond Free Beer: Is Using Open Source A Matter Of Choosing Software or Joining A Political Movement? and co-facilitated a workshop session on Being Open Source with Randy Metcalfe. Sebastian can be contacted at sebastian.rahtz AT computing-services

Stephen Bulley (2004)

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Stephen Bulley is Head of MIS at the London School of Economics and Political Science. MIS is part of the Business Systems & Services Division, which also includes Web Services, Telecoms, Timetables, Conferences & Events and provides IT support to the School's administrative departments. Stephen runs the front line and application support teams for BSS, as well as the Oracle and Unix/Linux systems team. He has worked in IT since 1991 and as an MIS Manager since 1997 from a background as an Oracle DBA; first in FE at South East Essex College and then at the LSE. He has been involved from the start with the LSE for You student & staff portal and recently led an evaluation for a portal product to help take this project to the next stage. Stephen gave a plenary talk on LSE for You: From Innovation to Realism and Beyond.

Matt Thrower (2004)

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Matt Thrower has been a web developer at PPARC since 2001 and has still not left. He originally learnt to program on a ZX Spectrum, then forgot all about computers and went and worked in a laboratory. Eventually, he was saved by the increased popularity of the World Wide Web since that looked a lot more fun that E.Coli. Matt will eulogise for hours about the FileSystem object, and is still cross at Microsoft for leaving it out of dotNET. Matt wgave a plenary talk jointly with Tony Brown on Socrates: Building an Intranet for the UK Research Councils.

Tony Brown (2004)

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Tony Brown is a Web developer at PPARC (the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council), where he responsible for the development, hosting and running of Web, Intranet and Extranet applications. He has grappled with computers since 1987, starting on mainframes moving through client server to Web-based applications. For the last ten years he has specialised in information retrieval and display, and, for reasons he still can't work out, content mangement. For purely pragmatic reasons he has sold his soul to Microsoft, and has an ongoing love/hate relationship with .NET. Tony gave a plenary talk jointly with Matt Thrower on Socrates: Building an Intranet for the UK Research Councils.

Brian Kelly (2004)

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC and MLA which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian has been chair of the programme committee for the Institutional Web Management Workshop series since he established the event in 1997. Brian's interests include Web standards, technical architectures for Web services and innovative Web developments. Brian is chair of the Programme Committee and a member of the Organising Committee. Brian gave a plenary talk on Life After Email: Strategies For Collaboration in the 21st Century, contributing with Lawrie Phipps to the talk on Beyond Web Accessibility: Providing A Holistic User Experience, and co-facilitated a workshop session on QA For Web sites - What Goes Wrong And How Can We Prevent It? with Amanda Closier.

Ester Ruskuc (2004)

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Ester Ruskuc is a Project Manager in Business Improvements of the University of St Andrews. Ester has a background in IT and a wide ranging experience of many aspects of higher education administration, information flow, data management and administrative systems. She is involved, and has a keen interest in, the management of IT related projects, business process re-engineering and change management. Ester gave a plenary talk with Heidi Fraser-Krauss and co-facilitated a workshop session with Heidi Fraser-Krauss on From Swipe Card Machine to the Computer Screen.

Heidi Fraser-Krauss (2004)

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Heidi Fraser-Krauss is the Director of Business Improvements (BI) at the University of St Andrews. BI is a relatively new Unit which combines the traditional MIS function with project management and process analysis/re engineering expertise. Heidi has a background in management and has worked on a number of research projects aimed at improving communication and business processes in manufacturing companies. Before she took up her current post she was part of the team who introduced e-business to the University of St Andrews. Heidi gave a plenary talk on E-business: Why Join In? and co-facilitated a workshop session on From Swipe Card Machine to the Computer Screen both jointly with Ester Ruskuc.

David Supple (2004)

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

David Supple is manager of the Corporate Web team at the University of Birmingham and manager of the University's Institutional Portal Project. His teams remit is the development of the site to facilitate the e-business and e-learning aims of the institution, and the delivery of a Web-enabled organisational vision. In real terms this means the re-corporatization of the University Web site, through a focussed Web strategy, common infrastructures and templates, centralised hardware, adequate support and a customer focussed internal sales process to help convince users to migrate back to the centre. The Web Team uses mostly Microsoft products (a challenge in itself), with occasional forays into MySQL and Unix just to keep us sane. Over the coming year, David's focus will be on developing a major portal environment for the University, something that has been in planning for almost 2 years now, and he is keen to engage with the HE community on this new type of development to help maximise the potential of this technology. David is also interested in Web strategy in general and the development of organisational structures and processes as they respond to a more electronic view of the world. David Supple gave a plenary talk on Trials, Trips and Tribulations of an Integrated Web Strategy.

