Computer Society Heads Down The Coast
Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday March 4, 2003
New technology will go under the microscope at next month's Australian Computer Society conference, writes Jenny Sinclair.
The Australian Computer Society's annual conference this year will focus on new broadband and wireless technologies, and on making technology pay off for businesses.
The conference is being held for the third year in Lorne, on Victoria's west coast, from March 21-23. Organisers say numbers are up on last year, but still down on 2001's huge turnout.
The international keynote speaker will be Gerry McGovern, a US-based content manager and information architect. McGovern is on a speaking tour of Australia, in which he will outline his principles of information architecture to system designers.
Garry Druitt, the chief information officer for the South West Alliance of Rural Hospitals in Victoria, will talk about the benefits of co-operation over a network. The alliance has used fast data links to deliver health services and information to 33 sites from Apollo Bay to Portland and Casterton to Hamilton in the north, covering 46,000 square kilometres.
Other presentations cover the latest Linux developments from IBM's perspective, and Professor Christine Mingins, of Monash University's .NET group, will help demystify the platform.
Entrepreneur David Gold, formerly of dstore, will talk about commercial wi-fi networks in his capacity as chief executive of Azure Wireless.
Patrick Corporation will explain the technology it is using to automate Australia's ports, and a speaker from Sydney Water will give an overview of the company's mobile computing strategy.
On the business front, the chief executive of SMS technology will recount the company's rocky journey into the dotcom world.
The conference's student and young professionals program on the Saturday includes access to some regular sessions, and special presentations on what life as an IT specialist will be like, and how to thrive inside a large company.
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acs.org.au
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