Australian Help Desk Summit 2008, Australian Help Desk Conference 2008
Australian Help Desk Summit 2008
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Australian Help Desk Summit 2008, Australian Help Desk Conference 2008
Platinum Sponsor
Cisco
Gold Sponsors
NSC Enterprise
Avaya
Integ
Genesys
Ciboodle
Silver Sponsor
Pipevines
Lunch Sponsor
Exhibitor
AFrame Salesforce
Spoken Service
Endorsed by
AFSMI
Official publication
Public Sector Technology & Management
Speakers
Tricia Olsen
CEO & Founder
ICSP International
Customer Service
Professionals
Ron Lee, CSP
Managing Director
The Corporate Ninja
John McCoy-Lancaster
CEO & Lean Six Sigma
Master Black Belt
Dynamic Business
Systems
Vicki Shields
Ambassador
International Customer
Services Professionals
(ICSP)
Henry Louey
Regional Director
SE Asia
Comptia
Bruce Youl
Director
IT Client Services
University of Victoria

Speakers Include:

  • Andy Kyiet, Vice President, Association for Service Management (Australia)
  • David Hopkins, Programme Director, Public Spirit Ltd (UK)
  • Katie Dwyer, Service Deliver Manager, Service Desk & Asset Management, Railcorp
  • Mat Rogers, A/National, Manager, IT Service Delivery Strategy and Management, Centrelink
  • Garry Scarborough, Senior Consultant, CreatorTech
  • Tim Yorke, Manager, Service Delivery and Support Information and Communication Technology,
    Department of Education and Training
  • Ven Boujos, IT Campus Coordinator, Edith Cowan University
  • Susan McLennan, IT Service Desk Coordinator, Edith Cowan University
  • Gerard McMullan, Managing Director, CAI Asia Pacific & Former Managing Director, Peppers and Rogers
  • Guy Simons, Managed Services Manager, NSC Group
  • Julian Day BSc, MAITS, MAICD, Chairman, Australian Software Metrics Association
  • Keith Brady, Dip PTM, MBA, MAICD, Consultant, Consensus Advantage
  • Richard Whitmarsh, IT Service Help Desk, Cisco (USA)
This unique contact centre industry event will confirm two summits running simultaneously
(1) The Australian Contact Centre Summit and
(2) The Australian IT Service Management & Help Desk Summit
The two summits bring together the experts in the contact centre and customer contact industry to bring best-practice ideas to industry practitioners.
Each summit will be run independently but will share an opening plenary session, some of the breaks and the cocktail reception on Day One.

Summit highlights include:

  • Keynote addresses (Australia, NZ, Asia, Europe and North America)
  • Award-winning case studies
  • Interactive panel discussions
  • 2-day technology exhibition (complimentary)
  • Networking lunches and cocktails (complimentary)
  • Course documentation (complimentary)

The Australian IT Service Management & Help Desk Summit 2008
offers time-saving strategies to:

People

  • DELIVER on “value-based” leadership for your team
  • MOTIVATE staff to go the extra mile
  • ENHANCE team performance across all levels of operations
  • ALIGN recruitment, training and coaching with performance
  • STRENGHTEN career development opportunities for your team
  • INVEST in skills development and staff training
  • DEVELOP key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and act on performance
  • STREAMLINE resources and workforce management

Process

  • DESIGN IT Service Management& Help Desks to boost business performance
  • APPLY 6 sigma principles to business excellence
  • SUPPORT award-winning service management operations
  • DEVELOP and manage the modern IT Service Management& Help Desk
  • DELIVER on service excellence across the enterprise
  • MANAGE support for internal and external customers
  • BOOST the performance of IT Service Management& Help Desk services
  • INCORPORATE world-class ICT governance into customer services
  • INTEGRATE change management with IT Service Management& Help Desk services
  • PLAN ahead for disaster recovery, including downtime
  • IMPROVE problem and incident management levels while slashing overheads
    APPLY customer relationship management principles to end-user services
  • STRENGHEN incident reporting and forecasting
  • STREAMLINE customer service and support functions
  • DELIVER on service level agreements
  • CLARIFY and comply with international ISO standards

Technology

  • LEVERAGING the best technology to support client needs
  • EVALUATE latest information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) tools
  • STREAMLINE *data integration *data security & *storage
  • ASSESS the potential of *voice-over-IP (VoIP) and *mobile communications
  • IMPROVE workflow capabilities
  • STRENGHTEN collective intelligence
  • INVEST in cost-effective IT service management tools

Who should attend?

  • Head of IT
  • IT Project Manager
  • ITIL Project Manager
  • Change Manager & Release Manager
  • Senior Technical Specialist
  • Infrastructure Specialist
  • System Administrator
  • Problem Manager or Problem Coordinator
  • Operations Team Leader
  • Operations Engineer
  • IT Support Manager or IT Support Team Leader
  • Incident Managers
  • Service Desk manager / Helpdesk Manager

From industries including:

  • Government
  • (Federal, State and Local Government)
  • ICT
  • Emergency services
  • Telecommunications
  • Legal
  • Banking & finance
  • Insurance
  • Hospitality
  • Hotels
  • Outsourced IT Service Management& Help Desks
  • Transport
  • Broadcasting/publishing
  • Travel
  • Advertising
  • Utilities
  • Education
  • Recruitment
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail/wholesale/FMCG marketing/direct
  • Marketing
  • Media/ New Media
  • Health/hospitals
  • Gaming
  • Defense
  • Consulting services

Call for papers

If you would like to present a paper at this summit, contact Shahida Sweeney on Tel +612 8908 8510 or email shahida@acevents.com.au or click here.

Sponsorship & exhibition opportunities

For sponsorship & exhibition opportunities, contact Steve Congerton on Tel +612 8908 8512 or email steve@acevents.com.au or click here. Exhibition stands are offered on a first-in-best-dressed basis.

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Venue and Accommodation

Venue: Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre,
Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: + 61 2 9282 5000

Official accommodation and travel partner:
FCm Travel Solutions
Team NSW103
Suite F 6 / 30 Clarence St Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: 02 8270 0898
Fax: 02 8270 0877
Email: sam.rowe@fcmtravel.com.au
www.FCMtravel.com

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