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Annual Report 2017

President’s Report 4Treasurer’s Report 8CEO’s Report 10Membership 12Education 20Workforce Planning and Development 22Certification 24Education Across the Nation (EdXN) 26Reimagination Thought Leaders’ Summit 28ACS Digital Disruptors Awards 34Accreditation 38Skills Assessment 39Digital Business Strategy and ICT Investment 40Corporate Affairs, Public Policy and Government Engagement 42Information Age 46Branch Reports 48 Canberra 49 NSW 50 Northern Territory 51 Queensland 52 South Australia 53 Tasmania 54 Victoria 55 Western Australia 56Management Committee 58Congress 62ACS Advisory Boards 64Branch Executive Committees 66Our People 68

ContentsACS has been Australia’s peak professional body for the ICT profession for more than 50 years. We exist to create the environment in which our members, partners and the economy can succeed. As our society and economy transition, ICT professionals have become the drivers of innovation across all sectors, delivering real, tangible results.

Over the last year we have celebrated our history and embraced our future. ACS today is dramatically different to ACS of the past, but our commitment to enhancing standards of professionalism and growing the ICT sector remains as strong now as it did in 1966.

Our presence as a professional body continues to grow, and whether it is through our enhanced program of professional development or our increased focus on innovation, the outcome is positive for our profession in Australia.

As our last strategic plan comes to an end, we have commenced on a journey of further transformation. It is vital for us to remain at the forefront of the ICT profession, embracing change and inspiring success as we harness the opportunities presented in this most vibrant of professions.

We will continue to be a voice for the ICT profession in business and government, working to ensure our members are recognised as the business leaders of the future.

Inspiring success is more than just a tagline – it is what we do.

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President’s Report

ACS has evolved into a modern

professional body, eager to meet the

changing needs of our members

and the digital economy.

Over the course of the year as President, I have been inspired by the continued professionalism of our members and our staff. ACS has continued on its journey of change and in doing so has evolved into a modern professional body, eager to meet the changing needs of our members and the digital economy.

Following on from the issues identified in the second iteration of Australia’s Digital Pulse report, we held a diversity summit in Canberra in early November, bringing together a panel of prominent advocates for diversity in ICT. This initiative will continue for many years to come as we seek to address the gender imbalance in the ICT Workforce.

In November, we hosted what is arguably the most prominent

gathering of global governmental and industry technology experts ever held in Australia. This full day Ministerial Forum was convened in Sydney. The two largest digital economies in Australia are NSW and Victoria, so it was appropriate that we welcomed The Hon Victor Dominello MP, then NSW minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, along with The Hon Phillip Dalidakis MP, Victorian Minister for Innovation.

I am also grateful to our esteemed local and international panellists for taking part, including Mike Hinchey, President of the global ICT professional body, the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP); Ray Long, President British Computer Society; Ulandi Exner, President of the Institute of IT

Professionals South Africa; and Elly van den Heuvel, Secretary to the Dutch Cyber Security Council.

It was at this event we launched our flagship report ‘Cybersecurity: Threats, Challenges, Opportunities’. This report continues to generate significant interest across the ICT profession, as the recognition of cyber security as a key element of the economy continues to grow.

I was pleased to officially open the second Reimagination Thought Leaders’ Summit. After a successful event in 2015, it was always going to be a challenge to exceed expectations, but I am pleased to say this challenge was met. More than 1,000 people gathered to hear from our international keynote speaker

This past year has seen ACS further establish itself as the peak professional body for ICT in Australia. The position we hold brings with it great responsibility – not only to our members but to the economy and community as we look to develop the ICT profession into the key economic driver for the next 50 years.

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Professor Andrew McAfee, Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy.

Professor McAfee’s address was without doubt a highlight of a day which included insights from leading minds in the ICT space. I thank all of the speakers, including the leading business leaders and academics who took part in our panels, as well as ACS staff who did an outstanding job delivering a magnificent day.

