The theme for the IWMW 2017 event is “It’s The End Of The Institution As We Know It (And We Feel Fine)“. The plenary talks at the event address aspects of this theme by exploring the challenges institutions currently face and how they are responding to these challenges by addressing governance issues, developing and making use of tools and technologies, learning from sponsors and working with the wider community and working collaboratively to support each other as well as contributors to and users of our web and digital services.
Details of the plenary talks are given below.
Tuesday 11 July 2017, Opening Session:
The End of the World?
- Session chair: Brian Kelly, IWMW founder and IWMW 2017 co-chair
- Talk P0: IWMW 2017: Introduction
- Speaker: Brian Kelly
- Talk P1: The UK’s European University in a Time of Brexit
- Speaker: Bonnie Ferguson, University of Kent
- Talk P2: Having a Good Crisis…and Not Wasting It
- Speaker: Andrew Millar, University of Dundee
Wednesday 12 July 2017, Morning Session 1:
We Feel Fine (Governance Issues)
- Session chair: Claire Gibbons, IWMW 2017 co-chair
- Talk P3: High Sights, High Standards
- Speaker: Carley Hollis, University of St Andrews
- Talk P4: Making Digital Change Happen
- Speaker: Melanie Read, University of London
- Talk P5: You Touched It Last: Designing Governance for Devolved Institutions
- Speaker: Gareth Edwards, University of Greenwich
Wednesday 12 July 2017, Morning Session 2:
We Feel Fine (Tools and Technologies)
- Session chair: Andrew Millar, University of Dundee
- Talk P6: Realising the Vision of a Single Source of Course Information
- Speakers: Graham Bird, Jenni Taylor and David Hopkins, Cardiff University
- Talk P7: Oxford Mosaic – A Web Publishing Platform for the Future
- Speakers: Matthew Castle and Ruth Mason, University of Oxford
- Talk P8: Building a Digital Publishing Platform
- Speaker: Rich Prowse, University of Bath
Wednesday 12 July 2017, Afternoon Session:
We Feel Fine (Understanding Our Users)
- Session chair: Bonnie Ferguson, University of Kent
- Talk P9: Students as Humans: Understanding and Segmenting the Real Student Experience
- Speaker: Michael Frantzis, Precedent
Thursday 13 July 2017, Morning Session 1:
We Feel Fine (Working With The Wider Community)
- Session chair: Marieke Guy, QAA
- Talk P10: 5 Conversion Techniques that Higher Ed Can Learn From eCommerce
- Speaker: Piero Tintori, TerminalFOUR
Talk P11: UCAS – From Clearing House to Digital Ecosystem- Talk cancelled due to unavailability of speaker
- Talk P12: How to Win Over Your Colleagues and Make Life Easier
- Speaker: Paul Boag
Thursday 13 July 2017, Morning Session 2:
We Feel Fine (The Core Community)
- Session chair: Mike McConnell, University of Aberdeen
- Talk P13: Building a Collaborative Culture in an Institution
- Speaker: Stratos Filalithis, University of Edinburgh
- Talk P14: The Life Academic
- Speaker: Christopher Gutteridge, University of Southampton
- Talk P15: Student Life
- Speaker: Tom Wright, University of Lincoln
- Talk P16: Panel session
- Chaired by Mike McConnell, University of Aberdeen
- Talk P17: Conclusions
- Speaker: Brian Kelly