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VICTORIA.NET REGIONAL CONFERENCE


SATURDAY 17 JUNE – UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT




  • NO CHARGE to Victoria.NET members!!
  • 20 speakers over a whole day of action-packed conference program
  • Something for everyone in two full streams: business & technical
  • Easy to implement information
  • Great give-aways, including a 1-year MSDN subscription!


DETAILS:



Date: Saturday 17 June


Time: 9am to 5.20pm


Venue: Geoffrey Blainey Auditorium, Mount Helen Campus, University of Ballarat



CONFERENCE PROGRAM:





























































TIME


TECHNICAL STREAM


BUSINESS STREAM


0900 – 0945


Registration and Light Breakfast


0945 – 1000


Welcome & Keynote


Speaker TBC


1000 – 1040


Getting the most from Visual Studio


Dave Glover, Microsoft Australia


Business Coaching: Tips to Improve your Business


Geoff Currie, Action International


1040 – 1055


Morning Tea


1100 – 1140


What’s New in C# & Visual Basic


Bill McCarthy


Ballarat: Going Places in ICT?


George Fong, cBallarat


Regional Technology Parks & Their Role in ICT Development


Stan Jeffery, Ballarat Technology Park


1145 – 1225


Developer Productivity


TBC


Small Business Server 2003 for Business


John Bade, Outback Computers


1230 – 1320


Lunch


1325 – 1335


Address by the University of Ballarat


Speaker TBC


1340 – 1420


Office for Developers


Ed Richard, Software Objectives


IBM & Ballarat University: An Education Model for the Future


Scott Hebbard, University of Ballarat


1425 – 1505


QuickReview of SQL Server


Greg Linwood, SQL Servants


Quick Review of BizTalk & Windows Workflow Foundation


Bill Chesnut, Readify


YOU Can Export!


Min-Joo Sohn, Austrade& Wataru Takagi, Austrade Japan


AusIndustry: Programs for Regional ICT Development


John Finch, AusIndustry


1510 -1525


Afternoon Tea


1530 – 1610


ClickOnce & Deployment


Scott Baldwin, Readify


Getting the Most from MS Office for Business


Ed Richard, Software Objectives


1615 – 1655


Practical Security for Developers


Chris Hewitt, Readify


Ways to Make Moneyfrom ICT by Partnering with Microsoft


Peter Halliday, Universal Trustees& David Gibson, Microsoft Australia


1700 – 1710


BDNUG Introduction


Damian Edwards, Rural Ambulance Victoria


1715 – 1720


Close



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Send the following information by return e-mail to Collins Rex at [email protected]:



NAME


COMPANY


CONTACT E-MAIL


CONTACT TELEPHONE


STREAM MOST INTERESTED IN


BUS TRANSPORT REQUIRED (YES/NO) *


EVENING SOCIAL PROGRAM (YES/NO) X



* If there is enough of a demand, we will arrange bus transport from Melbourne to Ballarat return. This service will be provided at a cost of $30 per person, payable in advance. Please indicate whether or not you will require transport.



X If there is enough of a demand, we can arrange dinner and the show “Blood on the Southern Cross” at Sovereign Hill, for delegates and their families. The cost will be $65 per person for members (and their families), and $70 per person for non-members (and their families). Please indicate whether or not you are interested in the evening entertainment.



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