Macro and micro transformations - making digital happen

Heidi Fraser-Krauss, CEO, Jisc.

Heriot-Watt University will showcase their approach to digital transformation, illustrating how they have tackled it at both large and small scales. They will also demonstrate how techniques typically applied at a smaller scale can be effectively applied to larger strategic initiatives.

• Lucy Everest, Global chief operating officer.
• Fraser Muir, Global director of IS
• Tricia Moscati, Head of digital transformation
• Mark Fowler, Head of applications and data

Breakouts will be repeated twice. Delegates to select one of three options.

Breakout option one:

Sharing ideas and techniques for micro-transformation across HE, and creating a community of practice

Instead of spending months choosing the right team structure for the right automation tool, or weeks lost in technical YouTube rabbit holes, or even days unravelling licensing intricacies, let's establish a Further and Higher Education Automation (FE/HE) Community of Practice. Somewhere our institutions can share use cases, approaches to people, process, and technology, and much more.

• Tricia Moscati, Head of digital transformation.

Breakout option two:

Gaining institutional buy in for digital transformational activities

Strategies to ensure engagement at senior executive level in taking forward digital transformation.

• Fraser Muir, Global director of information services.

Breakout option three:

Applying concepts of micro-transformation to macro/major digital transformation projects

How continuous improvement models can be applied in large scale macro digital transformation projects to drive greater level of agility.

Can we break down major initiatives into smaller impactful deliverables to drive agility, innovation, and success? Can Agile methodologies and a Continuous Improvement approach be applied to macro transformation? What are the benefits, and what are the limits?

• Mark Fowler, Head of applications and data.

Breakouts will be repeated twice. Delegates to select one of three options.

Breakout option one:

Sharing ideas and techniques for micro-transformation across HE, and creating a community of practice

Instead of spending months choosing the right team structure for the right automation tool, or weeks lost in technical YouTube rabbit holes, or even days unravelling licensing intricacies, let's establish a Further and Higher Education Automation (FE/HE) Community of Practice. Somewhere our institutions can share use cases, approaches to people, process, and technology, and much more.

• Tricia Moscati, Head of digital transformation.

Breakout option two:

Gaining institutional buy in for digital transformational activities

Strategies to ensure engagement at senior executive level in taking forward digital transformation.

• Fraser Muir, Global director of information services.

Breakout option three:

Applying concepts of micro-transformation to macro/major digital transformation projects

How continuous improvement models can be applied in large scale macro digital transformation projects to drive greater level of agility.

Can we break down major initiatives into smaller impactful deliverables to drive agility, innovation, and success? Can Agile methodologies and a Continuous Improvement approach be applied to macro transformation? What are the benefits, and what are the limits?

• Mark Fowler, Head of applications and data.

A group discussion based on Jisc's maturity model for digital transformation.

• Sarah Knight, Simon Birkett and Elizabeth Newall, Jisc.

• Jason Miles-Campbell, panel chair, Director of Scotland and Northern Ireland, Jisc.
• Fraser Muir, Global director of information services.
• Lucy Everest, Global chief operating officer.
• James Dunphy, Collaborations director (Quality enhancement and partnerships) at Advance HE.
• Claire Taylor, Director of information services, Information services, Edinburgh Napier University.
• Mr Connel Greenhorn, Student union vice president for education, Heriot-Watt University.

Optional tour of The National Robotarium

The National Robotarium is the UK's largest centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Based at Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh campus, in partnership with The University of Edinburgh, we create innovative solutions to global challenges and rapidly move pioneering research from laboratory to market, developing skilled visionaries and delivering substantial benefits for society.

• Steve Maclaren, COO National Robotarium.