Mark Stiles (2003)

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Mark Stiles is Professor of Technology Supported Learning at Staffordshire University. In his role as Head of Learning Development and Innovation, he is charged with leading "eLearning" across the institution. Staffordshire have been using VLEs for some five years, including the COSE VLE which was developed at Staffordshire and is now available as a free binary/open source product. Mark has led numerous projects relating to the technical, strategic, and educational aspects of the use of VLEs/MLEs and is a regular speaker, and has published widely, in these areas. Mark is currently chair of the JISC MLE Programme Evaluation Team. Mark Stiles gave a plenary talk on Beyond Your VLE: Strategic Challenges.

Dr. Alejandro Armellini (2003)

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Dr. Alejandro Armellini is a Learning Technologist in the Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, at the University of Kent. He holds a Master in Education (Educational Technology and TESOL) from the University of Manchester and a PhD in Language Studies from Canterbury Christ Church University College. He has worked extensively in the fields of teacher development, open and distance education, educational technology and e-learning, as well as educational research methods, both in the UK and in Uruguay. He has also managed projects co-funded by the Inter-American Development Bank and ORT Uruguay University. He has taught at BA, Diploma and Master's levels in the UK and Latin America. His current activities include: Implementation of the university's e-learning strategy Responsibility for development and delivery of the Learning Technology module within the PGCHE WebCT administration and staff development. Alejandro Armellini gave a plenary talk on E-learning: The Strategy Continuum.

Steve Musgrave (2003)

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Steve Musgrave is a PhD research student involved in Telematic research into Community Portals. He is a full time IT Manager at Blackpool and the Fylde College in Lancashire. Formerly a merchant navy Radio/Electronics Officer and design engineer with IMR/ITT. Beyond the professional qualifications he holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Electronics with Computing; an MSc in Information Technology and a post graduate Diploma in Management of Education. With a strong background in the Further Education sector as a Principal Lecturer and Head of Division of Communication Engineering, he transferred to a position in IT Management with Blackpool and The Fylde College to develop and implement a unified college-wide electronic network interlinking the campus sites, buildings and outreach centres. Implementation of a Virtual Learning Environment is currently on-going. Direct personal experience of managing multi-million pound IT projects has been gained through project management of Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) projects, notably the ICT centred 'Regional Open System for Education' project and SIGMA projects, giving network inter/intra connectivity between Colleges in a virtual private network. Recent experience of Community Portal planning, design and implementation has arisen through the partnership of Blackpool Borough Council, Blackpool and The Fylde College, and Telewest, in feasibility studies and planning of a 'Broadband Interactive Grid' public sector Community Network strategy for the Fylde Coast of Lancashire. Representation at national level includes membership of the JISC Information Environment Committee (JCIE) and NILTA Technical Committee. Steve gave a plenary talk on Community Portals - A False Dawn Over The Field of Dreams?.

Ricky Rankin (2003)

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Ricky Rankin is a Principal Analyst within Information Services at Queen's University Belfast. For three years he was manager of the Computer Mediated Communications group with responsibility for the email and www services of the University. He is currently involved in two projects: Queen's Online Project which seeks to ensure that the key services and information used by University personnel are made accessible through an integrated Web environment. Content Management System which involves the selection and implementation of CMS to enable information owners to author for the Web. Ricky gave a joint plenary talk with Gareth McAleese on Content Management - Buy or Build?.

Gareth McAleese (2003)

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Gareth McAleese is Web Development Manager within the Department of Public Affairs at the University of Ulster where he has been for the last six years. He is responsible for the technical management and development of the University of Ulster Web service. Gareth gave a joint plenary talk with Ricky Rankin on Content Management - Buy or Build?.

Dave Beckett (2003)

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Dave Beckett is a senior technical researcher at the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT), University of Bristol working on Semantic Web and web technology research, development and standardisation. He has been developing, researching and deploying Internet research discovery, search and metadata systems since 1993 and based at the ILRT since 2000. Dave presently works on the EU-funded IST project Semantic Web Advanced Development Europe (SWAD-Europe) on deploying and developing practical applications and approaches for this new technology. As part of this he does standardisation work on the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative and on the Resource Description Framework (RDF), the foundation work of the W3C Semantic Web Activity. Dave edits two of the RDF specifications in development. Dave Beckett gave the opening keynote plenary talk on day 2 on The Semantic Web.

