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THE BCS - CURRENT ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

THE BCS - CURRENT ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS. Rachel Burnett President Sussex Branch May 2008. THEMES. The President’s role Our different constituencies The Professionalism programme Our Governance structure. THE BCS PRESIDENT’S ROLE. Lead strategy and direction The public face

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THE BCS - CURRENT ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

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  1. THE BCS - CURRENT ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS Rachel BurnettPresident Sussex BranchMay 2008

  2. THEMES • The President’s role • Our different constituencies • The Professionalism programme • Our Governance structure

  3. THE BCS PRESIDENT’S ROLE • Lead strategy and direction • The public face • Engage with members

  4. OUR DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES Including member involvement through • Branches • Specialist Groups • Other Groups • Forums • Learned Society and Knowledge Communities

  5. MEMBER INVOLVEMENT • Membership of over 60,000 • Visits to Branches • Our IT heritage

  6. FORMAL EVENTS • BCS Elite • Parliamentary IT Committee • Royal Signals • Safety Critical Systems Club - SCSC • Communication Managers’ Association - CMA

  7. BCS FORUMS • Education • Engineering & Technology • Health Informatics • Management • Security • Women • Ethics • Telecommunication Managers

  8. BCS FORUMS • Community of interests • Strategically important & relevant • A source of externally recognised expertise • Underpinning the outward-facing role of the BCS • Ensure that IT professional expertise & experience is taken into account

  9. FORUMS’ STRATEGIC PANELS • Active, influential & recognised key professionals in the sector • Authoritative opinion formers & thought leaders • Agree expert views & develop policy • Work for the benefit of IT professionals & the community

  10. LEARNED SOCIETY & KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES • Graduation ceremonies • Thought leadership debates • Council of Professors & Heads of Computing - CPHC • Grand Challenges in Computing Research - GCCR

  11. LECTURES • Roger Needham & BCS/CPHC Distinguished Dissertation Award • Turing Lecture • Royal Signals • Lovelace Lecture

  12. PROFESSIONALISM IN IT PROGRAMME • Information + Technology • Relevant skills + appropriate non-technical competences • Chartered IT Professional standard - CITP • Continuous Professional Development - CPD • Skills Framework for the Information Age - SFIA. • Benefits for IT practitioners

  13. GOVERNANCE … how we get things achieved … • Communicating with: • members, Officers, Trustees, Staff, external individuals & organisations • Branches Management Committee • Member Services Board - MSB • Council • Trustee Board

  14. TRUSTEE BOARD Vice Presidents’ Boards • Member Services • Forums • External Relations Board • Qualifications & Standards • Learned Society & Knowledge Services • Professionalism • Products & Services • Audit Committee

  15. SIX MONTHS TO GO • The momentum continues apace • Next AGM

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