But before that, if you still don’t know what its all about, here is a snipet of what’s to discussed over these 3 days.

What its all about…?

“The IWMW event provides an opportunity for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services to hear about institutional case studies, national initiatives and emerging technologies and to actively participate in a number of parallel sessions.

The Institutional Web Management Workshop series are organised by UKOLN in order to support members of institutional Web management teams within the UK Higher and Further Educational communities and related organisations.”

What’s goin’ on over there? Who’s talkin’?

• #P0: Welcome
  Workshop introduction by Marieke Guy and Brian Kelly, UKOLN on Tuesday 28 July from 13:30-14:15
  See abstract
• #P1: Headlights on Dark Roads
  Plenary talk by Derek Law, University of Strathclyde on Tuesday 28 July from 14:15-15:00
  See abstract and Derek Law’s biographical details
• #P2: Servicing ‘Core’ and ‘Chore’: A framework for understanding a Modern IT Working Environment
  Plenary talk by David Harrison and Joe Nicholls, Cardiff University on Wednesday 29 July from 09:00-09:45
  See abstract and David Harrison’s and Joe Nicholls’ biographical details.
• #P3: Making your killer applications… killer!
  Plenary talk by Paul Boag, Headscape on Wednesday 29 July from 09:45-10:30
  See abstract and Paul Boag’s biographical details
• #P8: How the BBC make Web sites
  Plenary talk by Michael Smethurst, BBC on Thursday 30 July from 09:00-09:45
  See abstract and Michael Smethurst’s biographical details

Front-end Strand

The talks in this strand will focus on the marketing, communications and management aspects of Web management. These plenary talks will be given at the same time as back-end parallel sessions.

• #P4: What is the Web?
  Plenary talk by James Currall on Wednesday 29 July from 13:30-14:15
  See abstract and James Currall’s biographical details
• #P5: Hub Websites for Youth Participation
  Plenary talk by David Newman on Wednesday 29 July from 14:15-15:00
  See abstract and David Newman’s biographical details

Back-end Strand

The talks in this strand will focus on technical aspects of Web management. These plenary talks will be given at the same time as front-end parallel sessions.

• #P6: Agile Prototyping in Academia
  Plenary talk by Dave Flanders on Wednesday 29 July from 15:30-16:15
  See abstract and Dave Flanders’ biographical details
• #P7: Lightweight Web Management
  Plenary talk by Christopher Gutteridge on Wednesday 29 July from 16:15-17:00
  See abstract and Christopher Gutteridge’s biographical details

Oooooh! What’s in the Goodie Bag?

Manage to catch a glimps of the goodie bag from the IWMW 09 Blog which you can find here – http://iwmw2009.wordpress.com/

If you wish to follow my tweeting on this event, follow me at @Liz_Azyan on hashtag #iwmw09.

You can also follow my blog at http://www.lizazyan.com/category/higher-education/

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Liz xxx