Brian Kelly (2003)

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a JISC-funded post which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian has been chair of the organising committees for the Institutional Web Management Workshop series since he established the event in 1997. Brian's interests include Web standards, technical architectures for Web services and innovative Web developments. Brian is chair of the Programme Committee and a member of the Organising Committee.

Sarah Agarwal (2003)

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Sarah Agarwal is a consultant Project Manager, specialising in user-centred Web and application development. She has worked for the Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol since 2002. During that time, she's worked on a variety of internal and external development projects, using user-centred design techniques with particular effect in politically difficult and organisationally complex developments. Sarah has previously worked in the field of intranets, knowledge management, usability and information science for other not-for-profit organisations, such as the BBC and the Environment Agency. She has written articles and given seminars on Web-related subjects such as design, information architecture, usability, end-user surveying and change management issues. Sarah Agarwal gave a plenary talk on Focussing On Users: Gathering Users' Requirements.

David Supple (2003)

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

John Burke (2003)

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

John Burke of JISC InfoNET is the FE Liaison Manager with JISCinfoNet. He has worked within the Further Education Sector since 1985 with much of that time having been involved with Management Information Systems, in addition to having managed and developed the IT Network and infrastructure at Myerscough College for over three years. He was instrumental in training and promoting good practice in MIS in Lancashire in the early days of College MIS and regionally has chaired the NW CMIS Group since 1996. He became Associate Chair of the National CMIS Board in 1994, helping to build on the success of that body since its merger with NAITFE to form the National Information and Learning Technologies Association (NILTA). John has participated as a member of NILTA's CIS Operations Committee, acted as North West Representative to NILTA's Council and has contributed numerous articles to their publications. John was an early adopter of the Internet and Intranet as a tool for dissemination and has spoken on the subject at several conferences and seminars. He has also spoken on the subject of e-Learning and was involved in the JISC MIS/MLE Interoperability Study. He received the NILTA Award for outstanding contribution to the development of College Information Systems in 1999. John gave a plenary talk on JISCinfoNet: Helping Web Managers Support Our Users.

Professor David Melville (2003)

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Professor David Melville began his career as a lecturer in Physics at The University of Southampton and carried out research on magnetism and magnetic materials as well as bio and medical physics. He served on and was chairman of a number of research councils and Higher Education Funding Council Committees. David Melville went on to become Vice Rector of Lancashire Polytechnic and Vice-Chancellor Middlesex University. During this period he also served as Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Vice-Chancellors and Principals (now Universities UK) and Chairman of its Longer Term Strategy Group. In 1996 he became Chief Executive of the Further Education Funding Council. In this role he was responsible to Parliament for the allocation of funding of over #3 billion per annum to the further education sector. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent at Canterbury in September 2001. He was educated at Sheffield and Columbia Universities and has Honorary Degrees from Sheffield, Middlesex, Derby and Southampton Universities. He was made a CBE for services to education in 2001. Professor Melville gave the opening keynote plenary talk on The Web Of Higher And Further Education: How To Deal With The Spiders.

Stephen Tanner (2002)

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Stephen Tanner is Head of IT Services at Colchester Institute in North Essex, a large mainly FE college but with some HE provision. Previously involved in integrated systems initiatives in the NHS, since 1998 he's been pursuing a standardised and integrated IT & MIS strategy college wide with particular emphasis on Web based applications, through partnerships with commercial suppliers. He likes to think he might eventually be getting somewhere.... The title of Stephen's talk is "The Lecturer's MIS Menu: Why Silver Service Is Off And Drive- Thru's In".

Mark Simpson (2002)

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Mark Simpson has been working as the User Issues researcher on the De Montfort University, MLE project, since October 2001. Previously, he has worked on the following: aircrew operational issues of flying in icing weather, funded by the CAA and European Community; training and human factors issues for real-time, full motion simulators; the design of photocopier manuals and control panel information; and the design of process plant control rooms. He has a BSc in Ergonomics, a Postgraduate diploma in Computing and a MA in Industrial Design. The title of Mark's talk is "Designing For Usability".

Iain Middleton (2002)

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Iain Middleton is based in the Learning Technology Unit at the University of Aberdeen where he is currently working on a 3-year JISC-funded project to develop Web teaching and learning packages around the Museums and Special Collections, having previously been Web Editor at The Robert Gordon University where he played a leading role in the comprehensive redevelopment of the institution's Web presence. He holds a degree in Human Computer Interaction from Heriot-Watt University and a Masters in Information Analysis (Distinction) from The Robert Gordon University where he also spent 5 years in research at the School of Information and Media, specialising in help desks, online user support systems and communication on the World Wide Web. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and maintains his research interest in the co-ordination of Web sites and help desks in user support, and the role of the Web in Higher Education. Iain gave a joint presentation with Mike McConnell on "Centralised Control Or Departmental Freedom?".

