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Data - New Legislation - 16 June 2004The University of Westminster provided the venue for this event and the theme covered, not only the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act but an interesting international slant from Robert Shields, the UKCeB Task Force Team Leader. ERA joined forces with DAMA UK to bring this meeting to members. ASG as gold sponsors were also represented. Speaker Profiles and PresentationsJim Amos - Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The Constitution Unit, School of Public Policy, University College London. From 1998, Jim Amos has undertaken research and consultancy relating to Freedom of Information (FOI), including studies of the use made by business of FOI in Australia, Canada, USA and the EU. He has advised the Information Commissioner on Publication Schemes, and DCA and OGC on guidance relating to the exemptions for commercial interests and procurement. He is the author of a number of publications relating to FOI including: FOI and Business - The Constitution Unit 1999; A Guide for Business to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 - jointly with Lovells 2001; A practical Guide to the Freedom of Information Act - with others - The Constitution Unit 2001. Prior to this, Jim had a career in the IT and telecommunications industries. This included management roles in Fujitsu, Nortel and ICL.
Robert Shields CBE CEng FIEE, UK Council for Electronic Business. Robert Shields is on secondment from BAE SYSTEMS as the Team Leader of the UK Council for Electronic Business Task Force, a small non-aligned team established to accelerate information sharing to support collaboration in defence acquisition. His first career was in the Army, which concluded with some years in the Ministry of Defence, as Director of Procurement Management Policy, Director of Support Policy (Army) and other appointments on the acquisition of weapons systems. His second career was then with GEC Marconi as the Enterprise Director for a major weapons system programme, before his secondments to lead a joint MOD /Industry team on enterprise integration and then the UKCeB Task Force.
Jonathan Mark Kay - Jonathan graduated from Nottingham University in 1995, and entered the service sector. He has worked with CRM and Database systems within the private sector, including banking and Medical indemnity work. Most recently Jonathan worked as a programmer for a major international IT services company, working on customer and internal database systems. He joined the Information Commissioner’s office at the end of 2001. Jonathan is based in the Policy Development and Quality section, which deals with policy issues, and international developments.
Developments in Data Protection - Jonathan Kay, Government Information Commissioner's Office (awaiting documents) The Freedom of Information Act - Business Impact - Jim Amos, University College, London. Sharing Sensitive Data - A Framework for Business Implementation (UKCeB Task Force) - Robert Shields, UKCeB Task Force Sharing Sensitive Data - A Framework for Business Implementation - (TSCP) - Robert Shields, UKCeB Task Force
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