Alan Shipman, Group 5 Training
Alan Shipman is Managing Director and Principal Consultant for Group 5 Training Limited, a leading independent consortium of technical experts and consultants providing practical guidance on the implementation of Information Management Systems. Group 5 Training specialise in the application of the British Standard Specification for Evidential Weight and Legal Admissibility of Elecxtronic Information (BS10008:2008), for achieving real business benefits, with particular emphasis on management policies and operational procedures, in both traditional and e-commerce environments. They also provide consultancy services relating to the practical implementation of the Data Protection Act 1998, to the International Standard on Records Management (ISO 15489) and to BS ISO 27001 (Information Security Management).
Alan has been involved in Document Imaging Standards for over 25 years, specialising in user aspects. He is Chairman of the BSI Document Imaging Applications committee, and is convenor of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) Document Imaging Quality sub-committee. He is a member of the UKAIIM Standards Committee, having previously chaired the committee for over 5 years. He received the Master of Information Technology award from the Association of Information and Image Management International in 1998, and was awarded their Standards Excellence Award in 1999.
Alan acted on behalf of BSI as Editor for the 'Legal Admissibility' Code of Practice (BSI PD 0008), combining work from the leading vendor and user groups (CSF, IDMA, RMS and UKAIIM) into the final publication. He worked as an author and editor on the second and third editions (BIP 0008) of the Code, with their wider scope and application. He also acted as author and editor for the 2005 extension of BIP 0008, dealing with information communicated electronically (BIP 0008-2) and linking electronic identity to documents (BIP 0008-3), for use with e-commerce and other electronic information systems.
Alan is a regular speaker at events organised by organisations and associations in the archives and records management, educational, engineering, heath care, financial, legal, local government and system supplier fields, as well as at national events such as the Records Management Society annual conference and the AIIM Roadshow.
Alan can be contacted at Group 5 Training Limited, 20 Highland Road, Northwood Hills, Middlesex HA6 1JT. Telephone: 01923-450527 Mobile: 07702-125265 Fax: 0870-135-5489 e-mail: a.shipman@group5.co.uk - Web site at www.group5.co.uk
Conference sessions featuring Alan Shipman
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