Mike McConnell (2002)

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Mike McConnell is the Web Team Manager of the University of Aberdeen's Web Design Unit and currently manages a team of 5 staff who are responsible for the University's central Web presence, and the maintenance of certain departments and sections across the institution. Mike has formerly worked at the Robert Gordon University as an Educational Development Officer, and as a researcher in Information Science. Prior to that he worked at the sharp end of IT user support in the oil services industry. Mike has published on technology issues in education, Web usability and produced a number of educational Web applications. Mike has an MA in English Literature and the History of Art, a Pg Dip in Information Analysis, an MSc in Information Science, a PgCert in Tertiary Level Teaching and is a member of CILIP. Mike gave a joint presentation with Iain Middleton on "Centralised Control Or Departmental Freedom?".

Paul Browning (2002)

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Paul Browning is Information Strategy Co-ordinator at the University of Bristol (but was an earth scientist who ran a departmental network in a former life). He is a member of the institutional Web Team and is fed up using a bucket and spade to build and maintain the University Web; he has been on the lookout for a JCB and thinks he might have found one in the form of Zope. Paul is co-author of the JISC TechWatch Report on Content Management Systems. Most likely to say: "Can I have the keys to your information silo?" Least likely to say: "I think yet another portal is a smart idea." Paul was invited to give a talk on Portals and CMS - Why You Need Them Both following the cancellation on the talk on The My.Sunderland Portal: A Case Study. Paul also took part in a panel session on Avoiding Portal Wars.

William G Nisen (2002)

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

William G Nisen became Chief Executive of the E-Institute in 2001. Prior to assuming his duties at the E-Institute he co-founded South Fork International (an international management consultancy), and before that, he was President of McGraw-Hill Home Interactive, where he successfully launched the company's consumer retail business. Mr Nisen has a long association with Scotland. From 1987 through 1993 Mr Nisen was President and CEO of OWL International, a joint U.S./Scottish company, where he directed a turn-around of the company, managed its growth with sales exceeding $10MM, sold it and successfully transitioned all operations to Matsushita Electronics Industrial. Mr Nisen also has held management positions at Lotus Development Corp. and Harvard University's Computer Graphics Laboratory. Nisen also serves on the board of directors for several technology companies. William gave the opening keynote plenary talk on day 2 on Knowledge Based Web Sites: A Preliminary Investigation.

Lawrie Phipps (2002)

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Lawrie Phipps is an environmental science graduate turned learning technologist. He worked on the development of Web-based resources, computer simulations and 'virtual' fieldwork for several years before running the JISC-funded TechDis Service, which looks at all aspects of Technology and Disabilities in the further and higher education sectors. Lawrie maintains a research interest in virtual lab and fieldwork in the sciences. The title of Lawrie's talk is "Legislation, Disabilities and Educational Web Sites".

Andrew Aird (2002)

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Andrew Aird is the Director of Web Services at King's College, London. Previously he ran the Web service at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has written and lectured on various aspects of Web management, including ecommerce for higher education, Web strategy and designing parallel Web structures. His commercial experience stems from many years in the music and publishing industries, notably as managing director of an international music software company. The title of Andrew's talk is "Virtually Everything Virtually Everywhere: Pursuing A Radical Web Strategy".

Derek Law (2002)

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Derek Law is the Librarian and Head of Information Resources Directorate at the University of Strathclyde, Professor in the Department of Computing and Head of the Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde. He has worked in several British universities since 1970 and have published over 150 book chapters, articles and conference papers since then, some of them republished in seven other languages. Most of his work has been to do with the development of networked resources in higher education and with the creation of national information policy. Recently I have worked on the use of wireless technology in developing new methods of teaching and learning. Derek was awarded the Barnard prize for contributions to Medical Informatics in 1993, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999 and was awarded an honorary degree by the Sorbonne in 2000. Derek gave the opening keynote plenary talk.

Martin Belcher (2000)

Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Martin Belcher is Project Manager for the Internet Development Group, Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol. Martin is responsible for the consultancy activities of the ILRT. These mainly take a Web-based focus and include Web site design, implementation, service specification development, usability and accessibility audits, online strategy development and various forms of Web-focused training. Recent clients include; JISC, ESRC, University of Bristol, Bank of England, the Institute of Fiscal Studies, National Maritime Museum, BMW. Martin has been working for the University of Bristol in Internet related projects since 1994. Previous to that he studied, and sometimes practiced, in the fields of archaeology and geology.

