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Program

The following is a preliminary program and is subject to change.

Day 0: Monday 26 November: Welcome and Pre-conference Related Events


Optional Social Event - Golf at Crowne Plaza Royal Pines Resort
  Conference Registration
18:00 - 20:00 Welcome Reception
Poolside, Crowne Plaza Royal Pines Resort

Day 1: Tuesday 27 November

Time

Prince Room

Monarch Room

Marquis Room

08:00 - 08:45 Registration, Information and Trade Show
Arrival Tea and Coffee

08:45 - 09:05
 
Opening: Mr Nick Tate, Director ITS, The University of Queensland
09:05 - 09:50 Keynote: Dr John Cole, Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Protection Agency: Technology in a Sustainable World
09:50 - 10:30 Sponsor Plenary: Walter Harp, Microsoft and Duane Schau, Indiana University: Web-based collaboration and communication services for students – are they for you?
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
Trade Show
11:00 - 11:35 Peter Green (The University of Queensland Business School): Determinants of Effective Information Technology (IT) Governance in Different Settings Michael Boots (Technical Architecture Solutions): Virtual Desktop Infrastructure or "The Spy Who Virtualized Me" Anne-Maria Butler (Organisational Consultant): Creating a customer service culture
11:40 - 12:15 Greta Kelly (Tertiary Education Institute, UQ), Dr Victor Galea and Ms Aloesi Dakuidreketi (School of Land, Food & Crop Sciences, UQ): Evaluating educational technology in the context of a plant pathology course
 Ann Walters (University of Newcastle): Dial 17triplezero for 007 Service – the IT Service Desk journey at the University of Newcastle
12:20 - 12:40
 

Gathering for official conference photo

12:40 - 13:45
Lunch
Trade Show
13:45 - 14:20 Chair:
Viviani Paz (AusCERT): Security Awareness for User-based environments
John Treloar (Adobe): Looking up at Asia - What‘s happening in Digital Communications and Collaboration?
Chair:
Ricky Critcher (The University of South Australia): Implementation of One IT Help Desk at UniSA (or The SPECTRE of ITIL @ UniSA)
14:25 - 15:00 Nigel Phair (Australian Federal Police): Secure another day - preventing online criminal activity Gerard Florian (Dimension Data): Driving the reduction of an organisation’s carbon footprint through the IT department
Mark McCormack (Queensland University of Technology): Building an IT Community: QUT’s IT Service Management Journey
15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea
Trade Show
15:30 - 16:05 Chair:
Viviani Paz (AusCERT, The University of Queensland): Australian Access Federation - Grass Roots and Beyond
Michael Francis (Dell): Dell Technology Update Chair:
Mandy Snelgar & Darren Dove (University of Southern Queensland): Never say Never Again - The Journey to a single ICT Service Desk at USQ
16:10 - 16:45 Ron King (Monash University): The use of process models to enhance research administration
Cliff Mitchell (University of Western Sydney): Dr No - challenging conventional thinking about customer service and client satisfaction
16:45 End of Day One
17:30 - 20:00 Optional Social Event: Sunset at Q1

Day 2: Wednesday 28 November

Time

Prince Room  

Monarch Room  

Marquis Room

08:30 - 09:00 Registration, Information and Trade Show
Arrival Tea and Coffee

09:00 - 09:05
Opening Notes: Elizabeth Coulter, Conference Chair
09:05 - 09:50 Keynote: Peter Grant, CIO Queensland Government: The Extra Challenge of Providing Service Delivery for Internal Clients
09:50 - 10:30 Sponsor Plenary: Matt Voerman, Adobe: Adobe rich internet applications (RIA) technologies – Advancing Web 2.0 in education
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
Trade Show
11:00 - 11:35 Peter Marshall (CITEC): ITIL & IT Service Management @ CITEC – Technology is not enough


Samantha Garrett & Tania Horton (Monash University): The Service Desk: Keeping customers on our side!
11:40 - 12:15 Derek Powell (The University of Queensland): The World (Wide Web) is Not Enough – Technology in Tomorrow’s Teaching Spaces John Gilleran (FrontRange): IT Service Management for Education
Gavin Fuller (The University of Queensland): Would the real James Bond please stand up – The changing face of desktop support services within ITS-UQ
12:20 - 12:55 Dion Weatherley (Earth Simulations Systems Centre, The University of Queensland): Earthquake & tsunami modeling & simulations Derek Austin (Nuance): Speech Recognition in Education: A Review Frank Rivas (Griffith University): When the world isn’t enough, at least Griffith Staff can request it
12:55 - 13:55
 
