UK University Collaboration eGISE and beyond Dr Tony Elliman, Brunel University ISEing Co-Director DIADEM Co-ordinator

Anchor or Umbrella University Interdisciplinary Research Centre Information Systems Evaluation and integration group to increase organisational efficiency and effectiveness, through an increased understanding of IT/IS impact on human and organisational processes Enterprise IntegrationeGovernment Information Systems Evaluation

“Research” to “Product” Ideas Generation Development Product in the Market Theory Experiment Prototype University: “Public” Knowledge Industry: “Private” Knowledge Knowledge creation and dissemination tGBR DIADEM VIEGO eGISE

Academic Networks EPSRC support for academics to make links across and beyond universities. Exchange ideas and generate well founded research Run Seminar or Workshop activities: –EMCIS 2008 in Dubai (May) –2008 AMCIS Mini-Track in Toronto (August) –2008 eGovernment Workshop at Brunel (September) Networks don’t do research.

T-GBR Network on Transformation of Government for Benefit Realization to gain a better grasp of using technology to transform Government services. t-Government must: –Be inclusive by putting the needs and desires of all citizens at the centre of service design. –Give best value to both citizens and the society by simplify how things are done. –Be professional with real and reliable management of public sector IT skills and technology.

EU Funded Research DIADEM’s goal is to produce assistive web- based technology to enable people who suffer from a reduction of cognitive skills to confidently interact with online forms Existing Application Software Standard Browser Normal Web Server Web Services i/f DIADEM Software Expert System Help

EU Funded Research DIADEM will construct components that employ ES (Expert System) techniques to analyse user behaviour Then adapt the presentation of the web form to mitigate the cognitive problems exhibited by the user Application A Application B Application C User X User Y User Z

EU Funded Research Diadem is co-funded by the European Commission under Framework 6 There are 7 partners from 3 EU countries (Italy, Norway, UK)