Speakers

IWMW 2019, the annual Institutional Web Management Workshop, took place at the University of Greenwich on 25-27 June 2019. The theme of this year’s event, the 23^rd in the series, was “Times They Are A-Changin’“.  The speaker list for the IWMW 2019 event is given below.

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Links to the biographical details of the plenary speakers, panellists short talk speakers and workshop session facilitators at IWMW 2019 are given below.

Session Chairs

• Brian Kelly, IWMW 2019 co-chair. Chair of the opening session on “Changing Times Across the Institution, the Sector … and for Future Audiences“
• Claire Gibbons, IWMW 2019 co-chair. Chair of session 2 on “IWMW is A-Changin’!“
• Kat Husbands, University of Glasgow. Chair of session 3 on “Institutional Perspectives on Changing Times“.
• Rob Ryder-Richardson, University of Dundee. Chair of session 4 on “A Constant in Changing Times: Users!“.
• Mike McConnell, University of Aberdeen. Chair of session 5 on “Beyond The Institution“.
• Lauren Tormey, University of Edinburgh. Chair of session 6 on “Delivering Digital “.
• Andrew Millar, University of Dundee. Chair of session 7 on “Strategic Thinking“.

Plenary Speakers

• Professor David Maguire, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich. Talk P0.
• Martyn Edwards, University of Swansea. Talk P1.
• Paul Jackson, BBC Design & Engineering. Talk P2.
• Ayala Gordon, University of Southampton. Talk P3.
• Gareth Edwards, University of Greenwich. Talk P4.
• Rob Fowles & Peter Briers, University of Derby and Nick Buckingham, Deeson. Talk P5.
• Pamela Agar, St Georges, University of London. Talk P6.
• Delegates giving lightning talks. Session LT.
• Kat Husbands, University of Glasgow. Talk P7.
• Oliver Emberton, Silktide. Talk P8.
• Alan Dargan, Terminalfour. Talk P9.
• Gold sponsors and others, chaired by Mike McConnell. Plenary panel P10.
• Paul Walk, Antleaf. Talk P11.
• Anna Radley, University of Greenwich. Talk P12.
• Keith McDonald and members of University of Greenwich digital teams. Plenary panel P13.
• Jonathan Trout, University of Edinburgh. Talk P14.

Short Talk Speakers

• Chris Gutteridge, University of Southampton. Talk ST1.
• Chris Lockhart, University of Southampton. Talk ST2.
• Peter Edwards, University of Leeds. Talk ST3.
• Marianne Kay, University of Leeds. Talk ST4.

Sponsors Panel Session

• Mike McConnell, University of Aberdeen (chair). Session P10.
• Dan Sitner, Siteimprove. Session P10.
• Kjell Eldor-Evans, Manifesto. Session P10.
• Gavin Colborne, Little Forest. Session P10.
• Jill Stephens, Click4Assistance. Session P10.
• Marcus Lillington, Headscape. Session P10.

Ask Us Anything Panel Session

• Keith McDonald, University of Greenwich. Session P10.
• Gareth Edwards, University of Greenwich. Session P10.
• Claire Tunmore, University of Greenwich. Session P10.

Lightning Talk Speakers

• Tim Pritchard, Squiz
• Graham Bird, Cardiff University
• Charlotte Brewer, University of Bristol
• Lauren Tormey, University of Edinburgh
• Willow Colios, Leeds Trinity University

Workshop Facilitators

• Lauren Tormey, University of Edinburgh. Workshop A3.
• Claire Gibbons. Workshop A4.
• Rob Ryder-Richardson, University of Dundee. Workshop A5.
• Chris Gutteridge, University of Southampton. Workshop A6. D
• Paul Bradley, eQAfy. Workshop A7.
• Nick Buckingham, Deeson. Workshop A8. D
• Dan Sitner and Anna Surrichio, Siteimprove. Workshop A9. D
• Gavin Colborne, Little Forest. Workshop A10.D
• Hugh James and Adam Fowles, Manifesto; Andrew Millar, University of Dundee and Daniel Colleta, Acquia. Workshop A11.

Vendor-Led and Staff Development Sessions

• Josh Somma, Squiz and Ben Pottier, Funnelback. Workshop B1.
• Marianne Kay, University of Leeds. Workshop B2.
• Ryan Bromley, Zengenti. Workshop B3.

Summary

At the IWMW 2019 event there were:

• 33 plenary speakers (which includes 4 short talk speakers, 9 panelists and 5 lightning talk speakers) and 17 workshop facilitators (includes 5 people with both roles).
• 7 session chairs (4 male and 3 female).
• A total of 47 individual speakers, facilitators or session chairs.
• Of the 33 plenary speakers, 20 (61%) work in higher education and 13 (39%) work for commercial companies or are independent; 25 (76%) are male and 8 (24%) are female.
• Of the 17 workshop facilitators, 5 (29%) work in higher education and 12 (71%) work for commercial companies or are independent; 13 (76%) are male and 4 (24%) are female.