Past Event – November Lightning Talks - Wednesday 18th November, 2009
ICT Illawarra held the 5th and final event for 2009 on Wednesday 18th November.
The night was a great success, with 10 distinguished speakers sharing a topic that mattered to them, and that they thought would interest the audience, for a maximum of 5 minutes - a lightning talk.
A list of our speakers are listed below, and where possible, links to their presentations.
- Professor Aditya Ghose, University of Wollongong - Computing for sustainability: The Carbon Centric Computing Initiative
- Farzad, Director, ICT Research Institute
Past Event: September 16th – Understanding the Customer
The fourth event of 2009 is to be focussed on local businesses or businesses with a presence in the Illawarra, and how these businesses utilise ICT in their everyday business operations. A range of industries have been invited to provide feedback on the issues, challenges and benefits of using ICT for various functions, and the area's they see their current and future needs.
Confirmed special guests include:
- Evan Thomas, AHM
- Dom Figliomeni, Port Kembla Port Corporation
- Sanjay Sharma, Gujarat NRE Minerals Ltd
- Peter Newing, BlueScope Steel
Event Format:
Drinks and nibbles will be provided, and the event itself will be much more interactive and relaxed than our formal launch. We’d love to see you there, and be prepared to get involved in some round-table discussions that focus on a range of different topic areas that we’re sure will provide something of interest for everyone.
When: Wednesday, 16th September, 2009 , 5:30pm - 8pm
Where: City View Room, iC Central, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong
How much: Free
What next? Please RSVP online, using our Eventbrite registration page.
Past Event: Public Sphere, Friday 28th August, 2009
Public Sphere is coming to Wollongong, focusing on Australian ICT & Creative Industries Development. Read our announcement or see Sen. Kate Lundy's Website for details.
Past Event: August 19th, 2009 - Illawarra Knowledge - Profiling Local ICT
The third event of 2009 is to be focussed on ICT businesses in the Illawarra and the highlights and challenges they face currently and in the future. This is to be the first in a series of "Profiling the Illawarra" events (generally to be held once per year) which will invite local businesses, and businesses with a local presence, to address an audience of ICT professionals, researchers, students, government representatives and local business people from a range of sectors.
This event will feature local ICT businesses from the Illawarra including:
Yuranga, Bond International, Plaut, Hiive, Andrews Corp, Itree
Event Format:
Drinks and nibbles will be provided, and the event itself will be much more interactive and relaxed than our formal launch. We’d love to see you there, and be prepared to get involved in some round-table discussions that focus on a range of different topic areas that we’re sure will provide something of interest for everyone.
When: Wednesday, 19th June, 2009 , 5:30pm - 8pm
Where: City View Room, iC Central, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong
How much: Free
What next? Please RSVP online, using our Eventbrite registration page.
Past Event: June 17th, 2009 – Looking out from Down Under
Our next meeting will be held on the 17th of June at 5:30pm, and features presentations by successful Aussie technologists who will share some of their experiences, lessons and insights as they’ve built and worked with technology on a global stage.
The event will feature two speakers:
David Jones, co-founder of ThreatMatrix, a VC backed Australian startup with exciting real-time anti-fraud technology which is finding success globally.
David co-founded ThreatMetrix in 2005 – ThreatMetrix is now a leader in eCommerce fraud protection using next generation Device Intelligence. The 3 main fraud protection solutions focus on new account creation, account takeover, and online purchases.
David has more than 15 years experience in technical and management roles within the software industry and prior to co-founding ThreatMetrix, he founded SpamMATTERS delivering products used by Federal Government agencies for tracking Phishing and Spamming operations.
At Surfcontrol, he was VP of Global Research, a leading internet content filtering company that has most recently been acquired by WebSENSE. Among his major achievements at SurfControl was the management of the Email Filtering and flagship anti-spam solutions generating over 30% of company revenues.
David arrived at his position at SurfControl when EmU Tech email filtering, another company he founded, was acquired by SurfControl in 2001. He holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology, Sydney.
A copy of David's slides are available on SlideShare.
Dean Economou, Technology Strategist for NICTA, and Director Emotional Logic.
Dean was peviously CSIRO''s top authority in network and advanced applications research. Dean’s personal goal is to build the ultimate mobile, networked human collaborative system.
He was the key architect of the Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre: a $120m market-focussed research initiative in the online and mobile services industries.
He is also the CEO, CTO and co-founder of a substantial public-private research and development program with CSIRO, "The Centre for Networking Technologies for the Information Economy". Two separate DCITA grants ($37m in total), with major contributions from CSIRO and industry.
In addition he is the co-founder of QPSX Communications, a major Australian telecommunications start-up which went on the export globally through Siemens and Alcatel.
Dean's slides are available to download.
Event Format:
Drinks and nibbles will be provided, and the event itself will be much more interactive and relaxed than our formal launch. We’d love to see you there, and be prepared to get involved in some round-table discussions that focus on a range of different topic areas that we’re sure will provide something of interest for everyone.
When: Wednesday, 17th June, 2009 , 5:30pm - 8pm
Where: City View Room, iC Central, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong
How much: Free
What next? Please RSVP online, using our Eventbrite registration page.
Past Event: ICTI Launch
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| Bob Hayward, CSC | Hon. David Campbell | Professor Gerard Sutton |
ICT Illawarra will be formally launched by the Hon. David Campbell (NSW Minister for Transport and Minister for the Illawarra) and University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton.
Experienced IT entrepreneur, Bob Hayward, who was recently appointed Chief Technology & Innovation Officer APJ at CSC, will provide a key note presentation on the current state of the IT sector and opportunities for growth.
NEW! You can now download Bob Hayward's presentation (PDF, 2.2MB)
This first meeting of the cluster will provide prospective cluster members the opportunity to network and to begin to explore the benefits of participating in the Cluster. Local ICT businesses, business users of IT, university researchers and people interested in starting an ICT or ICT-related business are all invited to this exciting milestone for ICT in the Illawarra.
Download the flyer (PDF, 220KB).
When: Wednesday 20th May 2009, 5:30pm - 8pm
Where: City View Room, iC Central, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong
How much: Free
What next? Please RSVP online, using our Eventbrite registration page.
