Community, Developer Events

What do an ex-FBI agent and Microsoft community have in common?

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Scottish Developers and the NxtGenUG are proud to announce the ‘Ed Gibson “On The Road”‘ Events which will take place mid-Septermber to mid-October 2006 at 5 venues around the country. The aim of the events are to raise awareness of the issues surrounding computer security, specifically Organised Crime and Hacking and also to raise the awareness amongst the Business and Developer communities of Developer and IT Pro User Groups and how they can help instruct and inform developers and managers about new technologies and other issues such as security.

The headline speaker is Ed Gibson the new Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft UK. Ed is an ex-FBI agent and delivers a fascinating talk on his experiences and views on security in the IT world and how to combat organised crime on the Internet.

Other speakers from the likes of Oracle will offer alternative or differing views on computer security and the event will end with an hour long ‘panel discussion’ with question and answers.

Register via here.

Ed’s Dates and Venues

Birmingham
Faraday Wharf,Aston Science Park
20th Sept 2006 (4pm-7.30pm)
This event will feature Ed Gibson, Dinis Cruz and Barry Dorrans and is being run by The Next Generation User Group and the Scottish Developers Group in association with Aston Science Park and iCentrum, Birmingham.

Cambridge
Microsoft Laboratories, Cambridge
3rd Oct 2006 (4pm-7.30pm)
This event will feature Ed Gibson and Alun Rogers of Risual and is being run by The Next Generation User Group and the Scottish Developers Group in association with the Cambridge Network.

Leeds
Leeds Univeristy
12th Oct 2006(Prov) (4pm-7.30pm)
This event will feature Ed Gibson, Dinis Cruz and Duncan Harris of Oracle and is being run by the Scottish Developers Group and The Next Generation User Group in association with Leeds University.

London
Microsoft Offices London
26th Oct 2006 (4pm-7.30pm)
This event will feature Ed Gibson, Dinis Cruz and Chris Seary of Charteris and is being run by the Scottish Developers Group and The Next Generation User Group in association with the London .NET User Group.

Edinburgh
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
2nd Nov 2006 (1pm-5pm)
This event will feature Ed Gibson and Duncan Harris of Oracle and is being run by the Scottish Developers Group and The Next Generation User Group.