The evening saw us welcome our international guests to Sydney with a moving Welcome to Country before recognising the pinnacle of achievement in the ICT space with the second ACS Digital Disruptors Awards. Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie was crowned ICT Professional of the Year for her work in opening the technology industry to a whole new cohort of people through gamification.

In February 2017, ACS CEO Andrew Johnson, Professor Jill Slay and I joined the Austrade Cyber Security Mission coinciding with the RSA Conference 2017 to San Francisco and Silicon Valley where we continued to build our

engagement with Australian innovators operating in the global seat of technology. While in the US, we held a number of meetings with Austrade which operates a Landing Pad program, helping to export Australian products and services to the world.

Our time in San Francisco also gave us the opportunity to meet with several incubator and accelerator programs. While the growth of incubators in Australia has exploded in the past two years, there has not been a consistent focus on professionalism and success. As a professional body, we must be conscious to promote professionalism throughout ICT – whether that is in the established professional space or in the field of innovation.

As data about us proliferates, important questions are being asked about who owns this information and what they can do with it. The Productivity Commission released its report ‘Data Availability and Use’ calling for Comprehensive Rights for Consumers. ACS was pleased to have contributed a submission to this report calling for the

development of an Accounting Standard for data to provide consistent and clear definitions for how data assets are valued and leveraged to generate economic benefits.

ACS continues to perform the role of trusted advisor to government, and deliver services to identify and certify ICT professionals you can trust, including through the Professional Standards Scheme.

A little over twelve months ago, I met with Alastair MacGibbon, Special advisor to the Prime Minister on Cyber Security on the growing threat of cyber attacks and discussed the requirements for a maturing cyber security profession in Australia. A Cyber Task Force was created which led to the release of the new Certified Professional (Cyber Security) and Certified Technologist (Cyber Security) specialism.

Continuing our focus on education, 2017 saw us launch the first Advanced Professional Accreditation for an ICT Course. This complements our current accreditation by extending it into the postgraduate field.

With the replacement of the 457 visa class by the Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa, Australian workers are ensured priority to local jobs, while businesses continue to have access to temporary and critically needed talent.

Our engagement with Government at a State/Territory and Federal level has grown markedly over the course of the last financial year. Through an approach that includes advocacy for the ICT sector via one-on-one meetings with senior government ministers and their staff, professional development functions and relevant industry government submissions, ACS has reinforced its position as the leading professional body for the ICT sector. We are already planning significant events in the coming financial year which are the fruits of our increased engagement.

In May of this year we launched the third edition of Australia’s Digital Pulse. Unlike our previous launch events which were held in Canberra, the launch was held at CeBit in Sydney.

This was one of the first major events to be held at the new International Convention Centre and the report was launched by The Hon Angus Taylor MP, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation.

For the first time, we were able to quantify the benefit each Australian receives as a result of the growth in digital technologies. There is no doubt whatsoever that Australia has moved from the mining boom to the digital boom, and our flagship research report bears that out.

I was pleased to take part in the inaugural Big Day In event held at the Swinburne campus in Sarawak. At its Sarawak Campus, Swinburne University conducts ACS accredited degrees in Information Systems, Computer Science, and ICT Engineering. In June, I presented ACS Certified Professional certificates to Swinburne academics and memberships to 50 students. Events like this first international Big Day In are crucial to attracting students who are ready to contribute to and succeed in a digitally-driven world.

With the new ACS Strategy focusing on the 3Cs (Capacity, Capability, Catalyst), and the deployment of the new ACS technology platform and Digital Business Strategy, I believe our organisation is in a wonderful position to exceed the expectations for another 50 years. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the ACS team and acknowledge the significant efforts of the Management Team (Management Committee), Congress, Branch Executive Committees (BECs), SIGs and Chapters across Australia, the ACS CEO, members of staff and our many stakeholders and volunteers for their continued commitment and support to the success of ACS.

