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Speakers 
 Mr Bob Berg,
Director, Information Services,
Department of Justice Western Australia
Bob Berg has responsibility for all the information systems, technology and communications technologies and records management across all the business areas and other program areas that fall under the WA Justice portfolio. His experience and association with information technology spans 35 years in a range of Government environments and contexts. Bob was one of the original champions that developed and implemented the outsourcing model for ICT services in WA Government in 1996. During his past 6 years with Justice he has implemented a strong stable ICT environment that leverages of partnership relationships with service providers, and provides an integrating framework for business systems across the business areas within the Justice portfolio and the external agencies as part of the wider justice framework.
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 Mr Peter Beven,
Director,
Office of ICT Commercialisation
Peter’s expertise in areas of strategic technology development, technology commercialisation and business development has seen Peter hold a number of executive positions within both the public and private sectors. As the architect of the Queensland Governments’ ICT Commercialisation Program, Peter is currently the Director of the Office of ICT Commercialisation whose charter is to deliver this program within Government Agencies. The ICT Commercialisation Program is based on a specially developed project management and governance framework aimed at collaborative ICT project development between industry and government agencies as well as commercialising intellectual property created through the procurement and in-house development environment of Government Agencies. Prior to this Peter ran his own strategy technology consulting practice and founded a software start-up for which he successfully raised venture capital and subsequently achieved a trade sale to a public company. He has worked extensively both within and consulting to the public sector on a range technology initiatives. Peter holds a Masters of Economics degree, has undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in finance and corporate strategy and is in the final stages of completing a Ph.D. in product innovation and commercialisation by high-technology start-ups. In addition, Peter was the course developer of the New Product Development and Marketing course as part of the MBA program at the University of Southern Queensland and is an Adjunct Teaching Fellow at Bond University where he teaches the ‘Business Planning for Entrepreneurial Ventures’ course in Bond’s MBA program. Peter is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) and is a member of the Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) in the U.S.
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 Ms Jo Bryson,
Executive Director, Office of E-Government,
Department of Premier and Cabinet Western Australia
Jo Bryson is Executive Director, Office of E-Government, Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Jo has held senior executive management positions at international, state and local Government levels. These have included Chief Executive, Office of Communications, Science and Advanced Technology, Northern Territory Government and Director, Strategic Information and IT Unit, and WA Land Information System with the Western Australian Government. Jo has a personal interest in information and knowledge management that has been reflected in her leading edge management textbooks and journal articles. Jo has a Master of Business degree.
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 Mr Robert Campbell,
Assistant Secretary, Information Security Group,
Defence Signals Directorate
Robert Campbell joined the Defence Signals Directorate at the Department of Defence, as the Assistant Secretary, Information Security Group, in July 2005. Robert has extensive knowledge in the Information Technology (IT) and Human Resource fields. Robert has worked in a number of federal government departments and has over twenty years experience in IT.
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Ms Karen Clarke,
CIO,
Australian Securities & Investments Commission
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 Ms Vicki Coleman,
GGM ICT/CIO,
RailCorp
Vicki Coleman is the Group General Manager, ICT and Chief Information Officer for RailCorp, the entity formed from the merge of State Rail Authority and Rail Infrastructure Corporation. Having determined the vision for ICT in RailCorp in the ICT Strategic Plan, her focus is now to create the RailCorp ICT division and implement the Plan. Vicki’s career spans over 25 years in the IT industry. She has held senior management positions in the financial, airline and utility sectors, including organisations such as Westpac Banking Corporation, Qantas Airways and Sydney Water Corporation. Vicki has worked in all facets of IT ranging from operations to applications development, strategy and architecture to infrastructure support. She has extensive experience in transforming poorly performing and regarded IT departments into dynamic, essential and highly regarded parts of the business. She has also recently accepted roles as a member of the Industry Reference Group for UNSW’s new Master of Information Systems, a member of the NSW Government CIO Executive Council and MIS Magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board.
