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Events Programme for 2003-2004

All meetings, unless otherwise stated, are held on Wednesdays at  6.30 pm at:
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
36 York Place
Edinburgh EH1 3HU

Meetings qualify for BCS CPD credit. Non members are welcome to all meetings.

Date Event
8th October And You Thought You Knew Agile!
Ken Schwaber, AgileAlliance
Lecture Theatre 1, Appleton Tower, George Square, Edinburgh (street map)
A joint meeting with Agile Scotland
5th November The .NET Compact Framework
Mike Scott, Mike Scott Software
A joint meeting with Scottish Developers

Synopsis and downloads from the lecture.

19th November The Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Project
Catriona McKay, Scottish Executve; Willie Meikle, Edina Software; John Maslen, Geowise.
A joint meeting with the Royal Statistical Society
10th December Smartcard Enabled Interoperable Ticketing
Barry Hochfield, ECEBS

Speaker's presentation (zip'ed .pps, 1.4 Mbytes)

14 January 2004 Wireless Communications - Which Direction ??
Alisdair Gunn, Hillington Park Innovation Centre

Speaker's presentation (zip'ed .ppt, 3.1 Mbytes)

7:30pm
3rd February
(Tuesday)
Small-Scale Wind Power Generation
Dr David Anderson, Renewable Devices Limited
European in Scotland, 39 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh (street map)
A joint meeting with the IEE

Please note this is a change of subject and speaker.

11th February Equipment and Systems for Disabled Users
Anne-Marie Boyle and Dionne Waltham, AbilityNet Scotland
3rd March Cross Border Financial Settlements
Cancelled
31st March Web Services
Colin Adam, WebServices.org
3 pm, 11th April
(Sunday)
The Sidney Michaelson Memorial Lecture
Building Automated Negotiators

Professor Nick Jennings, University of Southampton
Apex International Hotel, 31-35 Grassmarket, Edinburgh (street map)
12th May 2004
6:00 pm
BCS Edinburgh Branch AGM
followed by refreshments at 6:15 pm
12th May 2004
6:30 pm
A Sociologist among the Theorem Provers
Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh