http://southwales.bcs.org/ The heart of proffesional computing in South Wales en-gb Mon, 03 Oct 2005 09:00 GMT Copyright: (C) British Computer Society http://southwales.bcs.org/rss.htm 90 http://southwales.bcs.org/bcslogo-small.jpg http://southwales.bcs.org/ 144 60 event-2007-02-08.htm Date: 08 Feb 2007 - Venue: Cardiff University - Charting the story of a community satellite broadband project that has been a rare success story in community networking. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:30 GMT event-2007-02-08.htm Date: 24 May 2007, Thursday - Venue: Cardiff University - Imagine a world where: Everything is connected to everything all the time, Things start talk to things rather than people talking to people, Unleaded fuel cost over £5.00p per litre, and oil is running out, People start socialising over the network. It is all closer than most people dare to think…… BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:30 GMT event-2007-02-08.htm Date: 17 May 2007, Thursday - Venue: University of Wales Swansea - Following on from his popular lecture last year, David Lewis returns to provide a ‘hands on’ demonstration of the practical techniques used within modern digital imaging. This event is jointly hosted by the British Computer Society and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:30 GMT event-2007-04-17.htm Date: 17 April 2007, Tuesday - Venue: University of Wales College Newport - The fields of computer forensics and identity management have grown closer out of necessity. Little more than 12 months ago, the issue was whether UK citizens would want an ID card. The bigger question now is whether a solution can be found that can categorically establish that anyone is who they say they are. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:30 GMT event-2007-02-08.htm Date: 08 Feb 2007 - Venue: Cardiff University - Charting the story of a community satellite broadband project that has been a rare success story in community networking. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:30 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-12-14.htm Gordon Plant runs User Analytics, a Cardiff based usability and accessibility consultancy. Gordon studies how people use websites, phones and software as part of their everyday and working lives. He will perform a live usability test and demonstrate how anybody can follow a simple processes to improve the quality of their site. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:30 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-12-06.htm Our traditional Christmas event will this year be held in Swansea's Waterfront Museum for the first time and will feature a lecture from Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading. The lecture itself will be the culmination of an entire days activities that includes school visits, tours and educational demonstrations. Kevin Warwick will be investigating the short and long term possibilities for upgrading humans via robotic technologies as well as the socialogical implications of doing so. Places are limited so please be sure to book early (we have already had one event 'sell out' this program year). BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:30 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-11-27.htm Jeremy White is tunning a second session of this presentation (first presenting in MArch), this time in Aberystwyth. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:30 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-10-11.htm This event is now fully booked and no more names can be accepted at this time. If you are unfortunate enough to have missed out but still would be interested then please let us know by e-mail to the Branch Secretary (ralphmiller@bwlch.freeserve.co.uk) as it may be possible to run a repeat event at a later date if the demand is high enough. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:30 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-09-19.htm IMPORTANT: We have unfortunately hd to move tonights event at short notice, the event is still at the same site (Cardiff University's site on The Parade, just of Newport Road) but has been moved from room 3.07 of the New Building to Rooms 19/20 in the Trevethick Building. Direction signs will be put in place and hopefully this will not cause too much disruption. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:31 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2007-01-10.htm Chris Laws is one of McLaren Racing's vehicle dynamics engineers. For Chris, computers that work at 200mph while being baked and shaken are just as normal as CAD and simulation systems in an air-conditioned office. Chris will explain how computers help make the race, the team and the business a success. He'll talk about the importance of effective in-car, trackside, design and simulation systems. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:30 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-11-09.htm The BCS Annual Lecture At Cardiff Business School. This talk will critique the planned and rational model of decision-making that many businesses and academics assume. Through the use of evidence drawn from a major case-study it emphasises the way that business strategy is often influenced by political, social and personal factors and argues that these factors cannot be eliminated but need to be managed by organisations. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:32 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-10-11.htm The growth of eCommerce and an eCulture necessitates business and government to have a 24x7 resilient infrastructure. Key to this infrastructure is the data centre a facility used to house mission critical systems for internal or external use. Normally Data Centres are 'lights out' areas, but for the purpose of this meeting BT will illuminate the Data Centre and give members a unique overview of our operations and a peek into the darkside ...... BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:30 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-09-19.htm An informed look at the major changes currently underway as part of the Informing Healthcare project in the NHS in Wales. