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ATUG 2006 Regional Conference - Program

ATUG 2006 Regional Conference - Collaborate, Communicate, Innovate
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Monday 15 May 2006 - Day 1
Keynote Address Session
Welcome and Opening Rosemary Sinclair - Managing Director - ATUG
Keynote Address - A national plan for broadband Senator The Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate)
Keynote Address - Access to wireless frequencies Lyn Maddock - Deputy Chair, Australian Communications and Media Authority
Keynote Address Senator Stephen Conroy, Shadow Minister for Communications and Information Technology (Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate)
Keynote Address - ALGA Telecoms Report Dr Peter Brain - Head of National Economics/ALGA
Health Sector Session
Department of Health and Ageing Dr Brian Richards - Principal Medical Advisor, e-Health
Health case study - Eastern Goldfields Regional Reference Site (EGRRS) Dr Andrew Siegmund - EGRRS GP Project Manager
Technology provider Nigel Stitt - National Sales Manager, Pacific Internet
State Government Session
Case study Western Australia Dan Scherr - Senior Policy Officer, Communications Technology Development, Department of Industry and Resources (WA)
Case study South Australia Adrian de Brenni - Managing Director, de Brenni Associates
Technology Solutions Provider Stephanie Huf - General Manager Public Affairs, Ericsson Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands
Technology Update Session

Case study VIC

CAN Demonstrations Program: Case Studies - Moving Forward: initiating the next wave

Ron Cooke - Manager, CAN Demonstrations Program, Multimedia Victoria
Telstra 3G City to Country Holly Kramer - Group Managing Director, Telstra Product Development
International update Ewan Sutherland - International speaker
 
Tuesday 16 May 2006 - Day 2
ATUG/LongReach Breakfast
LongReach - Australian for Innovation in Communications John Rumsey, Senior Systems Engineer, LongReach Networks and
Michael Wilson, Business Development Manager, Bridge IT Engineering
Keynote Address Session
Keynote Address - Regional Telecommunications issues Senator Fiona Nash - Nationals' Senator for NSW
Keynote Address Simon Bryant - General Manager Telecommunications, Competition and Consumers Branch, DCITA
Keynote Address - Backhaul Regulatory issues Michael Cosgrave - General Manager Telecommunications, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Regional Backhaul Stephen Baxter - Director, PIPE Networks
State Strategies
Regional Cooperation Paul Budde, Industry Analyst and Consultant
Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
Case studies QLD -
(Not available - email frank.verver@gdinnovation.com)
Frank Verver, Partner, GDI Consulting
Broadband satellite for regional areas Robert Hinrichs - Satellite Consultant, IPSTAR
Local wireless Anthony Goonan - Chief Executive Officer - YLESS4U
NSW Strategies Colin Griffith - GM, Electronic & Network Services, NSW Government Chief Information Office
FTTH and Customer Access Technologies
Broadband Over Power Line Technology (Not available - email bob.darwin@auroraenergy.com.au ) Bob Darwin - Business Development Manager, Aurora Energy
FTTH (The Technology in Context …) Peter Elford - Federal Region Manager, CISCO Systems
Regional wireless Deanne Weir - Group Director, Corporate Development & Legal Affairs, Austar

Last updated 31-Jul-2010

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