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 Mr Bob Correll,
Deputy Secretary,
Department of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs
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 General Peter Cosgrove,
Chairman,
The General Sir John Monash Foundation
Peter Cosgrove was born into an Army family in Sydney in 1947. After secondary schooling at Waverley College he entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1965, graduating in 1968 to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. He served initially with the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) in Malaysia before joining the Australian Reinforcement Unit at Nui Dat in South Vietnam in August 1969. While in Vietnam he served with 9RAR and as a platoon commander at HQ 1st Australian Task Force. In his subsequent service he has served with 5RAR and later as Adjutant 5/7RAR, and as Commanding Officer 1RAR between 1983 and 1985. He also commanded the 6th Brigade and the 1st Division at Enoggera in Brisbane. General Cosgrove has commanded the Methods of Instruction Team based at Ingleburn, NSW, instructed in tactics at the Infantry Centre at Singleton, where he was also later Commandant and Director of Infantry. He has been the Commandant of the Australian Defence Warfare Centre at RAAF Williamtown, and also of the Royal Military College Duntroon. He attended the United States Marine Corps Staff College at Quantico, USA in 1978, and was the Australian exchange instructor at the British Army Staff College, Camberly from 1984-1986. He has also attended the Australian Joint Services Staff College and the Indian National Defence College. He has served as a staff officer at Headquarters Field Force Command in Sydney and at Army Headquarters in Canberra. In 1972 he was Aide de Camp to the Governor General, Sir Paul Hasluck, and in 1987 Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff. In 1999 as Commander of the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters he assumed command of the International Forces in East Timor (INTERFET) until the force was withdrawn in February 2000. On his return to Australia he was appointed Chief of Army and in July 2002 assumed the position of Chief of the Defence Force. For his service with INTERFET he was advanced to Companion of Military Division the Order of Australia (AC), having previously been a Member of the Order for his service as Commanding Officer, 1RAR. He was awarded the Military Cross for his service with 9RAR in South Vietnam, and has received several foreign awards including the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, a Commander of the United States Legion of Merit, the Tong Il medal from the Republic of Korea, and the Grand Chain of Infante Dom Henrique from Portugal. General Cosgrove and his wife Lynne have three sons. He is a passionate rugby supporter, owns a set of golf clubs and enjoys the occasional game of cricket. He reads and listens to music for relaxation. General Cosgrove is a highly recognisable Australian and was awarded 2001 Australian of the Year.
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 Mr Paul Edgecumbe,
CIO,
NSW Government
Paul Edgecumbe is part of the newly formed Government Chief Information Office responsible for developing government-wide information and communications technology strategies in collaboration and partnerships with agencies. Paul established the NSW Government CIO Executive Council. The CIO Executive Council's role is to be actively involved in decision-making processes to coordinate and strengthen the use of information and communications technology in government. Paul has held senior positions in private enterprise and government. He has worked for Cybergraphic Systems in roles spanning Product Management to Project and Account Management and was General Manager of ACP Colour Graphics for three years before becoming Chief Information Officer (CIO) to News Limited for six and half years. In July 2003, Paul became the Chief Information Officer for NSW Department of Education & Training. He is currently the NSW Government Chief Information Officer.
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Dr Stephen Ellis,
Assistant Director General, Government,
National Archives of Australia
Dr Stephen Ellis is Assistant Director General, Government Branch in the National Archives of Australia, Canberra. He has postgraduate qualifications in History and in Information Technology. Since joining the National Archives of Australia in 1983 after an academic career, Dr Ellis has worked in a wide range of operations and development projects across the organisation, including the design and later re-development of the Archives' computerised control system for records, and its deployment over the World-Wide Web. He has been involved in electronic records policy development at the Archives since the early 1990s. More recently he was responsible for the Archives Digital Records Preservation strategy and for the initiation of the Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative, a collaboration of all National, State and Territory archival authorities in Australian and New Zealand. This Initiative aims to establish a uniform approach across all the participating jurisdictions for dealing with digital records from the point of creation to their ultimate use as archives, through the development of a comprehensive suite of standards and guidelines. Dr Ellis also has extensive experience in the management and review of archival operations. He served in the mid 1980s as Director of the Archives' Sydney office and subsequently as Director of the Archives’ custody and preservation programs.
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 Greg Farr,
Second Commissioner,
ATO
Greg Farr’s career with the Tax Office spans more than 30 years and a wide variety of areas. He has been Deputy Commissioner in charge of two of our branch offices – Townsville and Upper Mount Gravatt (both in Queensland) – and has worked in technical areas, corporate programs, and the Child Support Agency.
Greg has also managed areas with responsibility for information technology applications development. He has also overseen production management areas covering almost all the processing of taxpayer information we undertake as an organisation. In early September 2002 Greg was appointed as Second Commissioner leading the technology, resource management, relationship management and operations areas for the Tax Office. Greg’s current responsibilities include leading the Tax Office change program and the information and communications technology area. A particular career highlight for Greg has been heading up the area that provided project tracking and support for the Executive in delivering our major tax reform change program. This had significant impacts on both the organisation and the community.
