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08:30  Registration and refreshments

09:15  Welcome and introduction by the Chair
Keith Aitken, Journalist & Broadcaster

Session One: The development of the Cloud

This opening session will offer a brief introduction / recap to the fundamental principles and basic components of Cloud Computing, before hearing about some of the developments in the field.

09:25  Cloud computing update: The last 12 months
Raymond O’Hare, Director OCSolutions and Chairman, Institute of Directors Scotland
  • What is cloud computing? (Recap)
  • Progress in the last 12 months including major developments   and programmes under way

09:40  The Cloud Approach for Public Sector ICT
Andy Tait, Former Deputy Director for the G-Cloud Data Centre Consolidation and Application Store Programme , Cabinet Office now Head of Public Services Strategy, VMware
  • Considering: Is the Public Sector ready for Cloud?
  • The beginning of the journey (virtualisation); real public sector experience  and the development of the UK G-Cloud

CASE STUDY
10:00  Our Cloud experience
John Grieve, Corporate ICT Manager, Highland Council
  • Case study of cloud experience within the public sector from Scotland's first virtualised council

10:20  Questions and discussion

10:40  Refreshments

Session Two:  Breakouts

Session two will allow delegates the chance to identify and discuss in smaller groups some specific issues around Cloud practice. Designed to cover some of the major issues Cloud presents - such as data security and accountability, and green credentials - it will also offer a chance to identify which cloud method would suit you best. 

11:10  First breakout
11:55  Transition between breakouts
12:05  Second breakout

Please choose two of the three breakouts below. They will run for 45 minutes and each will be held twice.

Option 1
Private, shared or outsourced data centre?
Rory Gray, EMEA Director - Local Government & Education, EMC Computing
and John Gurnett, Head of Public Sector & Healthcare Consulting, EMC Consulting
  • Exploration of cloud options
  • Understanding benefits / Challenges of each
  • Identifying what would work best for you

Option 2
Uncertainty in the Cloud: Security and accountability going forward
Lynn Collier, Senior Director, Cloud, File & Content, Hitachi Data Systems EMEA
with Des Ward, President, Cloud Security Alliance: UK & Ireland
  • Identifying potential security risks and addressing threats
  • Ensuring secure management and storage of data

Option 3
Cloud’s green credentials?
Piers Coville, Senior Solutions Architect - SCH UK Professional Services, SCC
with Alastair Rennie, Head of Information Services, SEPA
  • Understanding the environmental implications of migrating to the cloud
  • Outsourcing and sharing IT functions to reduce carbon emissions
  • Considering how Cloud can benefit a company's green credentials


12:50  Lunch

Session Three: Making Cloud a Reality

Session three will identify key steps to ensure migration to the Cloud, offering a case study from a public ector organisation who have successfully achieved this change.  It will also identify why and how cloud computing can and should result in a more transparent way of working across and throughout a company.

13:40  The journey to the cloud: How to succeed in migrating to the cloud
Neil Thomas, Product Manager, Cloud Computing, Cable and Wireless Worldwide
  • Sharing services and infrastructure through shared networks
  • The pitfalls to avoid and key steps to success in the journey to the Cloud
  • Public Sector Networks (PSN) as the delivery mechanism for cloud computing

CASE STUDY
13:55  Working with the Cloud: Managing change
Martin Low, Group Business Systems Manager, South Lanarkshire Council
  • The decision process and implications - managing change
  • The Cloud in practice - successes and pain points
  • Overcoming issues around culture change

14:15  Enhancing transparency and access
Tom McEwan, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation, Edinburgh Napier University
  • Why access and transparency is important and how to safely   and securely achieve
  • E-democracy
  • Equality of access

14:35  Questions and Discussion

14:55  Refreshments

Session Four: Supporting local economies and growing communities

Our final session of the day will look at the contribution of other developments, such as Open Standards and Open Source Software, to localism and the potential benefits they and Cloud working can bring to local communities. To close, we will place Cloud back within the Scottish context, discussing implementation going forward.

15:15  Open Standards and Open Source Software
Gerry Gavigan, Chair, Open Source Consortium
  • Role of Open Source in the IT systems of society
  • Contributing to agility, innovation and localism

CLOSING KEYNOTE
15:35  Embracing innovation and development: Looking to the future
Roger Bearpark, Assistant Head of ICT, Hillingdon Council
  • Embracing a cloud computing based infrastructure for multiple benefit
  • How ICT reform will drive innovation in service design and delivery
  • Cloud as a catalyst for change, facilitating innovation in service reform
  • Before the G-Cloud comes the H-Cloud: Hillingdon Council as leaders for change


15:55 Questions and Discussion

16:15  Summary and conclusions by the conference Chair

16:25  Close of conference

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16:30   Post conference drinks reception and networking
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Featured speakers

Keith AitkenKeith Aitken (Chair)
Journalist and Broadcaster


Roger BearparkRoger Bearpark
Assistant Head of ICT, HIllingdon Council

Andy TaitAndy Tait
Head of UK Public Service Strategy, VMWare and Former Deputy
               Director, G-Cloud, Apps Store and
               Data Centre Consolidation at the
               Cabinet Office

Raymond O'HareRaymond O'Hare
Director, OCSolutions and Former Director of Microsoft Scotland

Neil ThomasNeil Thomas
Product Manager, Cloud Computing, Cable and Wireless
               Worldwide

Martin LowMartin Low
Group Business Systems Manager, South Lanarkshire
               Council

Tom McEwanTom McEwan
Senior Lecturer, Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation,
               Edinburgh Napier University

Gerry GaviganGerry Gavigan
Chair, Open Source Consortium 
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