speakers

Dean Economou Technology Strategist, Broadband and the Digital Economy National ICT Australia (NICTA)	Chris Beer IT Development Manager, myregion.gov.au Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government	Glyn Evans Chief Information Officer Birmingham City Council	Paul West Business Development Manager, Rhyzome Networks City of Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Cr Prabir Maitra Councillor Parramatta City Council	Mark Goldstone Chief Executive Officer Prospect City Council	David Lynch Manager Development and Strategic Projects Townsville City Council	Lesley Milburn Chief Information Officer City of Boroondara
Jim Barclay Chief Information Officer Logan City Council	Rick Morrow Chief Information Officer Colac Otway Shire Council	Ryan England Manager, Information and Communication Technology The Barossa Council	Luke Potter Manager of Information Services Latrobe City Council
Paul Sheriff Manager, Information Services City of Greater Geraldton	Kevin Nonweiler Manager, Information Services Mosman City Council, New South Wales	Jeff Jones Manager, Information Services Cockburn City Council	Duncan Kelly Manager, Information Services Kingston City Council
Colin Cunningham Manager, Information Services Cairns Regional Council	Beki Boulet Manager, Strategy and Organisation Development Ryde City Council	Terry Dodds Group Manager, Public Works Ryde City Council	Steve Williamson Community Safety Officer Community Safety Officer
Kevin Chan Team Leader IT Infrastructure Kingston City Council	Dr. Helen Thompson Director - Centre for eCommerce and Communications University of Ballarat	Sarah Artist Assistant Director UTS: Centre for Local Government

ABOUT THE EVENT

Welcome to Australia's 'Technology in Local Government Summit 2012'- the only event in the country specifically designed to tackle the challenging ICT issues facing local government organisations throughout Australia. You will benefit from the expertise of local and international experts and you'll hear practical case study presentations from Birmingham City Council UK, City of Stratford, Ontario Canada, Parramatta City Council, City of Boroondara and Logan City Council, to name a few.

You will come away with new ideas and practical strategies for providing improved services for your local areas including effective ways to reduce running costs and strategies for dramatically improving customer service.

How does your local government organisation compare with others?

What does your organisation need to do NEXT in order to deliver outstanding services?

BENefits of attending

The 'Technology in Local Government Summit 2012' will provide you with a clear understanding of how to:

• BUILD a technology roadmap for enhanced service delivery to internal and external clients and stakeholders
• MANAGE IT-enabled business change
• MOVE towards mobile technologies to deliver ubiquitous computing
• IMPROVE the efficiency and availability of IT resources and applications through virtualisation
• UTILISE Open Source as an opportunity for councils suffering budgetary constraints
• CULTIVATE a roadmap for systems migration

topics to be coverd

Key issues include:

• National Broadband Network and the future of local government service delivery
• The evolving role of the CIO in local governments
• IT security implications of adopting new technologies
• Cloud computing as a cost saving alternative for data storage within local government
• Shared services – how to get it right
• Utilising mobile technology in developing optimum customer service
• Desktop and server virtualisation in managing local government technology spending

who should attend

• Those who play a role in managing and implementing Information Technology Upgrades and Enhancing Service Delivery in local government councils including, but not limited to Chief Information Officers, Directors, or Managers of IT, Information Services, Network Engineers, Network Administrators, Councillors and Mayors.
• Companies that provide ICT products, services and solutions to Local Governments including virtualisation, data warehousing, cloud computing, green ICT, information security, privacy, Wi-Fi solutions, mobile technologies, applications, and software development and other IT service providers
• State and Federal ICT Policy Planners and Developers
• Information Directors from the Department of Local Government

venue and accommodation

Venue
Australian Technology Park - Bay 4,
Locomotive Workshop Henderson Road,
Eveleigh NSW 2015
Telephone: 02 9209 4220
Website: www.atp.com.au

Accommodation
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