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 Mr Laurie Fisher,
Head Coach,
Canberra Brumbies
Laurie Fisher, born and bread Canberran, began his career with the ACT Brumbies in 2000 when he was appointed Head Coach of the ACT Brumbies Rugby Academy, Brumby Runners and the Canberra Vikings. In this position, he devised and implemented rugby programs aimed at developing the best of the ACT and regional areas young rugby players into players capable of competing for training contracts or full contracts with the Brumbies Squad. Guy Shepherdson, Matt Henjak, Matt Giteau, Nic Henderson and Canberra Vikings star flanker, Julian Salvi, are a few of the outstanding players that have achieved their goal of obtaining Brumbies contracts under the superlative guidance of Laurie Fisher. In 2003 Laurie was promoted to the Brumbies Forwards Coach and infinitely contributed to their success as 2004 Super 12 Champions. In this position, Laurie’s main objective was to devise and implement coaching and review programs, which encompassed skill and tactical development. Laurie’s contribution and devotion to the ACT Brumbies has seen them earn success from 2000 as semi finalists, two time finalists and two time champions. Laurie, through his significant aptitude for coaching has gained the highest degree of respect from the Brumbies players and community, which lead to Laurie’s appointment as Brumbies Head Coach for 2005. Laurie now heads a management team of more than a dozen and in off-season prepares methodically for a precise, professional, accurate and triumphant season ahead. Working full time in sports, Laurie’s career began as a physical education and health science teacher at Telopea Park School. After a decade of teaching, Laurie moved into a Program Manager role at the Australian Institute of Sport, where he supervised 22 staff. With these responsibilities and working with elite athletes, Laurie experienced the intensity and pressure of professional sports, providing him with an understanding of the planning, work ethic, attention to detail, dedication and passion required to succeed in coaching at an international level. Having these skills he made a successful transition to full time coaching.
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 Ms Roze Frost,
CIO,
CSIRO
After completing a maths degree, Roze started work as programmer at BHP Steelworks in Newcastle. She continued as a programmer analyst for the next four years working mainly in commercial and manufacturing areas until leaving to have children. Yes even in 1980 maternity leave had not been granted! In 1986 Roze entered the workforce part time again as a programmer analyst at BHP Newcastle but over a five year period started to move into establishing governance frameworks for IT. In 1989, when BHP IT was formed, Roze commenced full time work and was part of a taskforce to agree and implement the governance framework as a key part of establishing BHP IT from seven different entities. This program took four years to implement with a focus on accreditation to IS9000, implementing methodologies and processes for IT development and project management. This was a key role in strengthening Roze’s management skills as the role depended on working by influence as opposed to working in line management. In late 1994 Roze transferred to BHP Engineering in Sydney as the business project manager to implement ERP systems. After 15 hard months of major business process change, an SAP solution was implemented successfully. However the added benefit was being coached in project management by the engineers. Roze stayed in BHPE as their IT Manager with the main goal of transitioning the IT staff in BHPE to BHP IT. In 1997 Roze transferred to BHP IT as program director for a $20m portfolio of projects for Newcastle and Whyalla Steelworks. After a few months this lead to a transfer to Whyalla to project manage two major projects which were in trouble – Roze rescued one and closed the other. In 1998 Roze was appointed as Transition Manager for Whyalla in charge of all IT with a goal of reducing IT costs to BHP Steel Whyalla from $16m to $9m. This was a major organizational change program with the end result of reducing the staff from 160 to 30 over an 18 month period. This was a very intense but incredible period in Roze’s career and very formative in her abilities as a leader. In mid 1999 Roze moved to a management position in BHP IT as second in charge to the leader of the infrastructure services organization – a $120m business with 900 staff. In this role Roze was the planning manager and responsible for the organizational change in implementing the serviced delivery model (trialled in Whyalla) across BHP IT’s sites. In 2000 Roze transferred to CSC and spent the first four months in the team transitioning BHP IT to CSC. As a reward Roze was appointed service delivery manager of a $90m contract for CSC at AMP. This was a national position based in Sydney and at the time AMP / GIO had commenced on a downward business trend. Roze also was project director for a portfolio of projects around property moves. In 2001 Roze commenced work at the Health Insurance Commission as vendor manager for the IBM outsourcing contract. This involved good relationship skills and working with IBM as a business partner rather than only an infrastructure service provider. In this role negotiation skills were required to resolve all the contractual issues. Again Roze oversaw a portfolio of projects as HIC commenced a major business improvement program. In 2003 Roze moved to CSIRO as the CIO. In her time she has established an enterprise wide $60m IT unit for CSIRO out of 22 units in Divisions and Corporate. In 2005 Roze is looking forward to indulging in the information management role in CSIRO and being part of the value add to the science.
