Deputy Secretary
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA)

Bob Correll transferred to DIMA from the position of Deputy Secretary Workforce Participation at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) in July 2006.  He is responsible for the Borders, Compliance, Detention and Technology Group.

He has a degree in Business Management and was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2005 for his contributions in employment and workforce participation.

He has over 20 years experience in policy, programme and operations management in the employment and social welfare areas of government administration.

He has oversighted the development and implementation of the outsourced public employment services in Australia, called Job Network, and has a strong background in the use of information technology to support and enable improved business operations.

He is currently responsible for compliance; case management; detention services; border security; and information technology within the Department.

He is married with five children.

Federal Member for Eden-Monaro Special Minister of State

The Hon Gary Nairn was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, winning the crucial New South Wales seat of Eden-Monaro and has held the seat since.

Mr Nairn was sworn into the Howard Ministry as Special Minister of State on the 3rd February 2006.  As a Minister within the Finance portfolio Mr Nairn's responsibilities include Ministerial and Parliamentary Services, the Australian Electoral Commission, the Australian Government Information Management Office, government advertising and a number of Government Business Enterprises including Film Australia, Film Finance Corporation and the Defence Housing Authority.

Prior to entering politics Mr Nairn was Managing Director of his own survey and mapping business that, between 1983-1996, operated in the Northern Territory and later in Queanbeyan, New South Wales.

Mr Nairn grew up in the eastern suburbs of Sydney where he attended Sydney Boys High School. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Surveying and worked in the surveying and mapping industry in both Australia and abroad.

Chief Information Officer Australian Customs Service

Murray has worked for the Australian Public Service since 1971 in theDepartment of Veterans' Affairs, the Department of Social Security, as it was then known and the Australian Customs Service in Victoria, Western Australia and the ACT.

In July of 1997 Murray was appointed as the Information Manager (CIO) for the Department of Veterans' Affairs in a deliberate attempt by the Department to increase the business focus of its "IT shop" by appointing a business manager to the position.  In August 2002 Murray was appointed as Custom's first CIO.  In both Veterans' Affairs and Customs, Murray has been responsible for major IT Outsourcing contracts with IBM, GSA and EDS
respectively.

In July of 1997 Murray was appointed as the Information Manager (CIO) for the Department of Veterans' Affairs in a deliberate attempt by the Department to increase the business focus of its "IT shop" by appointing a business manager to the position.  In August 2002 Murray was appointed as Custom's first CIO.  In both Veterans' Affairs and Customs, Murray has been responsible for major IT Outsourcing contracts with IBM, GSA and EDS
respectively.

In Customs, Murray has been tasked with drawing together the information management and ICT functions of the organisation into a cohesive division and to set in place governance arrangements that will ensure an integrated,
business focused service.

"Federal Agent Nigel Phair has over seventeen years experience with the Australian Federal Police and National Crime Authority conducting large scale criminal investigations with both national and international implications, policy development and peace monitoring duties.
He is currently a team leader within the Australian High Tech Crime Centre. He represents the Centre in numerous intergovernmental and external forums and has extensive experience working with a variety of industry groups, including banking & finance and the telecommunications sector. He is also a lecturer within the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, University of Wollongong. As well as an undergraduate degree, he holds a Master of Public Policy and a Master of Government & Commercial Law."

Synopsis: Nigel will discuss how the paradigm of High Tech Crime is shifting and changing with people no longer needing to meet in person for both social and business activities. With the wide use of Messenger, Myspace etc; there are many avenues open for criminal activity.
Issues such as identity fraud, data interception, information sharing and botnets are challenges that Law Enforcement Agencies are faced with solving. There is a need for high tech crime investigators closely with the private sector in order to solve these crimes.

Thomsett International

Rob joined computing in 1968 and has been consulting and educating in the area of project management, teams and quality since 1974. In 1981, Rob was contracted by YOURDON Inc. in New York to present seminars in the US and UK based on his book People and Project Management published by YOURDON Press.

Rob is also a member of the Editorial Board of the prestigious Cutter Journal with Ed Yourdon, Tom DeMarco, Bill Curtis, Capers Jones, Kent Beck and other leading US information system experts. His second book, Third Wave Project Management was published in 1991.

In 1994, he developed the Accreditation Programme for Project Management for the Australian Computer Society. Rob was honoured as the Australian Computer Society Lecturer of the Year in 1989/90.

In 2001, he was recognised for his outstanding effort in education of business professionals by his peers and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society. He is also on the Industry Advisory Board of the I.E.E.E., a member of the Faculty of CC Pace Learning Institute in Washington and the Strategic Advisory Panel for the University of Sydney’s Graduate Project Management Program with experts such as Sandy Hollway, Sydney Olympics and Peter Watson, CEO, Transfield.

His latest book is Radical Project Management published by Prentice-Hall, US in 2002. His client base includes some of the leading commercial (Colonial State, Commonwealth Bank, Capital One, etc) and government/R & D organisations (Los Alamos National Labs, Mitre Corp, CSIRO, DIMIA) in the US and Australia.

As the rate of change in government increases driven by globalisation, outsourcing, demands for efficiency and responsiveness, the pressure on IT within the government sector has created a series of dilemmas for both IT and government executives.

These include:

• the need for government IT to respond quickly yet conform to increasing security and reporting regimes;
• the need to deliver more complex projects within an increasing dependence on external consultants and organisations;
• the requirement to deliver effective outputs and outcomes while building partnerships with clients and stakeholders; and
• the requirement to deliver more projects with fewer resources and lower budgets.

These dilemmas raise serious questions for Government CIO’s, IT people and senior executives. Questions that go to the heart of the matter … how can IT respond to these challenges without senior executive ownership and accountability?

In this session, Rob will explore and present some solutions to these dilemmas and develop a series of strategies for project managers to engage senior management in effectively managing complex portfolios of projects.

Chief Executive Officer Australian Information Industry Association

Sheryle Moon is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), the peak body for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry in Australia. AIIA is recognised both nationally and internationally as the industry’s leading lobby group, representing almost 500 Australian member companies that employ 100,000 Australians and have combined exports of more than $2 billion.

Sheryle joined AIIA in November 2006. She has worked in the ICT sector for more than 25 years in senior leadership positions including Vice President of Computer Sciences Corporation, and a managing partner with Accenture. Prior to her role at AIIA, Sheryle was Director of Recruitment and Staffing Solutions, Australasia for employment services provider, Manpower Services Australia.

In 1999, Sheryle was named Australian Business Woman of the Year, and she sits on a number of Australian Government advisory boards. She has a Bachelor of Economics and a number of postgraduate qualifications, including a Masters of Management in Technology.

As CEO of AIIA, Sheryle is responsible for guiding the Association on:

• Public policy including skills issues, the information economy, international relations and exports,
• Lobbying and working with governments around Australia,
• Membership services, marketing and events,
• Standards development and implementation, and
• Relationship management.

AIIA sets the strategic direction of the ICT industry. AIIA:

• Influences federal and state governments to provide an internationally competitive operating environment with greater opportunities for local companies and an attractive foreign investment climate.
• Stages the iAwards, the ICT Industry’s most prestigious awards program, which provides a showcase for many of Australia's ICT success stories and recognises the entrepreneurial spirit of industry.
• Engages the industry in almost 100 events across Australia each year, which bring together business leaders, government, media and other stakeholders to discuss the ICT industry’s most pressing issues.
• Provides member companies with business productivity tools, advisory services and market intelligence to accelerate their business growth.