Grainne Conole (2000)

Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Dr Tony McDonald is TLTP officer at the Faculty of Medicine Computing Centre in the Medical School at the University of Newcastle. In this position he has been involved in the development and implementation of the Networked Learning Environment and its deployment at the consortium sites. Whilst developing this system, a lot of additional work was done on XML. Before joining the FMCC, Tony worked at Netskills on the DESIRE project and, further back, was the Macintosh systems advisor at the University of Newcastle Computing Service. His current interests are in website communication (XML-RPC and SOAP) and in 'shipping' the NLE out to as many sites as want it.

Ian Halliday (2000)

Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Ian Halliday: Instructor, Princeton University 1964-66. Fellow Christ's College, Cambridge 1966-67. Lectureship 1967-75, Reader 75-90, Professor 90-92, Imperial College, University of London. Professor of Physics and Head of Department, University of Wales, Swansea since 1992, Dean of Graduate School 93-96 (on leave of absence). Chief Executive, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council since 1998.

Greg Smart (2000)

Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Greg Smart is the Development Manager at the University of Bath, and worked on implementing and supporting the University's Finance System, Lawson. Greg has helped to ensure that the University plays a leading role in utilising is responsible for the University's Management Information Systems, having previously Lawson's tools for web deployment. He has worked in IT for over ten years and in HE for four, and has particular interests in the way people use computers and how their jobs are affected by changing technology.

Brian Kelly (2000)

Thu, 07 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a JISC-funded post which provides advice for the UK Higher and Further Education communities on Web developments.

Mary Rowlatt (2000)

Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Mary Rowlatt is currently Information Services Manager with Essex Libraries where she is responsible for the development and delivery of information services to the public. In October she will move to a new post as Community Information Network Co-ordinator for the County Council. She is joint editor for the Essex County Council website, Project leader for the LIC funded Seamless project, Project Director for the DGV funded ISTAR project, and Essex Co-ordinator for the DGXIII funded ONE-2 Project. She is a Member of the Interoperability Focus Advisory Group, the European Public Information Centres (EPIC) National Steering Group, and chairs the EARL European Task Group which developed euroguide.

Cliff Sanders (2000)

Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Cliff Sanders is Projects Manager for the Online Group, part of the University of Ulster's department of External Affairs. His duties include advising client departments on corporate Internet strategy and the overall development of the institution's web presence. Cliff began his employment career as a land surveyor and became increasingly involved in the use of IT for survey processing in the late 1980s. To further this interest, Cliff enrolled on the University of Ulster's BSc Hons Computing Science degree and graduated in 1998. On graduation, Cliff joined the Online Group and was promoted to his current position of Projects manager in June 2000.

Andy Price (2000)

Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Andy Price has been the Head of Corporate Communications at the University of Teesside for 18 months. He spent two years as Head of New Media at North East Evening Gazette, seven years as a Marketing and Business development consultant. Andy has had a varied career in both the private and public sector and have spent almost half his working life self employed. His main discipline is Marketing, but he has increasingly been involved in developments in new media and digital imaging. He has worked on early on-line 'business to business' developments in the music industry as well as managing a very early international on-line digital photography event in 1995. Subsequently he put local newspapers on-line, created local community portals, put Premiership footballs clubs in cyberspace and created national business databases as well as being directly involved in a wide variety of other on-line initiatives. In the past he has been the managing director of a graphics company, a community development worker, a language teacher in Spain and has helped establish a community circus, so he feels ideally suited to life on the web!

Christopher Harris (2000)

Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Christopher Harris is Executive Director of HERO. He has been seconded from Newcastle University for a period of 3 years to undertake this task. At Newcastle he was Director of Communications and Public Affairs, which included responsibility for NUInfo, the University's Internet service.

John Slater (2000)

Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:00:00 +0000

John Slater is a part of the Generic Learning and Teaching Centre and the Technology Integration Centre in the Learning and Teaching Support Network. His past includes being a JISC member, a Computer Board Member, and a number of relevant L&T Initiatives. He was the PVC for Learning and Teaching at Kent and is a member of the E-University Steering Group.

Alan Robiette (2000)

Sun, 25 Jun 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Alan Robiette works as Programme Director for JISC's rapidly developing interests in authentication and security. He began his career as a physical scientist but became increasingly involved in IT planning and management, and directed IT services in a number of HEIs for a period of some 15 years before taking up his current position. He is a former member of the Computer Board and of a number of JISC committees and working groups, and was closely associated with the eLib Programme throughout much of its existence.

Danny Sullivan (1999)