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Conference speakers to share experiences of IT skills management

A one-day conference on managing and developing the skills of IT professionals in line with business goals is running at Microsoft, Reading on 20th June 2005.

The event is being organised by skills management technology provider InfoBasis Limited.

"The keen interest already shown in the summit illustrates the importance attached to this issue," said Donald Taylor, Strategic Alliances Director at InfoBasis.

"Employers know that developing their IT staff is crucial for success. The good news is that companies already involved in skills management such as EDS, Deloitte and Norwich Union are ready to share their experiences and best practice at this event."

Frankie Sutherland, EMEA Senior Project Manager for EDS said: "For us, skills management is an essential part of managing our IT teams. For example, in one case we were able to run a rigorous Training Needs Analysis, which led to us reducing a potential 57-day curriculum to a more manageable 20 days of highly targeted learning per person.

"There is no magic to implementing business-driven training: it is a question of getting the detail right. In particular it requires each piece of training to build skills needed by the business."

Others talking at the event include Tim Walker, Partner at Deloitte, who will speak on the practical value of skills management in an IT organisation. In particular Tim will draw on Deloitte's experience of implementing skills management programmes for its own customers.

Lisa Mendoza, Organisation Development Manager at Norwich Union, will examine how the insurer has implemented IT skills management over the past two years, and outline some of the lessons she feels the organisation has learnt along the way.

Keynoting at the event will be British Computer Society Chief Executive David Clarke, who will focus on the need for the IT industry to grow more accountable and professional, and will examine what individuals and employers can do to make this happen.

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For more information on the conference, visit: www.infobasis.com/events

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