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Going Green: Are your computers costing the earth?

Tuesday 30th October 2007
6.00pm - 8.00pm
(Doors open 5.30pm for a light buffet and refreshments)

Technium CAST
Parc Menai, Bangor

Guest speakers: Paul Rayner from Anchor Computer Limited and Rebecca Huck from WISE Network

Using computers and the Internet responsibly requires everyone to consider the impact their ICT choices make on the environment. Current estimates are that ICT waste contributes at least 39% of the 1 million tonnes of electronic waste generated in the UK each year.
There are many different green issues that relate to ICT and they are fast moving into mainstream thinking. These include:
  • Reuse and repair of ICT equipment
  • Safe disposal and recycling of ICT equipment
  • Using less energy and less paper
  • Choices when purchasing new equipment

    There are a number of ways to make your organisation more green aware in its use of ICT. Using an office system example to look at how current greener technology can be applied to the smaller business, Paul will provide a background and history of companies active in the emerging gree n market, and provide advice on what features to loo k for and where to source green equipment.

    About the speakers:

    Paul Rayner gained an MEng at Bangor University in Electronics & Electrical Engineering, he worked for a Medical company for 3 Years Programming Embedded Systems.
    Paul then moved moved over to Application Programming and Databases and spent 5 Years with a software house as a consultant on PC Systems mostly Microsoft and some AS400
    In 2000 Paul moved back to North Wales and is now working for Anchor Computer Systems. His key responsibilities are : DBA for a hosted database system for several customers, developer for a Financial System front-End and other general Network & Hardware administration.

    This event forms part of the ITWales business development programme and is FREE to attend, however advance booking is required.

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