2002 E-Skills Summit - University of Greenwich, 29th May, All Day
Organised by IMIS and COMPTIA on behalf of a consortium also including CPHC, EMTA, the University of Greenwich. CISCO, E-Skills UK, OCR, Computer Weekly and the Learning and Skills Council.
1 Objectives
1.1) To provide an event for those working on the implementation of the new public sector ICT skills structures to describe their plans to enable the UK to recover the ground lost in recent years and rebuild world class ICT education and training infrastructures, products and services
1.2) To identify the key performance measures that employers and providers would like to see used to assess the success of the new organisations and of the programmes they are expected to run.
1.3) To facilitate the exchange of views across public/private, employer/provider and industry sector (e.g ICT, Multi-Media, Security etc.) boundaries on what appears to work (and what does not) and on the issues which still need to be addressed (and by whom).
1.4) To identify those willing to work together to help implement the new structures and address any outstanding issues.
2 Target Participants
Individuals with policy/budget responsibility drawn from the following groups:
· Government Departments, Policy Advisors, Think Tanks: including DCMS, DfES, DGLT, DTI, DWP (Ambition IT), OGC, Treasury, Cabinet Office and major “customers” such as MoD, DSS etc plus think-tanks such as IPPR, Demos etc
· Funding Agencies and Channels: including National, Regional and Sectoral Learning and Skills Councils, JISC, Research Councils, Development Agencies, including BECTA, EMTA, EPSRC, E-Skills NTO, NGfL, SERC, Skillset, UFI/Learn Direct
· Providers of Education, Training and Career Development (structured experience, workplace supervision etc.) Quality Assurance and Certification: such as OCR, QCA, City and Guilds, COMPTIA, Microsoft, CISCO, Computer Associates, Oracle BCS, IEE, IMIS, Career*Space
· Providers of Courses and Materials: such as BBC, Pearson, Granada, Reed, PITMANs, Learning Tree, Nord Anglia, Open University, QA, Parity, RML, Knowledgepool as well as a cross section of Universities, Colleges and Schools.
· ICT Supply-Side Employers (Hardware, Software, Infrastructure) and Industry Bodies such as AOL, Accenture, BT, Cable & Wireless, Dixons EDS, IBM, ICL, LINX, Nortel, Vodafone etc.
· Large National and Regional User and Content Employers and representatives from SME such as Abbey National, Barclays, BBC, BP, BT, Centrica, Consignia, CGNU, Local Government, London First and Chamber of Commerce. Nortel, Reed-Elsevier
· Staffing Agencies: such as BEST, Computer People, Harvey Nash
· Consultancies and Market Research Organisations with relevant expertise: such as Computer Ecnomics, Pardo-Fox, Quessing, Salary Survey Publications
3. Programme - Attendance List
Chair: Steve Gilroy, International Vice-President: COMPTIA
09.30 Welcome and Introduction: Rick Trainor: Vice Chancellor University of Greenwich
09.45 The Challenge as seen by employers: Rebecca George: Director IBM UK
10.05 Keynote from the Minister: John Healey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Adult Skills
10.30 Coffee
Chair: Ian Bruce, Advisor to EMTA
11.00 The National Response: Michael Stark, Head of Skills Development: Learning & Skills Council
11.25 The Regional Response: John Parsonage, Director of Learning and Skills, SEEDA (South East of England Development Authority)
11.50 The Local Response: Anne Petry and Steve Astington from Cheshire and Warrington LSC.
12.15 The Sector Response: Karen Price, Chief Executive E-Skills - UK
12.40 Questions and Discussion
13.00 Lunch
Chair: Anne Russell
14.00 How should we measure success? Speakers include Mike Sanderson, Chief Executive EMTA
15.00 Lessons from the Past and Challenges for the Future: Break-Out into parallel streams
Ensuring Relevance and Quality of Delivery: Lessons from previous programmes (including Millennium Bugbusters Programme) and elsewhere (including private sector and overseas): Speakers include Patrick Craven OCR and Jon Ivinson, Deputy President BCS.
E-Learning and Learning Networks (infrastructure and content): Lessons from experience to date at National (e.g NGfL, UKERNA, Open University) and Local (e.g. Cumbria, Notts, North Yorkshire) levels: Speakers include Amanda Lacey and Michele Selinger, CISCO.
