UCISA24 Leadership Conference
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13 March 2024
14 March 2024
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UCISA24 Leadership Conference
We are returning to the iconic City of Edinburgh for the 2024 UCISA Leadership Conference.
Having nurtured some of the greatest minds in subjects such as philosophy, architecture and literature for centuries, Edinburgh is a city renowned for inspiration and innovation. Often referred to as the ‘Festival City’, Edinburgh offers a year-round programme of arts and cultural events.
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Want to know why you should attend then watch this video recorded at UCISA22
Event Schedule
Wednesday
Chair: James Crooks, CIO, Durham University
10:00
Exhibition opens
in the Lennox Suite10:00
Registration open
10:30
Pre Conference session with AvePoint: Creating a data foundation for Microsoft 365 Copilot whilst mitigating upcoming storage challenges and risks of oversharing
In Menteith10:30
Pre-conference session: Breakfast with Blackbaud: The future of advancement technology
in Lammermuir 210:30
Pre-conference session: Google for Education Workshop
in Lammermuir 1- Kirri Watson, Head of FE & HE, UK/I
- Simon Fasolo, Head of EMEA Google Workspace for Education
- Felix Manoharan, Head of HE, UK/I, Google Cloud
11:15
Newcomers session
Iain McCracken, Assistant Director, University of Sussex
If this is your first UCISA conference, or your first for a while, please join us for a session describing how to make the most of the Conference. Hear about UCISA's resources, events, and working groups, as well as networking with your colleagues.
11:45
Lunch
in the Exhibition12:45
Introduction and welcome
Deborah Green, CEO, UCISA and Emma Woodcock, CIO, York St John University and Chair of UCISA12:55
AI Today: Myths, politics and visions for the future
Dr Eleanor Drage, Senior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge13:40
Primary sponsor welcome
Alan Crawford, Modern workplace Specialist, Microsoft13:45
Delivering value with AI: Insights and lessons learnt in shaping your AI enabled digital journey
(Sponsored by Microsoft)14:30
Refreshments
in the Exhibition15:15
Institutional showcases
- Accessibility Passport: Simplifying creating accessible experiences
(in Cromdale)
David Goddard, Head of Digital Student Experience; Ben Watson, Head of Digital Accessibility, University College London; and Gareth Davies, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, RNIB - Embedding Product Management in Higher Education and making it work
(in Lammermuir 2)
Dieter Kraftner, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Anglia Ruskin University - Building a Cyber Security Practice ... Our Journey at Swansea University
(in Lowther)
Neil Cordell, CISSP, Head of Cyber and Information Security, Swansea University - Transforming Professional Services - Extending Service Management Beyond IT
(in Lammermuir 1)
Simon Corbett, CIO, Northumbria University - Launching Version 3 of the Higher Education Reference Models
(in Menteith)
Rosie Coffey, Head of Enterprise Applications Group, University College Cork; Lex Wilkinson, Enterprise Architect, Sheffield Hallam University; Louw Labuschagne, Business Architect, University of Newcastle, with contributions from CAUDIT and EUNIS EA Groups.
15:45
Travel time
15:55
Partner showcases
- Ellucian - Delivering a Student-Focused Digital Experience
(in Lammermuir 2)
Matt Searles, Vice President, Europe & Asia Pacific, Ellucian. - ManageEngine - Hide-and-Seek in the Digital Playground: The Quest for Invisible Academic Capes
(in Cromdale)
Yasir Rafi, Head of IT Service Delivery , Nottingham College and Manash Ray, Lead - Customer Success, ManageEngine - TCS - Charting the course: Navigating the Heriot-Watt University data and insights journey
(in Lammermuir 1)
Fraser Muir, Global Director of Information Services, Heriot-Watt University and Priyanka Sethi, Head of Sales and Strategy, Education, Tata Consultancy Services
16:25
Travel time
17:15
Close of day 1
James Crooks, CIO, Durham University.17:15
Networking and drinks reception
in the Exhibition19:00
Drinks reception
at the National Museum Scotland20:00
Dinner
at the National Museum ScotlandThursday
Morning sessions Chair: Karen Bates, Deputy Chief Digital and Information Officer London Business School
Afternoon sessions Chair: Mark Johnston, Director of IT University of Glasgow
08:00
Breakfast session with Cognizant
Next-Level Student Engagement – how AI can enhance the physical and emotional student experience
(in Menteith)
- Firoz Khan Pathan, Client Relationship Manager, Cognizant
- Marcin Remarczyk, Education Consulting Director, Cognizant
- Josephine Walsh, Head of Student Engagement, University of Galway
- John Clancy, Founder and CEO, Galvia
08:00
Breakfast session with ProofID
A Digital-First Future for Higher Education
(in Lammermuir 2)
- Paul Heaney, CTO/CISO, ProofID
- Stewart Cowie, Solution Engineering Manager, SailPoint
08:00
Breakfast session with TechnologyOne
Navigating the Digital Horizon: SaaS vs Cloud Hosting - The Student-Centric View
(in Lammermuir 1)
- Chris Green, Chief Digital Officer, University of Lincoln
09:00
Welcome to Day 2
Karen Bates, Deputy Chief Digital and Information Officer London Business School09:05
Talent Management – Doing Things Differently
Deborah Green, CEO, UCISA and Amanda Whicher and Harry Gooding, Hays09:35
Elevating Digital Experiences: Creating an enterprise communications channel in a distributed organizational environment
Linnea Williams, Director of Communications Technology, Stanford University and Nick Condon, Managing Director, Squiz10:15
Refreshments
in the Exhibition11:00
Partner showcases
- AWS - Migrating Your Mission-Critical Systems to Cloud
(in Lowther)
Alex Goffe, Associate Director of Technology, University of Manchester; Arthur Clune, CTO, University of Sheffield; Tom Crummey, Director of IT Service and Operations, University College London; and Amanda Kiely, Head of UK Higher Education, AWS - Crowdstrike - Defending Against Ransomware Assaults – Lessons Learned from the University of Sunderland.
