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'Innovate, collaborate...' - Summit blog 3
17th Apr 2010
Turns out that staying up until 3am watching the UK political party leaders’ debate on TV on my first night here was not conducive to overcoming jet-lag, and today has been particularly hectic (certainly not the sightseeing trip that I’d been angling for...).
The theme of the summit this year is ‘Innovate, collaborate, make a difference’ – and it’s fair to say that we have spent most of today doing a LOT of innovating and collaborating. Fortunately, we are reasonably adept at using ‘new media’ (social networking, video, skype,...), and this flexibility is really coming into its own as volcanic ash wreaks havoc with the travel plans of some of the OxHA delegates. It may all be a monumental hassle for me and my colleague, but in fact remarkably few people have had to drop out altogether – and of course the glories of the internet mean that slides and videos can wing their way over to us, even if their presenters can’t.
In the absence of both the director of the Oxford Health Alliance and my boss, we’ve co-opted a new chairman, Richard Smith (director of the UHC Chronic Disease Initiative), who arrived this afternoon. It turns out he was at a conference just after 9/11, when all the planes were similarly grounded, and he seems to have survived that experience – sure enough, half an hour (and a rejigged agenda) later, and all seems on track.
Needless to say, I’ve not even thought about the presentation I’m giving on Tuesday. As they say, ‘work expands to fill the time available’. At this rate, that’ll be for about 30 seconds at 11:29 on Tuesday morning...
Low point of the day? About 4km into my run in the gym, when I thought my legs were about to give way beneath me, the result of a day’s ossification sitting behind a desk.
Highlight of the day? Undoubtedly, an item on the pudding menu at dinner: ‘Peach cream-filled Wind Bags'.
So – a packed, calorie-laden and surprisingly successful day, albeit not one with a huge amount to tell. I’m assuming, for example, that you don’t want to know about the trials of trying to set up some form of web-conferencing? No, of course not – that would turn this into One Of Those Blogs, the sort that makes me want to scream ‘NO ONE IS INTERESTED!’ at the author. So I’ll see you tomorrow.
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Great blog keep it going, makes me feel as if I'm right there with you. thanks.
Posted by Sara Karrar on 19th Apr 2010
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