Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) was a series of workshop events which was originally organised by UKOLN to provide professional development for web managers, policy makers, developers, designers and information professionals related to the UK's higher education community. Following cessation of JISC's core funding for UKOLN, since 2014 the event was organised by UK Web Focus.
The event aimed to provide an opportunity for discussion and debate amongst the participants. A number of plenary talks addressed key areas of interest. However the main focus of the workshop centred on the parallel sessions, discussion groups and debates which enabled participants to be actively engaged with the issues facing those involved in the provision of institutional Web management services.
The workshop series began with a two-day event held at King's College London on 16 –17 July 1997. Following the success of the initial event, in 1998 the event was extended to a 3-day format, although in 2011, due to the economic climate, the event reverted to a 2-day format but returned to a 3-day format the following year.
The planned 2020 event at the University of Dundee was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2019's event in Greenwich proved to be the final conference in the series.
Noteworthy Incident at IWMW 2005 The IWMW 2005 event was the first time a WiFi network was available for use by the participants. As described in a paper on "Using Networked Technologies To Support Conferences"
this was an early example of an "amplified conference" with the provision of a number of networked technologies being used to support the event. The 7 July 2005 London bombings took place midway through the event. Participants who were making use of the network were first alerted to the news on the event's IRC channel, and a record of the discussions when the participants first became aware of the significance of this news is available.
Full list of IWMW events + Table of IWMW Events Event Location Town/City Link Theme IWMW 2019 University of Greenwich Greenwich IWMW 2019 Web site (archive.org) Times They Are A-Changin'! IWMW 2018 University of York York IWMW 2018 Web site (archive.org) Streamlining Digital IWMW 2017 University of Kent Canterbury IWMW 2017 Web site (archive.org) It’s The End of the Institution As We Know It (And We Feel Fine) IWMW 2016 Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool IWMW 2016 Web site (archive.org) Understanding Users; Managing Change; Delivering Services IWMW 2015 Edge Hill University Ormskirk IWMW 2015 Web site (archive.org) Beyond Digital: Transforming the Institution IWMW 2014 Northumbria University Newcastle IWMW 2014 Web site (archive.org) Rebooting the Web IWMW 2013 University of Bath Bath, Somerset IWMW 2013 Web site What Next? IWMW 2012 University of Edinburgh Edinburgh IWMW 2012 Web site Embedding Innovation IWMW 2011 University of Reading Reading, Berkshire IWMW 2011 Web site Responding to Change IWMW 2010 University of Sheffield Sheffield IWMW 2010 Web site The Web in Turbulent Times IWMW 2009 University of Essex Colchester IWMW 2009 Web site - IWMW 2008 University of Aberdeen Aberdeen IWMW 2008 Web site The Great Debate IWMW 2007 University of York York IWMW 2007 Web site Next Steps for the Web Management Community IWMW 2006 University of Bath Bath, Somerset IWMW 2006 Web site Quality Matters IWMW 2005 University of Manchester Manchester IWMW 2005 Web site Whose Web Is It Anyway? IWMW 2004 University of Birmingham Birmingham IWMW 2004 Web site Transforming The Organisation IWMW 2003 University of Kent at Canterbury Canterbury IWMW 2003 Web site Supporting Our Users IWMW 2002 University of Strathclyde Glasgow IWMW 2002 Web site The Pervasive Web IWMW 2001 Queen's University Belfast Belfast IWMW 2001 Web site Organising Chaos IWMW 2000 University of Bath Bath, Somerset IWMW 2000 Web site The Joined-Up Web IWMW 1999 Goldsmiths College London IWMW 1999 Web site The Next Steps IWMW 1998 Newcastle University Newcastle IWMW 1998 Web site Institutional Web Management IWMW 1997 King's College London London IWMW 1997 Web site Running An Institutional Web Service
Feedback on the Event Reports on IWMW events written by event delegates have been published for IWMW 2003, IWMW 2004, IWMW 2005, IWMW 2006, IWMW 2007, IWMW 2008, IWMW 2009, IWMW 2010, and IWMW 2012.
References