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Welcome to this edition of the Elite newsletter
The Elite programme for this year is taking shape and we will be announcing some interesting events shortly. Our first event is a pure networking evening with free food, wine and beer! Booking details can be found below.
David Tidey
Elite Chairman
New on the website
Business brains
As the business environment changes, enterprises must increase their agility and adapt business processes to accommodate changing conditions. Business intelligence applications can help.
Green's good
Gartner estimates that technology accounts for two per cent of all carbon emissions, but luckily green IT ambitions can equate with enhanced employee productivity and cost savings.
The privacy conundrum
'We need to question the assumption that the imperative to share personal data can only be thought of in terms of catering to the needs of society rather than safeguarding the privacy or confidentiality of the individual,' said Professor Charles Raab, University of Edinburgh, the first of three speakers at a recent BCS Thought Leadership event in London.
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News
Updated best practice portal
The Corporate IT Forum has re-launched its best practice portal with reduced prices for BCS Chartered Members and Fellows.
Course in company direction
The IoD / BCS Diploma in Company Direction covers the core issues faced by every director and those within functional areas for which they may not have had previous responsibility. Delivered by business experts, the programme aims to provide IT directors and aspiring IT professionals - both BCS members and non-members - with the leadership and strategic skills that are essential for effective board performance.
Consultations
Consultations
Consultations in progress are on the BCS website and can be RSS'd.
Elite events
3 April - Elite Spring Networking Event
Bishop of Norwich Wine Bar, Moorgate
FREE (to include wine, beer, buffet and networking), reply to Mandy Bauer by 20 March.
mandy.bauer@hq.bcs.org.uk
1 May - IT in the Media
Speakers: Ken Davis of Channel 5, Karl Schneider of Reed Business Info.
Details to follow.
16 June - Web 2.0 - can your company afford to ignore it?
Speakers: Euan Semple, consultant on social computing for the corporate world and past director of knowledge management at the BBC, Ian Aitchison, group communications officer at NYK Group Europe, Richard Dennison intranet and channel strategy manager, BT.
Details to follow.
29 October - Carbon Footprint
BCS London.
Details to follow.
BCS events
1 April - BCS/RSI Joint Lecture
'Information and Communication Technology in the Public Sector: Transformational or Another Unaffordable Expense?'
Brigadier Philip Davies MA FBCS CITP FIET
HQS Wellington, Temple Stairs, Victoria Embankment, London, the floating Livery Hall of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. Registration and refreshments from 6pm, followed by the lecture at 6.40pm.
The lecture if free of charge to attend and open to members and their guests. Further details of the lecture, speaker and booking are available at the link above.
24 April - BCS President's Dinner
A key event in the IT profession's social calendar is the BCS President's dinner, hosted this year by President Rachel Burnett, with guest of honour Frank Gardner OBE, BBC security correspondent, and guest speaker Jilly Goolden, wine critic and journalist.
The dinner will celebrate the Society's role as the true representative body for the UK's dynamic IT profession and provides an excellent opportunity to entertain clients, meet up with friends and colleagues, to exchange views and experiences, or just to enjoy the lavish surroundings.
Individual places for BCS members are available at £99 (including VAT). Non-members may also book places at £150 (including VAT). Table bookings (10 places) are available at a cost of £1,500 (including VAT) and includes a single page advert in the dinner brochure.
Other events
IS Professionalism 2008 - a one day conference presenting the new IT profession
18 March, Congress Centre, London.
This one-day conference will showcase the outputs of NCC's community research programme in professionalism in information systems. It will provide delegates with an opportunity to fast track their knowledge and insight into what IS professionalism entails and how it can be achieved.
The conference agenda maps the 10 key themes of the programme which together provide an effective framework for corporate professionalism. The NCC IS Professionalism Executive Briefing which provides an overview and introduction to the key themes can be freely downloaded from the link above.
Delegate fees for Elite members £199 plus VAT (NCC member rate).
Infosecurity Europe
Europe's number one, Information Security event is to be held 22–24 April, Grand Hall, Olympia.
Supported by the BCS and now in its 13th year, the event continues to provide an unrivalled education programme, new products and services, exhibitors and visitors from every segment of the industry. To register free to attend or for further information please visit the link above.
The group
The Elite Group (Effective Leadership in Information Technology) is the UK lead forum for IT directors and senior managers to exchange experiences, views and expectations on how information systems should be managed to achieve business objectives.
www.elite.bcs.org
About the sponsor
Fluke Networks
Fluke Networks' Performance Management solutions support IT professionals responsible for enterprise-wide network, VoIP and application performance. Our solution, Visual Performance Manager, is a unified system that provides unparalleled breadth of visibility and depth of analysis for end-to-end application, VoIP and network performance management.
Feedback
This publication is sent electronically on the first Friday of each month to all members of the ELITE group and BCS Fellows. Any ideas or suggestions for content are welcome, please email editor@bcs.org
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