AAF Virtual Meeting March 2023

At time of writing the plan is to follow this up with a face to face event in June, and then another virtual event towards the end of the year.  As and when this is confirmed we will let you know.

The Academic Applications Forum provides a forum for discussion of topics related to applications support in the academic environment. Membership is largely, but not exclusively, drawn from Computer Centre staff in the UK University sector. Chest support the Forum and attend all of the meetings, so this Forum provides a valuable means of making them aware of current issues and requirements.

A two-hour virtual AAF meeting, to cover items per the below agenda.

Agenda:

1. Minutes of the previous meeting
2. Actions arising from the minutes not covered by the agenda
3. Date and place of next and next‐but‐one meeting
4. The topic for presentation at the next meeting
5. Chest Agreement Update – Chest Report
6. Report from UCISA Software Procurement Group
7. Microsoft licensing and Office 365
8. Devices (management and application delivery)
9. Applications Software:
   • Bibliographic Software, publishing and authoring
   • Office Applications
   • Graphics, Visualisation, and Multi‐media
   • Mathematics, Statistics, Scientific and Engineering Applications
   • Programming Languages and Applications Development Tools
   • GIS software
   • Assistive software
   • Desktop & Server virtualisation
   • Cloud infrastructure
   • SAM
   • Server and back-end software
   • Other Software (including software associated with data sets)
10. Any Other Business

Register via the Eventbrite page, you will be sent a joining link closer to the date.