(Presentations are linked as pdfs)
10:00 Coffee & registration
10:15 Introduction from Scottish Funding Council
Dr Bill Harvey, Scottish Funding Council, Deputy Director
- bigger picture with e-learning strategy
10:30 Resilience – how much do you need?
Tim Kidd, JANET(UK), Head of Operations
- how resilient the JANET network is at the core and the regions
- your own campus, how to improve your resilience
- business case for resilience – how much should you pay?
11:00 Group work Facilitated by JANET(UK) what do you do within your organisation?
- name five key issues, work in groups of 5
- poster session over lunch
11:30 JANET services for improving your organisation’s resilience
Paula Smith, JANET(UK), Web hosting Facilities and Content Services Manager
- Co-location service
- Web Hosting
- CSIRT service
12:00 InTechnology backup service
Anton Murphy, InTechnology, Head of Managed Services
12:15 Buffet Lunch
13:00 Communications and technology
Professor Tom Wilson, Glasgow Metropolitan College
- why is it important, how it impacts on recruitment, retention etc
13:30 Uses and benefits of JANET txt service
Alistair Wren, PageOne, Project Manager
- new text messaging for education
14:10 Group work Facilitated by JANET(UK)
- identify key issues,
- what technologies you will use or need in next 12 months
14.40 JANET Collaboration service – what can it do for me?
Tim Boundy, JANET(UK), Schools Content Co-ordinator
15:10 JANET Talk service
Roger Bolam, JANET(UK), Content Delivery Manager
- pros and cons of Voice over IP
16:00 Close