NB: Agenda still subject to final changes!
UCISA and Jisc are working with the developer community to create a unique event that combines continuing professional development with exposure to the latest in emerging technologies, and gives developers who attend the opportunity to showcase their creativity
For session descriptions please see https://devacuk.github.io/sessions
| Day One: | |||
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| Time | Main room | Breakout 1 | Breakout 2 |
| 1000 | Arrival and registration WITH COFFEE | ||
| 1030 | Welcome and introduction | ||
| 1100 |
RESEARCH SUPPORT Chair: Chris Gutteridge, University of Southampton [1] The life academic - Chris Gutteridge, University of Southampton (30 mins) [2] A day in the life of a Research Software Engineer - James Grant, University of Bath (60 mins) [3] Cambridge vs. Oxford repository showdown! - Matteo Cancellieri, Open University (30 mins) |
TECHNOLOGY Chair: Martin Hamilton, Jisc [4] Create your first ARKit app in Unity3D - Suhad Aljundi, Jisc (45 mins) [5] Creating VR for Learning Spaces in Unreal Engine - Matt Ramirez, Jisc (60 mins) |
TECHNOLOGY Chair: Alex Dutton, University of Oxford [6] WordPress : getting started with the academic swiss army knife - Pat Lockley, Pgogy Webstuff (45 mins) [7] Behaviour Driven Development with SpecFlow and Selenium - Antony Jackson, London Business School (60 mins) |
| 1300 | Lunch | ||
| 1400 |
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Chair: Chris Gutteridge, University of Southampton [8] Implementing Agile - John Paul Jones, University of Cumbria (10 mins) [9] Developing in the current higher education economic climate - Joseph Baxter, University of Nottingham (30 mins) [10] Test all the things! QA and CI at the OU - Mark Johnson, Open University (20 mins) [11] Dealing with Technical Debt - Christopher Gutteridge, University of Southampton (60 mins) |
TECHNOLOGY Chair: Martin Hamilton, Jisc [12] Getting started with AWS - Stephen Robinson, Lancaster University (90 mins) |
RESEARCH SUPPORT Chair: Alex Dutton, University of Oxford [13] How can we teaching coding to scientists - Matthew Brett, University of Birmingham (60 mins) [14] The Jupyter Ecosystem - Tony Hirst, Open University (60 mins) |
| 1600 | Break | ||
| 1630 |
Lightning talks: (10 mins each) Chair: Martin Hamilton, Jisc [15] Accessibility of maths on the web - Christian Lawson-Perfect, University of Newcastle [16] The ORCID API for researcher identifiers - Monica Duke, Jisc [17] Student Checklist Manifesto - Arul Vaithilingam, York St John University ... your talk here? Add your name to the sign up sheet! |
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| 1845-1930 | Drinks reception and informal networking in Courtyard Lounge | ||
| 1930-2130 | Dinner in private dining room | ||
| Day Two: | |||
| Time | Main room | Breakout 1 | Breakout 2 |
| 0930 | Welcome and pitches for unconference sessions | ||
| 1000 | Unconference 1 | Unconference 2 | Unconference 3 |
| 1045 | Break | ||
| 1115 | Unconference 4 | Unconference 5 | Unconference 6 |
| 1200 | Lunch | ||
| 1300 | Welcome and pitches for sessions | ||
| 1315 |
TECHNOLOGY Chair: Anna Mathews, UCISA [18] Visualising your data in Unity3D - Erick Martins Ratamero, University of Warwick (20 mins) [19] SharePoint Migration using PowerShell - SharePoint Migration using PowerShell - Tristian O’Brien, University of Brighton (40 mins) |
TECHNOLOGY Chair: Giuseppe Sollazzo, St George's University of London [20] Mathematical e-assessment software - Christian Lawson-Perfect, University of Newcastle (30 mins) [21] Building a Learner Management System: a Just in Time approach - Jim Everett, University of Strathclyde (30 mins) |
TECHNOLOGY Chair: Martin Hamilton, Jisc [22] Introduction to Machine Learning - Juliette Culver, Open University (45 mins) |
| 1415 | Break | ||
| 1430 |
DEVELOPER COMMUNITY Chair: Anna Mathews, UCISA [23] Academic developer culture - Alex Dutton, University of Oxford (60 mins) |
TECHNOLOGY Chair: Giuseppe Sollazzo, St George's University of London [24] Using ‘the cloud’ to support international teaching - Stephen Robinson, Lancaster University (60 mins) |
TECHNOLOGY Chair: Martin Hamilton, Jisc [25] Knocking down silos: an introduction to the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) APIs - Claire Knowles, University of Edinburgh and Glen Robson, IIIF (30 mins) [26] Creating an e-Learning authoring tool for HE - Simon Date, King’s College London (30 mins) |
| 1530 | Wrap up and close | ||
| 1600 | Departures | ||