Events

It’s the time again when we look into the future of our fast-changing industry with our popular annual tech trends sessions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Once again we will share expert views into the key technology and software development trends and how they will impact businesses, society and country.

An event not to be missed as you plan your business strategy for 2020 and beyond, however please note that these events are always oversubscribed so book early to secure your place.

17.30 – 18.00             Registration

18.00 – 19.00             Presentation

19.00 – 19.20             Q & A

19.20 onwards           Networking

ScotlandIS Members: Free

Non Members: £35 + vat

2 people per company maximum.

Cancellation Policy:

All cancellations less than 30 days before the event incur a cancellation charge of 50%. Cancellations within 7 days of the event incur a cancellation charge of 100%.

It’s the time again when we look into the future of our fast-changing industry with our popular annual tech trends sessions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Once again we will share expert views into the key technology and software development trends and how they will impact businesses, society and country.

An event not to be missed as you plan your business strategy for 2020 and beyond, however please note that these events are always oversubscribed so book early to secure your place.

17.30 – 18.00             Registration

18.00 – 19.00             Presentation

19.00 – 19.20             Q & A

19.20 onwards           Networking

ScotlandIS Members: Free

Non Members: £35 + vat

2 people per company maximum.

Cancellation Policy:

All cancellations less than 30 days before the event incur a cancellation charge of 50%. Cancellations within 7 days of the event incur a cancellation charge of 100%.

The Digital Skills Partnership’s annual National Student Software Development Competition is an innovative collaboration between industry and academia.  It provides you with experience of real-world challenges in the software development process by bringing together learners with varying levels of experience and expertise in small teams to respond to an industry brief using industry tools.  The competition begins on the 16th January 2020 and runs for eight weeks.

The Launch Event will cover:

• A presentation introducing you to this year’s software development project, presented by John Wordsworth-Goodram, Director Consulting – Delivery and Transformation from CGI and Chris Ellis, CTO from CAS Ltd.
• Sessions for you to meet with industry representatives to discuss the brief.

This event is for college and university students and by invitation only..  For further details please contact Lesley.Broadwood@scotlandis.com

It’s the time again when we look into the future of our fast-changing industry with our popular annual tech trends sessions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Once again we will share expert views into the key technology and software development trends and how they will impact businesses, society and country.

An event not to be missed as you plan your business strategy for 2020 and beyond, however please note that these events are always oversubscribed so book early to secure your place.

17.30 – 18.00             Registration

18.00 – 19.00             Presentation

19.00 – 19.20             Q & A

19.20 onwards           Networking

2 people per company maximum.

Cancellation Policy:

All cancellations less than 30 days before the event incur a cancellation charge of 50%. Cancellations within 7 days of the event incur a cancellation charge of 100%.

Thinking about changing career? Welcome to CodeClan!

Join the Clan on campus for a drink and find out more about our career changing courses in Data Analysis & Professional Software Development.

Demand for data related jobs is on the rise. Employers are seeking new talent and looking to upskill their current teams to turbo charge their business growth. Whether you work in marketing, product development, operations or customer services, data is inescapable!

With an estimated 12,800 tech opportunities available in Scotland each year* there’s never been a better time to future proof your career by learning to code on our Professional Software Development course.

*Source: Skills Development Scotland.

This open evening will cover:

• The CodeClan story and course curriculum.
• Outcomes of our courses, career support and networking opportunities with the CodeClan’s partners, in the Scottish tech industry.
• Tour of our campus.
• Meet the CodeClan team and Q&A with our instructors.

Qualitative data analysis software (QDAS) has the potential to revolutionise the array of analysis techniques and the scale of qualitative research. Yet, QDAS has largely failed to facilitate methodological innovation and its status and acceptance within qualitative research remains uneven. Historically, the QDAS literature was critical of software, essentialising design problems as inherent limitations. More recent contributions have challenged this, but shifted blame to poor training and user resistance. This paper makes an alternative critique by bringing together Marx’s theory of alienation and the case for free software. It sees significant limitations in extant QDAS, but views these as a product of the proprietary model they are based on. A model that centralises the means of analysis in the hands of a few private companies, locks data behind proprietary file formats, and forces researchers to adapt their analysis to the limited tools provided. By undermining community and frustrating analysis, it alienates researchers from their data, each other, and themselves. Free software restores power to communities through enshrining the freedom to use, study, share, and modify the software for any purpose. The design philosophy of PythiaQDA, a free and open source QDAS in (very) early development, will be used to illustrate the revolutionary potential of these freedoms. PythiaQDA’s vision of the future of qualitative analysis is one where everyone can access the means of analysis, modify the software to create new methodologies, work seamlessly with existing open source quantitative software, and share their analysis and findings in new creative ways.

We all hear about digital transformation, but how does it apply to my business?

Businesses need to respond rapidly to changes in their markets, whether launching new innovations or countering competitive threats.

Technology is essential to this business agility, yet it is all too often seen as an impediment.

Learn how the most modern technologies enable flexible delivery at lower cost, removing barriers to revenue growth in 2020 and beyond.

12:00 – 12:30 Registration/Lunch

12:30 – 13:45 Richard Marshall will take you through how digital transformation does apply to your business

13:45 – 14:30 Q&A, coffee and networking.

About Richard Marshall

Richard has experience across a wide range of software industry skills, from coding to corporate governance and strategy by way of being an industry analyst at Gartner. This includes all phases of product development from initial concept through implementation and on to sales, product management and marketing. I am an inventor of software technology, and have lectured, written papers, articles and reports for many years. I have held a variety of leadership roles including VP, CTO, CMO, and CEO.