May
22
Reflections on TNC 2008
May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
TNC 2008
Well although I wasn’t able to stay until the bitter end I should sum up my experience of this TNC.
Bruges (Brugge) is indeed a lovely city worthy of its reputation as a beautiful place and well worth the visit. Despite the inevitable hordes of tourists it still manages to remain chilled.
The TF-PR meeting […]
May
19
Terena Conference 2008
May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Opening Plenary
Paul van Binst - Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Unfortunately despite the obvious enthusiasm of Mr van Binst it proved difficult in the overview room to follow his presentation closely - partly due to his charming but dense linguistic accent and partly because the streaming showed him but not the slides that he was referring […]
May
18
Joint TF-FR and TF-MSP Meeting
May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
TNC 2008 - Bruges
At risk of sounding like a grumpy old git I am far from convinced that the idea of a joint TF (tasks force) meeting is likely to yield much of substance or consequence. The PR group has taken a long time to get going itself and so the prospect of lining […]
Feb
26
Mmm ?… Zagreb
February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
Well a set of meetings in a ski lodge high in the mountain above Zagreb in high ski season sounded like it would be temptation too far (for some but not for me - a non-skier type) but as it was nothing but green grass and swooshing through leaves many were disappointed. The only snow […]
Feb
20
Geant 2 and Terena TF-PR Meetings - February 2008
February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The next round of the Geant2 and Terena TF-PR meetings are taking place in Zagreb and hosted by the Croatian NREN, CARNET. Meetings take place over three days - day one Geant2 PR issues and the remaining sessions covering a broader range of Communications or PR issues for the European NREN community. Whilst there is […]
Nov
30
Reflections on Online Educa Berlin 2007
November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
In some respects this is always a quite difficult conference to judge - a large event (2200 delegates), multinational flavour despite its European heart, a session programme that tries hard to be even handed and cover a wide range of topics - but from a JISC and SURF perspective our objectives are longer term and […]
Nov
30
SURF/JISC Opening Reception
November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Online Educa 2007 - 28 November
JISC and SURF again held a drinks reception on the first evening of Educa. Previously hailed as a success it once again attracted a good number of people to the stand – some of whom we actually knew! It does seem however to be a good way of kicking off […]
Nov
30
Online Educa Berlin 2007
November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
November 28-30 2007
This is the fourth year that JISC has attended the Online Educa Conference in Berlin. For the third time JISC and SURF are sharing an exhibition area as well as having speakers in sessions and related project representatives in the conference
Preparing a joint exhibition space is always a challenge not only logistically […]
Oct
26
Thoughts on Educause 2007
October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It is hard not to be impressed by the scale and organisation of a conference the size of Educause – 7000 delegates and the programme and logistics that go with it are no mean feat. There is nothing to compare within the UK or EU which is both regrettable and not surprising. I had heard […]
Oct
25
Social Software in Higher Education: Isolated Accidents or the Start of Something Big?
October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Educause 2007 - Wednesdsay 24 October
Presenters were: Bas Cordewener – Manager International Collaboration, SURF Foundation; Eja Kliphuis – Educational Consultant, INHOLLAND University of Professional Education; Julie K Little – Associate Director, ELI, Educause; Cyprien P Loma – Director, Learning Centre, University of British Columbia
The session covered four examples of social software use and […]
