2 September 2010 - See who's stepping up to this year's SEARCC speakers' box!

Ajahn Brahm, a world renowned Spiritual Master, will show how to remove the stress of life in front of a monitor. It's certainly a unique opportunity where you will learn how to press the delete button on the problems associated with decision making, removing the worry before and the guilt after.

Mark Toomey, an internationally recognised independent advisor and educator in top level governance of ICT will present on ICT Leadership and Governance from the point of view of those who control the business agenda, and show how this can lead to substantial economic benefit.

In addition to Ajahn and Mark, visit www.wcc2010.com/searcc for a full list of high calibre speakers from around the world who will be joining us.

SEARCC brings together leaders, innovators and experts in ICT industry from around the world. SEARCC 2010 is a content rich, interactive one-day conference with an exciting agenda packed with case studies, practical advice, a panel discussion, plenty of opportunity to network and more held in conjunction with World Computer Congress (WCC) 2010.

REGISTER NOW

Take this opportunity to share your views with world renowned speakers from around the globe, keynote speakers and delegates by registering NOW!

For only $395, your registration also includes the conference gala dinner on Wednesday 22 September evening as well as admission to industry exhibition.

Plenty to take away from just one day! OR you have the option to attend the full World Computer Congress 2010 program. visit www.wcc2010.com/searcc

Share this exiting opportunity, feel free to forward this email to your colleagues.

I look forward to welcoming and meeting you in person at SEARCC 2010 in Brisbane, 22 September 2010.

Yohan Ramasundara MACS CP
Chairman
SEARCC 2010 Organising Committee

2 September 2010 - WCC Networking Dinner

Did you know?

Young IT Professionals of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) are organising a networking dinner on 20th September (Monday) evening in Brisbane. This is a part of the World Computer Congress and will be held at the River Room at South Bank. It’s a lovely room overlooking the river and is about 5 minutes walk from the Brisbane Convention Centre where WCC is held.

The dinner has a networking focus with a few inspirational speakers and a awards ceremony. You will also get to network with the leaders of the ICT industry and ACS leadership led by the President Anthony Wong. Young leaders of ACS led by Yasas Vishuddhi Abeywickrama (Director ACS Young IT) and Joel Nation (Deputy Director Young IT) will also be around.

This dinner is held immediately after the WCC Welcome Reception on Monday, so is an ideal spot for your dinner on the first day of the Congress. Please note that there are no other official WCC activities at this time, so is the best way to utilise your time at this world class Congress. Separate tickets are available for this extraordinary networking opportunity for $75pp at www.wcc2010.com/content/registration.

31 August 2010 - WCC Women's Breakfast

WCC Women's Breakfast is on Tuesday 21September at 7 for 7.30 a.m. Click here for details.

25 August 2010 - Joint Australian Council of Deans of ICT and ACS Foundation Event Maximises Industry-University Partnership

ACDICT and the ACS Foundation will meet during WCC2010 to further foster and strengthen relationships between universities and industry. Topics to be addressed include: The quality of university graduates - a joint university and industry responsibility; Ensuring the future of ICT in Australia; and, ICT Research: maximising benefits. More information here.

29 July 2010 - ACS YIT

ACS Young IT Conference 2010 - Message from Yasas Vishuddhi Abeywickrama. See here.

29 July 2010 - ACS YIT

A promotional video for the ACS YIT video has been released. See here.

25 July 2010 - Early Bird registrations

Early Bird registrations close on Saturday 31 July. Register now.

23 July 2010 - Latest Press Release

See https://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=load&temID=noticedetails&notID=1050

15 June 2010 - Global

Preliminary congress program and industry speaker listing now available! Click here to view the program or click here to view the industry speaker listing.

1 June 2010 - Global

Local industry stream speakers: 79 confirmed (over 70 at CIO/CTO/CEO/GM level)
IFIP speakers: 304 confirmed and scheduled papers; 5 panels; 1 workshop
Much more to come soon!

31 March 2010 - Global

IFIP call for papers have now closed. Authors will be notified of their acceptance or otherwise in due course.