Mr Anthony WongFACS CPPresident


Treasurer’s Report

FY2016/17 continued ACS’ sound financial performance, realising a surplus of $5.2m compared to a surplus of $4.29m in the previous financial year. Our net assets now stand at $22.7m. We are over half way towards achieving our sustainability target of one-and-a-half years’ worth of operations in reserve.

ACS celebrated its 50th Anniversary during 2016, and our Management Committee, Branch Executive Committees (including Branch Chairs), and our broader elected representatives, all take our responsibility seriously to ensure ACS will celebrate 100 years.

As National Treasurer, I appreciate that first and foremost, members want to be part of a strong and successful community – and that a sound and growing asset base is part of that expectation.

Outside of this, member expectation of ACS is about value creation, and the degree to which we are successfully contributing to a growing skilled ICT workforce, and lifting professional standards.

I am pleased to advise that we reached a stage during the year where we could retire two legacy systems. While only at the starting line, I am sure our new digital tools will ensure we provide modern and contemporary services to members over the coming years. We also introduced a new project management framework to continue our business maturity, and realise the intended benefits from all investments being made.

The range of products and services and their achievements are well documented through this annual report. I would like to make a special mention of our new strategy commencing in FY2017/18. It contains commitments to modernise our physical infrastructure across three states in the coming twelve months, and initiatives designed to build the ACS community particularly through premium events and digital collaboration tools. This would not be possible without the prudent governance and financial stewardship evident across our operations.

In my opinion, the accompanying accounts give a true and fair view of the affairs of ACS as at 30 June 2017, and of its statement of comprehensive income for the year ending on that date, prepared in accordance with properly maintained financial records of ACS.

I would like to thank the Branch Honorary Treasurers and national finance team for their commitment and support over the last year.

Lastly and certainly not least, I would like to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to Immediate Past Treasurer, Yohan Ramasundara, for his prudent financial stewardship over the past five years. We aim to build on his good work to continue Empowering Australian Innovation moving into our digital future.

Arnold WongBSc FACS CP IP3PNational Treasurer

ACS has improved its overall result for FY2016/17 by delivering a surplus of $5.2m compared to a surplus of $4.29m in the previous financial year. This was achieved on the back of continuous strong growth in ACS’ education programs.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS $15,818VV

CURRENT RECEIVABLES $2,191VV

CURRENT OTHER ASSETS $11,199

PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT $398

INTANGIBLE ATT SSETS $NIL

CURRENT PAYAA ABLES $3,919YY

CURRENT OTHER LIABILITIES $2,359

CURRENT PROVISIONS $482

NON-CURRENT PROVISIONS $143

2017 ASSETS (Thousands $000s)

2017 LIABILITIES (Thousands $000s)

NON-CURRENT OTHER LIABILITIES $NIL

5 Year SummaryYY 2017

$000s

Total Income 33,543

Total Expenses 28,340

Net Profit/(Loss) 5,202

Total Assets 29,606

Total Liabilities 6,903

Total MemberFunds 22,703

2015 2014 2013

20,518 18,663 14,299

17,276 15,260 14,638

3,242 3,403 (339)

18,449 15,849 12,193

5,242 5,885 5,632

13,207 9,965 6,561

2016

26,779

22,486

4,294

25,109

7,609

17,500


CEO’s Report

Our National Congress, the representatives of our members in the ACS governance model, worked tirelessly over 18 months to develop a new strategic plan. I would like to thank our President Anthony Wong and our Congress members for facilitating consultations with Branch Executive Committees, and confronting the realities of a world being digitally disrupted.

The resulting new five-year strategy focuses our energies on delivering for the ICT profession in three areas:

Capacity – expanding the human capital in the profession

Capability – lifting the quality of the human capital in the profession

Catalyst – ACS being a conduit for sparking innovation.

The new strategy will stretch us, which is a good thing. The focus of our National Congress to determine what a contemporary and relevant professional body should look like in the future, should be congratulated.

