Agenda

New initiatives by the European DLM Forum on Model Requirements for electronic records & content management
John Symon
Senior Vice President Europe
AIIM International

The explosion of an organisation's information content, fuelled by the internet, is requiring root and branch re-assessment of its strategy for the management and control of information assets.The challenges are both in the technology and in the change
management hurdles. The European Commission are supporting the new European DLM (Document Lifecycle Management) Forum initiative, established this year and developing a European Best Practice Information Management Framework to cover the dual requirements of "access and preservation" which will include the EC's widely acclaimed MoReq specification.The DLM Forum 2002 in Barcelona identified vital areas of Information Management practice which need to be addressed and these will be described.

Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Elizabeth France
The Information Commissioner

The web has revolutionised the access, exchange and use of electronic information. This access to trading and personal information can easily give rise to the accidental exploitation and abuses of rights and privacy. The acts for Data Protection (DPA) and Freedom Of Information (FOI) are two sides of this coin. Elizabeth explains the key issues you need to understand your responsibilities and avoid any costly accidents by you or your staff.

Long term archiving of e-information
David Ryan
UK PRO

Achieving effective control of e-information is the first challenge, the next is to manage the long term useful archiving of this e-information. It has many issues in relationship to readability and preservation. Records on paper and parchment are long lasting and can generally be viewed without special equipment. Computer records have much shorter lives and need a more active preservation policy. A service for the long term preservation of electronic records is being developed by the UK PRO. David explores this next issue to face the archives of e-information.

Doing away with the records management application?
Solomon Barron
IBM

As records management becomes a key requirement of document management strategies, should the point solution approach traditionally used for document management implementations be discarded in favour of an enterprise view of the problem? Must unsuspecting users continue to face the prospect of deploying yet another application or is there another way?

The use and value of information in the pursuit of a 'just' regulation
Mike Frost
Manager - Intelligence and Records
The Financial Services Authority

Regulation - friend or foe? In the society of today regulation in one guise or another touches everyone. Clearly the availability of high quality, well managed, validated information is essential in both protecting the innocent and regulating the unworthy. There is a balance to be struck to achieve practical and prudential regulation - Mike examines a pragmatic approach being "regulation based on properly assessed risk" that takes into account known circumstances.

Coordinating e-information assets internationally
Mike Marsh
AstraZeneca

The majority of businesses are reliant upon technology, and AstraZeneca is no exception. Described as "information rich", lots of effort is put into document, information and knowledge management.Vitally, they have also recognised the critical role that good "international" records management will play in ensuring that they will always be able to access and re-use key information, despite national/systems boundaries and format obsolescence. How have they achieved that? What can you learn from them?

Using e-Information to become No. 1
Tim Hill,
Assistant Director
Cabinet Office - e-Envoy

The government has set its goal on the UK being the World Centre for the digital economy. Tim will explore the information management issues associated with achieving the e-government target of making all government services available electronically by 2005. This will include an examination of the recent Performance and Innovation Unit report 'Privacy and Data Sharing:The Way Forward For Public Services'.

e-information - How to avoid becoming a honeypot for hackers
Roger Crocombe,
Director e-Solutions, Steria

As information is moved from isolated silos into joined up e-information banks, its economic and political value becomes priceless and the consequences of any leaks, dire! This presentation considers how to strengthen your security policy and the consequences for both staff and the ICT infrastructure.

Building the infrastructure and business case for electronic records
Martin Waldron
In-Form Consult Limited

Developing a corporate electronic records management strategy is now being recognised in both the public and private sector as an essential part of developing an effective information management approach but also in addressing regulatory requirements Freedom Of Information, Data Protection acts and support for e-business initiatives. Martin will describe a useful framework of guidelines that incorporate the use of the European Commission Model Requirements for Electronic Records - MoReq on developing that infrastructure for EDRMS and outline the business case to support it.

EC legal update - current status and planned legislation
Suzanne Mercer
Partner
Eversheds

This is a review of areas of EC law which impact on Electronic Service Delivery including the Electronic Signatures Directive and E-Commerce Directive and how this legislation is being implemented into English law. How does the new law affect you?

Suzanne is a partner in the IT & E-commerce Group of Eversheds. In relation to IT in particular, her experience includes advising clients on the legal aspects of trading on-line and undertaking outsourcing and major IT procurement projects. Suzanne also lectures on IT law and e-commerce related topics.