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Conference helps IT users to get their balancing act right
Added: (Thu Jul 07 2005)
From the National Computing Centre, Manchester, UK. For immediate release, 6 July 2005
Today the National Computing Centre announced their annual conference for 2005, “The Balancing Act - Realising the value of IT.” The theme picks up on a topical issue, how IT decision-makers achieve the balancing act between developing new approaches to differentiate services and reduce cost, whilst ensuring their activities are in line with the wider business goals of the organisation. In the current economic climate, this is a significant dilemma that many IT professionals find themselves in.
The two day conference which will be chaired by BBC Breakfast News presenter Declan Curry takes place in London on the 4th and 5th October 2005. The conference targets four specific areas of concern:
- Delivering the real value of IT
- Governance
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Business Intelligence and Business Innovation
Speakers come from a mix of backgrounds:
Richard Wyatt-Haines, Director, Performance Insight
“Delivering the real value of IT.”
Sheila Upton, Director Ernst & Young
“Governance is never off the radar”
Margaret Smith CEO, CIO Connect
“Understanding Supplier Relationship Management”
Noomane Fehri, Head of Innovation Team, Atos Origin
“Developing an Innovation Culture”
Mark Gladwyn, Director of Infrastructure Services
“The CIO agenda - Transforming Service Delivery”
David Clarke, CEO, BCS
“Professionalism in IT”
Ben Booth, CIO, MORI
“Communicating the Value of IT to the business”
Michael Gough, CEO, NCC
“Leading the new IT Enterprise”
Michael Gough, NCC’s CEO said, “IT decision-makers face difficult choices in deploying appropriate solutions to achieve business aims in a dynamic environment. This conference will help them understand how their peers are tackling the same issues and stimulate them to put IT at the top of their organisation’s business agenda”.
Delegates will have ample time to network and there will be a small exhibition of selected vendors.
Rates for the conference are £550 (+VAT) for NCC members and £650 (+VAT) for non-members. An early bird discount of £100 applies till the 22nd July. Additional discounts are available to other professional bodies.
Delegates can find out more about the conference at: http://www.ncc.co.uk/conference or by contacting NCC on 0161 242 2121, mailto:principia@ncc.co.uk
About The National Computing Centre
The National Computing Centre (NCC) is the UK's leading IT membership organisation, serving corporate, vendor and government communities. We champion the effective use of IT to maximise the competitiveness of our members' business. We do this by providing impartial advice and support, best practice and standards and personal and professional development. NCC is a social enterprise.
Notes to Editors
A full conference agenda can be found at http://www.ncc.co.uk/conference