Opening Keynote Speaker

Lord Rupert Redesdale

Lord Redesdale first entered House of Lords in 1991 as a hereditary peer and was subsequently created a life peer as Baron Mitford, of Redesdale in the County of Northumberland in 2000 at the age of 33. He is the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson in the Lords for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Agriculture and Energy) and vice Chair of the All Party Climate Change Group. 

He is also on the board of Digital Surface Research’s product SolaVeil, a ground-breaking digital surface technology that enables companies to significantly reduce building energy use. He has been actively involved in all issues around climate change and most recently was a guest at 10 Downing Street to discuss the National Climate Conference in Copenhagen on 3rd December 2009. He recently became Chair of Cranberry, a company specialising in the production of the most environmentally-friendly PC in the world. He is also Chairman of the Nitrogen Economy Development Partnership and a Patron of City of London College.

Lord Redesdale has travelled extensively in his role as a spokesperson on Defence and Overseas Development and has worked as an election monitor for the United Nations. He was also a member of the Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology and European Union Select Committee D.

Educated at Highgate School and with a degree in archaeology from Newcastle University, he enjoys his work as a board member of the York Archaeological Trust, and also is a passionate protector of the red squirrel in England as Chair of the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership.


Can we Meet our Carbon Targets and Still Run the Internet? - Opening keynote: 9.50 - 10.35

The Government is signed up to 80% reduction in the amount of CO2 being used by 2050 but at the moment more and more energy is being diverted to meet the needs of the internet, computerisation and servers. A number of solutions have already been found to deal with the burgeoning electric cost of energy, if we are to meet our carbon target we will need to completely redesign the grid. What will the low carbon grid look like?

Closing Keynote Speaker

Matt Fisher
Director, FrontRange Solutions

Matt Fisher has spent six years in the IT Asset Management and Software Management arenas, first with Centennial Software and now FrontRange Solutions. He leads the global product management and marketing functions at FrontRange, based in the UK. Matt is especially passionate about evangelising the positive benefits of SAM – how organisations can not only avoid risk, but more importantly realise tangible and substantial cost savings.

Managing the complexity of change on the network - closing keynote 3.05- 3.50

By its very nature, the IT network is ever-changing. Keeping pace with this change or better still, proactively managing it, is a major challenge for any organisation. To manage change effective (thus minimising risks, reducing costs and achieving goals in a timely manner) requires a careful blend of people, processes and technology – all working in concert. From audit and inventory, through to self-service and integrated IT Service Management, organisations need to take an integrated and holistic approach to managing IT operations.

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