It resulted in an unanimously endorsed new strategy by the National Congress.

We undertook the first phase of a governance review that focused on an enabler of the new strategy – this being leveraging our knowledge capital. Three high level boards were established along with nine Committees, with the aim of providing strategic advice to Management Committee and reporting via their Vice Presidents:

• The Member Advisory Board (includes one Committee - Diversity)

• The Profession Advisory Board (includes three Committees – Professional Education Governance, Ethics, ICT Educators)

• The Technical Advisory Board (includes five Committees - Artificial Intelligence & Ethics Committee, Blockchain, Data Sharing, Internet of Things, Cyber Security)

The call for expressions of interest to participate in these

Boards and Committees was truly humbling, and exemplifies the passion amongst ACS members to make a difference and continue to advance our profession.

Our tech team has been working hard to ensure contemporary service provision in the digital age, and on-boarded three new enterprise platforms into ACS’ technology portfolio, while also re-platforming the Migration Skills Assessment system, without disruption to stakeholder obligations.

I would like to thank ACS Vice President Mike Driver as Chair of the Digital Business Strategy along with Steering Committee co-members Michael Hawkins, Dr Rod Dilnutt, Peter McGill and Hayden Delaney for their leadership and support through this implementation.

More than 9,000 digital assets have been accessed by members since the introduction of these new platforms going live at the end of September 2016.

FY2016/17 was an incredible year for ACS. I am particularly keen to share some of the highlights and achievements, and acknowledge the ACS members who made our success possible.

During the year, we delivered a national brand awareness campaign which really resonated with members and broader stakeholders. ‘Empowering Australian Innovation – Think Ahead, Create the Future, Change the World’ has helped us reframe the role of a technology career, and the benefits of being connected to ACS and other technology professionals as part of a person’s career and life journey.

Our thought leadership continues to extend, with highlights including:

• ACS as a partner of the 2016 Crossroads Report which was released by StartupAUS through October and November 2016.

• Two Ministerial Forums at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. The morning Forum was attended by The Hon Victor Dominello MP, NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation on ‘Wicked Policy Challenges for Government’. The afternoon session was attended by The Hon Phillip Dalidakis MP, Victoria’s Minister for Innovation and Small Business on Cyber Security and Resilience.

• The launch of the third edition of Australia’s Digital Pulse 2017 with a national roadshow of events in every capital city between May and July 2017.

• ACS Submission to the Productivity Commission’s ‘Data Availability and Use’.

• ACS sponsorship of a special report in the Australian Financial Review on Cyber Resilience.

• Eight-page special feature on Reimagination in the Australian Financial Review.

• ACS’s guide ‘Cybersecurity: Threats, Challenges and Opportunities’.

• Major supporter of CeBIT in May 2017 upon its return to the International Convention Centre in Sydney with a number of ACS members speaking as subject matter experts on the program.

Reflecting our strong partnership arrangements with parliamentarians across the country, we were pleased to have the support of:

• The Hon Greg Hunt MP (at the time Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science) opening Reimagination in December 2016.

• Minister Dalidakis and Minister Dominello attending the ACS Ministerial Forums in November 2016.

• SA Branch Leaders Lunch ‘Power of and promise of female leadership’ attended by: Katrine Hildyard MP, Member for Reynell (representing the Premier); Nat Cook MP, Member for Fisher; Chris Picton MP, Member for Kaurna; Corey Wingard MP, Member for Mitchell; David Pisoni MP, Member for Unley; and Kelly Vincent MLC, Dignity for the Disabled.

• The Hon Angus Taylor MP (Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation) launching Australia’s Digital Pulse in May 2017.

Upon personal reflection, service delivery highlights that stand out to me include:

• 3,300+ industry placements via education programs to give students the best opportunity to

transition to the workplace.

• 17,800 attendees at ACS Professional Development face-to-face events across the nation including 2,093 at EDXN.

