Yearly Archives - 2006

A series of free seminars throughout the UK.

To assist potential Digital Challenge bidders, Intellect, with the co-operation of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and a number of ICT private sector companies, is running free seminars throughout the UK.

The Digital Challenge is one of the eight actions contained in the UK Government’s DIGITAL STRATEGY, launched April 2005. The Challenge is a Government-run competition that will act as a catalyst to develop e-enabled local public services and encourage greater exploitation of ICT to better meet the needs of local communities.

Each full day seminar will explain the Digital Challenge evaluation criteria and other areas important to the development of proposals. The successful bid will need to provide evidence of a highly focused and effective partnership of public, private, community and voluntary sectors. The afternoon session will provide an opportunity for one-to-one meetings with the private sector partners who are sponsoring these events.

The dates are as follows – please follow the links for full details of each event:

• Cambridge, De Vere University Arms – Monday 13 February
• London, Millennium Conference Centre, SW7 4LH – Tuesday 14 February
• Bristol, Marriott City Centre – Friday 17 February
• Guildford, The Carlton – Tuesday 21 February
• Newcastle, De Vere Slaley Hall, Friday 24 February
• Leeds, Village Hotel & Leisure Club – Monday 27 February
• Nottingham, Village Hotel & Leisure Club – Tuesday 28 February
• Birmingham, The De Vere Belfry, B76 9PR – Friday 03 March

This free, one day seminar will report back the findings of a DTI Global Watch Mission, which visited the USA in October 2005. The mission delegation met with public and private sector bodies involved in the deployment of WiMAX technologies with the aim of examining developments made by key vendors, investigating the technical developments affecting choice, and considering the sources of investment behind WiMAX deployments.

A full report of the mission findings will be made available to all attendees.

The Economic, Environmental and Social Impacts of Cornwall’s actnow Project.

In April 2005 actnow, in collaboration with project partner BT, commissioned SustainIT, and the University of Bradford to conduct a survey of the impacts of broadband on businesses in Cornwall.

The survey received 433 responses from actnow’s business customers. The results show that broadband is benefiting enterprises, individuals, the Cornish economy, society and the natural environment by, for example:

• Extending market reach and impact
• Making organisational working practices more efficient
• Enabling staff to work flexibly
• Substituting travel and meetings with electronic communication – thus reducing traffic congestion and fuel use.