Simon Wezel, FIAP set up the Kingfisher Trust more than a decade ago to provide a wide range of technical facilities and support in the Gambia. Most recently, it has set up an Internet café for the blind and visually impaired – the first in Africa. Below, he discusses his work in conversation with Robin […]

Ian JA Walker, FIAP is an IAP Council member and a person with a disability. He has been a wheelchair user since a car crash in 1991. Following Darren Brook’s  article last month, Ian looks at the broad issues of Disability Discrimination in the UK. Darren’s thought-provoking article isn’t an isolated tale of someone with […]

Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit Strategies is at the London Hilton Metropole Hotel from 2-3 October. See www.gartner.com for details. Business Performance Project Management Solutions (BPPM), is at the NEC, Birmingham on 18 and 19 October. See www.bppm.com for more. [Got an activity or event coming up? Email eo@iap.org.uk with the details.]

Notice of Annual General Meeting The Institution’s 2006 AGM will be on Saturday, 7 October, at Boundary House, Boston Road, Hanwell W7 2QE, starting at 12.00 noon. The AGM is usually a short meeting, its purpose being merely to fulfil a requirement of the Companies Acts, but all members of the Institution are welcome to […]

Darren Brook, MIAP is a freelance IT professional of 15 years’ standing, specialising in software development, database design, report writing, Web development and systems analysis. He suffers from a progressive disorder called Peroneal Muscular Atrophy, which mainly affects the muscles and can be very debilitating. Here he describes some of his experience as a disabled […]

Kanthy Konnanath, MIAP is an ANALYST/PROGRAMMER experienced in CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE. Areas of expertise include VISUAL BASIC 6.0, Crystal Report 4.6 and RDBMS like INFORMIX (4JS), SQL SERVER 7 and ORACLE 7. She has an extensive 7 years’ experience in Database Designing, Development, Analysis and Programming. Sectors worked in include a software company and Banking. Currently […]