• 3,000+ mySFIA active Corporate and Government users.

• 1,567 attendees across Victoria Branch’s three Young Professionals Conferences.

• 10 domestic accreditations completed, and three overseas campuses.

• Our first Advanced level accreditation, and having this accreditation recognised by the Seoul Accord.

• 336 Certification assessments conducted over the year.

• Partner of the ACS Foundation’s Junior Big Day In at Hilltop Road Public School where 900 students from 30 primary schools were in attendance during November 2016. ACS also partnered with Solar Buddy for this event, where a large number of devices were purchased and then built by the students to be shipped to other children from impoverished communities in India, in order to provide light for education purposes during evenings.

A big year, none of which could be achieved without the commitment and support of our members, elected members and staff – thank you!

Andrew JohnsonMACS (Snr) CPChief Executive Officer


As the professional association and peak body representing Australia’s ICT sector, ACS’ mission is to deliver authoritative independent knowledge and insight into technology, build relevant technology capacity and capability in Australia, and to be a catalyst for innovative creation and adoption of technology for the benefit of commerce, governments and society.

In FY2016/17 membership remained stable closing the year with 22,349 members. ACS focused on delivering an intensive program of activity designed to empower Australian innovation and deliver enhanced value for members. Strong foundations were laid for future membership growth and highlights of the year saw ACS strengthen relationships with key stakeholders in the technology and innovation space, successfully deliver the largest branding and membership campaign to date, and establish the organisation as a credible reference point in the cyber security space.

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Together with TelSoc, ACS jointly presented the Charles Todd Oration in October 2016, where Iñaki Berroeta, Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, presented on the topic ‘On the Move: The Future of Mobile in Australia & Globally’. Iñaki’s presentation looked at how Australia is placed to adopt and take advantage of advances in mobile technology, such as 5G and IoT.

ACS sponsored the StartupAUS 2016 Crossroads Report, in conjunction with Salesforce and Google. The report was published in October and provided insight into the state of play of Australia’s start-up ecosystem, including an action plan for making Australia one of the best places in the world to build and grow a tech start-up. As a proud sponsor of the report, we demonstrated our commitment and support of technology in providing new opportunities for emerging Australian businesses.

We were proud to support the ACS Foundation’s Junior Big Day In at Hilltop Road Public School in NSW, where 900 students from 30 primary schools attended the event on 2 November 2016. This inspiring event gave children the opportunity to experience an interactive environment and have fun with technology. As part of this initiative, ACS worked with SolarBuddy, a Brisbane-based start-up, to secure solar devices that were built by participating students and shipped to children in impoverished communities in India.


ACS hosted the IFIP Presidents and Australia 3.0 Ministerial Forums on 30 November 2016 at the Hilton Hotel, Sydney. The morning forum was attended by the Hon Victor Dominello MP, NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, who presented ‘Wicked policy challenges for Government’. This examined the need for better collaboration between government and industry, in addition to solutions for increasing agility and innovation within government. The afternoon session was attended by The Hon Phillip Dalidakis, Victorian Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade, who participated in a panel discussion on ‘Global approaches to building resilience, the cyber security ecosystem and staying on top of old and new threats’. The Forum attracted international panel speakers from Europe, Asia and Africa, who participated in discussions alongside Australian representatives.

Reimagination returned for its second year, with 1300 delegates attending the thought leadership summit followed by the ACS Digital Disruptors Awards gala dinner at The Star on 1 December 2016. The summit was designed to advance conversation on technology and innovation, share knowledge and facilitate networking. It attracted a high calibre audience with 73 percent of attendees comprised of C-suite, senior managers and ICT decision-makers.

The summit featured a range of expert panel speakers, with discussion focusing on the following topics: entrepreneurship, innovation and new job creation; embracing innovation to advance the Australian technology eco-system; technology strategy - a company board’s perspective; Government as an influencer of the development and pace of adoption of new technologies;

and, commercial applications of artificial intelligence and the opportunities for your operations.

