Hotel chain tackles energy use
BusinessGreen.com have today published an article about IHG, the world’s largest hotel group which owns such brands as Holiday Inn and InterContinental. It is introducing a new energy-management system that could result in $200m (£140m) of savings.
Early trials of the online system, called Green Engage, shows potential energy savings of up to 25 per cent.
In 2008 IHG launched Innovation Hotel, an online example of what a future hotel might look like if it used new green technologies. Guests can provide feedback on which of these they feel are important, allowing IHG to consider how they can be implemented as part of the Green Engage programme.
For the full article go to: http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2235410/hotel-chain-tackles-energy
BUFVC Learning on Screen Conference and Awards 2009
The Learning on Screen Conference 2009 will be held at The Wellcome Collection, on 7th and 8th April 2009
The conference is being held with the kind assistance of The Wellcome Trust at their premises in central London.
Learning on Screen, the annual conference established by the Society for Screen-Based Learning, focuses on the delivery of learning and research with moving image and sound - be it through broadcasting, web delivery, physical media or cinema.
The 2009 conference will commence at midday on 7th April and conclude at 2.30 pm on 8th April. Plenary sessions will be held in the Henry Wellcome Auditorium and there will be a small-scale exhibition arranged in the adjacent Williams Lounge where refreshments will also be served.
During the two days there will be opportunities to visit The Wellcome Collection’s spectacular permanent and temporary exhibitions.
During the Learning on Screen Conference (7th and 8th April 2009), the BUFVC will present a number of awards which celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image, sound and related media in learning, teaching and research.
The Learning on Screen Awards 2009 will be given following the conference dinner at the Holiday Inn, Regent’s Park, London on the evening of 7th April 2009.
Visit conference website for full details.
Free accommodation in London for Dev8D
For all of you looking to attend dev8D we are offering free accommodation for you at the boutique London hostel Palmer’s Lodge (only a tube stop away from Bloomsbury). To get this free accommodation you’ll need to fill out this form. Please keep in mind that filling out this form does not guarantee the accommodation. We’ll accept the first 50 people who sign up, and let everyone know if they did or did not sign up in time. Our apologies in advance to any of you who were not able to get the free accommodation, however there are more than enough hotels in the Bloomsbury area.
For those of you with the budget for a hotel, we are holding rooms at the IBIS hotel on Euston Road (quote “Birkbeck” when booking). Also here is a map of some other local hotels. It is also worth getting on lastminute.com and searching for places near the ‘British Museum’ or ‘British Library’ which will all put you within walking distance of Birkbeck College.
Registration is still open but almost full so if you know any developers who you think would be well placed for one of the dev8D days please send them to the registration form. We are looking for developers from any domain, not just the ac.uk so come one, come all!
UCISA2009 Annual Management Conference
Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 March 2009, Arena and Convention Centre, BT Conference Centre, Liverpool
Bookings for the UCISA2009 Annual Management Conference and Exhibition are now open.
A couple of new items for this year:
- pre-conference presentations and customer meetings on Wednesday morning.
- FREE exhibition passes to all FE and HE sector staff on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 1400-1700 (must be pre-booked).
You will find full details at http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/events/2009/conference.aspx
JISC Developer Happiness Days
Are you:
- A software developer?
- A higher education software user?
- Looking to develop your coding skills?
- Interested in community collaboration?
- Want to make new contacts?
Then the JISC Developer Happiness Days event is for you. We’re bringing together the cream of the crop of software developers in Higher Education along with coders from other sectors, users, and technological tinkerers in an exciting new forum.
Share your skills and knowledge with the coding community in a stimulating and fun environment and come away with new skills, fresh contacts – and you might even win a prize.
The top ideas generated at the event will be documented, publicised and made available to the community.
The event is taking place in London on February 9th-13th. The event is modular so delegates can attend as many or as few days as are relevant to them. Full details of the event can be found at: http://www.dev8d.org
Further announcements about accommodation and details of the event competitions will be announced via the event blog: http://dev8d.jiscinvolve.org/
The tag for the event is dev8D.
JISC Conference 2009 - sponsorship opportunities still available
There are still sponsorship opportunities available for the JISC Conference 2009 including:
- Conference wifi - £2k: logo on conference website, logo on individual login cards distributed to all delegates, website page of your choice as the login landing page
- Conference opening night drinks reception - £2.5K: logo and link to sponsor website, logo in event guide, opportunity to place branding around the exhibition hall during the drinks reception, 5 delegate passes to attend the drinks reception and conference
- Electronic adverts - £250: replacing the delegate bag insert, have your electronic slide advert included in a rolling presentation featured on plasma screens located all around the conference venue. The screens provided will also be showing key information about the conference throughout the day. Excellent way of grabbing delegate’s attention
- Co-sponsorship of conference blog: £2 - £5K, sponsor the main conference blog which will be the hub of all online activity on the day, sponsor logo an link included on the conference blog and reference on the conference website and in the event guide, access to an online community which will go beyond the reach of the physical attendees on the day
The main exhibition hall is now sold out but if you are still interested in exhibiting, there is the possibility of being included in an extended exhibition area in the main foyer area of the venue, one floor above the main exhibition hall. This is where the reception desks and all the demo stands will be located. It is also a main through-fare for delegates going to and from sessions. Please contact the JISC Conference office for further details. There is limited space available!
www.jisc.ac.uk/jiscconference09
JISC Conference Office contact:
jisc@soundscommercial.co.uk / tel: 0117 958 0282
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