Bright Ideas - Using technology to support and involve
Introduction
Delegate booking
Getting there
Programme
Workshops and demonstrations
Speakers
Exhibitors
Delegate pack and Report
Presentations
Contact
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9.30am to 4pm Friday 3 November 2006
West Ham United Football Club
Boleyn Ground, Green Street, London E13 9AZ
Speakers
Sir Robin Wales, Mayor of Newham
I moved to Newham in 1978 from my hometown of Kilmarnock in Scotland after gaining a BSc in chemistry from Glasgow University. I worked locally for BT then and appreciated the good value housing. At the time the friendliness of Newham’s people and the strength and warmth of local communities struck me. And it’s great to see that that aspect of the borough has not changed. I am a single parent of two teenage children: one son and one daughter, who are at school and college locally.
I wanted to get involved in local politics here because of what it can deliver for ordinary people. Politics, for me, is about changing peoples' lives for the better. That means making sure that the council delivers the best services possible to Newham’s residents. It also means representing Newham effectively on the national and international stage so we can take advantage of the biggest opportunities.
I have been part of local government since 1982. I served as a councillor from 1982 to 1986 and from 1992 until becoming Leader of Newham Council in 1995. In 2002 I won the election to be the borough’s first ever directly elected Mayor and was subsequently re-elected in 2006. In the Birthday Honours' List 2000, I was delighted to be awarded a knighthood in recognition of my service to local government. I also had the honour of leading the Association of London Government between 2000 and 2006. The ALG is an organisation which represents London as a whole, nationally and abroad.
I am proud to be the first elected Mayor, and proud to continue the strong Labour tradition in Newham. The very first Labour council elected in the country was in West Ham and East Londoners elected the first Labour MP, Keir Hardie, in West Ham. And then, some 115 years later, the first directly elected Labour Mayor was me!
Chris Yapp
Chris is Head of Public Sector Innovation at Microsoft.
He has been in the IT industry since 1980 at Honeywell, ICL and most recently Hewlett Packard.
He has been involved in public sector IT for the majority of that period, contributing to many policy and advisory groups on the strategic and management aspects of IT.
Chris is a patron of NACE, a trustee of world e-citizens, an associate of the think-tank DEMOS and a former director of the Internet Society of England. He is a past trustee of the School for Social Entrepreneurs and the British Committee of the UK-Canada colloquia. He is a frequent public speaker and writer on the e-agenda. His most recent publication is "Personalization of education in the 21st century".
Paul Ticher
Paul Ticher is a leading voluntary sector consultant in ICT, information management and databases, who has worked at national, regional and local level, with voluntary organisations of all sizes. Paul also specialises in Data Protection, and has delivered training courses throughout the country as well as being the author of several books on the topic.