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Conference Theme - "Supporting Diversity"

IUISC 2004 PROGRAMME

 

DAY 1

Wednesday, 10 March 2004

 

THE FUTURES AGENDA

13.00-14.15

 

Lunch kindly sponsored by Fujitsu Siemens

14.30-15.30

Keynote 1:

Don Thornhill, Chair, Higher Education Authority (HEA)

Creating Ireland's Knowledge Society: Proposals for Higher Education Reform

Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

15.30-16.00

Coffee & Tea & Exhibition Viewing

16.00-17.00

Keynote 2:

Espen Andersen, Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Management
Learning Technologies and Learning Institutions: Futures, Challenges and Principles

Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

19.00

Pre Dinner Drinks kindly sponsored by Swets Blackwell

Dinner, Kings Suite

DAY 2

Thursday, 11 March 2004

 

THE ACCESS AGENDA

 

Theme 1: Broadening Access

09.15-10.00

Plenary

Andy DiPaulo, Executive Director, Stanford Center for Professional Development & Senior Associate Dean School of Engineering, Stanford University

Choices and Challenges: Lessons Learned in the Evolution of Online Education

Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

 

Parallels

Stream 1

Kilbride Suite

Stream 2

Garden Suite

Stream 3

River Room

10.00-10.30

Session 1

E-Learning & Access: Information Skills Teaching in TCD  . Arlene Healy/Niamh Brennan, Library, TCD
Video Conferencing . Andrew Byrne, HEAnet

 

Developing eLearning Content . Helen Guerin, Director, Audio Visual Centre, UCD

10.30-11.00

Session 2

E-Books in Support of a New Learner Environment (pdf) John Cox, Deputy Librarian, NUI Galway

 

The Support Services: Challenges Presented by Today's IT Environment - Noel Wilson, Assistant Director, IT User Services, UU

Where is the learning in eLearning? . Iain MacLabhrainn, Director . CELT, NUIG
 

11.00-11.30

Coffee & Tea & Exhibition Viewing

11.30-12.15

Plenary:

Terry Hanson, Director of Information Services, University College Chichester
Portals in Higher Education (pdf)
Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

 

Parallels

Stream 1

Kilbride Suite

Stream 2

Garden Suite

Stream 3

River Room

12.15-12.45

Session 3

A Portal for National Education and Research Information - Alan MacDougall, MacDougall Consulting Ltd
UCD Connect . .Portal for all .  staff and Students. . Brian Morrissey & Eoin Hanratty, Computing Services, UCD
Cross-institutional Interoperability with an Open Standards Based MLE . Dr Greg McClure, Administration Support - Information Services, QUB

12.45-14.00

Lunch kindly sponsored by HP

 

Theme 2:  Risk Management in a Changing Regulatory Environment

14.00-14.45

Plenary:

Joan Crotty, Senior Manager, Deloitte
Risk Management - An IT Perspective (pdf)
Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

 

Parallels

Stream 1

Kilbride Suite

Stream 2

Garden Suite

Stream 3

River Room

14.45-15.15

Session 4

Virtual Library and Disaster recovery . Cultural and Institutional Issues . Deborah Shorley, Librarian, University of Sussex
Security & Disaster Recovery . The National Infrastructure Perspective (pdf).  Warren Daly, HEANet
Wireless and Network-edge Authentication/ Security . James Healy, Computing Services, DCU

15.15-16.00

Coffee & Tea & Exhibition Viewing

16.00-17.15

Session 5       Regulatory Issues

16.00-16.25

 

Copyright Licensing in the Digital Environment (pdf). Sean Phillips, Librarian, UCD
Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

16.25-16.50

 

New SPAM legislation (pdf). Michael Nowlan, Information Systems Services, Trinity College Dublin
Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

16.50-17.15

 

Freedom of Information & Data Protection (pdf) - Ann McKeown, Freedom of Information Officer, NUI Maynooth
Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

17.15

At leisure

19.00

Delegates to meet in Lobby of Ormonde Hotel

19.15

Pre-Dinner Drinks, Kilkenny Castle

Gala Dinner, Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle


 

DAY3

Friday, 12 March 2004

 

THE RESEARCH AGENDA

09.15-10.00

Plenary

Dave J Fegan, Professor of Experimental Physics, University College Dublin

Research Diversity

Venue: Kilbride Suite

 

Parallels

Stream 1

Kilbride Suite

Stream 2

Garden Suite

10.00-10.30

Session 1

A National Information Infrastructure . John Fitzgerald, Librarian, UCC

The Future Impact of Grid Computing in Ireland - Andy Shearer, Cosmogrid, NUI Galway
 

10.30-11.00

Session 2

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (pdf)-Paul Sheehan, Director of Library Services, DCU

Joined-Up Thinking: Building TCD's Research Support System in a Collaborative Environment - Donal Lyons, System Developer- MIS, TCD/Niamh Brennan, Library, TCD

11.00-11.30

Coffee & Tea & Exhibition Viewing

11.30-12.00

PLENARY

John Ratcliffe, Futures Academy, Dublin Institute of Technology

Closing Comments (pdf)

Venue: Kilbride Suite

12.00-12.30

                        IUISC 2004 Closing Session

                      Venue: Kilbride Suite

12.30

Conference Ends

 

 

Last Updated 9 th March 2004
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Last Updated 10th March 2004
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