[57north-discuss] Fwd: ScotlandIS Meeting, Aberdeen - 19th November 2015
Hibby
d at vehibberd.com
Wed Nov 4 14:51:34 GMT 2015
Sounds good. I look forward to meeting him, but unfortunately can't make the meeting as I have work as a prior engagement.
Hxx
On 4 November 2015 14:11:24 CET, Andy Gaskell <ag at ssofb.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi Folks
>
>I was just chatting with Allan from Scotland IS. He is maybe going to
>pop
>along on a Tuesday to say hi. Also, there is an ScotlandIS event
>coming up
>on the 19th November, see info below.
>
>Just mentioning incase anyone is interested.
>
>Andy
>
>
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>From: Allan Sutherland
>
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>I am writing with details and an agenda of the next meeting of
>ScotlandIS
>and a reminder about our Topic Survey. For those of you who are new to
>ScotlandIS, I have pasted in the summary of our first meeting at the
>bottom
>of this email. The details are as follows:
>
>*Event*: ScotlandIS November Meeting
>*Date & Time: *Thursday, 19th November, 12.00 - 2pm
>
>Robert Gordon University, Garthdee House Annexe, (at the west end of
>the
>campus) (Click here for map
><http://scotlandis.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aabcfc910914189ec58d94583&id=029fb48789&e=13042dd04e>
>)
>
>*To Register:* Please click here
><http://scotlandis.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aabcfc910914189ec58d94583&id=ff0a6d8c92&e=13042dd04e>
>
>*Agenda*
>Our intention is to address the interests of the wide range of skills
>and
>industries that our IT community and the topics we have selected
>reflect a
>general desire to grow and diversify business and make better use of IT
>to
>increase efficiency.
>
> - Welcome and update from the last meeting *(5 minutes)*
> - Results of Topic/Acitvity Survey *(5 minutes) *- if you have not yet
> filled in the survey, please click here
><http://scotlandis.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aabcfc910914189ec58d94583&id=96a5ef0d55&e=13042dd04e>
> - Introduction to two main activity streams
> - Business Growth/Entrepreneurs Club *(10 minutes)*: how to enlist
> expertise within and outside the group to enable growth
> - covering legal/IP, sales and marketing, finance, supporting
> organisations, case studies, mentoring
> - into new geographies, industries and service/product lines
> - for start-ups and mature organisations - not limited to oil and gas
> - Oil and Gas Special Interest Group: objectives and activities *(10
> minutes)*
> - Technology Updates (cross-industry)
> - Collaboration (between suppliers and between operating partners)
> - Aligning with Industry needs
> - Reports back *(10 minutes)*
> - Internet of Things Conference
><http://scotlandis.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aabcfc910914189ec58d94583&id=e8e9a8d3f5&e=13042dd04e>,
> Edinburgh (Tim Everrit and Bruce Catto)
> - Censis Sensor and Imaging Conference
><http://scotlandis.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=aabcfc910914189ec58d94583&id=8afabe614a&e=13042dd04e>,
> Edinburgh (300 delegates)
> - Cyber Security Lunch and Learn, Aberdeen
> - Open session and discussion *(20 minutes)*
> - Buffet and networking *(45 minutes)*
>
>I will send out more details in the next week.
>
>*Summary of First ScotlandIS meeting, Tuesday, 29 September, 2015*
>
>The ScotlandIS networking session at RGU last week was a great success.
>We
>had registrations from 67 people from 49 organisations and 42
>attended. My
>initial lunch order was for 15-20 people!
>
>After introductory presentations there was a very lively one hour
>discussion on what could be done in Grampian to promote the IT industry
>and
>engage with users of digital technologies and services. Many people
>still
>locked in conversation well after the 2 pm closing time. Here is a link
>to
>the ScotlandIS website
><http://scotlandis.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aabcfc910914189ec58d94583&id=1748e80614&e=13042dd04e>
>.
>
>The main actions we took away from the event were:
>
> - *Future event topics**:* We only discussed 4 of the 14 ideas for
> future sessions so please *click here
><http://scotlandis.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aabcfc910914189ec58d94583&id=b03831aa30&e=13042dd04e>*
>to
>record your top 7 choices and let us know if you would like to
>participate
>or present, have any demos or case studies on the topic. or if you have
>any
> other suggestions. The objective is to attract not only the IT supply
>community but the organisations and people who use IT. Please feel free
>to
> forward this to colleagues or customers.
> - *Create an Oil and Gas Special Interest Group (SIG)* whose objective
> is to engage with the industry to establish how technology can enable
>greater efficiencies. We have already started on this and I will report
> back early next week.
> - *Companies not involved in Oil and Gas:* We can leverage other
>resources in ScotlandIS and our connections with other agencies. I will
>be
>in touch with the companies I am aware of, but please contact me if you
>are
> in this situation and think we could be of help.
> - *Opportunities in other industries and geographies.* Whether your
>focus is oil and gas or other markets we need to look at how a local
>group
> could discuss, encourage and enable exporting skills and products into
>other area and to utilise best practice and solutions in Grampian. I
>also
> intend to bring in speakers and topics from elsewhere.
> - *Share expertise.* The IT business may be competitive but there are
> opportunities to offer suggestions and sources of help to growing
>companies, not just on technology but also business advice, for example
> finance and funding, legal, sales, marketing and business advice.
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Allan Sutherland
>
>Aberdeen Co-ordinator
>
>07836 368030
>
>allan.sutherland at scotlandis.com <allan.sutherland at scotland-is.com>
>
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