Nomad Scotland Forum Presents:
The Mobile & Flexible Working Conference
Thuesday 5 June 2008
The Radisson SAS Hotel, 80 High Street, The Royal Mile
Edinburgh, EH1 1TH

The Nomad Scotland Team is looking forward to welcoming you to its regular Mobile & Flexible Working Conference in Edinburgh on Thursday 5 June 2008.  This conference is an opportunity to hear all about the progress
in local authorities in Scotland, with a wide range of interactive
presentations, opportunity to ask questions and network with other implementers of mobile & flexible working initiatives.  A range of mobile & flexible working suppliers will also be in attendance for an interactive Q & A session and exhibition.

Booking Available Now at:  http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/projectnomad/nomadscotland

A delegate fee of £100 (No VAT) per person is applicable – with an offer of 3 places for the price of 2 for LA delegates from the same council available (only with the provision of a valid purchase order number to cover all three places).

For help with registration – please contact Melanie Reed, Nomad Communications Manager at Cambridgeshire County Council – 01223 699052 or email melanie.reed@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Presentations will include:

• Wireless Cities - Are They Sustainable?
  Presentation from City of Edinburgh Council
• Building the Business Case
  Presentation from Aberdeenshire Council
• Occupational Therapy & Home Care Go Mobile 
  Presentation from Renfrewshire Council
• MySWIS Mobile Single Shared Assessment
  Presentation from North Lanarkshire Council

VIEW & DOWNLOAD THE AGENDA FOR the Nomad Scotland Forum – Mobile & Flexible Working Conference BELOW.

Nomad Scotland Mobile & Flexible Working Conference
AGENDA

09:00 - 10:00    REGISTRATION, Refreshments, Networking & Exhibition

10:00 - 10:15    WELCOME by the Nomad Scotland Chair Person
To include an update from the Nomad Scotland Core Group, a summary of the current Nomad Scotland Survey results and a formal handover of the role of Nomad Scotland Chair Person from Douglas Duke, Fife Council to Lynne Swan, Glasgow City Council.

10:15 - 11:00    Wireless Cities - Are They Sustainable? 
Presentation from City of Edinburgh Council
Andrew Unsworth, Head of e-Government will provide his perspective on the sustainability of ‘The Wireless City’, including both the benefits and challenges to local government in delivering it.  The presentation will illustrate the benefits to the community and other public sector bodies in exploiting wireless technology, growth potential and what his vision for a ‘Wireless City’ is.

11:00 - 11:30    Refreshments, Networking & Exhibition

11:30 - 12:00    Building the Business Case
Presentation from Aberdeenshire Council
Gillian Buchanan, Support Service Manager will give a detailed account of the development of Aberdeenshire’s strategic business case for mobile & flexible working.  Working with the expertise of BT, Aberdeenshire are overcoming the difficulties in getting past ‘small pilot’ stage on to delivering a plan on a corporate scale.  The presentation will detail the steps taken to build the business case, the predicted benefits and the associated costs and timescales.  It will also realistically report on the shortcomings of this process.

12:00 - 12:30    Supplier Q & A
Questions from the delegates will be put to the panel of suppliers
Delegates will be provided with information regarding each supplier’s expertise before the event, so that questions can be formulated before the event and delivered during the session.

12:30 - 13:45    Buffet Lunch, Networking & Exhibition

13:45 - 14:15    Occupational Therapy & Home Care Go Mobile
Presentation from Renfrewshire Council
Murdoch Carberry, Principal Officer for Business Support will present findings from an evaluation of the Occupational Therapy service pilot for mobile assessments.  He will discuss the business case for mobile working and demonstrate the process improvements made with full roll out to Occupational Therapy and Home Care staff, including a new pilot to utilise text messaging into Home Care.  He will also present Renfrewshire’s corporate perspective, the emerging policy and technology framework in support of remote and home working.  There will also be a reflection on where Renfrewshire is relative to “Changing Lives” aspirations.

14:15 - 14:45    MySWIS Mobile Single Shared Assessment
Presentation from North Lanarkshire Council
North Lanarkshire will deliver a presentation to cover all aspects of the ‘mySWIS Mobile Single Shared Assessment’ tool, which is enabling NLC and partner agencies (including NHS) to undertake assessments in the service user’s home, residential home or hospital ward using real-time mobile technology.  Delivering significant timesavings, immediate updates, improvements in service and data quality, North Lanarkshire will discuss all from project initiation, selection of partners (software and telecommunications), and the development through to pilot and subsequent live implementation.

14:45 - 15:00    Live Feedback
All delegates will be asked to supply their feedback direct to Nomad using the interactive voting system ‘PPVote’

15:00                 CLOSE

Booking Available Now at:  http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/projectnomad/nomadscotland

A delegate fee of £100 (No VAT) per person is applicable – with an offer of 3 places for the price of 2 for LA delegates from the same council available (only with the provision of a valid purchase order number to cover all three places).

For help with registration – please contact Melanie Reed, Nomad Communications Manager at Cambridgeshire County Council – 01223 699052 or email melanie.reed@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Terms & Conditions: 

• All delegate fees are payable to Cambridgeshire County Council. 
• A delegate fee of £100 (No VAT) per person is applicable
• An offer of 3 places for the price of 2 for LA delegates from the same council is available (only with the provision of a valid purchase order number to cover all three places).
• All profits from the event will be distributed to the Nomad Scotland Forum and its core group to develop outputs for the mobile & flexible working group for Scotland. 
• This event is only open to delegates from local government. 
• Cancellations are non-refundable, but transfers can be made up to one week before the event. 
• This event is chargeable via invoice only.  An option to pay online is not available.