Speakers
Paul Simpkins is an accomplished speaker and policymaker in the field of Information Management; being capable of translating complex legislation into easily digestible morsels with over twelve years experience as a Data Protection Officer. He has worked for two of the largest UK Metropolitan Councils as Data Protection Officer and as Senior Policy Officer in the field of Information Governance. Prior to this he was a teacher and lecturer in Business Studies and IT. He was a founder member of and is secretary of the Yorkshire and the Humber Data Protection forum, which started in 1999 and meets quarterly at venues throughout the region and hears speakers and discusses information related issues. He has worked on many information related projects including Member of the Cabinet Office working party on Data Sharing (January 2001); Moderator of NADPO bulletin board 2000 - 2001and has formally been an examiner and member of the British Computer Society ISEB Examination Panel for their Certificate in Data Protection since 1998 and also for their Certificate in Freedom of Information. He has the ISEB Certificate in Data Protection 2003 (Honorary) He contributed to a national project co-ordinated by De Montfort University, Leicester on privacy and data sharing and is a visiting lecturer on these subjects and is on the editorial Board of Open Government - A Journal on Freedom of Information edited by Steve Wood, John Moores University. He attended Ethicomp 1999 in Rome and sat on a panel hosted by the Italian Information Commissioner discussing erosion of privacy in European life and session Chair at Ethicomp 2004 at University of the Aegean at Easter 2004. Paul is a regular speaker at conferences and courses on information issues and is said to be able to bring dry and dusty subjects to life with intriguing and thought provoking presentations. See his personal website at www.paulsimpkins.com Ibrahim Hasan is a UK qualified solicitor with many years of experience of advising and training the public sector on all aspects of information law including data protection, freedom of information and surveillance law. He is a director of Act Now Training and a consultant with IBA Solicitors (www.ibasolicitors.com). Ibrahim produces the UK's first FOI podcast. Ibrahim was previously Principal Solicitor at Calderdale Council and has worked for Bradford Council and Nottinghamshire County Council. He has also held positions as an associate with the Institute of Public Finance and a non executive director of an NHS Trust.Ibrahim is very much in demand as a presenter at courses and conferences throughout the UK. He has conducted training sessions for many national organisations as well as local authorities and the NHS. His notable clients include the Scottish Executive, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, English Partnerships and various government departments. He has even travelled to China to train young Chinese and Hong Kong lawyers on behalf of the Law Society and the Bar Council.Ibrahim acts as an adviser to the Local Government Association and was formally an examiner for the British Computer Society's Certificate in Data Protection. He was also on the Home Office Consultation Group for the Freedom of Information Bill. Ibrahim's articles have appeared in many publications including the Local Government Chronicle, Benefits Magazine, IRRV Insight Magazine and Solicitors Journal. He sits on the editorial board for an international journal on freedom of Information entitled "Open Government" and is a member of the European Information Managers Group (EURIM). Ibrahim has contributed to the privacy law aspects of a book entitled "Spy TV - Just who is the digital revolution overthrowing?" which won a Big Brother Award from Privacy International. Ibrahim is currently a guest lecturer at the University of Northumbria's LLM in Information Rights Law and also writes a regular FOI column for the Law Society Gazette. See Ibrahim's personal website : www.informationlaw.org.uk Philip Jones has been a records and information management professional for over twenty years. He has worked extensively in the UK local government sector and is currently Head of Information Resources for Staffordshire County Council. He has served as Chairman of the Records Management Society (GB) and is currently President of the International Records Management Council. He has been Visiting Professor of Records Management at the University of Northumbria since 2000. Amongst his other professional activities he serves as a Director of the government appointed Information Sector National Training Organisation and is a co-editor of ISO 15489 International Records Management Standard. Philip was voted UK Records Manager of the Year 2000. He has written numerous articles and papers on the subject of records and information management and more lately knowledge management. He has lectured extensively in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia on a wide variety of information related topics. Tim Turner was formerly Policy Manager at the Information Commissioner’s Office and more recently Data Protection Officer and Information Security Officer at Derbyshire County Council. Tim is now Data Protection Officer at Wigan Council and speaks on conferences and courses on information issues from the Public sector perspective. Alex Gledhill is a solicitor with 13 years experience of the law relating to children both in private practice and in local government. She currently works as manager of a team of social services solicitors for a large West Yorkshire metropolitan authority and teaches law to undergraduate social work students. |