ScotlandIS Data

Join us on Thursday 30th January as we host our inaugural event for companies working in cyber and data across Scotland.

We’ll look at specific opportunities for cross sector collaboration with FinTech Scotland, Mobility as a Service Scotland and more.

Judith Millar who facilitates the development of Northern Ireland’s cyber security cluster will open the event giving her experience of clusters, how they have impacted the economic landscape and the businesses who are active participants. An Innovation Partner from the Defence and Security Accelerator will discuss funding options that can be sought though DASA and give details of an open call for any idea which could have defence end use.

You’ll hear insights into developments within cyber and data, key drivers of the economy and have the opportunity to discuss how the sectors can contribute to the digital transformation of Scotland’s economy and society and further develop our international standing.

Timetable

9:00 – 9:20 – Arrival and registration

9.20 – 9:40 – Welcome and Scene Setting

9:40 – 10:00 – Judith Millar, NI Cyber

10:00 – 10.15 – Stephen Ingledew, Fintech Scotland

10:15 – 10:30 – Ally McInroy, MaaS Scotland

10:30 – 10:45 – Coffee

10:50 – 11:05 – Rhona MacLennan, The Data Lab

11:05 – 11:30 – Keith O’Donnell, Morgan Stanley

11:30 – 12:00 – Innovation Lead, Defence and Security Accelerator

12:00 – 12.20 – Katy Winterborn, NCC

12:20 – 12:30 – Close

12:30 – Lunch and networking

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.

Cyber Scotland Week brings together the innovation and learning across the cyber resilience landscape in Scotland.

Brought to you by ScotlandIS and the Scottish Government, and in its second year, the week aims to draw together events across Scotland showcasing the innovation taking place across the sector.

If you would like to be part of the week, or would like to find out more about the events taking place during it click on Get Involved below.

If you would like more information please contact Heather Donnelly (heather.donnelly@scotlandis.com) or Ciara Mitchell (ciara.mitchell@scotlandis.com)

Since 2011, Digital Health & Care Scotland has been the premier gathering of senior eHealth professionals from across the Scottish health and social care sector. In 2018, its status was cemented with the launch of the first Digital Health & Care Awards in Scotland – so get ready for our biggest conference yet in 2020.

Key Note Speakers & Case Study Presentations

Throughout the course of the two days, delegates will hear a number of interactive presentations that showcase examples of success. The aim of the case-study presentations is to demonstrate what is possible and to identify transferable benefits that can be applied in your organisation. You will also have the opportunity to get the latest insights from high-profile, keynote speakers and engaging panel discussions.

Workshop 12: The nature and uses of quantitative data

This session will outline the philosophy and uses of quantitative methods, explaining the core ideas and basic principles involved in designing and implementing quantitative research.

This hackathon will focus on solving business problems leveraging the Power Platform and in particular, the common data service as the data source.

Join us Saturday the 29th of February 2020 for FREE to see some amazing sessions from the Microsoft Community. Covering Level 100 – Level 400 tracks in Dynamics 365 CE, FinOps, Azure, Data, PowerPlatform, Office 365, SharePoint & Personal Skills

This webinar will support lecturers delivering the Ethical Hacking unit within the HNC/D in Cyber Security.

A speaker from Quorum Cyber will:

• • • provide an overview of industry recognised tools for reconnaissance (passive / active) and scanning (such as, Kali, SE Toolkit, Nmap, Zenmap, OpenVAS and Nessus.)
    • outline what is typically contained within a contract between a pen tester and their client i.e., the scope of work, NDA, liability release and rules of engagement.
    • cover what is typically included in a findings report and
    • touch on what organisations could, or should, use to help against disclosing data that could be used against them.

Further information:

This is a webinar and joining instructions to access the session will be issued upon booking.  A test session will be made available to delegates on 10^th March 2020 between 2 and 4pm.  During this time colleagues will be offered support to access the technology.

This event is for college lecturers only.  For further details and to book onto the session please contact Lesley.Broadwood@scotlandis.com

Speakers: Elizabeth Hollinger, Head of Analytics and BI at Aggreko and colleagues and an academic speaker tbc

What this will cover

• a presentation from Aggreko in which they talk about how data science is applied within their business, through illustrative examples;
• provide an opportunity to hear how colleagues from our universities are delivering content within this area at undergraduate level and
• include a site visit.

This event is for lecturers only.   To register your interest for this event, please email Lesley.broadwood@scotlandis.com

This session is an introduction to the use of SPSS in analysing quantitative data. It will give students an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the software and think about its applications to their own research.

This webinar will support lecturers delivering the Ethical Hacking unit within the HNC/D in Cyber Security.  Further details will follow shortly.

Further information:

This is a webinar and joining instructions to access the session will be issued upon booking.  A test session will be made available to delegates on 23^rd March 2020 between 2 and 4pm.  During this time colleagues will be offered support to access the technology.

This event is for college lecturers only.  For further details and to book onto the session please contact Lesley.Broadwood@scotlandis.com

Business is changing: digital technology has permeated every facet of the enterprise, completely transforming the way we work. Digital has disintermediated markets, disrupted organisational structures, created new risks and new revenue streams, while fundamentally altering the way businesses engage with their customer.

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There is no coincidence that the most influential companies of our age share a common ability to harness technology effectively. In these exciting and turbulent times, success is increasingly defined by the ability to respond to the fast changing digital landscape, it has become a key distinguisher between growth and obscurity.

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DT 2020 will contextualise key digital trends and explore the underlying process of organisational change. The conference is geared towards senior technologists and digital leaders, providing an insightful peer-led environment and a crucial forum for knowledge exchange, discussion and high-level networking.

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This is the largest annual Digital Transformation conference held in Scotland – with 300 attendees in 2019. The event is supported by ScotlandIS and is free for qualifying delegates to attend.

For centuries, urban morphologists have relied on traditional cartography and interpretative analysis to decode the fabric of cities and study recurrent spatial patterns. We are now rapidly enter a new era of ‘ubiquitous urban data’ characterized by the rapid emergence of new spatial technologies, new data sources and mining approaches and new assessment methods for understanding ever-so complex urban systems around us. These new capabilities and platforms, come with the unique opportunity to introduce new perspectives in the understanding, assessment, monitoring and management of urban form across space and over time and to better integrate the emerging science of Urban Morphometrics with established disciplines of urban morphology, urban geography and human ecology.

To harness this opportunity the Urban Design Studies Unit at the University of Strathclyde is launching the first Urban Morphometrics Symposium, a platform for knowledge exchange between research groups leading the exploration into the quantitative science of cities with the aim of building new basis for future collaborations.