Squiz International User Conference 2012

Conference Agenda Program

The Squiz International User Conference for 2012 is being presented in a two day format. Delegates can choose to attend on a daily basis or the whole conference. Over the course of the conference there will be cocktail receptions, a gala dinner and plenty of opportunities to socialise and network with colleagues.

Day 1
Squiz Conference
Day 2
Squiz Masterclass
Day 2
Funnelback Training

Squiz Conference Session #1 - Wednesday 31st August 2011

Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney

Day 1 The Squiz International User Conference focuses on Squiz CMS solutions including virtualisation, analytics, accessibility, scalability, distributed authoring and social networking. The day finishes with drinks, canapés

9.00am	Opening Presenter: John-Paul Syriatowicz - MD, Squiz Australia
9.10am	Lessons from international squiz customer sites Presenter: Steve Morgan - Squiz UK
9.40am	Multi-lingual sites in Matrix and Squiz CMS Presenter: Nick Peart - Clearswift UK
10.10am	Top Usability tips you don't know about Presenter: Tania Lang, Peak Usability
10.45am	Morning Break
	Implementation Stories
11.00am	Geospatial websites Presenter: Ross Caldow - Geomatic / Steve Gartland - Parks Victoria
11.30am	Building an events system in Matrix Presenter: Jonathan Luker - National Gallery of Victoria
12.00pm	Lunch - 60 minutes
	Social Media
1.00pm	Gov 2.0 Social Media Presenter: Darren Whitelaw - Dept Justice Victoria
1.20pm	Social Media case study Presenter: Steve Gartland - Parks Victoria
1.40pm	Social Media Planning Presenter: Belinda Heit - RACQ
2.00pm	Managing Social Media Presenter: Andrew Dunbar - Edith Cowan University
2.30pm	Afternoon Break - 30 minutes
3.00pm	Site Audit - SEO/W3C Presenter: Andrew Dunbar - Edith Cowan University
3.30pm	Responsive Website Design for any device Presenter: Imogen Levy - Westminster Abbey
4.00pm	Squiz Roadmap Presenter: John-Paul Syriatowicz - MD, Squiz Australia
4.30pm	Industry Streams Education, Government, Local Council, Venues & cultural institutions
	Education ECU - Andrew Dunbar, QUT - Chris Grist, CSU - Cade Whitbourn, Richard Powell - Griffith
	Local Council Hornsby - Nicole Mudge, Pittwater - Kylie Llewellyn, Logan City Council - Cody Duschka
	Events and Cultural Institutions Westminster Abbey - Imogen Levy
	Government Greg Tankard - ACT Government
	Drinks & Canapés
6.00pm	Conference Venue - Doltone House - Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney
6.15pm	Squiz Community Announcement

Squiz Master Classes - Thursday 30th August 2012

Day 2 Comprises separate Squiz CMS Master class training and Funnelback search engine technology training. In the Squiz sessions learn how to get the most out of the world's most flexible CMS with modules on Squiz Analytics, Squiz Easy Edit Suite (EES), Squiz Search, W3C Mobile Design, matrix Integration, mobile and Cloud computing.

	Websites on Mobile Devices
9.00am	Your site for multiple devices – what to look out for
10.00am	Mobile website design
11.00am	Building sites for multiple devices
11.00am	Building sites for multiple devices
12.00pm	Lunch - 60 minutes
	Complying with the Website Accessibility National Transition Strategy
1.00pm	What is Website Accessibility?
2.00pm	Accessibility techniques for website editors
3.00pm	How to use new Squiz Editing Tools for accessibility
	Security in Matrix
4.00pm	Matrix security features and configuration

Thursday 1st September 2011

Funnelback Training

9.00am	Opening
9.05am	Introduction: Anatomy of a search engine
9.30am	Exercise 1: Divide and conquer – creating a single search collection
9.45am	Front-end customisation – controlling what users see
10.10am	Exercise 2: Incorporating corporate styles into a search form
10.30am	Morning Break - 30 minutes
11.00am	Creating structured search from any source with facets and context
11.20am	Exercise 3: Implementing contextual and faceted navigation
11.40am	Analysing search behaviour to improve users’ experience
11.55am	Optimising your website and content for search
12.15pm	Exercise 4: Making metadata visible and useful
12.30pm	Lunch - 60 minutes
1.30pm	Advanced user interface customisation (quicklinks, related searches, structured autosuggest, extended search tags, customise results, and other features)
2.15pm	Exercise 5: Advanced user interface customisation
3.00pm	Afternoon Break - 30 minutes
3.30pm	Overview of enterprise functionality and document-level security issues (database, file share, TRIM) . Planning an enterprise deployment.
4.00pm	Exercise 6: Create database, file share and meta collections
4.30pm	Question and answer session. Ask us your burning questions! Questions may be submitted via email prior to training day.
5.00pm	Close

Funnelback Conference - Friday 2nd September 2011

Darling Island Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney

Day 3 The Funnelback conference focuses on its world class enterprise search solutions. The day concludes with canapés and drinks at the venue.

9.00am	Opening Funnelback Update & how to win an Apple Ipad Stuart Beil, Executive Director, Funnelback
9.15am	Case Study: QBE Insurance Australia Greg Cambridge, Web Strategy Specialist, QBE
9.45am	Case study: NSW Government Search Portal NSW Premier and Cabinet Speaker TBA
10.00am	Case study: My CSIRO Intranet Project Steven Nyhof, Manager, Online Communication, CSIRO/em>
10.30am	Morning Break
11.00am	Good, Better, Best... David Hawking, Chief Scientist, Funnelback
11.30am	Case Study: Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation David Murray, IT Specialist, Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
11.50pm	Case Study: Federal Court of Australia Angela Fassoulas, Manager Electronic Library Systems, Federal Court of Australia
12.10pm	Case Study: To be advised
12.30pm	Lunch - 60 minutes
1.30pm	Case Study: To be advised
2.00pm	Enterprise Search is about more than technology Ewan Perrin, Cheif Information Officer, Australian Maritime Safety Authority
2.30pm	Australia's Knowledge Gateway Michael Gallagher, Executive Director, Group of Eight
3.00pm	Afternoon Break - 30 minutes
3.30pm	Introducing Funnelback 11 Matt Sheppard, Manager, Research & Development
	Drinks & Canapés
5.30pm	Close