The select group of iAwards finalists was revealed on Wednesday 13 April at a special breakfast at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, before a crowd of ICT industry leaders, media and government officials.

The iAwards is the Australian ICT industry’s premier awards program, presented by AIIA, the Australian Financial Review and the CSIRO ICT Centre. Read more

The iAwards provides essential validation for the vision, hard work, risks and sacrifices that are made in the name of innovation, says Chief Executive Officer of The Distillery, Murray Rankin. Read more

AIIA’s Local Industry Action Group (LIAG) has recently received a boost, with additional funding directed towards their program to build the local ICT industry in Australia. Read more

From 24-26 May 2005, Australasia’s largest and most successful ICT exhibition will be staged at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour.

CeBIT Australia is now in its fifth year, and is expected to attract some of the world’s biggest brand names and more visitors than ever before. Read more

AIIA is proud to be the host association of CeBIT Australia, and encourages all member companies to send representatives to CeBIT Australia 2005. This year, Australasia’s largest ICT event will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour from Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 May. Read more

The banking and finance sector is the largest ICT corporate market in Australia with many opportunities for business growth.

Speaking at an AIIA Business Briefing on 21 April, Matthew Trustrum of Hudson Global Resources told the audience that worldwide spending on ICT in 2005 is set to increase by 6 percent in the financial services sector. Read more

Following on from the successful Victorian Government ICT Trade mission to India in 2004 led by Minister Marsha Thomson, AIIA will host a delegation of Indian ICT companies in late May 2005.

15 SME Indian ICT companies seeking partnering opportunities with Australian ICT companies will be travelling to Sydney on 24-25 May for CeBIT Australia and then heading to Melbourne on 26-27 May for a series of industry visits, briefing sessions and networking opportunities. Read more

Each month, AIIA’s NSW Branch extends a warm welcome to new member companies by hosting a welcome breakfast.

The breakfasts familiarise new members with the range of NSW Branch programs designed to create a better business environment for the ICT industry in NSW, and introduces new members to a network of connections within the Association. Read more

Each year, AIIA introduces senior executives visiting Australia to key people connected to ICT industry in NSW.

Typically, we invite up to 25 people from the ICT industry, government and business to attend an informal working breakfast where the overseas visitor provides a 20-minute company viewpoint on technological and commercial developments occurring in ICT. This is followed by a general discussion of about 20 minutes. Read more

AIIA Canberra Managers' Forum: 28 April 2005
AIIA Marketing Forum: 29 April 2005
FITT’s Networking 101: 12 May 2005
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Find out more about two valuable members of AIIA’s NSW Committee…

Swaab Attorneys
BCT Group
Big Mouth Marketing Communications Read more

Future leaders from industry, defence and other government agencies are invited to nominate for a unique national program.

The Defence and Industry Study Course (DISC) is run annually by Australia’s biggest project and engineering services organisation, the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), which acquires and sustains equipment for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Read more

This year, the AIIA Software Showcase will be held from May 24 – 26, 2005 as part of CeBIT Australia, the region’s largest ICT tradeshow. The Showcase, staged at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour, will provide the ideal platform for Australia’s leading edge and ‘up-and-coming’ software companies to launch and exhibit their products to a range of local and international visitors. Read more

Following the successful launch of Avalon SeaView at CeBIT 2004, Avalon Software will be officially launching SeaView 2.1 at the 2005 AIIA Software Showcase. Read more

Find out from successful businesswomen how you can grow your business, increase your profits and diversify market risk through export.

From 27 April to 5 May across Australia, Austrade will present a free series of briefings for women in business. Read more