"Compliance to E-mail management: the way forward"
Free of Charge for LMN members, 29th September 2006, Meeting Room 4, The British Library, Leith's, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

London Metropolitan Network Ltd (LMN) is organising our first event of this academic year. This occasion will highlight the new compliance developments within e-mail management. To reserve your place please email our events coordinator Dave Puplett (Non-members who are interested in attending please see below *).

13.45-14.00 Registration with coffee/tea

14.05-14.15 Welcome and Opening by Chair, John Burke
Senior Adviser JISC InfoNet

14.15-14.40 Farrer & Co, Legal perspectives, Benjamin Beabey

14.40-15.00 JISC-John Burke

15.00-15.20 Case Study: Loughbourogh University, Carys Thomas

15.20-15.40 LMN Focus: Middlesex University, Bilal Hashmi

15.40-16.00 Debate/Q's & A's Session for the Delegates

16.00 onwards Networking Reception with a selection of wine and beer and nibbles

Programme and Speakers Biographies:

1. Introduction by the Chair, John Burke-Senior Adviser JISC InfoNet

2. Legal perspective by Farrer's with particular expertise in IT, Higher & Further education and the public sector
-Overview about the law and e-mail management in the education sector: current situation and future trends.
-cases from public sector organisations that had to track e-mails for formal investigations and disciplinary actions
-Issues to address should they decide to outsource the management of e-mail records: e-mail archiving.

3. JISC Resources for Email & Records Management
The chair, John Burke will provide guidance on the latest relevant information from JISC

4. Case Study, Carys Thomas Assistant Director (Service Strategy) Computing Services, Loughborough University
Highlights of the JISC sponsored study into developing policies for retention and disposal of email in line with the policies and legal requirements with insights into:
-current and possible practices for dealing with email at a corporate, department or group level
-user education
-evaluation of various technical options for archiving email

5. LMN Focus: Middlesex University
Why Middlesex is looking into outsourcing e-mail archiving and current strategy.

6. Debate Session on 'E-mail Archiving' followed by Q&As