Open Tech Calendar

Bots, Burnout and Blame: Using technology to build better organisations
Matthew Bellringer

Free and Open to All. Refreshments at 1830, Talk at 1900.

Livestream Link :: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPT_Shb6R8

Synopsis ::
In our working lives we have tools that would seem magical to employees a hundred years ago. The small computers we keep in our pockets connect us immediately to most of the combined knowledge of humanity. Our working conditions have improved immeasurably. We sit in air conditioned offices, no longer toiling in coal mines and factories. Despite this, levels of anxiety and depression amongst employees is at an all-time high. The unhealthy psychological environment which gives rise to this suffering leads to poor decision-making and organisational failure.

This talk identifies the key personal and organisational factors which give rise to workplace stress, and what can be done about them. It highlights research which suggests that the most effective organisations are not the most stressful, and that high performance is not the result of over-work. It will help you both as an employee and a manager to build an environment which allows for greater wellbeing and higher performance.

Making our own field better is only just the start. Technology can improve the working lives of employees well beyond the IT department. We now have a unique opportunity as IT professionals to build systems which more effectively meet human needs than those before, and to do so at scale.

https://bcsglas2711.eventbrite.co.uk/

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Time to face (unintended) consequences

Our lives and outlook, and those of our children, are fast being shaped by digital. These changes are unplanned, largely unregulated and already happening. This, warns Adam Thilthorpe, leaves us reliant on the ethical fortitude of developers. He says we urgently need a clear ethical framework for digital innovation.

Adam Thilthorpe, BCS Director for Professionalism in IT, will be visiting the branch to give the above talk.

Free and Open to All. Refreshments at 1830, Talk at 1900.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/glasgow-branch-bcs-its-mission-and-the-industry-registration-51650084794

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Adam Thilthorpe, BCS Director for Professionalism in IT, will be visiting the branch to talk about the BCS, it's mission, and the IT Industry.

Free and Open to All. Refreshments at 1830, Talk at 1900.

More details forthcoming.

Kenny Coyle will be speaking on his experiences with using Open Source Video Systems in his job of capturing many years of presentations for the KDE Akademy conference.

Livestream and VOD link :: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL0SUN-uFzM

Free and Open to All. Refreshments at 1830, Talk at 1900.

More details forthcoming.

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BCS, it's mission, and the Industry

Adam Thilthorpe, BCS Director of External Affairs, will be visiting the branch to talk about the BCS, it's mission, and the IT Industry.

Free and Open to All. Refreshments at 1830, Talk at 1900.

More details forthcoming.

Open Source Video Systems

Kenneth Coyle will be speaking on Open Source Video systems, and how to record a Conference.

Free and Open to All. Refreshments at 1830, Talk at 1900.

More details forthcoming.

AGM and Guest Speaker

BCS Glasgow Branch will hold our AGM, Committee elections, and Guest Speaker talk.

Free and Open to All. Refreshments at 1800, AGM 1830, Talk at 1930.

More details forthcoming shortly.

Bots, Burnout and Blame

Bots, Burnout and Blame: Using technology to build better organisations
Matthew Bellringer

Free and Open to All. Refreshments at 1830, Talk at 1900.

Synopsis ::
In our working lives we have tools that would seem magical to employees a hundred years ago. The small computers we keep in our pockets connect us immediately to most of the combined knowledge of humanity. Our working conditions have improved immeasurably. We sit in air conditioned offices, no longer toiling in coal mines and factories. Despite this, levels of anxiety and depression amongst employees is at an all-time high. The unhealthy psychological environment which gives rise to this suffering leads to poor decision-making and organisational failure.

This talk identifies the key personal and organisational factors which give rise to workplace stress, and what can be done about them. It highlights research which suggests that the most effective organisations are not the most stressful, and that high performance is not the result of over-work. It will help you both as an employee and a manager to build an environment which allows for greater wellbeing and higher performance.