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 Mr Dennis Furini,
Executive Director and CEO,
Australian Computer Society
Dennis Furini joined the ACS as Chief Executive in September 1999, bringing with him over 35 years experience in the ICT industry in a career that has encompassed a diverse range of positions and working environments. Dennis previously spent 10 years in senior management with Sydney Water where he earned a reputation for strong leadership, effective management, quality focus, communications and customer skills. As General Manager, Information and Communications Services for Australian Water Technologies, Sydney Water’s trading arm, he was responsible for transforming a ‘public service’ IT organisation into one that was commercially successful, highly customer focused and the best performing of the AWT Divisions. Dennis’s exemplary performance record led to him being called on to assume management of Sydney Water’s Retail business after the Sydney water crisis, at a time when confidence and morale were at an all time low. Prior to joining Sydney Water, Dennis established and managed a successful marketing and professional services business in the 1980s. He earlier spent 26 years with Philips, where he held various national and international positions, including National Manager Information Systems and Automation.
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 Mr Ian Goss,
CIO,
IP Australia
Mr Ian Goss is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of IP Australia; he has held this position since October 2004. As CIO, Mr Goss is the principal adviser to the Director General and the Executive Committee on information management matters, including ICT matters, and provides an assurance role for the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of end-to-end information management solutions for IP Australia. In addition, Mr Goss is a member of the IP Australia Executive Committee and General Manager of Business and Information Management Solutions Group which delivers Information Management and ICT solutions to the business and external customers. Prior to this, Mr Goss was General Manager of Business Systems Support Group and was responsible for management of business systems across their whole-of-life from development, through maintenance and decommissioning. This group has now been incorporated into the Business and Information Management Solutions Group. Mr Goss was previously, a Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks responsible for managing a team of Trade Marks Examiners and delivering key Trade Marks Projects, including business change initiatives. Prior to joining IP Australia, Mr Goss had a distinguished career in the Australian Defence Force spanning over twenty five years. During this career he held key management appointments, within Australia and overseas, in the areas of organisational change, strategic and operational planning, including managing national security issues, peacekeeping within a multi-national environment, project management and capability and training development. Mr Goss’ academic qualifications include Masters in Management from the Australian National University, Graduate Diploma in Management Studies from Deakin University and he is a Graduate of the Army’s Command and Staff College. He has also completed extensive tertiary level management courses at Australian and overseas Defence training institutions, with a focus on leadership, strategic and operational planning, change management, capability development and project management.
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Mr Peter Grant,
Assistant Director General, Office of Government ICT,
Department of Public Works Queensland
Peter Grant was appointed to the position of Assistant Director-General of the Office of Government ICT, Department of Public Works in June 2005. Peter brings to the role a wealth of experience and knowledge of the ICT Industry, from both the Private and the Public Sector. In his current role, Peter will help foster and develop relationships between the Office of Government ICT and the private Sector, forming partnership arrangements to aid delivery of whole-of-Government and multi-agency initiatives. He also plays a fundamental role in driving and implementing the action items of the Smart Directions Statement, a key government planning tool to guide Queensland Government investment in projects and services where there is a major ICT component. Previously, Peter was the Foundation Director of Consulting for Gartner Asia Pacific where he provided advice to more than 60 National and International Clients. In June 1998, Peter took over the role as Director of IT for Queensland Transport and prior to this, Peter lectured in Information Systems Management, Strategic Information Systems Planning and Information Systems Project Management at the University of Southern Queensland. Peter was also co-founder and Managing Director of OZONE Systems, a Technology Start-up Company which he ran for nine years. In this time he established an extensive Client Base supporting 1200 clients, throughout North America and Europe.