The panel sessions were followed by international keynote speaker, Professor Andrew McAfee, Co-director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and Principal Research Scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

The ACS Digital Disruptors Awards then closed out the event by showcasing the best in Australian technology innovation across 12 categories, spanning individual and team achievements. A record number of nominations were received for the awards, with winners representing high-profile brands including NAB, Qantas, SEEK and Deloitte.

We launched Cybersecurity: Threats, Challenges, Opportunities, a strategic guide to help Australian businesses understand and combat Australia’s biggest economic threat – cyber crime – in November 2016. The guide was designed to raise awareness of the challenges and concerns associated with cyber security, given the more we develop and embrace technology, the greater the possibility of risks. It also served to generate discussion about how to address these challenges into the future.

ACS supported the ACS Foundation’s Big Day In on 28 and 29 March 2017 at UTS in Sydney. The event, designed by students for students, was targeted to those with an interest in technology at high school and university levels. Attending students were offered the opportunity to meet graduate recruitment teams from leading tech companies, in addition to presentations from a range of technology influencers.

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MembershipOur national brand awareness and trial membership campaign secured 3,799 new special members, allowing them to explore how ACS could benefit their career, and help them to engage with the industry. The campaign, titled ‘Empowering Australian Innovation: Think Ahead. Create the Future. Change the World’ was the largest delivered by ACS to date, and was designed to reframe the role of a technology career. Conducted between March and June 2017, in addition to increasing membership, the campaign raised ACS’ profile with marketing activity across TV, print, airport, public transport, billboards, digital and social channels.

We supported CeBIT in May 2017 upon the event’s return to the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Sydney. ACS worked in partnership with conference organisers to secure involvement in knowledge theatre sessions where certification, and workforce planning and development opportunities were showcased, in conjunction with clients from Amatil, Ballarat Health Services and GS1 Australia. ACS also had a presence on the exhibition floor, facilitating conversations with conference delegates and promotion of the trial membership campaign.

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We supported Women in Tech in June 2017, which focused on increasing and retaining female representation across the tech industry in Australia, alongside discussions around solutions to challenges in the sector. ACS played a key role, with Congressional Representative, Jo Dalvean, chairing day two of the conference. Jo’s involvement enabled ACS to be at the forefront of discussion around driving innovation and diversity.

ACS launched the third edition of Australia’s Digital Pulse report in May 2017 at CeBIT. It was officially launched by the Hon Angus Taylor MP, and was attended by: Anthony Wong, President, ACS; Michelle Price, Chief Operating Officer, Australian Cyber Security Growth Centre; John O’Mahony, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics; Andrew Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, ACS, and Nick O’Donnell, APAC Director, LinkedIn (as pictured above). A national roadshow of events in every capital city was subsequently held May-July 2017. The 2017 report examines policies that can support technology-led growth and the digital workforce boom. Produced in conjunction with Deloitte Access Economics, it positions ACS as an expert voice in the technology landscape.


EducationACS Education is focused on continually building the capacity and capability of Australia’s ICT workforce through a range of programs for domestic and international students.

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The programs within ACS Education are governed by the quality standards set by various committees of ACS to ensure quality delivery and engagement. Key aspects of the programs are designed to support the emerging workforce on their journey from education to employment, and to support diversity and the integration of all students into rewarding careers.

ACS Education programs may be placed into three broad categories as follows:

Work readiness programs

The ACS Professional Placement Program (internship) for higher degree students, both domestic and international, is now at The University of Melbourne and the Australian National University. Discussions are underway to provide this program to other leading universities. Both universities dedicate two units of their Master of IT and Master of Information Systems qualifications to ACS professional placements. Student endorsements of the program

demonstrate its value and success. A similar program is being launched for graduates at the Bachelor level.

