Aston Science Park - Practical Business Technology event in Birmingham

Practical Business Technology event in Birmingham

Date:    Wednesday 14th May 2008
Venue: Aston Science Park, Birmingham. B7 4BB
Cost:    Free of charge – thanks to our sponsors
Series: Seminars for Success
Event:   Practical Business Technology
Places: 100 places

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Synopsis
The Seminars for Success series identifies critical elements that a company will have to consider in order to drive sustainable business improvement and growth including practical business technology.

Surveys suggest 33% of companies leave their data backups in their office overnight, 69% of companies have never discovered if the backup actually works and less than 50% of companies in the UK have a business continuity plan.

The events are extremely informative providing a powerful combination of personal development and networking, sponsored by a range of partners that wish to support the development and growth of businesses.

Who will benefit?
Any owner manager or senior executive with an interest in developing their business.

Table top exhibitions will be available during the breaks and open until 11.45am. This will allow delegates the opportunity to network and gain one to one advice and assistance. If you are in the business of offering support services to businesses looking to grow, you may wish to reserve an exhibition table top or leaflet drops in the delegate packs.

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Aston Science Park - The ideal business location

Aston Science Park building picture- the ideal business location providing flexible business accommodation - call 0121 260 6000

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Agenda

08.00	Breakfast and networking
08.45	WELCOME
	Matthew Hidderley, Marketing & Sales Manager
	of Aston Science Park
	Chair - Glenn Barrowman, Project Manager, West Midlands ICT Hub
08.55	SECTION 1 - DEVELOPMENTS IN ICT David Smallwood, Managing Director, BT Local Business • Unified communications solutions • The business benefit?
09.10	SECTION 2 - KEEPING COMPANY DATA SAFE How hard can it be?
	Andrew Waterston, Senior Manager (SunGard Availability Services) • How do you keep your data safe? • What challenges IT personnel face? • BS25999 - only part of the picture?
09.25	NETWORKING BREAK
09.50	SECTION 3 - making IT work for you
	Julie Eyre, Director (Bronte Business Networks) • Case Study of the journey • Integration of systems
10.05	SECTION 4 - BRINGING PRACTICAL TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER
	Hugo Russell, Project Manager (iCentrum) • How does it all fit together • Making business simple
10.20	Summary, Q&A and closing remarks
10.45	Close

Practical Business Technology Event Speakers

*Glenn Barrowman*		*Event Chair & Project Manager, WM ICT Hub* Glenn is an experienced member of the Aston Science Park Business Development team, and is responsible for leading the West Midlands ICT Hub initiative supporting the development of the ICT business community. Previously, Glenn was responsible for the delivery of the Photonics Cluster (UK) technology network and prior to joining Aston Science Park, Glenn was a Park Director for Coventry University and also worked for Scottish Enterprise, Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise.
David Smallwood		*Managing Director, BT Local Business* Dave Smallwood has built a career supplying telecommunications products and services to British commerce. He currently runs his own successful business, D2 Communications serving a customer base which extends from central Birmingham to the Welsh boarders. His focus is on solutions that deliver real added value to his customers businesses.
Andrew Waterston		*Senior Manager, SunGard Availability Services* Andrew is a senior manager at SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of information availability solutions, who help to ensure that nearly 10,000 customers in North America and Europe have access to their business-critical information systems. He has been responsible for the development of business continuity and disaster recovery solutions since 1996.
*Julie Eyre*		*Director, Bronte Business Networks* Julie Eyre is the Managing Director of Bronte Business Networks Ltd, based in Solihull. Julie has been implementing and supporting IT systems to the SME market for the last 15 years. She is also a founder of the UKita Women in Technology special interest group where members are able to discuss and share best practice of working in the IT industry.
*Hugo Russell*		Project Manager, iCentrum Hugo is the Project Manager of iCentrum, based at Aston Science Park, specialising in assisting regional ICT companies make connections with prospective affiliates, suppliers and customers. Hugo has 20 years commercial IT experience in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and SME business. He is always looking to maximise business benefit through the simple use of technology.

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