A brief history of Naace

1984
HMI Conference for IT Advisers at Newman College established the need for a professional association. Provisional committee appointed to produce draft constitution.
1985
First NAACE Conference at The Abbey Hotel Malvern. First Executive Committee elected. Bryan Weaver elected first Chair, Steve Bacon elected first Vice Chair.
1986
Sir Keith Joseph addresses the Second Naace Conference in Newcastle by proxy – Mrs Thatcher required his counsel on the day of the speech and it was read by Philip Lewis from DES.
1988
The first of five NAACE Conferences to be held at the Palace Hotel, Buxton. Kenneth Baker gives the Ministerial address as Secretary of State.
1991
Dr Bill Tagg appointed as first NAACE Professional Officer working one day a week.

1993
Period of rapid growth commenced. NAACE still had only 80 members. Sponsorship increases over the year from 11 companies to 14.

1994
150 members attended the Annual Conference in Buxton. Inspecting IT and Reviewing IT published to wide acclaim. Now with 17 Sponsors, NAACE holds its first Sponsors Day at Rutland Water.
1995
226 members.

1996
Bill Tagg retires and Mike Smith becomes Professional Officer, initially for one day a week. NAACE becomes a registered charity.
1997
Implementing ICT and The NAACE National Objectives for ICT are published. Neil Adam is appointed NAACE Business Manager. First NAACE website is launched. NQAS (now called Naacemark for Service Providers) launched.
1999
Charles Clarke addressed Conference in Liverpool as Junior Minister for Education.
2000
Neil Adam retires as NAACE Business Manager, and Steve Bacon appointed as first General Secretary. The Bill Tagg Bursary is launched.
2001
NAACE Office in Nottingham opened – Carolyn Stoppard appointed as Office Manager. 700 members.

2002
Mike Smith retires as Professional Officer and national officer team starts to be built at the Nottingham office. Naacemark for Schools launched.
2003
1,000 members reached. Discussions about merger with other ICT associations. Charles Clarke addresses NAACE Conference in Torquay as Secretary of State for Education and again the following year in Scarborough.
2004
Charles Clarke launches a new Naace made up of the old NAACE, MAPE and CEG. 3,500 members. 110 sponsoring partners (see 1993!)
2005
Steve Bacon retires as General Secretary, and is replaced by Mary Barker. Merger with ACITT
2006
Launch of Institutional Membership and the ICT Mark.