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The Australian Government is currently looking to engage the ideas of the Australian business and industry communities to maximise the value of the investment being made in the National Broadband Network. As the first step, the Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy (DCBDE) will be holding a series of workshops in August that aim to identify the aspirations held by Australian industry for the NBN, along with the key business initiatives that will be required to realise these aspirations. The workshops will be based around three core themes: Content, Confidence and Capability. These will broadly address industry identified priorities relating to applications, privacy and security, and skills and literacy issues respectively. The focus will be on identifying the priorities for Australia if we are to maximise the benefits of this transformational infrastructure as it approaches completion in 2013. The workshops will feed into a forum to be held later in this year. AIIA attended meetings with DBCDE this week and will be providing input on behalf of members and the wider ICT community. The Department is looking for thought leaders with deep expertise from the ICT industry to take part. If members would like to be involved, please email AIIA CEO Ian Birks identifying your preferred workshop theme - limited places will be available. AIIA is launching a national program to develop a research product with tangible value for marketing professionals in the ICT industry. A pilot study is currently being conducted with a cross section of marketing executives within AIIA membership before the national study goes live later this month.
AIIA Business Online EOI called for a new AIIA Member service AIIA is planning a new initiative to provide enhanced services for AIIA Members. To replace the former Software Legal Guide, generously created in 2003 for AIIA by Gilbert + Tobin, AIIA has appointed MAAT Solutions to establish an online business centre to be accessed via the AIIA website incorporating expert-provided content on the topics covered in the Software Legal Guide and other areas of legal and/or commercial importance to AIIA Members. Read more Gershon Review update - AIIA member survey Member's survey now online Last week, AIIA CEO Ian Birks, a range of AIIA member company CEOs and members of AIIA National Board of Directors met with Sir Peter Gershon and Department of Finance officers to discuss the Independent Review of Australian Government’s Use of ICT (the Gershon Review.) Read more Garnaut Climate Change Review AIIA will continue to take forward the position of the ICT industry in light of the recently released draft of the Garnaut Climate Change Review. Read more Closure of the Commercial Ready program Following the recent Australian Government decision to abolish the Commercial Ready programs, AIIA has written to Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr to discuss the concerns of the ICT industry, small business, and in particular those businesses that had active proposals under consideration by AusIndustry at the time of the program’s discontinuation. Read more EOIs for new NSW ICT services panel Closing date: 30 July 2008 The NSW Government has several panel arrangements covering ICT-related supplies. The opportunity for appointment to these panels arises periodically, typically every three years. As part of streamlining procurement, the NSW Government has invited ICT providers to submit expressions of interest (EOI) for appointment to an ICT services panel that will initially stand for three years (RFT 0800542). It is anticipated that the ICT panel will replace a number of the existing panel arrangements as they end. Read more ACS welcomes E-Security Review Calls for the national framework to reflect converging technology The ACS has welcomed the Government review of the current E-Security National Agenda framework, calling for the framework to reflect converging technology and continued convergence of the work and home environments. Read more Successful international models should guide Australian innovation The Australian Computer Society (ACS ) has called on the Government to simplify the complex application process for tax offsets and grants and to at least double the R&D tax offset threshold of $1million as part of its National Innovation Review submission. Read more |
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