| ‘Rocket Fuel’ for the Business Brain |
Tuesday 5th December 6:30 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
How you can use lateral thinking methods to transform your business performance.
This
talk is packed with tips, techniques, stories and examples. It shows how innovative
leaders find new ways to solve problems and to inspire their teams to creative
breakthroughs.
Our speaker is an entertaining, thought-provoking, motivational speaker
and a recognized expert on innovation, lateral thinking and leadership.
Our speaker was:
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| Identity Theft ...is it a crime at all? |
Tuesday 28th November 6:30 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
When is identity theft a crime? Should information technology control it? Can
information technology control it? Is it just about financial loss?
Can identity cards
stop identity theft or could they make it worse? What techniques are used to steal
information about people?
Our expert speakers will be talking about their latest thoughts
on identity theft, the current status of the government initiative and the regulation of
computer-related misuse.
Our speakers were:
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| IT's Music |
Wednesday 18th October 6:30 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
Sometimes innovation and invention are borne of necessity, and this has become more
evident in the post-Napster music business. Digital technology and the Internet are here
to stay, and this event will bring various perspectives on the tough challenges they
present to the music industry. It will also cover the implications for the evolving music
business, and show how the players (both old and new) are adapting to a rapidly changing
environment.
It addressed the following questions:
- How do you compete with free?
- How will lawsuits help / hinder the music industry?
- What new / emergent business models are out there?
- Who are the major stakeholders, and what do they have to say?
- How can technology help save the industry?
- What is the future of the music business?
Our speakers were:
Event included original music from DeadBeat International
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| Global Outsourcing Today - GOT IT? |
Tuesday 5th September 6:00 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This was a London Regional Event organised by the North London Branch
This event was in
association with HCL Technologies and BCS Central London, Kingston & Croydon and West
London Branches
What’s happening in the fast-flowing global offshore outsourcing
marketplace today?
Where in the world is not yet involved in one way or another?
What’s next?
At this event we look at some aspects of this dynamic world of change.
Come and join us with your own snapshots and an open mind - and also a fast-focus camera
(optional) to capture the views of our expert presenters and other attendees.
Our speakers were:
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| Serious Games - Game-Based Learning |
Wednesday 19th July 6:00 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
There is no doubting the power of computer games to entertain. Halo 2 the computer game
took as much on its first day of release as Spiderman the movie on its opening weekend.
But do computer games have wider potential? For example, could they be used to educate
children, raise awareness amongst the general public of a pressing social issue or train
practitioners in a given field? And could they do this and still be enjoyable.
Many believe so and as a result, Serious Games, is a growing area. Come and learn about
existing examples of serious games. Understand why play, fun and enjoyment can be valuable
to the learning process. Gain insight into the challenges of designing and developing
computer games that deal with serious real-world issues.
Our speakers were:
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| Tiger Teams - Attack and Penetrate IT |
Wednesday 28th June 6:00 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
How do you ensure your organisation is secure from physical and electronic threats? How
can you be sure what risks to address in today’s complex technological environments?
How can you be sure that your current security solutions are effective and meet your
organisation’s security policy and regulatory requirements?
‘Tiger Teams’ are penetration testers with a difference. Come and join us at
this interactive session where we’ll discuss and demonstrate various techniques used
by Tiger Teams to find and exploit an organisation’s internal and external IT
security vulnerabilities.
Topics addressed will include relevant aspects of Web Application Security, War Dialling,
Social Engineering, VOIP, Wireless Security, and Physical Security.
Our expert presenter were:
- JUSTIN CLARKE - Manager, Technology & Security Risk Services, Ernst & Young
- IVAN PHILLIPS - Senior Consultant , Technology & Security Risk Services, Ernst
& Young
Click here for the joint Presentation
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| IT in London |
Wednesday 14th June 6:00 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This was a London Regional Event organised by North London Branch
Terminal 5 is a
£4.2bn expansion of Heathrow airport. Nick Gains will explain the key role IT will play
in the life of the terminal and describe the approach taken in rolling out and testing the
infrastructure.
RegenTV addresses issues of social exclusion by converting a TV into a
portal of interactive services. John Defoe will talk about its success to date in the
London Borough of Newham and demonstrate an example of the system.
iBus will provide
passengers on London’s buses with access to precise real-time location information.
Martin Davey will talk about a recent trial of the system and explain how it will benefit
Londoners in future.
Our expert presenter were:
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| Being Decisive AND Incisive |
Wednesday 17th May 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5
Southampton Street, London WC2
How easy is it to make rational decisions in a complex world? What are the best ways of
dealing with and adopting different perspectives? How do we avoid misunderstanding? How do we
avoid the bias of our own experiences?
This interactive session challenged your approach to
rational decision making in the face of uncertainty. Participants were encouraged to reflect
on: their personal ability to frame situations and evaluate risks, the results of their
professional decisions, and the biases that creep into their choices.
If you are a CIO, IT
Manager or Programme/Project Manager then your approach may be enhanced by the recent
research, insights and conclusions.
Our expert presenter was:
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| Is IT Healthy? |
Tuesday 14th March 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5
Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with Health Informatics
(Primary Health Care) Specialist Group
There are frequent references in the
press to the numerous and widespread IT initiatives intended to help improve the UK National
Health Service. Almost as frequent is the publicity about problems and delays.
So how
is the NHS benefiting or suffering from this IT injection?
And how could it affect your
health?
Come and join us to hear news and views about some of the many technical
and business perspectives involved in the governance, development and delivery of this
enormous, complex, ambitious and critical programme that affects all of us!
Our expert presenters were:
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| The Information Society: A History of the Future |
Wednesday 22nd February 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with CyberSalon
This lecture was a history of the future. It showed how our contemporary understanding of the
Net is shaped by a forty-year-old prophecy. During the Cold War, the rulers of America
appropriated the ideas of Marshall McLuhan for the propaganda struggle against its Russian
rival. The USA was building the next stage of human civilisation - the information society -
and the rest of the world would have to follow its path into the networked future. As the
owner of time, America controlled space. In 1968, the Vietnamese demonstrated the fallacies of
this hi-tech ideology to the global TV audience. Yet, in 2006, we’re still being told
that the Net is creating the information society - and America today is everywhere else
tomorrow. If we don’t want the future to be what it used to be, we must invent our own
future.
Our expert presenter was:
- Dr. Richard Barbrook Westminster University and Cybersalon
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| SOA Masterclass - Andy Mulholland, Global CTO, CapGemini |
Wednesday 25th January 6:15 p.m.
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
Currently the term SOA, Services Oriented Architecture, is everywhere, technology vendors
are driving the market claiming that 'services' are the next wave that will reform the value
IT can bring to the business. Why? A session on defining what 'services' are, what they do,
why there is business value in this, and finally how does the technology work?
This was a chargeable event
Click here for Andy's Presentation
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