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Briefing by Northern Ireland Fiscal Council

Room 21, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Finance

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COM(2023)769: Proposal for Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee

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‘Major Capital Projects: Follow-up Report’: Executive Office; Department of Finance; Strategic Investment Board; Northern Ireland Audit Office

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Public Accounts Committee

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Trunk Road T3 [Western Transport Corridor – Sion Mills (North) to Ballygawley (West)] Order (Northern Ireland) 2024: Department for Infrastructure

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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Inquiry into Relationships and Sexuality Education: Transferor Representatives’ Council

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Education

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Inquiry into Relationships and Sexuality Education: NSPCC

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Education

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Banking Hubs in Northern Ireland: Cash Access UK

Room 21, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Finance

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Financial Landscape in the United Kingdom and Ireland: Financial Services Union

Room 21, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Finance

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Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill: Dr Rachel Scarfe, University of Stirling

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Communities

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Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the Digital Labelling of EU Fertilising Products: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee

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Draft Programme for Government 2024-27: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Room 21, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

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Inquiry into Relationships and Sexuality Education: HERe NI; Rainbow Project

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Education

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Inquiry into Relationships and Sexuality Education: Dr Áine Aventin, Queen’s University Belfast

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Education

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Draft Budget 2025-26: Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman

Room 21, Parliament Buildings




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Draft Budget 2025-26: Northern Ireland Audit Office

Room 21, Parliament Buildings




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Planning and Infrastructure Key Issues: Mineral Products Association Northern Ireland

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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Briefing by Mrs Michelle O'Neill MLA, First Minister

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for The Executive Office

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Impact of Northern Ireland Water’s Capacity Constraints on the Construction Sector: Construction Employers Federation; Royal Society of Ulster Architects

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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Inquiry into Relationships and Sexuality Education: Children’s Law Centre

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Education

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Inquiries Implementation Programme: Department of Health

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Health

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Is your asthma inhaler bad for the environment?

A team of physician-scientists calculated how much greenhouse gas is being emitted by inhalers prescribed for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The post Is your asthma inhaler bad for the environment? appeared first on Scope.




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Assembly to mark the passing of Former deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness

Speaking today on the death of former deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Robin Newton MBE MLA said: “While I am the Speaker of an Assembly in which Martin McGuinness played an integral part as a Member, Minister and deputy First Minister, I am mindful that today a family has lost a husband, a father, a brother and a grandfather. On behalf of the Northern Ireland Assembly, I express my sincere condolences and sympathy to his family whom I know he held dear.




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Minister Invited to Give Evidence in RHI Scheme Inquiry

The Public Accounts Committee has agreed to invite Arlene Foster MLA to give evidence on its Inquiry into the Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.




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Committee is determined that inquiry will get to the bottom of RHI scheme

The Northern Ireland Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has reiterated its determination to get to the bottom of the issues in its inquiry into the non-domestic renewable heat incentive scheme.




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PAC continues its inquiry

The Northern Ireland Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has taken evidence from Ofgem on its Inquiry into the Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.




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Committee visits Waterways Ireland HQ

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Infrastructure has today visited the Waterways Ireland headquarters in Enniskillen.




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PAC to suspend inquiry

The Northern Ireland Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has decided to adjourn today’s public session into the next phase of the Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry in order for all ongoing Departmental investigations to conclude.




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New Clerk/Chief Executive takes up the reins at Northern Ireland Assembly

Lesley Hogg, the new Clerk/Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Assembly has taken up her post.





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SOA Governance First Steps - Part 1 of 3

Even for organizations that are banking on SOA, SOA governance remains a largely informal process. Bad idea, say experts Cathy Lippert, Mark Dutra, and Bruce Bailey.




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SOA Governance First Steps - Part 2 of 3

Wikis and spreadsheets are great tools - but not for SOA governance. Experts Cathy Lippert, Mark Dutra, and Bruce Bailey talk about the importance of maintaining and carefully managing an inventory of SOA assets.




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SOA Governance First Steps - Part 3 of 3

What's the connection between a well-managed inventory of SOA assets, project delivery, and high-level architecture? Experts Cathy Lippert, Mark Dutra, and Bruce Bailey explain.




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Stir Up Some SOA - Part 1 of 2

"Fusion cuisine" takes on a new meaning in this conversation about software development, architecture, and the future with all five authors of the Oracle Service Bus 11g Cookbook.




