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| Delegates have the opportunity to participate in one Workstream per session. |
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| FRIDAY 20th MARCH 2009 |
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| SESSION 1: 11.30 - 12.45 |
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| 1. SUPPLY CHAIN TO EFFICIENCY GAIN - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Roddy Davies, Sector Manager for Production and Eco-Design, Envirowise Scotland |
| Workstream Facilitator: Vince McKeown, Membership Manager, SCDI |
| Venue: Robert Aytoun Suite |
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| Working with your supply chain in environmental improvement activities is vital to realising cost benefits for all involved. Adopting a systemic approach to control costs within the supply chain can realise significant savings through the likes of waste minimisation, packaging reduction and logistical optimisation. This workstream will outline the drivers and benefits for supply chain partnership working and encourage delegates to discuss the practicalities of implementing change and realising the benefits within a business and its supply chain. |
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| Roddy Davies |
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| Roddy joined Envirowise in 2006 and since then has managed service provision to the manufacturing sector, helping businesses become more resource efficient, increase profits and reduce their environmental impact. He has run a number of resource efficiency supply chain projects, most recently in the northeast of Scotland within the oil and gas sector, delivering considerable cost and environmental benefits to the companies involved. He has experience conducting waste minimisation projects and offering advice about WEEE and eco-design. |
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| 2. CONNECTING SCOTLAND WITH THE WORLD - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Hugh Aitken, Head of Airline and Network Business Development, BAA Scotland |
| Workstream Facilitator: Iain McTaggart, General Manager, SCDI |
| Venue: James Graham Suite |
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| Scotland is better connected than ever before, with 150 destinations now served from the three busiest airports – Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. However, a tough economic backdrop and challenges within a globally competitive aviation industry will require Scotland to work even harder if it is to grow direct international connectivity over the coming years. Capacity constraints at Heathrow also risk Scotland’s access to the national hub and its vital long haul connections. This workstream will examine how government and business can work together to ensure the industries on which our economy depends, including tourism, financial services and oil and gas, continue to benefit from a growing route network. |
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| Hugh Aitken |
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| Hugh has worked in a number of roles across BAA including leading the commercial activity for a major new IT system, leading the finance function in Edinburgh and most recently as Head of Business Development for the three BAA airports in Scotland, as well as Southampton. In this role Hugh leads the team which manages the end to end relationship with airlines. In particular the team focuses on developing new routes and sustaining the current route network across the airports. |
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| 3. INSPIRE YOUR EMPLOYEES - CONNECT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Isla McCrone, Head of Determined to Succeed, Scottish Government |
| Workstream Facilitator: Ian Armstrong, North East Area Manager, SCDI |
| Venue: Robert Louis Stevenson A Suite |
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| One of the keys to raising levels of employee performance is to create a sense of meaning – this can be achieved by engaging them in real life community-based learning experiences. So rather than develop employees through traditional training courses, leading companies are turning to community-based experiences. These experiences enable employees to develop their skills, make a positive impact in their local community, increase their motivation and enhance your business’ reputation. At this workshop, you will hear directly from school pupils, business managers, learning and development experts and policy makers and learn how, by connecting your business with the local community, you can create a real win-win solution. |
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| Isla McCrone |
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| Isla joined the Scottish Government in September 2003 and is currently on secondment from Young Enterprise Scotland (YES). Prior to joining YES, she worked in the financial services sector in a wide range of roles. She currently heads up Determined to Succeed, the Government’s strategy for enterprise in education and has responsibility for employer engagement to support More Choices, More Chances, the strategy to reduce the proportion of young people not in education, employment or training. |
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| 4. DIGITAL SCOTLAND - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Robin O’Kelly, Head of Corporate Affairs, T-Mobile |
| Workstream Facilitator: Niall Stuart, Press & Government Affairs Manager, SCDI |
| Venue: William Dunbar Suite |
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| Around the world digital and broadband technologies are reshaping our Communications, Entertainment, Information and Knowledge industries, and the wider economy. Indeed our economic success will increasingly be defined by our ability to use and develop digital technologies. A successful Scotland must be a Digital Scotland. |
| This group will look at how we ensure that our wired and wireless networks can meet the needs of the modern knowledge-based economy, and the increasingly bandwidth-hungry applications of business and consumers. And while Next Generation Networks will soon be a reality for many of our successful urban centres, is the promise of 2Mb broadband across the country enough for our more economically fragile areas? And how will this commitment be delivered, who will pick up the cost, and will it be enough to deliver a truly Digital Scotland? |
