eGovernment: Education and Health - A Different Perspective
Thursday, 17th of November 2005 - Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2<

Themed 'eGovernment: Education and Health' - A Different Perspective, this seminar offers an insight into the paths taken by two leaders in egovernment to deliver education and health services online. The seminar features winners of the 2005 Irish eGovernment Awards: Dr. Bob Strunz, University of Limerick and Mr. Pat Kenny of the HeBE and The Office for Health Management.

Programme and speakers

8:45am-9:30am	Registration and Coffee
9:30am	Opening Address - Conall O Moráin Sunday Business Show and MD of The Media Group
9:45am	'Unity in University of Limerick' A Case Study Dr. Bob Strunz, Technology Advisor to the Vice President Academic and Registrar at the University of Limerick, shares his secrets to creating a highly successful online working community. One that delivers continuous interaction between students and lecturers. A big part of his success relied on meeting two key challenges: changing attitudes and integration of multiple IS systems. ULs eLearning platform won a Golden Spider Award in 2004 and an Irish eGovernment Education Award in 2005
10:30am	'Success from the HeBE & The Office for Health Management' - A Case Study Pat Kenny and Maureen Murphy from the National eLearning Project, offer exciting insights into how to create a successful online "Learning Centre". Sharing their experience in providing a significant education resource for health service staff nationwide, including for example, interactive learning, competency assessment tools and an extensive resource library. As the winning entrant in the 'Best Health Sector eGovernment Award', they speak of their experiences and the challenges they overcame.
11:15am	Coffee Break
11:30am	'eGovernment state of the nation'. How far has Ireland come in delivering self-service government? Maeve Kneafsey has held senior positions in online and traditional marketing for almost 20 years. Maeve has devised and implemented numerous public and private sector web communications and marketing strategies. She will be sharing top line findings from a recent survey, conducted by Elucidate for the Irish eGovernment Awards and Centre of Excellence, on the implementation of Irish eGovernment services. Maeve is MD of Elucidate and co-founder of the Centre of Excellence and Awards.

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