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Programme

Slides can now be viewed as pdfs linked to the presentation title for most of the sessions subject to speakers giving their permission.

Use the quick links below to view the programmes for different days:

(Updated 08/03/2010)

Thursday 1st April
 
07:00 - 08:45  Breakfast  – Hotels
   
09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions
   
Lecture Theatre B - Session 4a - Measurement and monitoring
Chair - Victor Olifer, JANET(UK)                        
   
  09:00 - Deep packet Inspection – Technology, Applications and Net Neutrality
Klaus Mochalski, Ipoque
   
  09:30 - Network Measurement Reuse
David Parish, Loughborough University
   
  10:00 - Network Research, Privacy and the Law
Andrew Cormack, JANET(UK)
   
Lecture Theatre A - Session 4b - Networking during an economic crisis
Chair - Rob Evans, JANET(UK)
   
  09:00 - Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
Alan Benson, University of Aberdeen and Edmund Sutcliffe, Independent Consultant
   
  09:30 - Server room/data centre efficiency savings
David Round, Bangor University
   
  10:00 - Outsourcing mail and associated services - do we gain or lose?
Robin Breathe and Simon Hogg, Oxford Brookes University
   
Room 2.220 - Session 4c - Rapid Fire – Hints, Tips & Secrets
Chair - Rolly Trice, JANET(UK)
   
  09:00 - During this session there will be a series of presentations lasting no more than 10 minutes. This will open the floor to the community to present any hints, tips and/or secrets they’d like to share on ANY aspect of managing the network within their campus.
   
  Typical topics include:
   
  Multicast monitoring
Tim Chown, University of Southampton
   
  How delicious tags, blogs and twitter can be linked to keep staff/students up to date
Ken Scott, JISC RSC Yorkshire and Humberside
   
  Preparing your site for the cloud. What steps do you need to take to ensure your network is ready for cloud computing?
Matthew Cook, Loughborough University
   
  How to cope with an Estates Development Framework
Bruce Rodger, University of Strathclyde
   
  10:15 - Questions
   
Room 1.219 - Session 4d - Exhibitor Session G
   
  09:00 - Mutiny, Network Monitoring and the Academic Community
Andy Murray, Mutiny Limited
   
  09:45 - How Network Rightsizing addresses budget limitations
Roger Hockaday and Glyn Brice, Ensign Communications
   
Room 1.218 - Session 4e - Exhibitor Session H
   
  09:00 - USA v Europe: A comparison of bandwidth usage and management policies in US and European Universities
John Brosnan, Netfort Technologies
   
  09:45 - Simplifying IT Complexity with Cloud Computing - Improving Operational Efficiency and Reducing Cost
Mark Beaumont, Verizon Business
   
   
10:30 Refreshments and Exhibition – Exhibition Area
   
  Plenary Session         Lecture Theatre B, University Place
Chair                          Shirley Wood, JANET(UK) 
   
11:15 An Infrastructure Challenge in the Digital Economy
Derek McAuley, University of Nottingham
   
12:00 Summing up and Close of Conference
   
   
12:30 Lunch - Marquee