Institutional Web Management Workshop 2007:
Next Steps for the Web Management Community
Workshop Sessions


The IWMW 2007 event consisted of a mixture of plenary talks (which includes two panel sessions) and a total of 18 parallel workshop sessions (from which delegates could attend 2 sessions). Details are given below.

Plenary Talks

Further information about the plenary talks for IWMW 2007 is given below.

Note that a total of 7.25 hours of plenary talks were held.

What's a Community?

Sustainable Communities: What does 'Community of Practice' mean for Institutional Web Managers?: Steven Warburton, School of Law, King's College London
See abstract and biographical details.
Let the Students do the Talking...: Alison Wildish, Head of Web Services, Edge Hill University
See abstract and biographical details.

Getting Technical

Building Highly Scalable Web Applications: Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services
See abstract and biographical details.
Can Your Web site Be Your API?: Drew McLellan, allinthehead.com
See abstract and biographical details.
The Promise of Information Architecture: Keith Doyle, Salford University
See abstract and biographical details.
Trends in Web Attacks: Arthur Clune, University of York
See abstract and biographical details.

A Viral Marketing Vision

Marketing Man takes off his Tie: Customers, Communities and Communication: Peter Reader, University of Bath
See abstract and biographical details.
Social Participation in Student Recruitment: Paul Boag, Headscape
See abstract and biographical details.

Panel Sessions

Details of the panel session are given below.

Dealing with the Commercial World: Saviour or Satan?
See abstract.

Workshop Sessions

Details of the workshop sessions are given below. Note that you can also view the session details in a single page.

Note that a total of 27 hours of parallel sessions were held.

Sessions On Monday 16th July 2007

A1: Athens, Shibboleth, the UK Access Management Federation, OpenID, CardSpace and all that - single sign-on for your Web site: Richard Dunning and Andy Powell, Eduserv
See abstract for session and Andrew Cormack's, Richard Dunning's and Andy Powell's biographical details.
A2: So, What Would You Do With 45 Sixteen Year Olds?: Debbie Nicholson, Web Support Officer, Web Support Unit, University of Essex
See abstract for session and Debbie Nicholson's biographical details.
A3: Know Me Knowing YouTube: Adrian Stevenson, Internet Services, The University of Manchester
See abstract for session and Adrian Stevenson's biographical details.
A4: Web Usage Statistics in the University Environment: Paul Kelly and William Mackintosh, University of York
See abstract for session and Paul Kelly's and William Mackintosh's biographical details.
A5: Sustainable Services: Solidity based on Openness?: Ross Gardler, OSS Watch, University of Oxford and Andrew Savory, Managing Director, Sourcesense UK
See abstract for session and Ross Gardler's and Andrew Savory's biographical details.
A6: Portable Devices for Learning: A Whistlestop Tour: Stuart Smith, MIMAS
See abstract for session and Stuart Smith's biographical details.
A7: Usability Testing for the WWW: Emma Tonkin, UKOLN
See abstract for session and Emma Tonkin's biographical details.
A8: Geolinked Institutional Web Content: Sebastian Rahtz, Oxford University Computing Services, Patrick H. Lauke, University of Salford and Nigel Bradley, Web Services Manager, IT Services, Northumbria University
See abstract for session and Sebastian Rahtz's, Patrick H. Lauke's and Nigel Bradley's biographical details.
A9: The Eternal Beta - Can it Work in an Institution?: Phil Wilson, University of Bath
See abstract for session and Phil Wilson's biographical details.

Sessions On Tuesday, 17th July 2007

B1: How Do I Implement Enterprise Information Architecture?: Keith Doyle, Salford University
See abstract for session and Keith Doyle's biographical details.
B2: People, Processes and Projects - How the Culture of an Organisation can Impact on Technical System Implementation: Claire Gibbons, Web Officer (Marketing and Communications), University of Bradford and Russell Allen, Project Manager (Portal and CMS), Management Information Services, University of Bradford
See abstract for session and Claire Gibbons' and Russell Allen's biographical details.
B3: Just say No to Powerpoint: Web Alternatives for Slides and Presentations: Helen Sargan, University of Cambridge
See abstract for session and Helen Sargan's biographical details.
B4: Contextual Accessibility in Institutional Web Accessibility Policies: David Sloan, Digital Media Access Group, University of Dundee and Simon Ball, Techdis
See abstract for session and David Sloan's and Simon Ball's biographical details.
B5: Your Web Site: a Better User Experience: Pete Walker, Internet Development Manager, ILRT, University of Bristol and Stuart Church, Pure Usability
See abstract for session and Pete Walker's and Stuart Church's biographical details.
B6: XCRI: Syndicating the Online Prospectus: Scott Wilson, CETIS, Ben Ryan, and KaiNao, Manchester Metropolitan University
See abstract for session and Scott Wilson's and Ben Ryan's. biographical details.
B7: Thieves in the Night: Hidden Problems in Web site Redesign: Matt Thrower, UKOLN, University of Bath
See abstract for session and Matt Thrower's biographical details.
B8: Building The Web Management Community: Brian Kelly, UKOLN, University of Bath and Steven Warburton, Kings College London
See abstract for session and Brian Kelly's and Steven Warburton's biographical details.
B9: Implementing a Content Management System: Can you Avoid the Pain?: Dan Smith, The University of Southampton
See abstract for session and Dan Smith's biographical details.

Full Details

Note that the abstracts for the parallel sessions are also available in a single file.

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