“Connecting the Unconnected”

Hosted by - Scottish Government, Wheatley Group,

Scottish Futures Trust & BT

Date –Wednesday 16th March 2016 Time: 10:00am – 3:30pm

Venue – University of Abertay, 40 Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG, room 2522

Agenda

Time Content

10:00-11:00 Opportunity to Browse - Digital Showcase Area, Ground Floor

Coffee & Refreshments provided here

11:00 – 11:05 Room 2522, 1st floor

Welcome:

Sheena Stewart, University of Abertay

Facilitation of the day: Anna Magnusson

11:05 – 11:20 Opening introduction: “Building a world class Digital Scotland by 2020”

Tony Rose, Infrastructure Director, Scottish Futures Trust

11:20 – 12:00 Keynote- “The Digital Housing Association”

Martin Pollhammer, Chief Executive, elha.com

12:00 – 12:30 Digital Inclusion Business Perspective

Kenny Gough, Head of Service Transformation, River Clyde Homes,

Heather Mclaughlin, Future Skills

12:30 – 12:45 Commercial Breaks 3 five-minute promos encouraging further

discussion in the showcase area:

a) The Scottish Digital Charter Eilidh Little, Gillian Munro, SCVO b) Euan’s guide Kiki MacDonald c) Housing Association digital toolkit Brian Gannon, Craig Green,

Glasgow West of Scotland Housing Forum/Glasgow Kelvin College

12:45 – 1:30 Move to Digital showcase area, Ground floor - Various Innovative

Demonstrations

Lunch served from 12 :45

1:30-1:50 “Connecting communities – our public libraries strategy and digital

network”

Iain Robertson, Digital officer and Gillian Daly, Policy and Projects officer,

SLIC

1.50 – 2.30 Room 2522, 1st floor

Panel Discussion - Making digital inclusion a reality for all social

housing tenants in Scotland by 2020

chaired by : Anna Magnusson

Panellists:

Evelyn McDowall, Business Solutions Leader, Wheatley Group

Brendan Dick, Managing Director, BT Regions, BT

Martin Polhammer, Chief Executive, elha.com

Gillian Daly, Policy and Projects officer, SLIC

Tony Rose, Infrastructure Director, Scottish Futures Trust

2:30 – 2.45 Coffee & Refreshments in Digital Showcase Area, Ground Floor

2.45 – 3.15 Room 2522, 1st floor

Living the reality – Dundee wide Digital Inclusion Forum :

Murphy Kennedy, Digital Participation Manager, Hillcrest HA

3:15 - 3:30 Summary of day - Review of Outcomes & Next Steps

Brendan Dick, Managing Director, BT Regions, BT