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 Mr Mike Grillo,
Executive Director, Government ICT Services, CTO,
South Australian Government
Mike Grillo was appointed Executive Director of Government Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Services in late 1998. As part of revised governance and management arrangements for ICT across the State’s public sector, Mike was also appointed as the State’s Chief Technology Officer in December 2004. As Executive Director and CTO, Mike leads a team of over 150 staff in the planning, management and delivery of ICT services across the South Australian public sector. Priorities for Government ICT Services include maintaining business continuity and a stable service environment for agencies during the disengagement and transition phases of the new service arrangements and providing administrative support as well as technical and ICT business advice to the Future ICT procurement team and process. Mike began life in the SA Government in the Woods and Forests Department in 1972 before moving to the Treasury Department and completed his studies in 1974 and holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Adelaide. As a graduate he had a stint in the former Public Buildings Department in the Program Budgeting Branch. He brings significant experience to DAIS and the government ICT Services directorate from his senior financial, corporate services, and ICT roles as Assistant Director Budgets in Treasury, and as Executive Director Finance & Business Services at both the North Western Area Health Service and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
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 Mr Murray Harrison,
CIO,
Australian Customs Service
Murray Harrison has worked for the Australian Public Service since 1971 in various Government Departments including the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the Department of Social Security, as it was then known and the Australian Customs Service. In August 2002 Murray was appointed as Custom’s first CIO. In Customs, Murray has been tasked with drawing together the information management and ICT functions of the organisation into a cohesive division and to set in place governance arrangements that will ensure an integrated, business focused service.
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 Mr Neil Jensen,
Director,
AUSTRAC
Neil Jensen is the Director of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), which is Australia’s AML/CTF Regulator and Financial Intelligence Unit. Mr Jensen was appointed Director in September 2002 for a period of four years. Mr Jensen commenced with AUSTRAC in September 1989. Mr Jensen has represented AUSTRAC throughout Australia on many issues - in public forums; at combined meetings of representatives of financial and law enforcement organisations; and, before Australian parliamentary committees. He has also represented AUSTRAC in international forums in Australia, North America, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout South East Asia and the Pacific. In the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units comprising 101 countries, Mr Jensen is presently the Co-Vice Chair of the Egmont Committee and Chair of the Training Working Group. Mr Jensen is also Australia’s Head of Delegation to the Asia Pacific Group on money laundering comprising 28 countries. Prior to commencing at AUSTRAC, MrJensen had involvement in investigation of restrictive trade practices over a period of 14 years. Mr Jensen holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, majoring in legal studies. He was awarded the Australian Public Service Medal in 1995 for his contribution to Australia’s anti-money laundering program.
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Ms Sue Johnston,
Director, Information Services,
Departmen of Premier and Cabinet Queensland
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 Mr Chris Joscelyne,
Managing Director,
Australian Projects IT Security
Chris Joscelyne is a leader in Australia’s IT security sector, serving on the Board of the Australian IT Security Forum, the Advisory Board for the Information Security Evaluation Program at the Defence Signals Directorate in Canberra, and on the advisory council of AEEMA. He has served as the Australian IT industry delegation chairman for bilateral talks with the United States on protection of the national information infrastructure and as the Australian spokesman at the Global eBusiness Forum at the United Nations in Geneva. In 1994, Chris founded Australian Projects; a company engaged in the commercialisation of new and emerging IT security solutions. He is in high demand as an international speaker on issues relating to information security, privacy, data integrity, encryption, digital rights management, and biometrics.
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 Mr Mike Kennedy,
Senior Program Director,
Gartner
Mike Kennedy has been in the IT industry for over 20 years, predominantly within the Financial Services sector in companies such as Westpac and General Electric. Mike has recently moved into the public sector, taking up the CIO role at Office of State Revenue (OSR) within the NSW Government. OSR collects over $13bn in taxes each year and in recent years, has expanded its role to include payment of grants and subsidies plus collection and administration of fines.
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 Mr Tony Kwan,
CIO,
Department of Education, Science and Training
Tony is the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). He was appointed to his current position in January 2004. Before that, he was head of IT of DEST and its predecessors including the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA). Tony has more than 20 years experience working in the IT industry and the public sector. He joined the Senior Executive Service (SES) rank in 1993 and occupied a number of senior IT positions in the Australian Taxation Office, Department of Employment, Education and Training before he joined the current department. Tony was invited to join the Microsoft Enterprise Development Advisory Board and he is currently a member of the federal Chief Information Officer Committee and a member of the Commonwealth/State Cross-Jurisdiction CIO Group. Tony's professional interests include project management, portfolio management, alignment between business and IT, strategic application of IT, knowledge and information management. Tony is married with two children. Outside work, he enjoys fishing, reading, watching rugby and bush walking.
