Professor Jim Norton

PROFESSOR M.J. NORTON
BEng(Hons) CDir CEng DEng FIEE FIoD FRSA

Key Speaking Engagements Completed - Professor Jim Norton - 2006:

21st February - Spoke at the Bedford De Parys Rotary Club breakfast on 'Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery'.

7th March - Gave e-Business lectures to Sheffield University Management School MBA students. Lecture Three "New opportunities - new threats". Lecture Four "Benchmarking global best practice".

22nd March - Gave opening address to the IoD/BT/HP/Oracle "Business Growth in the Digital Networked Economy" seminar in Reading.

3rd May - Participated in Oracle webcast on "SME's & the Future of IT".

8th May - Gave address at the BCS "Professionalism in Software" conference on "Meeting the Business Challenge".

31st May - Chaired session at the ComReg/OECD Workshop "Toward more flexible spectrum use: The digital dividend?", in Dublin.

14th June - Spoke on "Deriving maximum value from technology" at Business to Business event in Cardiff.

7th September - Judged "Computing Awards for Excellence".

24th October - Chaired the IoD Summit on "Increasing profits through Technology".

21st November - Spoke on "Preventing cascades of failure - practical advice for resilience" at the 'Survive' annual conference, London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square.

30th November - Spoke on "Delivering maximum business value from technology" at the PracticeWEB conference, Emirates Stadium, London.

29.12.2006.

28th February - Gave e-Business lectures to Sheffield University Management School MBA students. Lecture One "e-Business myths and realities". Lecture Two "Broadband and mobile access matter".

21st March - Gave keynote address on "Driving bottom line benefit from ICT" at IT Master Class event in Leeds for IoD Yorkshire.

30th March - Spoke and chaired a panel session at the "e-Crime Congress" Victoria Park Plaza Hotel - London.

3rd May - Spoke at Software Asset Management discussion forum for Finance Directors and IT Directors in London.

12th May - Judged Regional Final of National Business Awards.

1st June - Spoke at the European Telecommunications Resilience & Recovery Association "Pathways to Resilience" conference in Sophia Antipolis on "Security and resilience: An overlooked opportunity?".

27th & 28th June - Spoke on "Deriving maximum value from technology" at Business to Business events, London.

27th September - Spoke on "The need to understand Businesses Processes before deploying IT" at the Independent Association of Accountants Information Technology Consultants (IAAITC) Conference.

23rd November - Gave keynote address on "Working smarter not harder" at the Yorkshire Science & Technology Network, Thorpe Park Hotel, Leeds.

5th December - Spoke on "How does BS 25999 support regulations and Legislation?" at the BSI Business Continuity Management Conference, at the Kensington Marriott hotel, London.