Lunch
Trade Show
13:55 - 14:30 Chair:
David Green (The University of Queensland): The Suspect’s Wearing a Clown Suit: User Service Challenges in HPC at UQ
Mark Noonan (Griffith University): ULSC workshop


Chair:
Mark Ragan (Institute of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland): The Visible Cell™ project: changing the way we think about cells
14:35 - 15:10 Stephen Walsh (Australian Catholic University): Eduroam Explained – straight from the files of Q branch Mark Noonan ULSC workshop continued

Brenda Simmons (The University of Waikato): Web-based assignment marking
15:10 - 15:40
 
Afternoon Tea
Trade Show
15:45 - 16:20 Chair:
Stephen Pike (BACS, The University of Queensland): From Computer Geek to Leading Geeks: The Leadership Role in ICT Service Delivery
Mark Noonan ULSC workshop continued Chair:
Ken Blakey (Monash University): Developers are Forever (Not Just for Christmas) How ArtsWeb’s CMS Conversion Tools Continue to Expand
16:25 - 17:00 Panel Discussion led by Dr Alastair Tombs, The University of Queensland:"Customer service means always going beyond the customers’ expectations". Panelists: Matt Voerman (Adobe), Cliff Mitchell, Anne-Maria Butler, Ann Walter.
17:00 End of Day Two
18:00 - 22:30 Conference Gala Dinner: Albert River Wines

Day 3: Thursday 29 November

Time

Prince Room

Monarch Room

Marquis Room

08:30 - 09:00 Registration, Information and Trade Show
Arrival Tea and Coffee

09:00 - 09:05
 

Opening Notes: Elizabeth Coulter, Conference Chair

09:05 - 09:50 Keynote: Hilary Langford: Personality: For Better, For Worse... For Richer, For Poorer
09:50 - 10:30 Sponsor Plenary: Jeff Keltner, Google: Google Apps: Enabling collaboration for Education 
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
Trade Show
11:00 - 11:35 Keith Webster (The University of Queensland): Next Generation Libraries   Tristan Boot & Janelle Blythe (University of Canterbury): Live and Let Learn: Customers should be stirred, not shaken
11:40 - 12:15 Tony Ryan & Scott Wylie (University of Tasmania): The University Library in 2007 – "Giant Computer Lab" or Sheltered Workshop for Librarians? Larry Adler (Adobe): Online web conferencing, collaboration with Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional… Nobody does it better! Simon Collyer (The University of Queensland): Stacking worms not bricks
12:20 - 12:55 Rita Eteuati, Chris Walker, Steve Dunn (University of Otago): From Rush Hour with Love: Supporting Students’ Own Computers on the University Network Larry Adler (Adobe): Adobe Presenter: How to create engaging e-learning content rapidly… Nobody does it better! Rob Paterson (University of Western Sydney): The managed desk top at the University of Western Sydney
12:55 - 13:55
 
Lunch
Trade Show
13:55 - 14:35 Gordon Rose (Associate Professor in Electronic Computation 1968; Professor of Computer Science, University of Queensland 1969-95): A History of Computers
14:35 - 15:15 Closing Keynote: Michael Emmison, The University of Queensland: Discovering Order in Talk-in-interaction: the view from Conversation Analysis
15:15 - 15:30 Closing Notes: Nick Tate, Director ITS UQ and Elizabeth Coulter, Conference Chair
15:30 Conference Close
18:00 Optional social event: Trivia Night at Crowne Plaza Royal Pines Resort

Day 4 (Workshops): Friday 30 November

Time

Jacaranda Room

Norfolk Room

Karrie Webb Room

08:30 - 09:00 Arrival Tea and Coffee
9:00 - 12:30 Workshop 1:
Networking 101

Presented by: Paul Nielsen, UQtrainIT, The University of Queensland
Workshop 2:
Podcasting 101

Presented by: Stephen Atherton, Apple Australia: The Digital Native - how technology fits with students' skills and expectations

Workshop 3:
How meetings can destroy beautiful friendships!

Presented by: Hilary Langford
10:30 Morning tea
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 17:00 Workshop 4:
Project Management

Presented by: Clive Warren,
The University of Queensland
Workshop 5:
ITIL V3
Presented by: Neil Broadhead, Senior Consultant, ProActive Services

 
15:00 Afternoon Tea
17:00 End of Workshops



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