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 Mr Peter McKeon,
Acting CIO,
CSIRO
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 Mr Stephen Moore,
Group Manager, Employment Systems,
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Stephen Moore has worked for DEWR for around 12 years and during this time he has had had many memorable experiences and he has held a number of key positions. At present he is Group Manager for the Employment Systems Group with DEWR, where he manages approximately 250 staff and 70 contractors in delivering, monitoring and supporting high quality IT applications to Contracted Employment Services Providers. Previous to this position he was the Branch Head of the Contracted Provider Systems Branch for the Employment Systems Group where he was asked to lead the Group’s ‘Process Improvement Programme’. During this period the Branch redeveloped various functions into the new EA3000, a .NET Smartclient application. These releases were recognised by both inside and outside stakeholders of DEWR as being the highest quality releases ever achieved. Stephen was seconded to the UK Employment Service in 2001 to advise the UKES on technological opportunities to improve service delivery. Whilst in this position he was placed into the Jobcentre Plus Implementation Project which developed plans for the changes that they were implementing and was responsible for designing a new Area and Regional office Management structure to support the new arrangements. Stephen was Branch Head for the Business Entry Point Branch, Online Services Group with DEWRSB in 2000. In this position he was responsible for managing the operations of the group which included working closely with the ATO to deliver online registration service for the new Australian Business Number as part of the implementation of the GST. This was highly successful with almost 20% of registrations done online compared to the expected 5%. Employment Systems Group has a central role, which is, the Government’s Welfare to Work policy change. This will see the Group grow to 500 staff, set up a new development centre in Sydney and undertake 15-20 major software development projects during 2005-06.
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Mr Mark Morgan,
Founder & Principal Consultant,
Spectro-Technologies Pty Ltd
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 Hon. Gary Nairn,
Federal Member of Eden-Monaro and Special Minister of State,
Australian Federal Government
The Hon Gary Nairn was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, winning the crucial New South Wales seat of Eden-Monaro and has held the seat since. Mr Nairn was sworn into the Howard Ministry as Special Minister of State on the 3rd February 2006. As a Minister within the Finance portfolio Mr Nairn's responsibilities include Ministerial and Parliamentary Services, the Australian Electoral Commission, the Australian Government Information Office, government advertising and a number of Government Business Enterprises including Film Australia, Film Finance Corporation and the Defence Housing Authority. Following the October 2004 Federal Election Mr Nairn was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with key responsibility for the implementation of the National Water Initiative and the administration of the National Security Science and Technology Unit within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Mr Nairn has also held the position of Chair on a number of parliamentary committees. In 2003 he was Chair of the Select Committee Inquiry into the Recent Australian Bushfires; in 2002 he was Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation; in 2000 he was Chair of the House of Representatives Procedures Committee and in 1997 he was Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters. From 1990-1993 Mr Nairn was President of the Country Liberal Party in the Northern Territory where he also acted as Campaign Director at two Northern Territory general elections. Prior to entering politics Mr Nairn was Managing Director of his own survey and mapping business that, between 1983-1996, operated in the Northern Territory and later in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Mr Nairn grew up in the eastern suburbs of Sydney where he attended Sydney Boys High School. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Surveying and worked in the surveying and mapping industry in both Australia and abroad.
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Peter Naylor,
National Manager - Information Management,
Australian Customs Service
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 Mr Nico Padovan,
Acting First Assistant Secretary, Office of the Access Card,
Department of Human Services, Australia
Nico is currently working on the introduction of a Commonwealth health and social services
Access Card. The card will replace up to 17 other cards. The Access Card initiative aims
to improve access to citizens and reduce the level of identity-related fraud. Prior to
joining DHS, Nico was the National Manager Infrastructure Projects in Centrelink. He was
responsible for the delivery of the underpinning information and communications technology
infrastructure (operating systems and hardware platforms) to support Centrelink’s service
delivery capabilities.
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 Mr Chris Pattas,
Director, Enterprise Division,
Ericsson Australia and New Zealand
Chris Pattas has over 20 years experience in the ICT industry in senior management roles with Ericsson, NEC, Pracom and Sensis. In his current role, Chris has re-established Ericsson Enterprise business in Australia and New Zealand in 2004; has expanded the growth in channel partnerships in traditional voice segments, as well as transmission, application and data segments; and introduced the new WLAN, mobile data, transmission, contact centre and IP-PBX solutions.