Code Meets Content:- an analysis of the relationship between media & Technology Opportunities & problems across departmental, sectoral & organisational boundaries. Speakers include: Anthony Lilley, Kate O'Connor, Skillset / Chair DCF
Resourcing the system: training the trainers, employment terms/conditions, funding rules/structures: Chair Dr Matthew Dixon (EMTA), Speakers include Alastair Irons and Garth Glynn (Conference of Professors and Heads of Computing) and Ann Nussey (Chair IMIS Education Panel)
Attracting Which Talents? what skills, attitudes and aptitudes are sought by whom, how are they attracted to apply and what are the current initiatives in this area: Chair John O’Sullivan, Speakers include Denis Saunders, Scale 21, Andrew Harvey-Price, E-Skills UK and Steve Gilroy COMPTIA.
16.00 TEA
16.30 Where do we go from Here? Reports from Break-Out Streams and Action Plan. Chaired by Philip Virgo, Strategic Advisor to the Institute for the Management of Information Systems
Pre-Conference Web-Site contributions
In order to make the best use of time on the day participants (and those unable to attend) are encouraged to submit material on the issues to be addressed for mounting on the pre-conference website. These should be sent to Dr Elizabeth Bacon and will be checked for relevance before being placed on the website. Papers which merely describe problems without also describing practical solutions (including who should fund/organise/implement the solution and how and why it will work) will not be regarded as relevant to this web-site.
Post Conference Proceedings and Action Plan
Subject to sponsorship and discussion. PITCOM (the Parliamentary Information Committee) has made provision for a daytime presentation in the Autumn to cover any political messages arising and for an evening presentation in January when the speed of the build up to the next IT Skills Crisis is expected to be causing serious industry and political concern.
Public Price: £350 plus VAT. A 50% academic discount is available. This price does not apply to those who have received invitations from the sponsors and organisers."
Contacts:
To make a Public Booking please e-mail your name, job title, organisation, address, phone number, e-mail and the details to be quoted on the invoice (e.g. purchase order if required) to: Philip Virgo, Strategic Advisor to IMIS at virgo.philip@geo2.poptel.org.uk.
To register in response to an invitation from the sponsors and for organisational queries from those already booked in please e-mail Emma Fryer at emma.fryer@eurim.org
Liaison with Speakers and Chairmen is handled by Sarah Lennox at slennox@comptia.org
Postings to the Discussion area of the Website from those already registered or booked should be sent to Dr Elizabeth Bacon at e.bacon@gre.ac.uk.
Web Site Information and Discussion Areas
Proceedings of 2001 E-Skills Summit
1) The Challenge
postings from employers ONLY on their needs and how they would like to participate
2) The National Response:
postings on national plans and programmes only
3) The Regional Response:
postings on the plans of regional development agencies and others
4) The Local Response:
postings on the plans of the local Learning and Skills Councils
5) The Sector Response:
postings on the plans of the Sector Skills Councils (not just E-Skills but over-lapping and shared areas such as Engineering, Multi-Media, Security and use of ICT
6) How should we measure success?
postings on the criteria to be used for measuring the success of the new structures and of programmes
7) Ensuring Relevance and Quality of Delivery
postings on measuring the performance of providers (including of qualifications) in targeting and meeting current and future needs and in providing evidence of student abilities that is of value to employers and others.
8) E-Learning and Learning Networks (infrastructure and content)
postings on experience to date with national (e.g NGfL, UKERNA, Open University) and local (e.g. Cumbria, Notts, North Yorkshire) networks and with industry e-learning networks (e.g. BAe Virtual University, CISCO Academy etc.)
9) Cross-Sectoral and Emerging Skills
postings on emerging skillsets such as security where the ICT opportunities and problems cut across departmental (DTI, Home Office, DfES etc), sectoral (ICT, Security, Law Enforcement, Finance etc) and organisational (suppliers, users, schools, colleges, universities etc.) boundaries. Add DCMS and the Media and Entertainment industries are there appears to be a similar situation with regard to Multi-Media skills. Who is currently doing what? Who are they working with? What recommendations do they have?
postings on the issues of recruiting, training and rewarding the trainers, employment terms/conditions for those working with providers (particularly those in the public sector in schools and further and higher education), funding rules, structures and response times (not just levels).:
postings on current services, evidence and plans for assessing the skills, attitudes and aptitudes being sought by which types of employer for which roles. Postings on plans for attracting recruits at all levels (schools, graduates, mature entry).