Thursday 24 April: Branch Visit

Annual Branch Visit This year’s branch visit was a guided tour including the Gun Shed, the Tank Shed at the Defence Academy in Shrivenham. The tour of the military vehicles and hardware has always been one of the highlights at the prizegiving for our Oxfordshire Schools Web Competition, so we were delighted that branch members… Read more »

Thursday 13 March: What’s Hot?

What’s Hot? Three speakers presented their ideas for new technology applications: an easy to use web presence for takeaway restaurants, a communications gadget for tour groups, and an advertising-funded service providing email and web calendaring for local clubs and societies. Presenters were questioned by the audience and by our distinguished expert panellists, Dr Jan Hruska,… Read more »

Tuesday 27 November: Identity Fraud – From Criminals to Consumers

Identity Fraud – From Criminals to Consumers We were delighted to welcome Tom Ilube as the speaker for our 2007 Christmas lecture. Tom was CIO of Egg and is now CEO of technology startup Garlik, a new company aimed at increasing consumer awareness of what information about them is publicly available, and helping to prevent… Read more »