09:30  Registration & Coffee

09:45  Welcome and COMMON-UK  News
Stephen Way,Johnson Matthey (Precious Metals) Plc
Director of Common UK  

09:55   IBM Learning Services – Not Just A Course Provider
Geoff Cox, IBM UK
This short session will cover how IBM Learning Services has had to change to meet the changing demands of technology and customers.

10:10   Distance Learning Over The Internet
Geoff Cox, IBM UK
The Internet has changed the face of education delivery. In this session, Geoff Cox looks at how distance learning over the internet works, and how you can use it within your organisation – for both IT and non-technical staff.

10:55   Certification for Technical Staff
Geoff Cox, IBM UK
What is certification, and how can it benefit you and your team? This presentation will cover these points and look at the contents of an IBM certification test.

11:30   Coffee  

11:45   Getting to Grips with Logical Partitioning
John Cross IBM UK

This extract from an IBM Learning Services course will address Logical Partitioning,  one of the iSeries facilities that is high on the list of ‘hot topics’ for many installations at the moment

12:45   Lunch

13:20   Portals as an Information Delivery System 
Martin Richards, Mediapps

Portals are the latest tool in the Corporate Intranet armoury, but what are they, and how can they help you? Martin Richards will look at what a portal is, and how this ‘Intranet in a Box’ can simplify the delivery of information, education and documentation to the users.

14:00   Introduction to iSeries Navigator and Management Central
Stuart Stebbings IBM UK

With V5R2 Operations Navigator has ‘grown up’. This course sample will introduce the new features that iSeries navigator brings, and should be an eye-opener for anyone still using green-screens to run the machine.

15:00  RPG IV Update for V5R1 and V5R2
Brian Parkins, IBM UK

This course extract is a must for any iSeries developer using RPG to write or maintain systems. 

16:00   Close & tea