Venue Details: Room Requirements

The following rooms are available for the workshop sessions (to be held from 16.00-17.30 on Tuesday 21 June) and master classes (to be held from 15.45-17.30 on Wednesday 22 June).

Table 1 lists rooms used for special purposes. Note that ‘RB’ refers to the Redmonds Building.

Table 1: Rooms used for special purposes
No. Room Capacity Floor Notes
1 RB/LARGE LECTURE THEATRE 1st / 2nd floors Used for all plenary sessions for 3 days
2 RB/037 Ground floor Suitcase Store. Available until 13.00 on 23 June
3 RB/523 60 5th floor Catering/Sponsors/Exhibition room

Plenary Talks

All speakers can make use of the supplied standard PC. The special requests are summarised below. Note that photographs of the main lecture theatre are available.

Table 2: Speaker requirements in main lecture theatre
No. Talk Date and Time Requirements
1 P0: Introduction  to IWMW 2016 (Brian Kelly) 13.45-14.00 on Tuesday 21 June AV to display video clip.
2 P4: Building a New University Website – an Agile Content Case Study (Rich Prowse) 09.45-10.15 on Wednesday 22 June Speaker will bring my own Mac and connector.
3 P5: Establishing Digital at the Heart of the University (Gareth Saunders) 10.15-10.45 on Wednesday 22 June Q. Are the venue data projectors widescreen or 4:3 ratio? A. Widescreen.
4 P6: Prototyping the Digital University
(Chris Scott)
11.45-12.15 on Wednesday 22 June AV to display video clip.
5 P9: Google Analytics of Things
(Martin Hawksey)
14.00-14.30 on Wednesday 22 June Q. I was planning on having some equipment to hand (Raspberry Pi, 2nd laptop) and wondered how big the podium/lectern was or if there was a table on the stage?
A. Large lecture theatre has lots of facilities (see the photographs of the main lecture theatre).Q. I was also considering running/presenting using the Raspberry Pi. It has a HDMI port but it wasn’t sure if I could plug this in directly or whether I needed a HDMI cable and/or HDMI to VGA connector?.
A. HDMI and VGA supplied.

Q, Are the venue data projectors widescreen or 4:3 ratio? A. Widescreen

Workshop sessions and master classes: rooms

Table 3 lists rooms available for workshop sessions and master classes. Note that ‘RB’ refers to the Redmonds Building.

Table 3: Rooms available for workshop sessions and master classes
No. Room Capacity Floor Notes
1 RB/135 20 1st floor
2 RB/137 50 1st floor
3 RB/138 20 1st floor
4 RB/214 20 2nd floor
5 RB/233 50 2nd floor
6 RB/518 18 5th floor
7 RB/519 30 5th floor
8 RB/520 20 5th floor
9 RB/521 24 5th floor
10 RB/037 Ground floor Luggage room, but available if needed.

Workshop Sessions: Room Requirements

Table 4 lists the rooms to be used for workshop sessions taking place on Tuesday 21 June from 16.00-17.30. Note session A8 has been cancelled. NOTE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!

Table 4: Rooms for workshop sessions on Tuesday 21 June
No. Room Capacity Floor Facilitator Session Speaker requirements
(standard PC with PowerPoint if left blank!)
1 RB/135 20 1st floor Jon Bird Debunking the Myths of WordPress & External Hosting (A10)
2 RB/137 50 1st floor Stephen Evans Digital Fire Fighting (A2)
3 RB/138 20 1st floor Vicky Hayhurst Rich Media Content: How to Maximise User Impact (A6) Will use an Apple Mac but has all the necessary cables
4 RB/214 20 2nd floor Ian St John 10 Years of a Web Team of One: the Lessons Learnt (A4)
5 RB/233 50 2nd floor Bruce Darby / Rachel Bhandari Migrating People to a New CMS (A1)  Flipchart and pens needed
6 RB/518 18 5th floor Gordon Grace Real-world Natural Language Processing for Higher Education (A7) Will require flipboard/whiteboard, projector & WiFi for all participants
7 RB/519 30 5th floor Dr. Miao He Design a Content Strategy to Optimise Engagement With International Users (A9)
8 RB/520 20 5th floor Carley Hollis University News Made Digital (A5)  Cancelled due to speaker unavailability
9 RB/521 24 5th floor Claire Gibbons Leadership 101 – Top Tips (A3)
10 RB/037 Ground floor Luggage room, but available if needed.

Master Class Sessions: Room Requirements

Table 5 lists the rooms to be used for master class sessions taking place on Wednesday 22 June from 14.45-17.30. NOTE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!

Table 5: Rooms for master class sessions on Wednesday 22 June
No. Room Capacity Floor Facilitator Session Speaker requirements
(standard PC with PowerPoint if left blank!)
1 RB/135 20 1st floor Zach Beauvais / Ryan Bromley Writing Well for the Web (B8)
2 RB/137 50 1st floor Rich Prowse / Tom Natt Future-proof Your Content Using an Adaptive Approach (B2)
3 RB/138 20 1st floor Neil Allison Agile Usability Testing (B1) Seminar style layout. PC to have software & hardware to play audio and video
4 RB/214 20 2nd floor Duncan Ireland IWMW In Miniature (B3)
5 RB/233 50 2nd floor Rob van Tol Planning Digital Transformation
for Old Skool Universities (B6)
6 RB/518 18 5th floor
7 RB/519 30 5th floor Marianne Kay Digital Governance: Tools and Practices
for Managing the Content Chaos (B7)
8 RB/520 20 5th floor Rob Ryder-Richardson Corporate Use of Social Media (B4)
9 RB/521 24 5th floor Martin Hawksey Google Analytics Workout (B5)
10 RB/037 Ground floor Luggage room, but available if needed.

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