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 Nigel Phair,
Team Leader,
Australian High Tech Crime Centre
Federal Agent Nigel Phair has over sixteen years experience with the Australian Federal Police
and National Crime Authority conducting large scale criminal investigations with both national
and international implications, policy development and peace monitoring duties. He is currently
a team leader within the Australian High Tech Crime Centre. Nigel represents the Centre in
numerous intergovernmental and external forums and has extensive experience working with a variety
of industry groups, including banking and finance and the telecommunications sector. He is also a
lecturer within the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, University of Wollongong.
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 The Hon. Philip Ruddock MP,
Attorney General,
Australian Government
Philip Ruddock was sworn-in as Australian Attorney-General on 7 October 2003 in a ceremony at Government House in Canberra. Philip Ruddock was first elected to the House of Representatives as Member of Parramatta at a by-election on 22 September 1973. He was re-elected in 1974 and 1975. Following the 1977 electoral redistribution, Mr Ruddock was elected for the newly-created seat of Dundas NSW in 1977, and again in 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990. In 1992, Dundas was abolished as a result of changes to electoral boundaries. Mr Ruddock succeeded the retiring member for Berowra, Dr Harry Edwards, on 13 March 1993 and was re-elected in March 1996, and appointed Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs in the first Howard Ministry. Following the October 1998 election, Mr Ruddock was appointed the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Reconciliation, in the second Howard Ministry. In January 2001, he became Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, and Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. He was again re-elected in November 2001, and on November 2001 became the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in the third Howard ministry. Mr Ruddock graduated from Sydney University (BA LLB). Before entering Parliament, he was partner of the boutique commercial and general law firm, Berne Murray and Tout in the city of Sydney. Philip is married to Heather and they have two daughters.
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Ms Eija Seittenranta,
General Manager, Corporate IT Systems,
Centrelink
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 Ms Linda Shave,
Content Management Expert and NSW President,
Institute for Information Management
Linda Shave has over 20 years experience as a senior consultant in the areas of information management, business process management, workflow automation and corporate governance in the public and private sectors in Australia and overseas. Linda has chaired and presented at numerous national and international conferences and has gained recognition as a specialist in providing streamlined business solutions to drive continuous improvement, benefit realisation and governance.
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 Dr David Skellern,
CEO,
NICTA
Dr David Skellern is one of Australia’s most successful ICT entrepreneurs, sporting a strong background in research, education, collaboration, and commercialisation. On 31 May 2005 Dr Skellern assumed the role of Interim CEO. Dr Skellern began his career in 1974 at the University of Sydney where he spent around a decade designing, building and commissioning instrumentation and extensions for the Fleurs Synthesis Radiotelescope, one of Australia’s pioneering giant radiotelescopes. From 1983 to 1989 he held various academic appointments as a staff member of Sydney University's Electrical Engineering department. In 1989 Dr Skellern took up the Chair of Electronics at Macquarie University. Dr Skellern has also spent significant time working in industry as a visiting researcher, including over two years at Hewlett Packard Laboratories. In 1997 he co-founded the Radiata group of companies in Australia and the USA, established to commercialise the results of the WLAN research project that he led at Macquarie University in collaboration with CSIRO. Over the next three years he played an integral role in building a successful company with a team of 65 staff. In September 2000 Radiata demonstrated the world’s first chip-set implementation of the 54 Mbit/s IEEE 802.11a High-Speed WLAN standard. Radiata was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 2001 for $A565m, at which time Dr Skellern joined Cisco and subsequently moved to the United States as Technology Director of the Wireless Networking Business Unit. Dr David Skellern was appointed to the NICTA board in 2003. Dr Skellern received a BSc (Computer Science and Mathematics) in 1972, a BE (Electrical Engineering) in 1974, and a PhD in 1985, from the University of Sydney.
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Ms Ann Steward,
CIO and General Manager,
Australian Government Information Management Office
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 Mr Paul Trezise,
CIO,
Geoscience Australia
Paul Trezise is Chief Information Officer of Geoscience Australia and is based in Canberra. He has an extensive background in the spatial information industry encompassing surveying, remote sensing, GIS and cartography. He is currently responsible for Geoscience Australia’s Corporate Information Management and Access group, with particular focus on information strategy, information access and interoperability. He is a member of the Australian Government’s CIO Committee and Spatial Data Management Group.
