JISC

The pre-conference activities will start on Monday 23 March 2009 with a forum to discuss the changing higher education environment and the implications for JISC and the academic community. The purpose of the forum will be to engage with senior management and policy makers as part of the JISC strategy consultation process. The event will discuss the issues surrounding the future of the higher education environment and the implications this has for JISC and the academic community.

We will have a panel of expert plenary speakers including:

• Rashik Parmar, CTO & Distinguished Engineer, IBM
• Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President & Chief Strategist, OCLC
• Professor Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal Knowledge Management, Chief Information Officer, University of Edinburgh
• Juliet Williams, Chairman, South West Regional Development Agency

The panel will be chaired by Professor David Baker, Principal, University College Plymouth & St Mark & St John (Vice-Chair, JISC)

Following the presentations, there will be a breakout session where the delegates will be asked to discuss in their table groups key questions around the challenges that face higher education in the future and the role that technology will play.

A summary of the outcomes from the pre-conference forum will be reported back to the main conference the following morning by Dr Malcolm Read, Executive Secretary of JISC in the opening plenary welcome speech.

Session Programme