IWMW 2017, the annual Institutional Web Management Workshop, took place at the University of Kent on 11-13 July. The theme of this year’s event, the 21st in the series is “It’s The End Of The Institution As We Know It (And We Feel Fine)“. The speaker list for the IWMW 2017 event is given below.
Links to the biographical details of the plenary speakers, master classes facilitators, workshop sessions facilitators and chairs of the plenary talk sessions at IWMW 2017 is given below, together with a summary of the profiles.
Session Chairs (6):
- Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus. Chair of opening session on day 1: “The End Of The World?“
- Claire Gibbons. Chair of opening session on day 2: “We Feel Fine (Governance Issues)“
- Andrew Millar, University of Dundee. Chair of second session on the morning of day 2: “We Feel Fine (Tools and Technologies)“
- Bonnie Ferguson, University of Kent. Chair of afternoon session on day 2: “We Feel Fine (Understanding Our Users)“
- Marieke Guy, QAA. Chair of opening session on day 3: “We Feel Fine (Working With The Wider Sector)“
- Mike McConnell, University of Aberdeen. Chair of second session on day 3: “We Feel Fine (The Core Community)“
Plenary Speakers (17):
- Bonnie Ferguson, University of Kent. Talk P1.
- Andrew Millar, University of Dundee. Talk P2.
- Carley Hollis, University of St Andrews. Talk P3.
- Melanie Read, University of London. Talk P4.
- Gareth Edwards, University of Greenwich. Talk P5.
- Graham Bird, Cardiff University. Talk P6.
- Jenni Taylor, Cardiff University. Talk P6.
- David Hopkins, Cardiff University. Talk P6.
- Matthew Castle, University of Oxford. Talk P7.
- Ruth Mason, University of Oxford. Talk P7.
- Rich Prowse, University of Bath. Talk P8.
- Michael Frantzis, Precedent. Talk P9.
- Piero Tintori, TerminalFOUR. Talk P10.
- Paul Boag, Boagworld. Talk P12.
- Stratos Filalithis, University of Edinburgh. Talk P13.
- Christopher Gutteridge, University of Southampton. Talk P14.
- Tom Wright, University of Lincoln. Talk P15.
Workshop Facilitators (16):
- Alberto Guglielmi, University of Birmingham. Workshop A1.
- Lauren Tormey, University of Edinburgh. Workshop A2.
- Tom Wright, University of Lincoln. Workshop A3.
- Stephen Evans, University of St Andrews. Workshop A4.
- Jonathan Thirlwell, University of Kent. Workshop A5.
- Matthew Bull, University of Kent. Workshop A5.
- Sam Charman, University of Kent. Workshop A5.
- Marieke Guy, QAA. Workshop A7.
- Jon Rathmill, University of Kent. Workshop A7.
- David Oulton, University of Edinburgh. Workshop A8.
- Aldona Gosnell, University of Edinburgh. Workshop A8.
- Nick Harper, UCAS. Workshop A9.
- Adam Frank, Squiz. Workshop A10.
- Esther Berry, Squiz. Workshop A10.
- Lee Garrett, Think Productive. Workshop A11.
- Christopher Gutteridge, University of Southampton. Workshop A12 (cancelled).
Master Class Facilitators (12):
- Rich Prowse, University of Bath. Master class B1.
- Hanna Loraine, University of Bath. Master class B1.
- Tom Trentham, University of Bath. Master class B1.
- Rob Ryder-Richardson, University of Dundee. Master class B2.
- Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus. Master class B3.
- Claire Gibbons. Master class B4.
- Josh Somma, Squiz. Master class B6.
- Steph Bradley, Squiz. Master class B6.
- Toby Margetts, Squiz. Master class B6.
- Paul Hoskins, Precedent. Master class B7.
- Jon Bird, WP Engine. Master class B8.
- Gordon Grace, Funnelback. Master class B9.
Summary
In brief at the IWMW 2017 event there were:
- 17 plenary speakers; 16 workshop facilitators and 12 master class facilitators.
- 6 session chairs (50/50 male/female).
- A total of 43 individual speakers, facilitators or session chairs.
- 12 female (28%) speakers, facilitators or session chairs and 31 males (72%) , including 5 (29%) of the plenary speakers who are female.
- 28 who currently work at a higher education institution; 2 who work for a higher education agency; 10 who work for a company and 3 who are individual consultants.
- Of the 14 plenary speakers who work at a university 10 are first-time speakers at the event, which includes 4 who are also first-time attendees at an IWMW event.