The Specialist Group for Change, Configuration and Release Management

Conference Timetable/Programme

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Timetable/programme for Monday 15 June 2009

The Streams and Benefits

Streams 1 & 2 address the conference themes regarding the cost and risk of not controlling environments, and measuring and communicating the benefits of being in control to the organisation.

They include not just the latest theory but validated practical implementation experience.

Find out about practices that will help your organization to reduce cost and risk.

Monday 15 June 2009

Conference Chair: Robert Cowham

Conference Vice Chair: Shirley Lacy

Streams	Stream 1	Stream 2
09.00 - 09.30	Conference Registration and Exhibition opens
09.30 - 09:45	Welcome Robert Cowham CMSG Chair Ben Clacy, Head of Business Development, itSMF Ltd
Plenary 09:45 - 10:30	"The Benefits of New Technology Platforms and Services - and the Challenges of Controlling Them" Ian Osborne IntellectUK
10.30 - 11.00	Tea/Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45	"Demonstrating the business value of "best practice" Configuration Management" Ian Salvage IBM	"Improving an ALM infrastructure with OpenSource components" Rainer Heinold CollabNet
11:45 - 12:30	"Managing business and technology change together – improving quality, reducing costs and risks" Dr Stephen J Pratt Stephen Pratt Consulting	"ITIL Live – use and benefits for practitioners in change, configuration and release management" – sponsored by TSO
12.30 - 13:30	Lunch with demonstration of Virtual Exhibition
13:30 - 14:15	"Software Asset Management - The shortest route to success" Ian Preskett Bytes Technology	"An Operation Manager’s perspective on Change, Configuration and Release Management" Stephen Thair Seriti Consulting
14:15 - 15:00	"Reducing costs and managing risks through effective verification audits " Kevin Holland NHS Connecting for Health	"Environment Management - Controlling the Uncontrollable " Matthew Wills Virgin Media
15.00 - 15.30	Tea/Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:15	"Process Governance: A how to guide for Configuration Managers" Vawns Guest and Steve Straker itSMF CCRM SIG	"Learning from the Cloud providers to use the CMDB to drive cost savings through automation" Richard Croucher Citihub
16:15 - 16:45	"Q&A on Controlling configurations and change for new technologies and services, including virtual and cloud computing" introduced by John Dixon GlaxoSmithKline
16:45 - 19:00	Buffet, drinks and networking

NB. Sessions and speakers may change.

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