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October Canberra WSG meeting

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Date: Thursday 15 October, 2009

Event Details

Time: 2.30pm - 4.30pm

Where: NLA Theatre, lower ground floor, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT 2600 http://www.nla.gov.au/library/locationmap.html

Cost: Free

First presentation: Tom Worthington

Topic 1: Learning to lower costs and carbon emissions with ICT

Learning to lower costs and carbon emissions with ICT Tom Worthington FACS HLM Designer of the ACS and ANU Green ICT Courses Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian National University

The first globally accredited Green ICT course for computer professionals commenced on 18 January 2009. The course designer claims trained ICT professionals could triple the Government's 5% greenhouse target and achieve a 15% reduction in emissions by 2020.

ICT professionals can now enhance their career prospects by skilling up to meet the carbon emissions requirements the federal government is imposing on private and public sector organisations. Higher energy costs will require new skills to assess new aspects of computer procurement and also create new opportunities to help business re-engineer its operations and scope to expand the ICT function into new technology areas.

Tom Worthington is an independent IT consultant and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University. He has been an expert witness in several court cases involving computer issues. After a career in IT policy with the federal government, he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the development of public Internet policy in Australia.

Tom teaches the design of web sites, e-commerce and professional ethics at the ANU. He designed the Australian Computer Society's Green ICT Strategies course.

Second presentation: Pia Waugh

Topic 2: Geeking out on the hill

Pia Waugh has almost 10 years experience in the ICT industry, and has recently shifted to working for a Canberra politician as head geek. She will be discussing her fun and challenges in working up on the hill as a geek who is used to JFDI, and how important she sees technology and technical skills in her role as a policy advisor.

Our sponsors

The October Canberra WSG meeting is proudly sponsored by Imagine Innovation - Where anything is possible!

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” - Charles Darwin