The Professional Year Program for Computer Sciences as specified by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) prepares recent international student graduates for the Australian workforce. This program also includes a professional placement. It continues to grow in strength and contributes to the diversification of Australia’s ICT workforce.

Developing new talent

In April 2016, the Diploma of IT successfully emerged from the pilot phase, and was endorsed by the Professional Education Governance Committee. This program will now be scaled up to provide opportunities for international students, both onshore and offshore, to earn a Diploma of IT with articulation into an Australian university for further study.

Talent for the future

The ICT Educators’ Program was established to support teachers of ICT in schools. Progressive implementation of the Digital Technologies Curriculum across all Australian states and territories has amplified the need for teacher support. In the past, much of ICT teaching in schools was driven from the more technical perspectives. The new Digital Technologies Curriculum provides a highly innovative and future-proof methodology for integrating digital capability with other curriculum requirements and emphasises the importance of Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Computational Thinking as key enablers. ACS Education is forming a range of partnerships to support schools and teachers as they implement this curriculum, and build future capacity in digital professions.


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ACS’ holistic consulting service framework, and focused approach to skills management for client and partners, has enabled:

• clarity of job role benchmarking

• skills mobility opportunities

• development roadmaps to ensure capabilities and skills drive the conversation

During FY2016/17, SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age) implementation services were expanded to include the validation and recognition of skills and capabilities for our members. This included the introduction of the formal Skills Assessment process and independently validated skills assessment for clients and partners against benchmarked job roles. Eighty-six percent of members who have participated in formal Skills Assessments have obtained ACS Certification, ensuring the focus on continuous professional development for skills and capability uplift.

On-site SFIA Skills Assessment workshops were conducted with over 1,300+ members across Australia to support the self-identification of SFIA Skills Sets for members, mySFIA. More than 3,100 members accessed mySFIA through both the Corporate and Government Editions for FY2016/17. Members from federal government departments, universities, ASX100 companies and small to medium enterprises have engaged with this powerful tool driving the skills conversation to a structured approach for skills mobilisation and development.

mySFIA enhancements continue to extend to the user interface and reporting capabilities. These include:

• Professional Development module – ability to set career goal based on job role and/or combination of SFIA Skills Sets, and view Skills Progression over period time

• Reporting – greater scope of reporting capability for Corporate and Government edition users including: Job Role Alignment Matrix; Job Role Alignment Compliance; Succession Report; Individual, Team/Business Unit; and Organisation Reporting

• Skills Profiles – expanding on SFIA skills to also include proficiencies and certification requirements for job roles

ACS’ Workforce Planning & Development Services continue to provide organisations and government departments with a well-rounded approach to identification of skills and capabilities, management of skills, development opportunities, and the ability to mobilise skills and capabilities more efficiently.

Enabling skills-focused development opportunities for ACS members


Certification

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ACS Certification continues to support Professional Partners with a robust face-to-face onsite formal assessment model and this expanded in FY2016/17 with a major telecommunication company, a ‘big four’ firm, universities, healthcare and government agencies having staff undergo assessment by ACS.

As Chris Reeve, IT Manager of Ballarat Health, located in regional Victoria said, “What really intrigued me was that assessment wasn’t about being given a set of questions and we will mark you on what’s right or wrong, but assessment was a conversation with real industry experts who lead you in discussion to accurately identify your competencies based on their extensive industry knowledge.” As for the staff at Ballarat Heath that undertook assessments, they paid

for their own certification. “They saw the value that an independent assessment could offer them in terms of benchmarking and career growth,” Mr Reeve said.

As a holistic model, workforce certification is incorporated into the professional development activities used by many of our Professional Partners.

Karen Gee, General Manager of Business Technology Services at Telstra, runs BTS Academy, a program used to train security and network specialists to deliver technology solutions for Telstra’s business and enterprise customers. The three-year program includes an initial six months of intensive training in network and security, with a focus on professional and technical training and certification.

