http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/ Details of the Speakers at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2001 en http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#flynn http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#flynn Peter Flynn runs the academic project support service in the Computer Centre at University College Cork and was Ireland's first Webmaster. He trained at the London College of Printing and has an MA from Central London Poly. Peter was on the design team for HTML and XML and currently edits the XML FAQ. He holds the dubious distinction of being the first person to break a link on the Web. 51.903401 -8.463936 2001-06-25 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#helm http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#helm Paul Helm is Associate Head Learning Technology in the Learning and Teaching Institute at Sheffield Hallam University. He has worked in adult and further education, university computing services and educational development units. He is currently the project manager for Sheffield Hallam's Virtual Learning Environment, a major thrust of the University's Learning Teaching and Assessment strategy. 53.420582 -1.464615 2001-06-25 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#savory http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#savory Andrew Savory is managing director of Luminas Limited, an Internet application company, and was a university Webmaster for a number of years. 2001-06-25 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#ray http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#ray MJ Ray is a director of Luminas Limited, an Internet application company, and was the founding general editor of tsw, winners of the sabbatical to complete his doctorate. 2001-06-25 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#bristow http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#bristow Ed Bristow is the Technical Manager of the PKI Project within the Information Technology Services Group of the Australian Taxation Office. Ed has worked for the ATO for most of the last 12 years, moving from database to mainframe applications to his current role in electronic service delivery. Ed has spent periods working in the private sector and prior to finding his way into IT was a librarian with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library in Canberra. 2001-06-25 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#scott http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#scott Peter Scott is the Head of the Centre for New Media in the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University. CNM protypes the application of new technologies and media to learning at all levels. Peter's current research interests range widely across knowledge and media research. Three key threads at the moment are: telepresence; streaming media systems; and agent research. He has a BA (1983) and PhD (1987) in Psychology. Before joining the Open University in 1995, Dr Scott lectured in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Sheffield. He has a textbook in each of these subjects. He has managed dozens of major grants, and has a bucketful of research publications. Dr Scott is on the board of the company Corous.Com, a wholly owned subsidiary of Open University World Wide Ltd., specializing in the development of corporate education and training portals. He has acted as an Internet consultant to a range of multinational corporations. He is also the managing director of WebSymposia Ltd, an Internet multimedia webcasting company. 52.025775 -0.70909 2001-06-25 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#mcdonald http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#mcdonald Diane McDonald is a senior member of the PREDICT Research Group, part of the Information Strategy Directorate of the University of Strathclyde. Her current major interests are in the e-business area. She has responsibility for the development of a Managed Learning Environment, general WWW strategy and ITC security policy & strategy within the University. She is also responsible for the development of the demonstration and dissemination facilities for the West of Scotland based e-institute, of which the University is the senior partner. She was previously the Network Manager for the University. 55.864524 -4.246645 2001-06-25 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#conole http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#conole Grainne Conole is Director of the Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, which is a centre of excellence on the development and use of information and communication technology in education. The Institute hosts around 40 projects and services at any one time (funding sources include HEFCE, ESRC, EU and commercial sponsors), employing ca. 70 staff with a range of expertise and skills across the technical and educational domains. Research includes the development of information portals, digital archives, underlying metadata research and associated technology developments and the development and use of shells and toolkits for educational use. She has published over 50 publications on a range of topics, including the use and evaluation of learning technologies and is currently deputy editor for the Association of Learning Technologies journal, ALT-J. 51.460264 -2.602515 2001-06-25 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#collins http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2001/sessions#collins Alan Collins is a Web programmer with the Information Services Directorate at the Queen's University Belfast. Prior to joining the University in Autumn 1997 he was a Health Service Clinical Scientist, specialising in the diagnosis of opthalmic disease by electrical methods. 54.585916 -5.934677 2001-06-25