Institutional Web Management Workshop 2007: Next Steps for the Web Management Community: Sessions

The IWMW 2007 event consisted of a mixture of plenary talks (which includes two panel sessions) and a total of 18 parallel workshop sessions (from which delegates could attend 2 sessions). Details are given below.

Plenary Talks

Further information about the plenary talks for IWMW 2007 is given below.

Note that a total of 7.25 hours of plenary talks were held.

What's a Community?

Sustainable Communities: What does 'Community of Practice' mean for Institutional Web Managers?: Steven Warburton, School of Law, King's College London: See abstract and biographical details.
Let the Students do the Talking...: Alison Wildish, Head of Web Services, Edge Hill University: See abstract and biographical details.

Getting Technical

Building Highly Scalable Web Applications: Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services: See abstract and biographical details.
Can Your Web site Be Your API?: Drew McLellan, allinthehead.com: See abstract and biographical details.
The Promise of Information Architecture: Keith Doyle, Salford University: See abstract and biographical details.
Trends in Web Attacks: Arthur Clune, University of York: See abstract and biographical details.

A Viral Marketing Vision

Marketing Man takes off his Tie: Customers, Communities and Communication: Peter Reader, University of Bath: See abstract and biographical details.
Social Participation in Student Recruitment: Paul Boag, Headscape: See abstract and biographical details.

Panel Sessions

Details of the panel session are given below.

Dealing with the Commercial World: Saviour or Satan?: See abstract.

Workshop Sessions

Details of the workshop sessions are given below. Note that you can also view the session details in a single page.

Note that a total of 27 hours of parallel sessions were held.

Sessions On Monday 16^th July 2007

A1: Athens, Shibboleth, the UK Access Management Federation, OpenID, CardSpace and all that - single sign-on for your Web site: Richard Dunning and Andy Powell, Eduserv: See abstract for session and Andrew Cormack's, Richard Dunning's and Andy Powell's biographical details.
A2: So, What Would You Do With 45 Sixteen Year Olds?: Debbie Nicholson, Web Support Officer, Web Support Unit, University of Essex: See abstract for session and Debbie Nicholson's biographical details.
A3: Know Me Knowing YouTube: Adrian Stevenson, Internet Services, The University of Manchester: See abstract for session and Adrian Stevenson's biographical details.
A4: Web Usage Statistics in the University Environment: Paul Kelly and William Mackintosh, University of York: See abstract for session and Paul Kelly's and William Mackintosh's biographical details.
A5: Sustainable Services: Solidity based on Openness?: Ross Gardler, OSS Watch, University of Oxford and Andrew Savory, Managing Director, Sourcesense UK: See abstract for session and Ross Gardler's and Andrew Savory's biographical details.
A6: Portable Devices for Learning: A Whistlestop Tour: Stuart Smith, MIMAS: See abstract for session and Stuart Smith's biographical details.
A7: Usability Testing for the WWW: Emma Tonkin, UKOLN: See abstract for session and Emma Tonkin's biographical details.
A8: Geolinked Institutional Web Content: Sebastian Rahtz, Oxford University Computing Services, Patrick H. Lauke, University of Salford and Nigel Bradley, Web Services Manager, IT Services, Northumbria University: See abstract for session and Sebastian Rahtz's, Patrick H. Lauke's and Nigel Bradley's biographical details.
A9: The Eternal Beta - Can it Work in an Institution?: Phil Wilson, University of Bath: See abstract for session and Phil Wilson's biographical details.

Sessions On Tuesday, 17^th July 2007

B1: How Do I Implement Enterprise Information Architecture?: Keith Doyle, Salford University: See abstract for session and Keith Doyle's biographical details.
B2: People, Processes and Projects - How the Culture of an Organisation can Impact on Technical System Implementation: Claire Gibbons, Web Officer (Marketing and Communications), University of Bradford and Russell Allen, Project Manager (Portal and CMS), Management Information Services, University of Bradford: See abstract for session and Claire Gibbons' and Russell Allen's biographical details.
B3: Just say No to Powerpoint: Web Alternatives for Slides and Presentations: Helen Sargan, University of Cambridge: See abstract for session and Helen Sargan's biographical details.
B4: Contextual Accessibility in Institutional Web Accessibility Policies: David Sloan, Digital Media Access Group, University of Dundee and Simon Ball, Techdis: See abstract for session and David Sloan's and Simon Ball's biographical details.
B5: Your Web Site: a Better User Experience: Pete Walker, Internet Development Manager, ILRT, University of Bristol and Stuart Church, Pure Usability: See abstract for session and Pete Walker's and Stuart Church's biographical details.
B6: XCRI: Syndicating the Online Prospectus: Scott Wilson, CETIS, Ben Ryan, and KaiNao, Manchester Metropolitan University: See abstract for session and Scott Wilson's and Ben Ryan's. biographical details.
B7: Thieves in the Night: Hidden Problems in Web site Redesign: Matt Thrower, UKOLN, University of Bath: See abstract for session and Matt Thrower's biographical details.
B8: Building The Web Management Community: Brian Kelly, UKOLN, University of Bath and Steven Warburton, Kings College London: See abstract for session and Brian Kelly's and Steven Warburton's biographical details.
B9: Implementing a Content Management System: Can you Avoid the Pain?: Dan Smith, The University of Southampton: See abstract for session and Dan Smith's biographical details.

Full Details

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