Making our own field better is only just the start. Technology can improve the working lives of employees well beyond the IT department. We now have a unique opportunity as IT professionals to build systems which more effectively meet human needs than those before, and to do so at scale.

2nd November Meeting

2nd branch meeting of the month, open to everyone.

More details forthcoming.

https://glasgow.bcs.org

Tue 27th Nov 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 27th Nov 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Tue 25th Sep 2018 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 25th Sep 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

Join us for a talk from the BCS Information Security Specialist Group on GDPR.

Chair Ian Fish will be presenting.

Please grab a FREE ticket from the ticket link.
Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u1RQHM-lP0

Ian's Bio:
Ian Fish FBCS CITP has a long history of volunteering within BCS and has been on the ISSG committee for more than 25 years and is the current chairman. He is also the membership secretary of the ICT Ethics SG. In the past he has been the chair of the Information Privacy Expert Panel and a member of the Security Community of Expertise. Both of these bodies have now been subsumed into the Security and Privacy Executive. Ian was an inaugural member of the Best Practice Committee, founded the BCS IoT Working Group in 2012 and has represented BCS in a number of UN Internet Governance Forums and European Dialogues on Internet Governance."

Find out more about the group: http://www.bcs.org/category/19042
Group's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1182227/profile

Find BCS Glasgow on:
Twitter @BCSGlasgow
Facebook /groups/bcsglasgow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u1RQHM-lP0

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Join us for a talk from the BCS Information Security Specialist Group on GDPR.

Chair Ian Fish will be presenting.

Please grab a FREE ticket from the ticket link.

Ian's Bio:
Ian Fish FBCS CITP has a long history of volunteering within BCS and has been on the ISSG committee for more than 25 years and is the current chairman. He is also the membership secretary of the ICT Ethics SG. In the past he has been the chair of the Information Privacy Expert Panel and a member of the Security Community of Expertise. Both of these bodies have now been subsumed into the Security and Privacy Executive. Ian was an inaugural member of the Best Practice Committee, founded the BCS IoT Working Group in 2012 and has represented BCS in a number of UN Internet Governance Forums and European Dialogues on Internet Governance."

Find out more about the group: http://www.bcs.org/category/19042
Group's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1182227/profile

Find BCS Glasgow on:
Twitter @BCSGlasgow
Facebook /groups/bcsglasgow

November Meeting

Monthly branch meeting, open to everyone.

More details forthcoming.

https://glasgow.bcs.org

Mon 12th Nov 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 12th Nov 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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October Meeting

Monthly branch meeting, open to everyone.

More details forthcoming.

https://glasgow.bcs.org

Mon 8th Oct 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 8th Oct 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Mon 10th Sep 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 10th Sep 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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September Meeting and AGM

Monthly branch meeting, open to everyone.

This month will also include the branch AGM.

More details forthcoming.

https://glasgow.bcs.org

Mon 10th Sep 2018 6:30pm (Europe/Berlin)

Mon 10th Sep 2018 9:00pm (Europe/Berlin)

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Join us for a talk from the BCS Information Security Specialist Group on GDPR.

Chair Ian Fish will be presenting.

Please grab a FREE ticket from the ticket link.

Find out more about the group: http://www.bcs.org/category/19042
Group's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1182227/profile

Find BCS Glasgow on:
Twitter @BCSGlasgow
Facebook /groups/bcsglasgow

https://bcsglasgow1405.eventbrite.co.uk/

Join us for a talk from the BCS Information Security Specialist Group on GDPR.

Chair Ian Fish will be presenting.

Find out more about the group: http://www.bcs.org/category/19042
Group's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1182227/profile

Find BCS Glasgow on:
Twitter @BCSGlasgow
Facebook /groups/bcsglasgow

May Meeting: GDPR

Join us for a talk from the BCS Information Security Group on GDPR.

