Welcome
to the ACS SA weekly e-newsletter for the week ending Friday 14th November 2008.
- Curry SIG - Friday 14th November - Today!!
- UniSA/ ACS Roundtable - Monday 24th November
- SA Computer Human Interface (CHI) Meeting - Tuesday 25th November
- SA Branch Annual General Meeting and November Branch Forum
- 2008 ACS SA Chairman's Christmas Cocktail
Party - Wednesday 10th December
- Meet the folks at the ACS PC Recycling Group - Tuesday 16th December
- Computer Professional Education Program Update
- Topic of the Week - Austrade 2008 ICT Industry Survey
- Professional Year Program at UniSA
- A quick trip around 'My ACS'
- 16% discount for Red Hat Courses at Etc… Express Training Connections
1. Curry SIG - Friday 14th November - Today!!
The longest running ACS SA Special Interest Group....
Date: Friday 14th November - Today!!
Time: 12:30pm
Venue: Pondok Bali, 310
Pulteney St, Adelaide.
If you would like to attend please email Peter Griffith - or ring: 0408 832 891
2. UniSA/ ACS Roundtable - Monday 24th November Topic: 'Six Sigma and IT ? Strange Bedfellows?' Six Sigma is one of today’s pre-eminent business improvement methodologies, with
a long development history and an enviable track record across many diverse
industries in the manufacturing and service sectors. However, IT and software
development remain comparatively untouched by the methodology Speaker: Dr Neil Davidson
Date: Monday 24th November 2008
Time: 5:30pm for 6:00 until 7:15pm
Venue: Level 2 Westpac House 91 King William St, Adelaide (Enter from either King
William St or Currie St)
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10119057856468
3. SA Computer Human Interface (CHI) Meeting - Tuesday 25th NovemberTopic: 'Tracking Patients:
redesigning patient tracking in a busy pre-anaesthetics department' Speaker: Alan Boldock, Senior Analyst
Programmer, Royal Adelaide Hospital Date: Tuesday 25th November 2008
Time: 5:30 for a 5:45ish start
Venue: New location same building: Centrelink Useability Centre, Level 1
South side, 191 Pulteney St, Adelaide (corner Pulteney and Flinders Sts)
PCP Hours: 2 - Please update your PCP hours manually by logging into 'My ACS'
Bookings: RSVP to karen.hughes@saabsystems.com.au Further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10119000453989
4. SA Branch Annual General Meeting and November Branch Forum
Branch Forum Topic: SharePoint
"SharePoint is a hot topic in business right now! CIOs, CEOs and managing
directors are all talking it up, but what exactly is it? What and where is this
so called power? During this presentation Daniel will discuss and give an
introductory overview of what SharePoint is , what it can do and what are the
benefits of implementing such a eco-system." Speaker: Daniel Brown
Date: Wednesday, 26th November 2008
Time: 5:30pm for a 6:00pm start.
Venue: Cliftons, Level 1, 80 King William Street, Adelaide
For further information and to advise of your attendance, please book here
5. 2008 ACS SA Chairman's Christmas Cocktail
Party - Wednesday 10th DecemberJoin the ACS SA Chairman, Professor Reg Coutts, SA BEC Members and ACS SA
Staff at the beautiful Adelaide Zoo for an social evening of informal networking
and some Christmas cheer! Date: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Time: 5:30pm for 5:45 escort to the Rotunda
Venue: The Rotunda, Adelaide Zoo - Enter at Service gates on Plane Tree Drive Bookings are essential! Please see: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10119427503641
6. Meet the folks at the ACS PC Recycling Group - Tuesday 16th December
What's on? A free BBQ
Why? Xmas breakup. Get to know what's going on. What do we do? We accept donated computers and equipment which we
refurbish, reinstall software (windows and ubuntu linux) and offer to the
community (low income individuals and groups) at low cost. Since we started we
have placed more than 2000 computers in homes, schools and community
organisations. Date: Tuesday 16th December 2008
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: 642 South Road, Glandore Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10121765199211
7. Computer
Professional Education Program
Beat the price rise! Enrol now in the ACS online postgraduate education program
CPEP - visit www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram to enrol
and for more information. Subject fees rise from $675 to $750 per subject for
ACS Members from 1 January 2009. Be quick - secure your place now!
8. Topic of the Week - Austrade 2008 ICT Industry Survey
Austrade
seeks your support and feedback through the Austrade 2008 ICT Industry Survey
Austrade invites you
to complete the Austrade ICT industry survey to ensure you can be contacted
should a relevant international business opportunity
arise.
For ICT companies to
be successful in today’s global market place, companies need to not only develop
and maintain globally competitive, quality, vertical market specific,
technologies and applications, but they also need to excel in their export
business development, product promotion, marketing, distribution and sales into
complex foreign markets. Fortunately Australian ICT companies are able to
receive a broad range of assistance through a comprehensive network of
Australian government, state government and industry associations.
