Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006:
Quality Matters
Workshop Committee Members

Natasha Bishop is the Events and Marketing Manager at UKOLN with responsibility for all events undertaken by the organisation along with marketing the organisation to the wider community.

Natasha has over 6 years of experience at organising events and has been at UKOLN since October 2003.

Natasha is chair of the Organising Committee.

Natasha Bishop can be contacted at n.bishop@ukoln.ac.uk or by phone on 01225 386256.

Stephen Emmott is the Head of Web Services at London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE). He leads a team of 6 delivering the LSE's Web site and Intranet. Prior to LSE he was the Editor of Web Services at King's College London (1997 to 2000). Stephen's first encounter with the Internet was in 1992 whilst studying for an MSc in Cognitive Science. Upon graduating he taught as a visiting lecturer before moving into the new media industry to work for pioneering web agencies.

Stephen is a member of the Programme Committee.

Stephen Emmott can be contacted at stephen.emmott@lse.ac.uk or by phone on 0207 9556939.

Marieke Guy is currently a member of the Interoperability Focus team at UKOLN. Interoperability Focus is a national activity, jointly funded by JISC of the Further and Higher Education Funding Councils and the MLA. Marieke is based at UKOLN.

Marieke has attended and presented at a number of the Institutional Web Management Workshops but this is the first time she will be taking on the responsibility of chair of the programme committee.

Marieke's previous roles at UKOLN have included Project Manager for the Subject Portals Project and ePrints UK Projects, NOF-digitise Advisor and editor of Cultivate Interactive, Exploit Interactive and Ariadne Web Magazines. Her interests include Web standards, quality assurance, Internet community, Internet law and collaborative Web tools.

Marieke is chair of the Programme Committee and a member of the Organising Committee.

Marieke Guy can be contacted at m.guy@ukoln.ac.uk or by phone on 01225 385105.

Matt Jukes is currently Production Manager for JISC Communications and Marketing responsible for a team covering events, publications as well as the Web site but was previously the JISC Web Editor and prior to that was the Web site Manager for the Economic and Social Research Council.

Matt is a member of the Programme Committee.

Matt Jukes can be contacted at matt.jukes@jisc.ac.uk or by phone on 0117 9545080.

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC and MLA which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN.

Brian has been chair of the programme committee for the Institutional Web Management Workshop series since he established the event in 1997. This year he is taking a more backseat role but will continue to support the workshop.

Brian's interests include Web standards, Web accessibility, quality assurance for Web services and innovative Web developments, including collaborative Web tools.

Brian is a supporting member of the Programme Committee.

Brian Kelly can be contacted at b.kelly@ukoln.ac.uk or by phone on 01225 383943.

Carolyne Smart is Web Team leader, EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council).

Carolyne is a member of the Programme Committee.

Carolyne Smart can be contacted at carolyne.smart@epsrc.ac.uk or by phone on 01793 444323.

Jeremy Speller is Head of Web Services, University College London. He has been involved with the UCL Web presence since 1995 and is now Head of Web Services. He is currently working on the migration of UCL's central materials to a Zope/Silva-based CMS and is taking forward development of an enterprise portal. Jeremy is also involved with development of services to provide the student experience of the future and has particular interest in the use of handheld and mobile devices. Prior to becoming a full-time Web "operative", Jeremy's background was in planning and statistics at UCL and previously at the University of Birmingham. Way back when he ran the Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme at what was then CVCP.

Jeremy is a member of the Programme Committee.

Jeremy Speller can be contacted at j.speller@ucl.ac.uk or by phone on 0207 6795779.

Emma Tonkin is a member of the Interoperability Focus team at UKOLN.

Emma is a member of the Communications Infrastructure Team.

Emma Tonkin can be contacted at e.tonkin@ukoln.ac.uk or by phone on 01225 384930.

Greg Tourte is a Systems Developer for UKOLN.

Greg is a member of the Communications Infrastructure Team.

Greg Tourte can be contacted at g.tourte@ukoln.ac.uk or by phone on 01225 384709.

Eddie Young is UKOLN's Computing Support Officer and provides systems support for the network.

Eddie is a member of the Communications Infrastructure Team.

Eddie Young can be contacted at e.young@ukoln.ac.uk or by phone on 01225 386450.