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Stir Up Some SOA - Part 2 of 2

"Fusion cuisine" takes on a new meaning in this conversation about software development, architecture, and the future with all five authors of the Oracle Service Bus 11g Cookbook.




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Docker and Virtualization - Part 1

Docker 4X5. Part one of this four-part discussion by five experts looks at Docker basics.




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Docker and Virtualization - Part 2

Is Docker ready for prime time? An expert panel discusses the pros and cons, and the importance of the ecosystem around Docker containers.




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Docker and Virtualization - Part 3

The panel discusses how combining containers like Docker with continuous delivery pipelines provides the ability to deliver small, incremental changes into production.




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Docker and Virtualization - Part 4

The panel discussion concludes with a look at the artefacts within a Docker container.




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Chatbots: First Steps and Lessons Learned - Part 1

Chabot development comes with a unique set of requirements and considerations that may prove challenging to those making their first excursion into this new breed of services. This podcast features a panel of developers who have been there, done that, and are willing to talk about it.




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Chatbots: First Steps and Lessons Learned - Part 2

The previous podcast featured a discussion of chatbot development with a panel of developers who were part of a program that provided early access to the Oracle Intelligent Bots platform available within the Mobile Cloud Service. In this podcast we continue the discussion of chatbot development with an entirely new panel of developers who also had the opportunity to work with that same Intelligent Bots beta release.

  • Oracle ACE Director Mia Urman is Chief Executive Officer of AuraPlayer Limited. She’s based in Brookline, Massachusetts.
  • Peter Crew is Director at SDS Group, and Chief Technical Officer with MagiaCX Solutions, in Perth, Australia
  • And Christoph Ruepprich is Infrastructure Senior Principal with Accenture Enkitec Group. He’s based in Dallas, TX

In this program Mia, Peter, and Christoph compare notes on the particular challenges that defined their chatbot development experiences, and discuss what they did to meet those challenges.




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#360: Inspiring Innovation and Entrepreneurism in Young People

Karla Readshaw is director of development for Iridescent, a non-profit organization focused on bringing quality STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) to young people -- particularly girls -- around the globe. This program was recorded during Karla's presentation at the Women In Technology Breakfast held on October 22, 2018 as part of Oracle Code One.

View the complete show notes.




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Chris Bensen: Inspiring Developers to Build Real Things

Inspiring Builders: Part 1: Jim Grisanzio and Chris Bensen from Oracle Developer Relations talk about how they engage developers via demos and experiences online and at conferences. This in depth conversation is part one of a two part series on inspiring developers to build real things. 

Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/ 

 




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Engaging Communities of Makers - People who Build with their Bare Hands

Inspiring Builders: Part 2: Jim Grisanzio and Chris Bensen talk with Dale Dougherty from Make Magazine about the global phenomenon of Makers -- people who build with their bare hands and who give back to the community. This story is as old as it gets. We all have an inherent desire to build and collaborate and share, right?

Engaging Communities of Makers - People who Build with their Bare Hands (Video)

Dale Dougherty, Founder of Make Magazine
https://twitter.com/dalepd
https://twitter.com/make
https://twitter.com/makerfaire
https://makezine.com/
https://makerfaire.com/

Chris Bensen, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/chrisbensen
YouTube: Chris Bensen: Inspiring Developers to Build Real Things
Building of Super Pi
Building the world’s largest Raspberry Pi cluster
The Seven Step Process to Creating an Amazing Demo
Starting a New Project — Pi Zero Custom Breadboard
Episode 1 - Custom Breadboard for Pi Zero

Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/ 




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Explore Oracle Labs Australia with Founder & Director Cristina Cifuentes

Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Cristina Cifuentes, Ph.D., who is the Director or Oracle Labs Australia. The conversation covers research and development in the labs, working with engineering teams at Oracle to ensure secure products, engaging university students on a FOSS project, and some history from Sun Microsystems as well. Video on YouTube.

Oracle News Connect Article

Cristina Cifuentes, Ph.D., Founder & Director of Oracle Labs Australia

University of Queensland and Oracle Cyber Security Project

Oracle Labs

Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations




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Oracle ACE Mirela Ardelean Previews the 2021 Oracle Groundbreakers EMEA Virtual Tour

Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Mirela Ardelean about building the Oracle developer community and also the upcoming Oracle Groundbreakers EMEA Virtual Tour 2021 — October 15-29. There will be 70 speakers presenting Oracle technologies over 11 days to 10 UGs! Video on YouTube. Get involved with the event here.

