BCS IT Leaders Forum: Get involved

BCS IT Leaders Conference

The first Annual IT Leaders conference was held in 2021. The aim of the conference is to discuss topics affecting the future of IT, its leadership, and its place in society. It is open to all BCS members and the wider professional community.

Forum Working Groups

These provide opportunities for members to contribute their opinion either formally or informally to topics raised at conference, or in other places that are important to IT leaders.

The current Working Group is on Availability/Service Resilience. To contribute, please email us at ITLeaders@bcs.org.uk stating ‘Forum Working Groups’ and your particular interest.

Forum Member Symposium

The Annual Member symposium provides an opportunity for members to openly debate and discuss topics raised at conference, in Working Groups, Forum Events, or in other places. The Symposium is limited to members of the IT Leaders Forum and sets the Agenda for Events and Working Groups over the next year.

Forum events

Events are organised, sometimes in conjunction with other groups or organisations, and sometimes with the help of sponsors. The aim is to select topics which are relevant to members and suggestions for events and speakers are always welcome.

Events may be face-to-face, virtual or a combination of both. They are open to all BCS members and the wider professional community.

Forum papers

From time to time the Forum will publish papers on the ITLKF area of the BCS web site on topics that offer useful insights that may be of benefit to others in the industry. Papers may be outputs from Forum Working Groups, other collaborations or from individual members. We would like to hear from any member that feels they have something to contribute, please email us at ITLeaders@bcs.org.uk

The Forum LinkedIn group

Our LinkedIn group is open to all members of the BCS IT Leaders Forum. Also, as the membership criteria are the same, any IT leader who meets the BCS IT Leaders Forum membership criteria (see below) is welcome to apply to join this social network group. This is one method by which the group communicates with its members, the other main method being by email.

Forum membership

Forum membership is open to all BCS Fellows and anyone responsible for or influential upon the leadership of IT who has attained at least fellowship in their professional institutes (FBCS or equivalent, e.g. SfIA+ Level 7), or is nominated by three current Committee members in good standing. Applicants are likely to have 5 years’ experience as an IT leader. Applications are considered under three categories of IT leadership. For more information on how applications are evaluated, download the BCS IT Leaders Forum Membership Evaluation Criteria document.

To apply for membership of the BCS IT Leaders Forum please send your request, your BCS membership number if you have one, and a copy of your current CV to groups@bcs.uk.