ISKO UK - International Society for Knowledge Organization

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14 April 2011

Presentation Audio	Christopher Graham became UK Information Commissioner in June 2009, with responsibility for overseeing the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act regimes - promoting access to official information and protecting personal information. Christopher was Director General of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) from April 2000 to June 2009. From 2003-5, he was Chairman of the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA), the federation of advertising self-regulatory bodies across the EU Single Market. Prior to joining the ASA, Christopher was for three years Secretary of the BBC. He first joined the broadcaster as a News Trainee in 1973. He was a Current Affairs Producer for BBC Radio and TV before becoming Managing Editor of News Programmes for TV and Radio.

Presentation Audio	Carol Tullo joined The National Archives in 2006 as Director of Information Policy and Services Directorate when the Office of Public Sector Information moved from the Cabinet Office to TNA. Previously she was Publishing Director with Sweet & Maxwell Ltd., Law Publishers, and advised the wider international Thomson Information Group on contractual and intellectual property matters relating to digital media. Carol is a Visiting Professor in Information Science at City University, London. She represents official publishing interests across a range of professional bodies.

Presentation Audio	Professor Charles Oppenheim has recently turned to consultancy after 11 years at the Department of Information Science of Loughborough University. He previously held a variety of posts in academia and the electronic publishing industry, working for International Thomson, Pergamon and Reuters at various times. He is now a member of the Legal Advisory Board of the European Commission, and of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance. Charles has published widely on legal issues in the library and information profession, especially copyright, data protection and freedom of information. He has a particular interest in legal issues in cloud computing. His other interests include research evaluation, citation studies and bibliometrics, also open access, scholarly communication and the digital library.

Presentation Audio	Paul Davidson is the Chief Information Officer of Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, and has worked for the Council for over 20 years. Paul also represents English Local Authorities to the Cabinet Office Chief Technology Office Council and is the CTO sponsor of its Information Domain where UK public sector information standards are managed. Paul is also the Director of Standards for the Local e-Government Standards Body (LeGSB) which is sponsored by government departments including the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG), and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). In particular, LeGSB advises CLG on information standards for Local Government.
Panel Session Audio	All four speakers were able to participate in the panel session which followed the last speaker. Informative answers were given to discerning questions, generating a series of lively discussions. The session ended only out of necessity to vacate the lecture theatre and attack the wine and nibbles in the Cloisters, where many of the discussions continued.