April Meeting: Session 17/18 Tech Digest Discussion

This event has been updated at last minute to reflect the correct date, from Thurs 12th to Mon 9th.

Tech Digest of the 17/18 BCS Glasgow session, important and notable items picked to discuss what could be coming next.

Mon 9th Apr 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 9th Apr 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

Speaker: Graeme Lindsay
Title: Lean meets Team

Brief presentation synopsis:
A story - told from the perspective of a team - as they take a journey of discovery. Refusing to be methodology zealots, they had to pick their own path and develop a set of practices that met their needs.

Learning from their own experiences - their journey involved some accidents, some false paths and some good luck. In the end they borrowed from some Agile principles, copied from some Lean principles and made the rest up.

The team are still on their journey, but the hope is that hearing this story will inspire thoughts and ideas for others who may be on a similar journey...



Speaker profile:
Graeme has spent the past 15 years or so working as an Engineer. His early career included working on the design of systems used in wellbore surveys in the oil and gas industry, as well as the development of debug tools for the smart card industry.

For the past 11 years, Graeme has worked as a software engineer working on the development of an enterprise-grade CRM product. For 6 of those years, he has also worked as a team lead of one of the development teams.

While he used to think building software was a challenge, he’s come to appreciate that perhaps the greater challenge lies in building successful teams that build software. He takes great satisfaction from helping turn a group of smart, talented, individuals into an effective team who collaborate, communicate and get stuff done.

Speaker: Graeme Lindsay
Title: Lean meets Team

Brief presentation synopsis:
A story - told from the perspective of a team - as they take a journey of discovery. Refusing to be methodology zealots, they had to pick their own path and develop a set of practices that met their needs.

Learning from their own experiences - their journey involved some accidents, some false paths and some good luck. In the end they borrowed from some Agile principles, copied from some Lean principles and made the rest up.

The team are still on their journey, but the hope is that hearing this story will inspire thoughts and ideas for others who may be on a similar journey...

Speaker profile:
Graeme has spent the past 15 years or so working as an Engineer. His early career included working on the design of systems used in wellbore surveys in the oil and gas industry, as well as the development of debug tools for the smart card industry.

For the past 11 years, Graeme has worked as a software engineer working on the development of an enterprise-grade CRM product. For 6 of those years, he has also worked as a team lead of one of the development teams.

While he used to think building software was a challenge, he’s come to appreciate that perhaps the greater challenge lies in building successful teams that build software. He takes great satisfaction from helping turn a group of smart, talented, individuals into an effective team who collaborate, communicate and get stuff done.

This month, the branch will be hosting an Open Discussion on Meltdown and Spectre.

There will be light refreshments available from 6:30pm and the discussion will start at 7:00pm

This month, the branch will be hosting an Open Discussion on Meltdown and Spectre.

March Meeting - Lean meets Team

Speaker: Graeme Lindsay
Title: Lean meets Team

Project Management and Leadership techniques talk

This month, the branch will be hosting an Open Discussion on Meltdown and Specter.

November Meeting: Project Management: How to Guarantee Failure

Speaker: Andrew Robertson, MBCS, CITP

There are a plethora of books, education programs, and consultancies that offer the Keys to Project Management success. As with sport, there is much to learn by studying failure to win. This light hearted look at the actions that guarantee project failure seeks to offer guidance through the minefield that is project management.

http://www.glasgow.bcs.org/events.htm

May Meeting

Mon 14th May 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 14th May 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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April Meeting

Thu 12th Apr 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 12th Apr 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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March Meeting

Mon 12th Mar 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 12th Mar 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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February Meeting

Mon 12th Feb 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 12th Feb 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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November Meeting

Mon 13th Nov 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 13th Nov 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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October Meeting

Mon 9th Oct 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 9th Oct 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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The AGM for BCS Glasgow Branch, and the first meeting of the 17/18 session.

Refreshments will be provided.

Wed 6th Sep 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 6th Sep 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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AGM

The AGM for BCS Glasgow Branch, and the first meeting of the 17/18 session.

