Programme

Available as an ICS file - with thanks (once again) to Stephen Usher.

Exhibition Area 09:30–10:00 Registration Tea and coffee and pastries
Session 1 — Chair: Jeremy Worth, ICTF Chairman
Quadrangle Suite 10:00–10:10 Introduction Jeremy Worth, ICTF Chairman
Quadrangle Suite 10:10–10:50 The worldwide LHC Computing Grid
– meeting the ICT challenge for the Large Hadron Collider experiments		 Neil Geddes, STFC e-Science Director
  10:50–11:00 Break For moving rooms. No refreshments provided.
See right 11:00–11:40 Workshop A ...
Exhibition Area 11:40–12:10 Tea and coffee  
Session 2 — Chair: Sarah Lawson, Secretary to ICTF
Quadrangle Suite 12:10–12:50 Current challenges facing IT providers in HEIs Dr Christine Sexton, Director of Corporate Information
and Computing Services at the University of Sheffield
Exhibition Area 13:00–14:00 Sandwich Lunch  
Session 3 — Chair: Sarah Lawson, Secretary to ICTF
See right 14:10–14:50 Workshop B ...
  14:50–15:00 Break For moving rooms. No refreshments provided.
See right 15:00–15:40 Workshop C ...
Exhibition Area 15:40–16:10 Tea and coffee  
Session 4 — Chair: Jeremy Worth, ICTF Chairman
See right 16:10–16:50 Workshop D ...
  16:50–17:00 Break For moving rooms. No refreshments provided.
Quadrangle Suite 17:00–17:40 What awaits today’s students in 2020? Ray Fleming, Microsoft UK
First Floor by Quadrangle Suite 17:40–19:00 Evening Reception Wine and light refreshments

Plenary Talks

The worldwide LHC Computing Grid
– meeting the ICT challenge for the Large Hadron Collider experiments		 Neil Geddes, STFC e-Science Director  
An overview of the challenges faced in computing for the experiments at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN and how these have been tackled. The talk will focus on the scientific and data processing challenges but also touch on other ICT aspects and the implications of being a part of a large international endeavor.
Current challenges facing IT providers in HEIs Dr Christine Sexton, Director of Corporate Information and
Computing Services at the University of Sheffield		  

Christine will talk about the challenged faced by IT departments in HEIs in the current financial climate. She will look at how shared services might become necessary and how a more cost-effective and efficient service-delivery model might satisfy the HEFCE requirements to reduce costs. Chris will also consider how the Digital Economy Act might affect our sector and how we might best deal with it.
What awaits today’s students in 2020? Ray Fleming, Microsoft UK  
Over the next decade, the world will continue to change at a phenomenal pace, pushed by individuals keen to explore the impossible. Supported, and driven by technology, today’s students are going to enter a workplace which will in many ways be unrecognisable from a decade ago. But beside an alarming pace of change, what else is waiting around the corner for students, and what do we need to do to prepare them?
This presentation uses work from Microsoft’s research and development teams to look at the technology, lifestyle and workplace of 2020, and then digs behind that vision to join the dots. We’ll look at some of the research work going on around the world to deliver the technology to support this world – some of which will appear shortly, and other parts of which are still in the distant future.

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Evening reception    

Mini Lamb Kofta
Cocktail Sausage Rolls
Tomato and Garlic Bruschetta (v)
Garlic Mushrooms with Chive Mayonnaise (v)
Breaded Scampi with Tartar Sauce
Selection of Crisps and Nuts

One glass of house red or white; or orange juice; or mineral water included.  Bar open for further drinks.