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| Robin O’Kelly |
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| Robin is Head of Corporate Affairs at T-Mobile and has over 17 years experience in corporate communications. Previous roles have included a variety of consultancy and in house positions, including two years as Head of External Communications at BG Group plc, the FTSE 30 oil and gas company. Prior to this Robin was a Director at Burson Marsteller. He was also Head of Media Relations at Mondex International, a smartcard technology company, ultimately part of MasterCard International. Robin started his career at Weber Shandwick, specialising in International Corporate Communications. After graduating, he spent a year in academic publishing, before joining the Prince of Wales’ office, where he primarily focused on business and industry-related issues, helping to develop initiatives such as the Prince of Wales’s Business Leaders Forum and working closely with Business in the Community. |
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| 5. CLOUDS, COSTS AND CO2 – WHAT VIRTUALISATION MEANS FOR REAL BUSINESSES - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Dr Aydin Kurt-Elli, Chief Executive Officer, Lumison |
| Workstream Facilitator: Gareth Williams, H&I Manager and Policy Manager, North, SCDI |
| Venue: Robert Louis Stevenson B Suite |
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| Being well connected only makes sense if there is something to ‘connect to’! Dr Aydin Kurt-Elli will present how Lumison is “enabling the application” for businesses around the world. Offering a brief introduction to cloud computing and virtualisation, he will embark on a painfree test of the popular thesis that this model for outsourcing applications can really reduce costs, CO2, and truly put applications out to the network. |
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| Dr Aydin Kurt-Elli |
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| Aydin set up Edinburgh Network Technologies (formerly known as edNET) whilst still a second year student, Aydin ran the business part time until achieving his GMC registration. After working as a junior house officer for a year, he left the medical profession to run edNET fulltime. The business has grown from small regional Internet provider to become a full service business-class ISP (Lumison), with managed hosting, network and voice services, as well as wholly-owned Tier-III datacentres in Edinburgh and London, and infrastructure in a number of 3rd party facilities in the UK and USA. |
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| 10. HIGH SPEED RAIL – CONNECTING BRITAIN - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Ron Culley, Chief Executive, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) |
| Workstream Facilitator: Jane Martin, Projects Manager - Young Engineers and Science Clubs, SCDI |
| Venue:John Barbour Auditorium |
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| SPT’s Ron Culley will look at the UK’s poor performance in developing advanced rail transport, asking why we are the laggards of Europe when it comes to investment in high speed rail. Contrasting the UK with Spain, with a two and a half hour journey time between Barcelona and Madrid and plans to invest £100bn over the next ten years, he will discuss the UK government’s ambition of connecting London and Birmingham by high speed rail by 2022. Finally he’ll argue that if we want to deliver real improvements we should look at Maglev: Glasgow to Edinburgh in 17 minutes – why not? |
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| Ron Culley |
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| Ron joined Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) - Scotland’s biggest regional transport partnership - as Chief Executive in April, 2006. He wants to make SPT the most respected, most effective organisation of its kind in the United Kingdom, with a firm belief that transport and transport infrastructure are the keys to economic development and thereby the keys to a better life for all. Prior to working for SPT, he was Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise Glasgow for six years and before that, for thirteen years, Chief Executive of the multi-award winning Govan Initiative Ltd. |
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| SESSION 2: 13.45 – 15.00 |
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| 6. SCOTLAND’S FUTURE ENERGY MIX: RENEWABLES AND NUCLEAR? - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Charles Smith, Partner, Energy Team, Brodies LLP |
| Workstream Facilitator: Christine O’Neill, Partner, Brodies LLP |
| Venue: John Barbour Auditorium |
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| Charles Smith will give an overview of the likely make-up of Scotland’s future energy mix in light of the Scottish Government’s current thinking on a Scottish Renewables Strategy. An open discussion will follow encouraging debate on the options available with regard to renewable, fossil fuel and nuclear energy sources, and the costs and benefits of each of these options. The session will also look at the new connections necessary to deliver new technologies and the centres of generation with the centres of demand, and how Scotland can connect its expertise in all areas of energy supply with the worldwide demand for sustainable energy. |
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| Charles Smith |
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| Charles is a commercial and projects lawyer who specialises in energy law, environmental law and public sector/regulatory and advisory work. His practice includes energy services and renewables, contracts, advisory work on carbon reduction, large commercial contracts and PPP/PFI projects. Charles regularly advises public and private sector clients on statutory and regulatory frameworks and on policy and powers as well as on contract drafting and negotiation. |
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| 7. PRODUCTIVITY? IT’S TIME TO DELIVER - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Gerry Docherty, Chair, ICT Forum for Scotland |
| Workstream Facilitator: Iain McTaggart, General Manager, SCDI |
