BALLARAT ICT E-BULLETIN, FEBRUARY 24, 2009.
Victorian eHealth Network Forum
You are invited to the third Victorian eHealth Network Forum to be held in Ballarat, Tuesday 3rd March 2009.
The event to be held at Greenhill Enterprise Centre, University of Ballarat Technology Park, will include a speaking event and networking over lunch.
Topics that will be covered during the presentations, "The future of eHealth from IBM perspective", "Innovation in the Clever County. Why it's necessary", and an update on the Ballarat ICT eHealth and ICT project.
For further details please click here.
Engaging with Microsoft
Participation in the University of Ballarat Technology Park and Ballarat IT Professionals Breakfast continues to grow. These networking events are held on the third Tuesday of each month.
David Sajfar Industry Development Manager, Microsoft Australia was the guest presenter on 17 February 2009 with more than 45 people in attendance. Click here to see photos and find out more about this event.
The next breakfast event will be held on 17 March 2009 put this date in your diary now. Registration and speaker information will be distributed soon.
ACS Conference - Greening ICT towards sustainability
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) invites Ballarat ICT cluster members to consider registering for its Victorian Branch conference which will be held at the Novotel Forest Resort in Creswick. The Conference is the flagship event for the ACS Victorian Branch and is designed to highlight current issues facing the profession. Titled "Greening ICT towards Sustainability" the Conference is being held on Friday 15 to Saturday16 May 2009. Click here to download the registration brochure. Full Conference details can also be found at www.acs.org.au/vic/2009conference
IPv6 Workshop
A free briefing workshop VIC6 TestNet was held at the Greenhill Enterprise Centre on 18 February 2009. Click here to view copies of the presentation slides. For further information visit www.vic6.net
Carbon 101 - VeCCI Briefing
Are you one of the thousands of Victorian businesses unsure of how the Federal Government's Carbon Reduction Pollution Scheme will affect your business? There is help out there!
VECCI is hosting a briefing for small to medium businesses to help answer these questions and more. This information session will teach you to reduce your businesses impact on the environment and learn about the opportunities available to Victorian businesses that take the lead and respond early to the new carbon economy. Click here for further information.
Ballarat Professional & Women in Business
Mark 27 March 2009 in your diary for cocktails at Portico. For further details see the attached invitation. This evening of networking and fun will commence at 5.30 pm and conclude around 7.30 pm. What a great opportunity to extend your network of contacts.
Click here for event flyer
RSVP to mcousins@vecci.org.au as soon as possible.
Do you need assistance with your bookkeeping?
Colette's Books is a brand new bookkeeping business aimed at providing bookkeeping and accounting support to small businesses in the Ballarat area.
For further information on Colette's Books Click here or contact Colette O'Donnell by phone: 03 53322380 or email: or email; colettesbooks@ncable.net.au
No Limits up for SEVEN national television awards
Ballarat-based national multimedia and eLearning company, yum productions are thrilled to be heading to the 2009 Antenna Awards with seven nominations for the television program No Limits as series producer with Grit Media executive producer.
yum was contracted by Grit Media to executive direct the organisation and also to produce the last two seasons of No Limits and has taken the show from a training ground for people with disabilities to being a high quality show, with fabulous stories. ‘Our idea for the show was to build quality production values, build each episode with three or four really strong story lines to challenge and entertain at the same time. We wanted to be controversial and not shy away from difficult issues.' Erin said.
Click here to view Media Release
International Women's Day Breakfast- hosted by the Vic ICT for Women & ACS
Vic ICT for Women and the Australian Computer Society (ACS) invite you to join them at a networking breakfast on Thursday 5th March, 2009 to celebrate ‘International Women's Day'. All are Welcome!
Technology on the beat'- does TV's use of technology in police shows reflect reality?
Date: Thursday 5th March, 2009.
Time: 7.00am for a 7.30am start- 9.00am close
Venue: River Room 1, Crown Entertainment Complex, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank.
Cost: ACS and VIC ICT for Women Members- $35.00
Student Members- $25.00
Non-Members- $45.00
RSVP: (Bookings are essential)
More information available at: www.vicictforwomen.com.au
Multimedia Victoria
Multimedia Victoria is currently putting together material to attract highly skilled IT migrants to Victoria. The product will be a promotional sheet that highlights the opportunities and benefits for IT professional in Victoria and gives a fw case studies of successful migrants working in Victoria as highly skilled ICT professionals. To learn more about what the case studies will outline and the IT areas MMV are seeking professionals from click here.
OzWIT 2009: striving to improve diversity and equity in IT: 11th Australian Women in IT Conference.
The 11th OzWIT conference will be held at the Deakin University Burwood (TBC) ON November 30 and December 1, 2009. The OzWIT conference will precede the Australiasian Conference in Information Systems (ACIS) to be held at Monash University. Delegates are encouraged to consider combining the two conferences.
OzWIT has a mission of informing, sharing, community building, and re-energising those involved in the recruitment and retention of women in information technology.
For more information, click here.
Business Opportunities with Shanghai World Expo Pavilion
The Industry Capability Network (ICN) is currently seeking registrations from Australian businesses interested in opportunities with the Australian Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010.
ICN is a government-funded organisation that supports Australian industry by matching businesses with the relevant opportunities and assisting purchasers locate competitive Australian suppliers.
The Expo will be held from 1 May to 31 October 2010, and will be the largest in history. Over 2220 countries and organisations are expected to take part in the Shanghai World Expo and organisers predict up to 70 million visitors will attend.
For more information please view the Event Flyer
StixCamp Newstead
Based on the BarCamp model, StixCamp Newstead brings together mainly users and developers of open source tools and applications to share knowledge about particular subjects, in this case technology and business.
$50 to register and tent/swag site is free (Welshmans Reef Vineyard). Please click here for further information.
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