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:31 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/events.htm The program for the coming year can now be announced to include a planned 10 events and (so far) 7 venues. Several venues have yet to be confirmed and more information on each event will be released as it becomes available. BCS South Wales 2006/2007 Events Program Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:30 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-05-24-AGM.htm Nominations are invited from all wishing to stand for the Branch committee. BCS South Wales Events Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-05-24.htm The AGM will be held at 6pm on 24th May 2006, directly preceeding the refreshments and May event (Providing Inspiration & Creativity in Website Design). BCS South Wales Events Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-05-24.htm Dr Adrian Garcia-Sierra is a Director of Brazil Design Ltd, one of the region’s leading marketing and communications agencies formed in 1994. Adrian will discuss the huge importance websites have come to play in many walks of life, and how design is thus crucial for interaction. He will consider business-oriented, consumer-oriented and other sites, female/male perspectives, W3C and RNIB initiatives, all aimed at improving our lives. BCS South Wales Events Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/otherevents.htm The BCS Project Management Specialist Group is once again organising jointly with the Bristol Branch a Spring School. This is a series of four consecutive seminars around a current topic, connected with project management but of general interest too. This year the topic is 'Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity' - which has probably never been more timely. There are some nationally renowned speakers lined up for this School, which is broadly similar to a series held at Canary Wharf last autumn. The West Region School will be held on four consecutive Wednesdays in March, at University of West of England, Bristol, a convenient venue for motorway or rail access. This is normally a rather in demand event so be sure to book early to not be dissapointed. Other Local Events BCS South Wales Events Tue, 10 January 2006 14:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-04-05.htm Starting from when we lift the receiver, Peter Gradwell (Gradwell dot com Limited) will follow a phone call across the public telecoms network and onto the internet, discussing the different types of VoIP available, the issues that surround implementing them, including phone number provision, call quality, firewalling VoIP, identifying the location of a VoIP subscriber and connecting a 999 call. BCS South Wales Events Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-03-14.htm In autumn 2005 BCS Branch Member Jeremy White packed up his laptop and travelled to Tibet where he organised the base camp for an expedition to the world's sixth highest peak. His talk explores the ups and downs of trying to use computers for managing an expedition, keeping a library of photographs, staying in touch with home and keeping the team entertained. There's practical advice for travellers anywhere as well as lessons for IT pros that are equally as important back at home base. BCS South Wales Events Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-02-16.htm Photography has been rejuvenated by the advent of digital images, has this been a good thing or has photography suffered? The lecture will be a factual but light-hearted look at digital imaging, with plenty of audience participation, by way of questions, hopefully some answers and lots of live demonstrations. It would be helpful if you could register your intention to attend this event.Please contact: John M Jones Hon. Secretary, IEE Wales South West Branch. Tel: 01639 822171 or E-mail: jmjones@iee.org If you are unable to register before hand, you may register on the night. BCS South Wales Events Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/event-2006-01-10.htm Radio Frequency Identification, RFID for short, is part of the digital revolution. It provides a very important platform for the identification of items, data capture and item management. In its broader sense, RFID can be viewed as a revolution in its own right. It is applicable to so many sectors of industry, commerce and services; and yields radical benefits and fast returns on investment wherever it is effectively applied. This lecture should give a good introduction to the technology, it's implications and it's oppertunities. BCS South Wales Events Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/p-2005-12-01.htm Our popular Christmas lecture this year features Igor Aleksander of Imperial College, London, tackling the age-old philosophical problem of what "consciousness" is and means. Based at Techniquest in Cardiff and including a full free tour and an opportunity to take the famous Turing Test Challenge, this is a fun and educational event for all the family. BCS South Wales Events Mon, 03 Oct 2005 09:00 GMT http://southwales.bcs.org/p-2005-11-10.htm This will be the first in what will be an BCS annual lecture At Cardiff Business School, a series of lectures designed to highlight the business side of the IT profession. This first lecture and discussion session will be lead by Dr. Paul Beynon-Davies. BCS South Wales Events Mon, 18 Oct 2005 09:00 GMT