CiG Open Day & AGM

Seminars

The theme is Change Management

1.   Managing Change in the Workplace  

A panel debate with:
Kate Arnold – Head of Content, NHS Direct
Kim Horwood – Senior Learning and Development Consultant, PTSC
Jane Heenan – Head of Knowledge and Content, Fidelity Investments International      

Chair: Julia Hordle – Joint Managing Director, Intelligent Resources

The panel will discuss how they have embraced or pushed change within their teams or the workplace and how to make a success of managing change.

2.   Changing Technologies: “Working in a Wired World”  

Euan Semple, Independent Consultant

Formally Head of KM at the BBC, Euan is now an independent consultant http://www.euansemple.com/.  He was voted IWR 2005 Information Professional of the Year.  Euan will be speaking on the impact that forums, blogs, wikis and social networking tools have had in making the BBC more efficient and creative and how they will inevitably impact on every workplace in the future.

3.  Changing Relationships:  “Who is a buyer and who is a seller?”

Manny Cohen, Chairman and CEO RM Online Ltd

Creator of aRMadillo, the first commercial business database supplied throughout the world via the Internet, Manny will look at the changes in the dynamics of the business information industry due to the latest advances in technology and the Internet.