ICS Leaders Conference 2014
The second annual ICS Leaders Conference, organised by the Irish Computer Society, will take place on 27 November at The Marker Hotel in Dublin Docklands.
More than 100 of Ireland’s most influential IT leaders will gather together to provide and share best practice in strategic IT leadership and to drive forward innovation in Ireland.
Exclusively for CEO’S , CIO’S and heads of IT, the agenda promises to challenge and inspire delegates to return to their teams better prepared to predict change, communicate business impact and deliver transformative results.
An impressive line-up of speakers are expected such as Kevin Cooney MD Xilinx EMEA, (pictured) and Gerry Quinn, COO at Central Bank who will chair the insight session into CIO megatrends, including cloud, mobile and social media.
Omnipay’s CEO, Patrick Clarke will chair the discussion on the changing face of the workforce and IT consumer. CIO to the Kerry Group, Pat Casey will be delivering a master class in cybersecurity and Donagh Healy, CIO at Bord Gáis Energy will discussing developing the next generation of IT leaders. These sessions will include a range of top-level speakers and panellists for what looks to be an impressive peer led day. There are no sponsors or exhibitors and the event is exclusively open to those in c-suite positions.
For more information on speakers, topics and prices see www.ics.ie/leaders/conference
CLISTE
Computer Literacy and Internet Skills Through Education (CLISTE), is a brand new digital literacy programme developed by the skills and certification division of the Irish Computer Society. It is a primary school programme launched this September for 3rd and 4th classes.
CLISTE is designed to support teachers in integrating IT into the regular primary school curriculum by teaching digital literacy skills to their students while they do their normal classroom work.
The aim is to help primary schools bridge the digital divide that exists between primary and secondary school while enabling students to develop an interest in ICT at an earlier level.
The flexibility of the programme allows for coding and other digital literacy skills to be slotted into the primary school curriculum or simply carried out through one-off projects. Already, two schools have come on board, one of which is a Gaelscoil. As the programme has only just been launched it is currently in 3rd and 4th classes this year only. It is however designed as a spiral curriculum to cover from Junior Infants up to 6th class.
For an overview of how CLISTE works you can visit www.ics-skills.ie/cliste/demo/
Public Sector IT Conference
This year marked the 10th annual Public Sector IT conference. Over the past decade the conference has become a necessary event in the diary of every public sector worker, not just those who work in IT. It was hosted in Dublin Castle on 31 October.
There were two themes featured this year: Developing a future-proof ICT Strategy, and Data: Opportunities and Risks. Delegates heard speeches from high-profile experts in the public sector. Newly appointed government CIO and keynote speaker, Michael McGrath spoke about his ICT strategy within the public sector for the coming year.
Other noteworthy speakers were Martin Ryan, Senior Manager at Accenture Health and Public Service Practice, Linda Ni Chualladh, Regulatory Solicitor with An Post and President of IASA Ireland, Michael Callan.
ICS would like to thank both speakers and delegates for taking part in another engaging and interesting event.
New Health CIO to feature at HISI 2014
Newly appointed Health CIO, Richard Corbridge will make his inaugural appearance at the 19th Annual Conference and Scientific Symposium on 19 and 20 November in Dublin Castle.
Corbridge who has been given responsibility to implement the National eHealth Strategy launched last November will be among a strong line-up of speakers featuring the newly appointed Department of Health Secretary General, Jim Breslin and Northern Ireland Permanent Secretary Richard Pengelly.
HISI 2014 will bring together key stakeholders from a wide range of all sectors and backgrounds — public policy, management, healthcare, IT and patient advocacy. The conference is created for everyone involved in the design, management and delivery of healthcare, both clinically and from an IT perspective.
The first day of the conference will see poster and paper presentations from Ireland’s leading researchers as well as showcasing some of the best-in-class examples of Health Care Provider partnerships. In the afternoon plenary sessions will feature a National Consultation on Health Ecosystems in partnership with the Department of Health and ECH Alliance.
The second day of the conference focuses around workshop covering a wide variety of topics including; Health IT Best Practice for Nursing and Using Data to Enhance Patient Outcomes and the Antilope Interoperability Summit on behalf of the European Commission.
For more information visit www.hisi.ie/conference
Upcoming Courses & Events
The Irish Computer Society has an exciting line up of events and training scheduled for the upcoming months which its members and the public can attend. As always, we welcome any feedback on topics you would like to see included. You can let us know by contacting kacey@ics.ie or by joining our group on LinkedIn and participating in discussions.
27 November: ICS Leaders Conference
The Irish Computer Society will invite over 100 of the country’s top-level IT professionals to the second annual ICS Leaders Conference
27 November: Data Protection Fundamentals (20% off)
This half-day introductory-level programme is designed for those who handle information about clients or the general public
15 December: Health Informatics Training System Course –
HITS is a response to the needs of healthcare employees who require a clear understanding of the technologies used in this sector
22 January: ICS Leadership Development Programme
A new education initiative devised by leading academics with direct input from members of the ICS CIO Advisory Board.
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