|
|
|
This guide contains the programme of events, exhibition plan, exhibitor descriptions and a map of the campus. All residential delegates will be staying in Rutland and Cavendish Halls, both of which are a short distance from the East Midlands Conference Centre (EMCC).
Please wear your name badge at all times in the EMCC and ensure that any bags or cases carry some identification.
The Networkshop bag contains the conference proceedings and items supplied by the sponsors of this year's event. We would like to thank all sponsors for their generosity and hope that all delegates make time to visit the exhibition area.
Finally, we hope that you enjoy our beautiful campus and we are delighted to welcome Networkshop back to Nottingham!
| Tuesday 26 March | 11.00am - 7.00pm |
| Wednesday 27 March | 8.30am - 6.00pm |
| Thursday 28 March | 8.30am - 2.30pm |
Badge identification:
| White | delegates |
| Green | exhibitors |
| Yellow | speakers |
| Blue | conference team & stewards (and look for sky blue polo shirts) |
Our thanks to Teleglobe International for generously sponsoring delegate rucksacks.
Delegates may check-in to their rooms from 11.30am on Tuesday 26 March. Please go to the Porter's Desk/Reception in your Hall where you will be given the key to your room. Please note all outside doors are accessed via a security code which will be given to you at Reception.
Bedding, towels and toiletries will be provided in bedrooms. Additional toiletries, sundries and postage stamps are available for purchase from the Porter, who can also lend guests hairdryers and irons if required. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in your room or in pantries close by.
Full English breakfast will be served in your Hall from 7.30am - 9.00am each day.
All study bedrooms will have telephone service available during the conference. Internal calls (within campus) are free and external calls can be made by buying an ntl chargecard from the Hall Manager or Porter (available in £3, £5 or £10 denominations). Please note, only ntl chargecards will work. Emergency calls (fire, police, ambulance) can be made by dialling 2222, Security can be contacted on 13013 and the Cripps Health Centre can be contacted by dialling 75.
Should you require assistance at any time during your stay, ask the Porter, or if the desk is unmanned (out of hours) a notice will be displayed showing the duty manager's contact number.
All vehicles and their contents are left at the owner's risk - the campus is patrolled 24 hours a day but you are asked to take sensible precautions, even on campus.
If you are a UK resident and staying on campus you will have `temporary resident' status.
For assistance you can call the Cripps Health Centre on extension 75 from an internal telephone, or ask at the Information Desk (EMCC), to make an appointment or check the recorded message for out-of-hours emergency procedures.
The pharmacy on campus is NOT open during the vacation and hence will not be available during the conference. There are several pharmacists nearby in Beeston. For out-of-hours service please ask at the Information Desk for the rota for the area.
For more serious accidents and emergencies, the nearest A&E department is located at the University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre. If you require an emergency service - police, fire, ambulance - on campus, please dial 2222 from an internal telephone.
On discovering a fire:
1. Raise the alarm by operating the nearest break-glass call point
2. Dial 2222 on the nearest internal telephone stating the location
3. Attack the fire with the nearest appropriate extinguisher if safe
to do so and your escape route is clear
On hearing the fire alarm:
1. Leave the building immediately - do not use lifts or stop to collect
personal belongings
2. Close all windows and doors when leaving
3. Report to the building's assembly point
For all emergencies please contact the Security Office in the first
instance on ext. 2222 or 13013. Security will then meet and direct emergency
services on campus.
Please report accidents or ill health to the Information Desk.
In the event of urgent messages and emergencies, callers can leave messages on: 0115 84 68484 (the Networkshop Information Desk in the EMCC).. Non-urgent messages will be posted on the Notice Board near to the Customer Services Desk. We will use the public address system in the EMCC to call delegates to the Information Desk to collect urgent messages.
It is expected that many delegates will carry mobile telephones. Out of courtesy to speakers and other delegates we would ask that these be switched off, or set to silent mode, during all conference sessions and during other presentations (such as at the Conference Dinner).
Each bedroom in the Halls has an RJ45 ethernet point. If you have come with a laptop, ethernet card and UTP cable, you might be able to connect to the Internet from your room. During termtime, IP addresses are issued only for known registered MAC addresses. We will try to have a DHCP server running for the duration of the conference but cannot guarantee it at the time of writing this guide. Note that external access (if it is available) may be through the commercial ISP that we use for the students' traffic, not SuperJANET.
Mid-morning and mid-afternoon refreshments will be served in the Exhibition Suite.
A buffet lunch will be served each day (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) in the Marquee adjacent to the EMCC. Access into the Marquee is via the Exhibition Suite.
A buffet supper will be served in the Marquee at the EMCC on Tuesday night.