Wed 6th Sep 2017 6:30pm (Europe/Berlin)

Wed 6th Sep 2017 9:00pm (Europe/Berlin)

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Mon 8th May 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

LoRa and the Internet of Things

Speaker: Peter Kinnaird

Brief presentation synopsis: LoRa is an open low-power radio technology which is currently seeing fast adoption around the world.

This talk introduces the low-powered radio technology and a look into the LoRAWAN protocol and its applications in the real world (both present and future) and also gives insight into some of the LoRa network deployments which I have taken part in both in Glasgow and around the UK.

Speaker profile: As a Software Architect at Stream Technologies, Peter works with the rest of the team at Stream on the design, planning and implementation of many different projects, including Streams multi-technology connectivity platform IoT-X and a LoRaWAN network server.

http://glasgow.bcs.org/

Mon 8th May 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 8th May 2017 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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BCS Glasgow: April Meeting: Animation for the Entertainment Industry

Speaker Jason Fairley, Axis Animation

Synopsis: Axis Animation creates visual storytelling in many diverse forms, including game-trailers and in-game animation, VFX and animation for television in film, as well as theme-park content and VR experiences. Supporting this slate of productions is a studio pipeline that must be flexible, robust and scalable. In this talk, Jason Fairley (Axis Animation's Head of R&D) will discuss the past, present and future of developing software in Axis' production environment.

Speaker: Jason joined Axis with over ten years’ worth of film making and visual effects experience and has previously held senior roles at Lucasfilm Animation, Dr D Studios, Animal Logic and Double Negative. Jason's background as a technical artist ensures he is fluent in pipeline and tools development for feature film production and he combines this with a background in mathematics research (PhD).
Jason's day-to-day role at Axis is to manage and plan ongoing R&D projects with a view to meeting strategic goals within suitable time-frames and budget. Jason has grown and developed the R&D team through a process of continual evaluation and mentoring.

BCS Glasgow: March Meeting: Current Research Projects and Future Trends in Virtual and Augmented Reality

Speaker Prof. Vassilis Charissis

The expansive revolution of VR headsets has recently introduced VR in everyday life primarily for entertainment purposes. A plethora of applications and systems however have - for some years now - been in development, focusing mostly in the use of Virtual and Augmented reality in the amelioration/enhancement of everyday activities, out-with the realm of entertainment. This lecture aims to present some of the existing projects currently undertaken at University level and their potential applications in the wider community. Future trends and projected expectations for these technologies in the next decade will also be discussed.


Professor Vassilis Charissis(BSc(Hons), MPhil, PhD, MIET) is a Professor of Human Computer Interaction at Glasgow Caledonian University, Director of Virtual Reality and Simulation Laboratory (VRS Lab) and Research Leader of the Visual Affective and Pervasive Research Group (VAPS). He holds a BSc (Hons) in Technology of Graphics Arts and Mechanical Engineering, from the Technical and Educational Institute of Athens, Greece, an MPhil in Computing -Advanced 2D/3D Motion Graphics and Virtual Prototyping and a PhD in Computing in the area of Human Machine Interfaces and automotive Head-Up - Display systems, the latter two from the University of Glasgow, UK. He is also the recipient of two international first places for prototype design and engineering in the automotive industry competitions for FIAT and Opel respectively and holds two patents in advanced biomimetic automotive engineering. Professor Charissis has extensive industry experience as he developed prototype vehicles and HCI systems for Alfa Romeo, Lancia, FIAT, Ford US, Suzuki US, Opel, QinetiQ, Thales, and Fisher Defence Submarines. His work has received funding from SFC, EPSRC, RCPSG, RCSEd, NHS, ARUK, and NHS Education Scotland (NES) His research track record includes more than 100 publications and 65 successfully completed projects. Professor Charissis has served as an international expert reviewer for simulation proposals for the National Research Council of Canada and expert reviewer for development of advanced simulation laboratories for the Canada Foundation for Innovation | Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation

BCS Glasgow: February Meeting: Me and OpenBSD: A secure learning journey

Continuing professional development (CPD) and life long learning are important tools for surviving and living in the 21st Century. This talk will look at getting the most out of your professional membership - and how that relates to CPD, life long learning and more importantly OpenBSD!

