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SQUIZ Roadmap

John-Paul's session will give you an early look at the Squiz Roadmap.

Speaker Bio:

John-Paul Syriatowicz is the group Managing Director and co-founder of Squiz, the web solutions and supported open source people. John-Paul holds a B.Sc Hons 1st Class from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and was awarded the Ishtvan Tork Prize for Neuroscience.In 1995 John-Paul took the opportunity to work with Internet start-up company Cyber Sydney, subsequently using that experience to form Squiz in 1998 with business partner Stephen Barker. In 2009 John-Paul directs a company now recognised as a leader in its field, boasting some 10 offices in 5 different countries and continues to steadily expand.

Synonymous with open source and effective web solutions for over a decade, Squiz has efficiently serviced the web needs of customers worldwide with deployment of the Squiz Matrix Content Management System (CMS) and more recently the CSIRO developed Funnelback enterprise search technology. John-Paul was acknowledged as the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year for Technology and Emerging Industries Eastern Region 2009.

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Top Usability tips you don't know about

Tania's session will outline the latest in website usability

Speaker Bio:

Tania Lang is the principal of Peak Usability as well as a member of the Usability Professionals' Association, Web Industry Professionals Association and the Queensland State Representative for CHISIG in Australia. She is considered one of the leaders in her field and is passionate about usability. She has organised numerous local usability and HCI events to increase awareness and adoption of good usability and user centred design practices.

Tania has been working in the online space as a usability practitioner and consultant for a number of high profile clients for over 10 years. In that time she has worked on online projects for Telstra, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Suncorp, Flight Centre, iiNet, RACQ and numerous Commonwealth, state and local government agencies.

Tania also has extensive experience conducting intranet usability reviews for Queensland Government including Queensland Department of Emergency Services, Treasury and Queensland Department of Housing.

She has a Masters of Business by Research which involved researching how travel consumers use the Internet. She also has a Graduate Certificate in Human Factors, a Graduate Diploma in Arts (including Marketing) and a Bachelor of Science.

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Lessons from international squiz customer sites

Steve's session will outline some of our most successful international customer sites.

Speaker Bio:

Steve is MD of Squiz UK and Europe and is responsible for taking the Squiz brand international and founding successful businesses in the UK and Europe. Steve's background includes a variety of senior management and marketing roles at American Express, Canon and Wilcom.

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Multi-Lingual sites in Matrix and Squiz CMS

Nick will runthrough Clearswift's use of Multi-Lingual sites in Matrix and Squiz CMS.

Speaker Bio:

Nick is the global brand manager for Clearswift who provide information-security solutions to over 17,000 organisations globally. In his role Nick is responsible for brand alignment, corporate messaging and market positioning. Ensuring that all marketing communications maximise the strength of the Clearswift brand

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Responsive web design for any device

Imogen will outline how their site is now ready for multiple devices

Speaker Bio:

Imogen is the web editor at Westminster Abbey. Responsible for their website, intranet and social media presence. Her background in Media and at the BBC led to her current role where she also champions the Abbey as a web leader across other cultural institutions around the world.

Imogen holds a Masters in Interactive Media from Goldsmiths College, University of London as well as an undergraduate in Modern Art and Design from University College Falmouth.

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Gov 2.0 Social Media

Hear the latest in Gov 2.0 developments

Speaker Bio:

Darren's experience includes a number of senior Media and Communications positions within Victorian Government. As General Manager of Corporate Communications for Department of Justice Darren has been instrumental in championing Gov 2.0 initiatives within Australian Government.

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Social Media Planning

A session on how RACQ have planned and implemented Social Media whilst managing risk and compliance

Speaker Bio:

Belinda Manages Social Media Services at RACQ. Responsible for management of RACQ Corporate website and associated initiative websites such as Learn2go and Free2go.

Belinda is also responsible for technical management and implementation of RACQ Social Media Strategy and RACQ's Social Media presence.

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Managing Social Media

Andrew will speak on Social Media and how ECU audit Matrix for compliance with W3C/SEO and more

Speaker Bio:

Andrew is the web business manager at Edith Cowan University in Perth, as well as the current Squiz Community Advocate. At ECU his key responsibilities relate to developing, implementing and evaluating the Universityís online systems. In the past Andrew has managed the Universityís transition of web content from many independent systems into a centralised Matrix Web Content Management System.

Andrew has a degree in Interactive Multimedia Technologies with extensive experience in all aspects of web design, including programming, database systems, server administration and management.

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Goespatial websites

Ross will outline the latest in Geospatial for websites with focus on work done at Parks Victoria

Speaker Bio:

Ross has been active in the spatial industry for over 20 years focusing on the integration of spatial technologies into critical business solutions. Holding qualifications in both computer science and cartography, Ross has lived and worked internationally including two years in the United States building web technologies for the emergency services and telecommunication industries. Ross joined Geomatic Technologies in Melbourne in 2003 and has been responsible for a number of award winning solutions which have directly influenced how the Australian public use mapping technologies.

Ross is passionate about the latest technologies in mapping, visualisation and location based services which are changing the way enterprises analyse their operations and interact with their customers.

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Building an events system in Matrix

An outline of the business case and implementation of the NGVs events system in Matrix

Speaker Bio:

Manager of the Multimedia Department at the National Gallery of Victoria, Jean-Pierre Chabrol graduated from Ecole Louis Lumiere – Paris in 1990. He produced a number of awarded educational and cultural multimedia products in Europe. At the NGV since 2002, he is responsible for the development and integration of multimedia content in the Gallery.