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 Mr John Wadeson,
Chief Information Officer,
Centrelink
John was a foundation member of Centrelink when the welfare organization was formed in 1997.
He has guided major development projects within Centrelink, such as the introduction of
Centrelink’s first substantial direct customer capabilities, online - on the Net, by IVR Natural
Language Speech Recognition and electronic communication with “third parties”. John’s
responsibilities include emergency response, managing the interface between the Business groups
and IT, process redesign and human resources support for major technical groups.
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 Mr Barry West,
CIO and Director, Information Technology Services Division,
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), US Department of Homeland Security
Barry C. West was appointed FEMA’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director of the IT Services Division in October 2003. In this position, Mr. West manages and directs FEMA’s information technology and telecommunications systems, and provides enterprise-wide IT coordination for FEMA’s 10 geographical regions. He has overall responsibility for IT disaster-wide support in addition to IT policy and guidance, computer security, enterprise architecture, strategic planning, engineering and e-Government initiatives for FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal, state and local agencies. Prior to joining FEMA, Mr. West was the CIO of the National Weather Service. As the CIO, he had overall responsibility for information technology systems, services, policies and operations. He was also responsible for managing, coordinating and integrating all aspects of Information Technology for the National Weather Service. Previously, Mr. West served as the Deputy Director for the Office of Electronic Government at the U.S. General Services Administration, where he was the technical lead on the FirstGov.gov web portal. He was also chairperson of the Federal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Business Working Group and spearheaded the first annual government-wide PKI conference for government and industry. Earlier in his career, Mr. West served as Associate Director for Production Services at the National Technical Information Service and as a systems manager at the U.S. Bureau of the Census, where he was a key player in the 1990 Decennial Census. Mr. West also served as a weather specialist in the U.S. Air Force, where he was named Weather Specialist of the Year. Early in his career Barry worked for Tab Books, Inc., where he led an effort to convert the company from a manual-based operation to a completely automated system solution. A native of Smithsburg, Md., Mr. West has a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Northern Michigan University, a Master of Science Administration degree from Central Michigan University and an Executive Master of Science in Information Technology degree from the University of Maryland. Mr. West has completed the Chief Information Officers Executive program at the University of Maryland and is president of the American Council for Technology (the largest IT government association in the United States). Barry lectures throughout the country and teaches as an adjunct assistant professor in the graduate school at the University of Maryland, University College. Mr. West also serves on the State of California Information Technology Council; on the advisory board for the University of Maryland, University College and as the U.S. Country representative for the yearly International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration (ICA) conference. Mr. West was recently selected as a FED100 Winner by Federal Computer Week magazine.
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 Mr Gerry White,
CEO,
education.au Limited
Gerry White is currently Chief Executive Officer of education.au limited which (http://www.educationau.edu.au), is a company limited by guarantee and owned by the Australian education and training Ministers. The company provides leadership and innovation in technology enabled services and careers services in education and training. The business of the company is building and managing national education network services supported by distributed online information services for schools, vocational education and training and universities. The company does this through the use of collaborative, national processes utilising information and communications technologies, and through the formation of international alliances with similar government nationally sponsored organisations. Gerry has had the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of information technology and telecommunications in education and training nationally and internationally. Gerry as Chief Executive Officer of the national ICT agency in Australian education and training, provides leadership and direction in the development, enhancement, standards and use of online distributed and managed national education network services. His current work involves oversight of a number of major national projects and the formation of national and international alliances. Gerry has been a member of the Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC) and other the national groups advising on ICT in schools and vocational education and training for nine years.
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 Federal Agent Kevin Zuccato,
Director,
Australian High Tech Crime Centre
Federal Agent Kevin Zuccato commenced as the Director of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre on 11 October 2004 having previously performed the role of Counsellor (Police Liaison), within the Embassy of Australia, Washington DC. Federal Agent Zuccato has 19 years experience in law enforcement. His investigative and leadership experience encompasses most areas of organised crime, international narcotic trafficking, money laundering, major fraud and general crime investigations. He was a Team Leader within the AFP’s National Illicit Drug Strike Teams and the Coordinator Surveillance, Financial Investigations and Operations in the AFP’s Sydney office. In 2000, he undertook a coordination role during the Sydney Olympic Games in the Sydney Office Command Centre. F/A Zuccato holds a Graduate Certificate of Applied Management through the Police Management Development Program (Executive) and a Graduate Diploma in Public Administration from Charles Sturt University.
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