Mirela Ardelean, Oracle ACE, Founder and VP of the Romanian Oracle User Group, Board member of EOUC

Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations




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Oracle ACE Director Francisco Alvarez Munoz Previews the 2021 Oracle Groundbreakers APAC Virtual Tour

Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Oracle ACE Director Francisco Alvarez Munoz about the upcoming APAC Oracle Groundbreakers APAC Virtual Tour. The event takes place over two weeks starting on November 22 and running through December 7. Thousands of developers are expected to participate along with 100 speakers talking about a variety of topics, such as Java, Database, Cloud, APEX, Developer Tools, Data Science, and more. The event schedule will be posted soon. Check the links below and get involved. Video on YouTube.

Francisco Alvarez Munoz, Oracle ACE Director & President of the APAC Oracle User Community

Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations




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Oracle ACE Director Rita Nunez Previews the 2021 LAOUC Evento de Primavera

Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Oracle ACE Director Rita Nunez from Argentina to preview the upcoming 2021 LAOUC Evento de Primavera November 9-10. The event will be held online in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, and it's free and open to developers globally. Technologies discussed will be Oracle Database, security, APEX, Java, development tools, cloud, and more. Get involved here.

Rita Nunez, Oracle ACE Director

Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations




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Simon Coter and Simon Hayler on Oracle VirtualBox and Cloud Integration

Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Simon Coter and Simon Hayler from the Oracle Linux and Virtualization Product Management organization about Oracle VirtualBox, the community, the roadmap, and integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Simon Coter, Director, Oracle Linux and Virtualization
https://twitter.com/scoter80

Simon Hayler, Sr. Principal Technical Product Manager, Oracle Linux and Virtualization

https://twitter.com/simonhayler1965

VirtualBox for Dummies
https://blogs.oracle.com/scoter/post/ebook-virtualbox-for-dummies

Oracle Virtual Box
https://www.virtualbox.org/

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
https://www.oracle.com/cloud/

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with Oracle VM VirtualBox
https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/post/journey-to-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-with-oracle-vm-virtualbox
https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/oracle-vm-vb-oci-export-20190502-5480003.pdf

Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/




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Oracle Code Innovate Retools, Embraces Virtual Format to Engage Developers

Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Chip Baber from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) about the Oracle Code Innovate Program. The conversation centers around building the cloud community by working directly with developers — that's side by side, hands on coding collaboration — on real cloud projects for active customers.

The program, which started in 2018 with in-person sprints and moved virtual in 2020, uses a flexible Agile framework that spans a week of interactions, such as planning, training, ideation, coding, standups, demos, etc. What’s great about the program is that all sides learn — the customer’s developers get more direct experience coding in OCI, the customer’s executive management gets needed projects initiated that can be evolved to eventual deployment, and Oracle gets valuable engineering feedback that can help improve OCI. Plus, it’s fun. People at all levels who contribute to the project are really passionate about it. Listen in to hear why.  

Video Interview on YouTube
https://youtu.be/_qTnhoZ1vKI 

Article on Oracle News Connect
https://www.oracle.com/news/connect/groundbreakers-podcast-oracle-virtual-code-innovate.html 

Chip Baber, Senior Manager, Code Innovate, Emerging Technology Oracle Cloud
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chipbaber/ 

Contact the Code Innovate Team
codeinnovate_us_grp@oracle.com 

Latest Video Review of the Virtual Code Innovate Program
https://youtu.be/BcNuD8fm62k 

Dozens of Videos on Oracle Code Innovate
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPIzp-E1msrZMCfSHbKgLK3KWsNM9JB9a 

Chip Baber's YouTube Tech & Code Channel
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnBif_-5JnA8Hzvp8e1bQ3fo6VEvYEB0 

Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/ 
https://developer.oracle.com/team/ 
https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/ 

Photos from Live Code Innovate Events: 2018-2019
Oracle and GE Digital Bangalore https://flic.kr/s/aHsmtEb4XB 
Oracle and McAfee Bangalore https://flic.kr/s/aHsmsufTbW 
Oracle and Cisco San Jose https://flic.kr/s/aHsmBpBhVk 
Oracle and Cisco Bangalore https://flic.kr/s/aHsmDKBpPY 




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Janakiram MSV on Emerging Trends in Cloud Computing

Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Janakiram MSV about some upcoming trends to look out for in 2022 in cloud computing. Janakiram is an industry analyst and architect based in Hyderabad, India, and he gave the keynote at Oracle Developer Day India in the fall of 2021. Video on YouTube.