[IEE EC3 News] IEE EC3 Lecture Reminder - Telemetering the Environment

[Bill Pechey]

Dear Colleague,

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I have appended the details of our next lecture and hope to see you there.

Details of our other lectures may be found at - 
http://www.iee.org/OnComms/Branches/UK/England/SEastE/EC3/

Best wishes,

Bill Pechey
Chairman, Thames Valley Specialised Section

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Thames Valley Specialised Section (EC3)

Lecture March 2004

Telemetering the Environment - joined up sensing, communications,
thinking and outcomes

John Walker and Charles Williams
Environment Agency and Carl Bro Systems Group

Thursday 25th March 2004 at 19:30

Edward Court Hotel, Wellington Road, Wokingham

Light refreshments available from 19:00-19:30

Synopsis

The Environment Agency has recently embarked on a multi-million pound
modernisation programme designed to improve the effectiveness of its
Information Technology systems. Part of this initiative involves
updating its real-time telemetry systems which provide the key base
data upon which flood warning and water resource management depend.

The development of a multi-regional approach to implementing these
new telemetry systems will be covered highlighting the management
issues and constraints involved. The technical challenges of moving
from an already existing and complex installed base network to a
single modern internet style look-and-feel without interruption to
service will be reviewed.

The design will be explained emphasising the need for high system
availability and resilience, and a multi-layered alarm reporting
system. The issues associated with the migration from the existing
network of outstations to being able to access them from the new
system will also be covered.

If you want to know more, come along. Everyone is welcome and no
ticket is needed. Simply turn up on the night.

For more details please contact Bill Pechey at bpechey@iee.org

Directions: From Wokingham Railway Station turn right, and the hotel
is a 3 minute walk along Wellington Road. Enter through the car park
to the rear of the hotel. See also
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?postcode2map?rg40+2an