Initiatives

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Initiatives Innovation Managing Disruptive
Technologies
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• Brian Kelly
• UK Web
• UKOLN
• University of Bath
• Bath, UK

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About Me

• Brian Kelly
• UK Web Focus post funded by JISC and MLA to
  advise UK HE / FE and cultural heritage sectors
  on best Web practices
• Based at UKOLN, University of Bath
• Helped set up Web service in Leeds University in
  Jan 1993 - first in UK(?) and in first 50
  registered at CERN)
• Web evangelist from 1993 (against Gopher
  orthodoxy!)
• Still evangelising today!

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About The Event

• This workshop
• Second joint UICISA/UKOLN event (following Beyond
  Email - Strategies For Collaborative Working In
  The 21st Century workshop in Leeds, Nov 2004)
• CETIS are additional co-organiser
• The event
• Opportunity to hear about/use innovative new
  applications development methodologies (e.g.
  SOA Web 2.0)
• Discuss deployment challenges (deploying the
  above)
• The "Disruptive Technologies" title
• "new technological innovation ... that ..
  overturns the existing dominant technology in the
  market .."
• Disruption to an organisation's road map (cf Web
  in 1994)
• A catchy title to appeal to potential delegates ?

Wikipedia
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About The Audience

• Which group(s) best represent you?

IT Services
E-learning
Managers Practitioners
Managers Practitioners
Diverse Audience
Web
Other
Software Info. Profs. Designers Usability
Managers Practitioners
Note that the discussion groups will have a
balance of the different sectors, to ensure
cross-fertilisation of ideas
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About The Technologies

• During the event
• WiFi network available
• Feel free to use to support the aims of the
  workshop
• You can
• Download slides, follow links during talks
• Discuss talks with other delegates
• Use a Wiki for note-taking during discussion
  group sessions (more easily shared afterwards)
• Remote user(s) can
• Listen in / watch talks using Skype

Please observe AUP and note that we may make
changes during event in case of problems
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About The Discussion Groups

• Morning E-Frameworks
• A1 Technical Issues (Lecture Room 2)
• A2 User Issues (Lecture Room 3)
• A3 Deployment Issues (Lecture Room
  11) A4 Building the Framework (Lecture Room 11)
• Afternoon Web 2.0
• B1 Management Issues B2 Technical Issues
• B3 User Issues B4 Cultural Change

• Notes
• You have been allocated group 1, 2, 3 or 4.
• Please appoint a report to report back.
• Please use Wiki to keep notes of discussions (so
  others can view afterwards).
• Consensus in groups not required you can note
  areas of disagreements.