(in Cromdale)
David Conway, Director of Technical Services University of Sunderland - Salesforce - Data-Driven Transformation: An AI Strategy for the Future of Higher Education
(in Lammermuir 1)
Stephen Booth, CIO, Coventry University; and Wouter Trumpie, AI Architect, Salesforce
11:30
Travel time
11:35
International panel session
Chaired by Adrian Ellison, University of West London
- Deborah Green, UCISA
- Greg Sawyer, CAUDIT
- Val Theron, HEITSA
- John O’Brien, EDUCAUSE
- Lindsay Sill, CUCCIO
- Mathieu Giguere. CUCCIO
- Gill Ferrell, EUNIS
12:15
Lunch
in the Exhibition13:30
The Art of the Possible with DreamWorks Animation
Kate Swanborg, Senior Vice President of Technology Communication and Strategic Alliances, DreamWorks14:10
This house believes....predictions for the future of Higher-Ed Tech
Dan Roberts, CIO and David Skyers, Director for Enterprise Apps, SOAS14:40
Travel time
14:45
Institutional showcases
- Adopting UX principles to ease the pain of change management
(in Lowther)
Emma Horrell, User Experience Manager, University of Edinburgh, and co-chair of UCISA UX Group - Joining hands across the organisation
(in Lammermuir 1)
John Butterworth, Director OCIO, King’s College London; and Krish Pillicudale, CIO, University of Huddersfield - One journey towards Enterprise Service Management
(In Menteith)
Paul Westmore, Chief Digital and Information Officer and Peter Langley, Principal Digital Architect, Swansea University - Digital skills or a change of mindset?
(in Cromdale)
Jason Oliver, Chief Digital Transformation Officer; and Lee Rose,& Assistant Director, Projects CTO, University of Sussex - Rogue Squadron vs Data Futures: Mission Impossible, Made Possible
Margo Urban, Head of Application Development and Support, London Business School
(in Lammermuir 2)
15:15
Refreshments
in the Exhibition16:00
Why universities are increasingly seeing curriculum management as the foundation of agility, transformation and long-term success
Professor Alison Honour, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Canterbury Christ Church University16:30
Emerging Tech Trends
Zoe Kleinman - BBC Technology Editor17:15
Close of day 2
Mark Johnston, Director of IT University of Glasgow19:00
Conference dinner drinks reception
Strathblane Hall, EICC20:00
Conference dinner followed by the UCISA24 Awards Ceremony
Cromdale Hall, EICCFriday
Chair: Emma Woodcock, CIO, York St John University
09:00
Welcome to Day 3
Emma Woodcock, CIO, York St John University10:20
Refreshments
10:50
Closed meeting - Institutional members only
Deborah Green, CEO, UCISA12:30
Embracing AI at the University of Edinburgh
Gavin McLachlan, Vice Principal, Chief Information Officer and Librarian to the University of Edinburgh13:40
Closing remarks
Emma Woodcock, CIO, York St John University13:45
Conference close followed by lunch and networking
Other Sponsors
Other Info
UCISA24 recordings and presentations - UCISA24 thought leadership articles
- Prices
- Venues and travel
- Venue maps
- Pre-conference sessions
- Plus One scheme
- Day 1 session abstracts
- Day 1 institutional abstracts
- Day 1 partner abstracts
- Day 2 Breakfast session
- Day 2 session abstracts
- Day 2 institutional abstracts
- Day 2 partner abstracts
- Day 3 session abstracts
- UCISA 2024 Awards
Exhibitor Information
UCISA Group
- UCISA