OpenBSD is a multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system with an emphasis on proactive security and integrated cryptography.

About the Speaker:
Fred Crowson has been using OpenBSD as his desktop and preferred server operating systems since 2001. As a Professional Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and a lapsed professional member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), and British Computer Society (BCS), he will share some insights into the value of professional membership.

BCS Glasgow: Eye tracking. Past, present & future

The history of eye tracking is longer than most people realise, yet the technology is still very much in its infancy. This talk will look at the origins of eye tracking before the days of computing, the current state of the technology and the promises of consumer ready equipment in the not too distant future. Beyond the technology, uses will be explored from academic research through corporate analysis and edging into the leisure market.

About the speaker: Calum Andrew Morrell gained a degree in computing at GCU before developing databases for Telecom Sciences Corporation Ltd then acting as a Windows NT Server Technical Design Specialist through the mid to late ‘90s. Since early 2002 he has been running Stropharia with a focus on User eXperience and related tools, eye tracking being one small part – though distinctly the most fun!

BCS Glasgow: April Meeting

Speaker Jason Fairley, Axis Animation

http://www.glasgow.bcs.org/index.htm

Mon 10th Apr 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 10th Apr 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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BCS Glasgow: March Meeting

Speaker Prof. Vassilis Charissis

http://www.glasgow.bcs.org/index.htm

Mon 13th Mar 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 13th Mar 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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BCS Glasgow: February Meeting

Speaker Fred Crowson, Assocation for Computing Machinery

http://www.glasgow.bcs.org/index.htm

Mon 13th Feb 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 13th Feb 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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BCS Glasgow: January Meeting

Eye Tracking research With Calum Morrell

http://www.glasgow.bcs.org/index.htm

Mon 9th Jan 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 9th Jan 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Internet Interconnects - What makes the Internet cheap and robust?

1830 Arrival for 1900 Start.

From the very early days of the Internet, with highly centralised points of interconnects between the various networks, through to todays highly distributed interconnects and 'close to the edge' content distribution, Internet interconnects have been at the heart of what makes the Internet work. The evolution of Interconnects is what has kept the Internet able to cope with growing End User bandwidth demand, yet provide an extremely robust and distributed service. We will learn about the history of Internet interconnects, their technology, and also where the future of Internet services such as Streaming and Cloud services is taking the Internet; How Interconnects will play an important part of guaranteeing a robust and resilient service delivery in the future.

Speaker Bio

Kurt Erik “Kurtis” Lindqvist has a background in engineering and business development at ISPs, world-wide carrier networks and IXPs. Kurtis is currently the CMO of LINX and started out in the industry by
co-founding a local ISP in Finland in 1994, then worked as Technical Director for EUnet/KPNQwest Sweden 1997-2000 and worked for the office of the CTO as Director of Network Architecture 2000-2002. He was the CEO
of Swedish IXP operator Netnod 2002-2015. He served as a member of the Internet Architecture Board between 2005 - 2009, and have chaired several working groups in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). He has also worked actively as a WG chair in RIPE where he has served as NCC-Services WG chair since 2004. He has been a board member of Euro-IX, the IXP association, since 2002 and since 2003 as chairman. He has participated actively in development, standardisation and deployment of IPv6 in the IETF and various operational forums. In addition, Kurtis previously served as an adviser to the Swedish Minister for Information Technology and Energy, as well as the Swedish Forreign Minister. He is a co-author of two RFCs and is a regular speaker at International Internet conferences such as RIPE, APRICOT and NANOG.