| Health(y) IT - Mobile computing in healthcare |
Wednesday 18st June 18:30
BCS, 5
Southampton Street, London WC2
The NHS and wider healthcare sector is changing rapidly - new
government initiatives will take care closer to patients’ homes. The setup of
“Super” GP surgeries, Polyclinics and the possibility to remotely monitor and
manage chronic diseases will without doubt change the way care is provided to patients as
well as to the support given to carers and relatives in the future. The one size fits all
approach will be replaced with care plans, setup individually for the needs and
requirements of each individual client.
Questions are being raised whether the current
provision of Information Technology within the National Programme for IT in the NHS will
cope with these changes. Providing care within the community is challenging traditional
thinking of information generation, collection and storage within health informatics and
can the IT industry keep up with the pace of challenges to make relevant medical data
accessible wherever the care is needed.
This event will discuss what the main drivers and
requirements are to provide safe and sound information for the care of patients in a
hospital and community setting? What technology is available to allow doctors and nurses
to have the correct medical information and knowledge available independent from the
location of the patient? We will also discus how patients be involved in helping to create
a personal care record that ultimately leads to a single patient record?
Our expert presenters were:
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| e-Books |
Wednesday 21st May 18:15
BCS, 5
Southampton Street, London WC2
The humble book seems to be holding its own against its digital
equivalents, in a way that say 35 mm film and the CD have not. Is this really the case, if
so why and what does the future hold for the e-book?
How is the e-book format being used
to innovate, e.g. linking to other media? Is the Turning Pages technology still holding
it’s own against other e-Book formats? What did the collaboration between the British
Library and Microsoft do for e-Books?
Do readers like e-books? Is non-fiction as
successful as fiction? How do publishers and authors protect their copyright?
Are e-Books
widely used in education? Will the JISC National e-Books Observatory Project, provide any
answers with its study on the use and impacts of e-content in Higher Education?
Will
devices such as Amazon’s recently-released Kindle lead to increased take up? Is there
a standard for e-books and e-book readers?
What does the future hold, e.g. for library
collections and content preservation?
Our expert presenters were:
- PETER BLANCHARD Managing Director of Libresco Ltd and Agent and Distributor in
the UK and Eire For iRex Technologies Bv
- CLIVE IZARD Head of Creative Services, British Library
- CAREN MILLOY E-books Project Manager, JISC Collections
Click here for Caren's Presentation
- JACK SCHOFIELD Computer Editor of The Guardian
Click here for Jack's Presentation
- ROLFE SWINTON Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of CPI Publishing Solutions
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| Women in IT - Making a Difference |
Wednesday 16th April 18:15
BCS,
5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with
Ernst & Young LLP
Women in IT, as in other areas of the business world, can make a
significant difference, and add new dimensions and perspectives.
What are the main drivers
and differentiators that women bring to the business world - in psychological, social,
commercial, environmental and other aspects?
And what’s the best balance for taking
UK IT forward?
Our expert presenters were:
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| DISCOVERY - THE NEXT GENERATION! |
Wednesday 19th March 18:15
BCS,
5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with
SUPINFO
The International Institute of Information Technology
In this fascinating evening seminar, we invite experts to talk about
the future of search and discovery technologies, the challenges and their application.
We
have updates on semantic extractions to manage corporate and organisational knowledge and
risks; tracking and investigating complex transactional information, email and operations
using secure technologies.
We consider the issues of privacy and security offered by
internet search systems and the issues of managing email message storage and discovery.
Our expert presenters were:
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| IT’s Going Going.. Going Green! |
Wednesday 20th February 18:15
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with
SUPINFO
The International Institute of Information Technology
Is there a black-and-white blueprint for the future?
Global warming,
climate change, time’s running out. At last we’re much more focused on Green
issues - in the news at least. And IT has a major role to play in helping to shape our
future, and the future shape of our home planet. At this event we’ll consider views
on green issues and ideas such as reducing carbon footprints, increasing mobile computing,
using energy-efficient hardware and networks, developing virtual computing, recycling
unwanted PCs, printing less paper copies of electronic information. ‘Is the key not
just to invest in green products, but to be more efficient - and more coordinated?’
Is
a multi-faceted approach needed for effects on the environment to be felt? Does the design
of technology and organisations need to change? Where are we now, and what do we need to
do to accelerate change? Do we need to be more lean and mean about green? And more
coordinated, locally, nationally, globally?
Our expert presenters were:
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| AudIT to BenefIT - 6 sides of the dice |
Wednesday 16th January 2008 18:15
BCS, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2
This event was in association with
Gotham
Digital Science
ISACA London Chapter
IT Faculty of the Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales
SUPINFO The International Institute of
Information Technology
What do you think of IT Audit and what it can achieve for your organisation?
[a] A
handicap to business performance? [b] A necessary evil? [c] A valuable service?
Few
non-auditors choose [c]. Yet IT audit can work for you to help ensure your IT environment,
applications and data are adequately secure, controlled and productive to give reasonable
return on investment.
At this event, we’ll consider six aspects of IT audit in
action, with guidance and illustrations about how you could use your audits to advantage.
How
much could you benefit from IT audit?
Our speakers were:
- FRASER NICOL Senior Manager Technology & Security Risk, Ernst & Young
- JUSTIN CLARKE Director, Gotham Digital Science
- LYNN LAWTON International President, ISACA
- MARTIN ALLEN Director, Risk Assurance Services, PwC
- NICK FELLOWS Audit Manager, Barclays Internal Audit, Barclays Plc
- STEVEN BABB Senior Manager, IT Advisory, KPMG & VP, ISACA Central England
Chapter
Click here for their Presentation (large file)
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