| Venue: James Graham Suite |
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| In this recession, the survivors and the winners will be those who can achieve world-class productivity. Recent research shows that half of Europe’s productivity gains in the last decade have been the result of skilled exploitation of ICT. Worryingly, Scotland’s comparative performance has lagged behind. |
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| In your organisation, is ICT just another unwelcome cost, or are you truly exploiting its potential to maximise your efficiency and competitive advantage? What steps can we take to reverse Scotland’s continued under-performance on productivity? |
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| This pragmatic workshop reviews the latest benchmark analysis from the Scottish Government, and outlines far-reaching proposals that could transform Scotland’s economic performance. |
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| Gerry Docherty |
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| Gerry is a former Chairman of the Scottish Software Federation, and was the founding Chair of ScotlandIS. He is a member of the ICT Forum for Scotland, and is Chair of the ICT Industry Advisory Group for Scottish Enterprise. He is non-executive Chairman of Conscia Enterprise Systems, a web applications developer in Glasgow. He is a member of the Advisory Board at ICS, Scotland’s most successful incubator organisation. Gerry is also Chair of the Advisory Group for Common Purpose, a social leadership development programme, in Glasgow. |
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| 8. CONNECTING TO INNOVATE - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leader: Carole McCarthy, Director Innovation & Commercialisation, Scottish Enterprise |
| Workstream Facilitator: Ian Armstrong, North East Area Manager, SCDI |
| Venue: William Dunbar Suite |
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| Innovation is a driver of business and economic growth, and greater connectivity can help initiate and increase innovation in all its forms. With historically low levels of business innovation in Scotland, this session will focus on how we can collectively increase the levels of innovation, grasp new opportunities and outline the current business support landscape. Connections to businesses, people, ideas and the academic community will form the basis for discussion with delegates, with the aim of teasing out personal experiences, challenges faced and lessons learned that can help shape the future of innovative Scottish businesses. |
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| Carole McCarthy |
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| The new Government Economic Strategy highlights Innovation as a key driver of economic growth, affecting company growth and productivity and the growth of key industries. Carole is responsible for assisting in driving two key priorities: increasing Scotland’s performance on innovation beyond the narrow focus on science and technology and strengthening the link between Scotland’s research base and business innovation, addressing low levels of R&D. |
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| 9. E-LEARNING E-WORKING: PREPARING FOR EXCELLENCE - Click here for a Synopsis of the Workstream |
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| Workstream Leaders: Marie Dougan, Programme Director, Glow, Learning and Teaching Scotland; Alan Fletcher, Business Development and Lab Manager, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University; Patricia Kemp, Head of Online Services, Learning and Teaching Scotland |
| Workstream Facilitator: Jane Martin, Projects Manager, Young Engineers & Science Clubs |
| Venue: Robert Louis Stevenson Suite A |
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| Education of our children, young people and adults is a key in developing Scotland’s reputation as an innovative and productive nation. Technology offers tremendous opportunities for education: it promotes social interaction and collaborative working and supports inclusive and innovative approaches to learning. |
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| This workstream will look at how education prepares children, young people and adults for the world of work in the context of e-enhanced learning. Demonstrating how joined up thinking can introduce learners to ICT in a way that encourages participation and community building to ensure that all learners gain key ICT skills and appreciation of potential benefits of e-learning and e-working, whilst engaging employers in the design and adoption of key skills. |
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| Alan Fletcher |
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| Alan is Business Development and Lab Manager at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) of the Open University. KMi is an internationally renowned lab in the field of blue-sky R&D in the development of Internet technologies. Alan brings over twenty years experience in sales, marketing and business expertise to the lab and is tasked with increasing engagement for KMi in the commercial and academic worlds. |
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| Marie Dougan |
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| Marie is Programme Director at Learning and Teaching Scotland for Glow – the national schools intranet for Scottish education – and is responsible for managing its implementation across local authorities and partners including University Faculties of Education, HMIE and SQA. Marie began her career as a biology teacher and has been involved in learning technologies for over 20 years. |
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| Patricia Kemp |
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| Patricia is Head of Online Services at Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS). She heads a team of over 20 staff responsible for managing the content of the LTS website. Patricia works closely with partners across the education sector including Scottish Government, HMIE, SQA and Determined to Succeed to deliver online support for a range of education programmes/initiatives and is responsible for the integration of LTS’ online services with Glow. |
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