In 2007-08, Austrade
assisted 359 Australian ICT companies win 741 new contracts valued at $439.5m.
These companies increased their international business through Austrade’s
assistance in the identification of export opportunities, customer
identification and business matching, and provision of many other export market
development facilitation services. However, for government to provide the best
possible tailored international business development assistance, it is very
important that Austrade understands the issues and the assistance needs of
Australian ICT companies in the internationalisation of their
businesses.
The update should take
no longer than 5 minutes. Please be assured that your contact details will be
treated as strictly confidential. Other information provided will be reported in
summarised format only and aims to help establish benchmarks and a clearer
picture of the international business capability of the Australian ICT industry.
Respondents will receive a complimentary copy of the Austrade report: 'International Business Opportunities - Outlook for
the Australian ICT Industries in 2008-09'
Please
click http://austrade.sites.optin.com.au/austrade/ict_survey/survey.rsp?source=website
to complete the Austrade ICT Industry
Survey.
9. Professional Year Program at UniSA
Announcing
the UniSA Computer and information Science PYP Program
The Professional
Year Program in Computer and Information Science at UniSA opens an additional
pathway to employment within Australia
for graduates seeking permanent residence.
The program
combines formal study with a workplace internship that develops your career and
employment skills through appropriate practice based training. It provides a link from education to
permanent employment in Australia.
The program is
aimed at those who have graduated from undergraduate or postgraduate degrees
from any Australian
University within the
last 6 months and are holders of 485 Skilled Graduate Visas, or those who hold
a bridging visa.
Why
Choose to Study the Professional Year Program at UniSA?
UniSA offers a
perfect blend of skills, experience and application in order to ensure that
your PYP will be of the highest quality and give you the best outcome.
Not only will you
be given support by one of Australia’s
largest ICT Schools in the School
of Computer and
Information Science, but by choosing to complete the Professional Year Program
at UniSA, you will be backed by industry through its highly successful Industry
Alliance Program (IAP).
The PYP at UniSA provides
you with:
- Access to a broad range of industry
partners for quality internship placements
- Quality learning facilities and resources
in a tertiary setting
- Access to UniSA’s vast learning materials
and resources
- Networking opportunities through regular
workshops and industry based seminars
- Academic and Professional mentoring
- The backing and commitment of UniSA
A
Program with a Difference
The program,
focuses on preparing you for the workplace, therefore the workshop
activities are based on industry-specific and job related
scenarios. The learning style replicates workplace professional
development training - it is interactive and requires you to learn
through experience, observation and reflection.
This supportive
approach to learning ensures that you have a chance to practise new
skills, gain feedback on your experience, and share your
opinions. Ideal preparation for the workplace.
Special
features of the PYP program at UniSA are:
- Small classes
- Personal
attention
- Highly qualified and experienced team
- Strong industry connections
- Valuable networking opportunities through
workshops and seminars
Learn
More about Your PYP Program
Come and meet the PYP team for drinks and some light
finger food…
Thursday 27th November 2008 12:30 – 1:30pm
at UniSA City West Campus. Location will be advised when you RSVP.
RSVP to Sue Small (sue.small@unisa.edu.au) or 8302 084
A brochure and application form is available from: www.cis.unisa.edu.au/ProfDevelopment/PYP.htm
10. A quick trip around 'My ACS'
From the ACS homepage,
go to "My ACS." Click on "My Preferences" and then at the menu on
LHS click on "My Rewards." You now have a huge list of ACS Rewards -
Member Advocacy (Legal) Support; ACS ICT Liability Insurance &
Services; Discounts on IT Products and Services; Email Redirection;
Other Discounts; Use of ACS Logo; ACS Remuneration Survey; ACS AMEX
Gold Credit Card; ACS AMP Home Loan Package; Member Advantage
Insurance& Superannuation; ACS Ambassador Card; Travel Services
including bookings, QANTAS Club and Car Rentals at discounted rates;
Address Notification Service; and a whole range of discounts on a range
of Life Style products and services.
Why not make use of these ACS member rewards?!
11. 16% discount for Red Hat Courses at Etc… Express Training Connections
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IT professional looking to gain knowledge in the Linux environment? ETC
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members. All
courses are Red Hat accredited using qualified Red Hat instructors. This is an
opportunity to increase your Red Hat skills or consolidate your knowledge and gain
industry certifications as a Red Hat Certified Technician or Red Hat Certified
Engineer. For more information on the individual courses please see: http://www.acs.org.au/sa/otherinfo/ETC%20red_hat_courses.pdf
Please book, ask for details or schedules by emailing Sue at
sue@etc-australia.com to assist with
registration details here in Adelaide
and to ensure you receive the specific courses’ special promotion gift. Phone: (08)
8232 4502.
The new schedules for next year are on our web site: http://www.etc-australia.com
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