Delegates who have to rush off on Thursday to catch trains, planes, or get back to the office, may opt to order a packed lunch to take with them. If you have not already done so, please order this through the Information Desk soon after your arrival.
(see programme for times please)
The Conference Dinner will be held in the Marquee. Dress is informal. Apart from speakers and guests there will not be a table plan - delegates may sit anywhere in the room.
The pre-Dinner Drinks Reception will take place in the Atrium of the EMCC from 7.30 pm.
The after-dinner speaker will be cartoonist Bill Tidy MBE - Cartoonist, After Dinner Speaker, Radio and TV Personality, Playwright, Author and Stage Costume Designer. Many of you will remember Bill as creator of "Grimbledon Down", "The Cloggies" and "The Fosdyke Saga". His website will bring a smile to your face - www.broadband.co.uk/billtidy
| Tuesday: | 12.00-2.00pm (Concourse Bar only) |
| 5.00pm -1.00am (Concourse and Atrium Bars) | |
| Wednesday: | 12.00-2.00pm (Concourse Bar only) |
| 5.00pm - 2.00am (Concourse and Atrium Bars) | |
| Thursday: | 12.00-2.00pm (Concourse Bar only) |
Banks
There are two banks on campus, NatWest and HSBC. Both are to be found
in Cherry Tree Buildings, behind the Portland Building and both have 24
hour cash machines available. There is also a Halifax Building Society
cash machine on Cut Through Lane opposite the Hallward Library.
Bookshops
There is a branch of Blackwells Bookshop in the Portland Building,
open from 9.00am to 5.30pm (from 9.30am on Tuesday).
Sports Centre
The University Sports Centre and Swimming Pool are located on the opposite
side of the road to the EMCC. Facilities are available to delegates on
production of a Networkshop badge and payment of the relevant fee. The
swimming pool is open from 7.30am to 8.30pm; other facilities - squash,
snooker, weight training, badminton courts etc - from 9.00am to 10.30pm,
subject to availability. Call 15516 (internal) to make a booking. Sports
facilities may be found at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport/
Union Shop and Pioneer Travel
The Union Shop is also in Cherry Tree Buildings and stocks a wide range
of goods. It will be open from 8.30am to 3.30pm on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday
27 March, but will be closed on Thursday. Pioneer Travel is nearby and
open all three days from 9.30am to 4.30pm.
A taxi into Nottingham will cost approximately £5.00 and the journey will take 15-20 minutes depending upon time of day and traffic.
| Tuesday 26 March: | buses will leave the station for the campus (EMCC)every half hour from 11.30am to 2.00pm |
| Thursday 28 March: | buses will leave the campus (EMCC) for the stationevery half hour from 12.30pm to 2.00pm. |
It would be helpful if you could inform the Information Desk if you intend to use this service - a list will be available for signing.
If you haven't got time to visit the city and the weather is fine, you may enjoy a walk around the University Park campus. The path from the back of EMCC car park leads up to the Millennium Garden, bringing you out near the Law and Social Sciences building and the Hallward Library. If you cross Cut Through Lane, you will be near the Union Shop, Pioneer Travel and banks which are all in Cherry Tree Buildings. Beyond Cherry Tree is the Portland Building with Trent Building's distinctive clock tower on your right. These buildings look out over the University Lake with a newly refurbished path around it.
| Company | Stand No |
| 3Com | 16 & 17 |
| Alcatel | 45 |
| BakBone Software | 46 |
| Bluesocket.com | 44 |
| CISCO Systems | 31-33 |
| Corega International | 28 |
| European Electronique | 34 & 43 |
| Extreme Networks | 15 |
| First Connections and RADVision | 20 |
| Foundry Networks (UK) Ltd | 39 & 40 |
| Global Secure Systems Ltd | 10 |
| Hewlett Packard | 14 & 23 |
| Juniper Networks | 41 |
| KnowWare UK Ltd | 36 |
| Krone (UK) Technique Ltd | 27 |
| Logical (UK) Ltd | 35 |
| MASE Integration & Communication Ltd | 8 |
| Mutiny Ltd | 26 |
| NCE Computer Group (Europe) Ltd | 5 |
| Network Critical Ltd | 13 |
| NORDX/CDT | 21 |
| P & P Installations | 3 & 4 |
| Pervasive Networks | 29 & 30 |
| Pinacl Ltd | 24 |
| Raft Systems Ltd | 12 |
| RW Data Ltd | 25 |
| Server Technology Ltd | 11 |
| Skynet Systems Ltd | 18 & 19 |
| Starwand Computers Ltd | 1 & 2 |
| Synetrix Ltd | 7 |
| Teleglobe International (UK) Ltd | 9 |
| THUS Plc | 37 & 38 |
| Total Network Solutions Ltd | 42 |
| Vernier Networks | 22 |