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Intergraph Australia User Conference 2008
Intergraph Australia User Conference 2008 (IUC 2008) brought together Intergraph's customers and partners from public safety, utilities and government agencies. The three days of informative industry insights and innovative strategies was a chance to talk directly to people in the know and your peers.
The conference ran from Monday 3rd March to Wednesday 5th March.
Venue
IUC 2008 will be held at The Crowne Plaza, Hunter Valley, New South Wales.
Agenda
IUC 2008 began with technical sessions focused on utilities & infrastructure, public safety and government. The conference featured speakers of national and international significance, also offering customers the opportunity to present on a variety of topics. The conference wound down with round table focus group discussions.
To view the IUC 2008 agenda click here
Keynote Speakers
Peter Russell-Smith, Managing Director, Security Government & Infrastructure, Australia
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Peter is a business leader with over 20 years experience achieving profitable business growth and was recruited to grow Intergraph’s Australian business. Peter has set the strategic direction of Intergraph Australia to focus on Public Safety, Security and the protection of critical government infrastructure assets. Peter’s experience stems from many years implementing Engineering Systems in steel mills, mining operations and food processing plants, marketing and selling business software systems, implementing business systems and change programs into both Government and Private Sector and running businesses in the IT sector. |
Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator for Victoria
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Stephen Conroy was appointed as a Senator for Victoria in the upper house of the Australian Parliament in 1996. Stephen was sworn in as the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy on 3 December 2007. As Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy is committed to the delivery of world class telecommunications infrastructure for all Australians. |
Tim Mahoney, Vice President Security, Government & Infrastructure, Asia Pacifc
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Tim Mahoney has over 20 years of experience in executive management roles, the last 14 of which have been with Intergraph. Mr. Mahoney has managed industry sales in Europe and Africa and has been a country manager for the Netherlands, Switzerland and Greece. In addition to earth imaging has has worked in industry areas such as Government, Transportation and Buidling and brings a wealth of experience to Intergraph Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Mahoney is responsibile for the Intergraph Security, Government & Infratsutructure operations throughout the Asia Pacific Region |
Anthony Seipolt - Farrier Swier Consulting
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Anthony is senior utility consultant with extensive experience in the energy and water sectors and significant international and local expertise. He is a former National Manager and Director of Parsons Brinkerhoff Associates. Anthony has a masters of Business Administration and qualifaction in electrical engineering. |
Bruce Douglas, Director Corporate GS Consultants
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Bruce is a GIS Specialist with over 25 years experience in developing GIS strategies, undertaking Needs Analysis and Functional Requirements, managing GIS environments, developing technical specifications for GIS / data procurements, conducting technology reviews, as well as strong project management experience for a wide range of Government agencies, Utilities and Councils |
Robert H. Scott III, Executive Director, Security Solutions Marketing, Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure
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Mr. Scott is currently the Industry Manager for Security Solution initiatives at Intergraph. He is responsible for marketing solutions that relate to integrated security and public safety systems for national governments, military installations, critical infrastructure protection and state/local government.. Mr. Scott has been with Intergraph a total of 20 years in various capacities. |
Social Events
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Golf - Monday March 3, 8.00am |
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Evening Entertainment - Monday March 3, 6.30pm Alfresco dinner under The Pergola, Crowne Plaza Enjoy an alfresco buffet dinner with enterainment and music in a relaxed and informal setting under the pergola. |
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Entertainment and Dinner - Tuesday March 4, 6.30pm The Great Cask Hall at Hope Estate is one of the most impressive Barrel Room’s in the country, and one of the Hunter Valley’s most popular function venues. Part of the working winery at Hope Estate , the Great Cask Hall is surrounded by 59 enormous wine filled casks (4,500 litres fill each). The building was awarded the ‘Blackett Award’ for a building of outstanding merit, and has become a landmark in the Hunter Valley. |
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James Reyne is one of Australia's most loved singer songwriters. James has worked a diverse range of projects recently while working on his follow up to his last successful release "And The Horse You Rode In On" and still finding time to perform live around the country. James latest album "Every Man A King" . James’ song-writing coupled with his idiosyncratic vocal style, enabled James to transcend the disposability of music industry fashion and carve his place in the musical landscape of Australia. |
Conference Sponsors & Exhibitors |
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| OMNILINK delivers services and information to organisations that recognise the importance of appropriate, timely and accurate information to their business. We manage data by applying the skills of our people, with processes and suitable technology. OMNILINK adds value to your business by integrating your data, giving it a visual presentation with a location, allowing intuitive interaction to better inform you and your stakeholders. OMNILINK provides, integrates, manages and enhances enterprise datasets of clients over a broad range of interests. OMNILINK is the only Intergraph Registered Solution Provider within Australia and has experience in the implementation and training of GeoMedia software and applications across all sectors of industry. OMNILINK has offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Albury-Wodonga, Brisbane, New Zealand and Hong Kong. www.omnilink.com.au | |
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| Panasonic is the world’s leading rugged notebook manufacturer, with over 15 years of experience in providing computing solutions designed to stand up to the most challenging working environments. The Panasonic Toughbook has been designed from the ground up to meet and exceed performance requirements and reliability in the field. The Toughbook complies with MIL-STD-810F – a military standard designed to measure the reliability of equipment under extreme conditions. These tests cover resistance to drop, shock, vibration, water, dust, temperature & thermal shock and altitude.www.toughbook.com.au |
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Tough Corp provides rugged computer solutions for either fixed or mobile applications. |
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Presentations
To view presentations from the conference click here
Congratulations
- Voted best customer presenters:Andrew Barker,Yarra Valley Water
- Voted best staff presenter:David Goedecke, Intergraph
Feedback
We are happy to announce feedback from the conference was outstanding:
- 100% of attendees rated the conference as good, very good or outstanding (98% as very good or outstanding)
- 100% of attendees said they would come to another IUC conference
- 95% of attendees said the effectiveness of technical sessions was good, very good or outstanding.
Conference Photos
Click here to view the Conference Photos
Enquiries
If you are interested in attending the next conference please contact Michaela Fox on 03 9292 9608
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