Graduates for the 21st Century - Heriot-Watt

7th annual Enhancement Themes Conference,
2-3rd March 2010,
Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University

The focus of this year's conference will be the current Scottish higher education Enhancement Theme, 'Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes'.

Call for Contributions

Details about the conference and the call for proposals can be found on the Enhancement Themes website:
http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/Conference/Default.asp

University of Edinburgh IS meeting on server virtualisation

There will be a half-day Open (University of Edinburgh staff) Meeting on Server Virtualisation:

Date: Thursday 28 January 2010
Time: 1400-1700
Venue: Informatics Forum, Crichton St

There is considerable interest around the University in having a centrally-provided virtualisation service, which would host virtual servers on behalf of Schools. The purpose of this meeting is to gauge interest in such a service, to understand the most important requirements which a service should satisfy, and to develop ideas of how the service would be structured and governed.

The emphasis will be on the principles around governance and business models and the strategic decisions which need to be made in developing a service.

Booking via MyEd:
http://tinyurl.com/ye8sufq

New for EUL - British Library Archival Sound Recordings

Includes bird and other wildlife recordings. Also music recordings and historical and geographical related recordings too.

An entry will be added to the Library's databases page list at http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/databases/findlita.shtml

In the meantime:

Go to http://sounds.bl.uk/
Select the red log in link at the top right of the page.
Select University of Edinburgh from drop down menu.
Enter your EASE details if requested.

The terms of use are outlined here:
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/terms/index.html

Learning Futures Festival - Beyond Distance's annual e-learning conference

7 - 14 January 2010 - entirely online.

Key international thinkers and practitioners in the field in a programme of keynotes, papers and workshops.

More information and register online at: http://www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance/festival

Scottish Science Hall of Fame - National Library of Scotland

The online exhibition.

With information about:

James Clerk Maxwell, John Logie Baird, Alexander Graham Bell, Robert Watson-Watt, Alexander Fleming, Joseph Black, James Hutton, James Watt, Lord Kelvin, John Napier.

Includes reading lists, other useful websites and places to visit related to the men above.

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2010

Porto, Portugal, 19 to 21 March 2010
http://www.mlearning-conf.org/

Mobile Learning, a Retrospective Outlook

Since its inauguration in 2005, the IADIS Mobile Learning conference series has provided a forum to present, discuss and promote international mobile learning research.

Five years on, the IADIS Mobile Learning 2010 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile learning research which provides a retrospective outlook of the field.

electronic lab symposia - Barcelona and online

Symyx organised:

1) Symposium 2010 Barcelona Onsite
May 4-6, 2010
https://www.regmadeeasy.com/symyx/symposium2010/

For the latest informatics strategies for delivering an electronic laboratory environment. Case studies and presentations will feature methods for scientists to manage laboratory information, enhance collaboration, achieve better results, and drive productivity while lowering costs.


2) Symposium 2010 Barcelona Online
May 18, 2010
http://www.symyxsymposium.com
Registration Opens January 2010.
A virtual meeting, providing the opportunity to see many of the case studies and presentations from the onsite event, and for attendees to receive additional software training.