ACS Certification is integral to the BTS Academy Program with all qualifying graduates given the opportunity to have their skills recognised through certification. Seventeen graduates were awarded ACS Certification at the end of their six-month training period.

ACS Certification and ACS Workforce Planning & Development will continue the collaborative approach to support the validation of skills and capabilities through the use of SFIA and the recognition of professionalism through Certification pathways.

Uptake in certification by our Professional Partners, as well as individual members seeking independent skills validation, sees ACS Certified Professional Certification increase for a fourth consecutive year in FY2016/17 to 1,615.

1,615 Certified Professionals


ACS attracted 2,093 attendees to its Education Across the Nation (EdXN) thought leadership series, which saw subject matter experts present at national road shows, highlighting a range of developments and emerging opportunities in the ICT industry.

2,093attendees

Education Across the Nation(EdXN)

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In August and September 2016, Alex McCauley, Chief Executive Officer at StartupAUS, conducted events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, which were also live streamed across Australia and to overseas members. Attendees were given an exclusive preview of the StartupAUS 2016 Crossroads Report, focusing on ‘The state of play of Australia’s start-up ecosystem’.

Throughout October and November 2016, Peter O’Halloran, Chief Information Officer at ACT Health, carried out a national roadshow across all states and territories. Mr O’Halloran’s ‘A Disruptive Vision’ presentation shared expertise and insight on developing a culture geared towards the successful delivery of transformational ICT projects.

During May and June 2017, Susan Entwisle, Executive Director and Distinguished Technologist at HPE Enterprise Services delivered an insight into Automation: The Future of Work. Ms Entwisle’s topical presentation addressed automation trends, future capabilities including jobs of the future, and how to successfully develop automation journeys.


Reimagination ThoughtLeaders’ Summit

The Reimagination Thought Leaders’ Summit returned for a second instalment on 1 December 2016 at The Star in Sydney to a sold-out audience. The momentum continued into the evening with the gala dinner and presentation of the ACS Digital Disruptors Awards. More than 1,300 unique delegates attended the day and evening events.

A key highlight of Reimagination was the international keynote presenter, Professor Andrew McAfee, Co-director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and Principal Research Scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Professor McAfee delivered thought-provoking discussion on achieving success in an ever changing world. He also brought to the surface the role of the ‘alpha geek’ and their tendency to take risks based on evidence and data analytics.

The summit, held in conjunction with ACS hosted SEARCC 2016 Conference, featured five panels of highly respected thought leaders from Australia’s top companies, educational institutions and political sphere.

Discussion focused on the need for strong collaboration between industry and education, recognising the required digital skills to minimise shortages, understanding how traditional roles will change in the future economy, and how to maximise opportunities to secure a competitive edge.

Panel sessions included:

• Entrepreneurship, innovation and new job creation

• Innovation and commercialisation

• Technology strategy: A company board’s perspective

• Government as an influencer of the development and pace of adoption of new technologies

• Commercial applications of artificial intelligence and the opportunities for your operations

The panels consisted of carefully chosen experts who together shared their insights into industry developments.

Reimagination’16 Panellists:

The Hon. Philip Dalidakis MP - Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade – Victorian Government

Bridget Loudon - Chief Executive Officer, Expert360

Michael Dunworth - Chief Executive Officer, SNAPCARD

Tim Power - Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Inquisitive; Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, ClickView; Chair and Mentor of Stile Education

Karen Stocks - Managing Director, Twitter Australia

Adrian Turner - Chief Executive Officer, Data61 at CSIRO

John Burgin - Vice President and ANZ Head, Cognizant

Alex Scandurra - Chief Executive Officer, Stone & Chalk

Richard White - Chief Executive Officer & Founder, WiseTech Global

Dr Michelle Deaker - Founder, Managing Director & CEO, OneVentures

Peter James - Chair, Macquarie Telecom, Nearmap and Droneshield

Dr Ian Oppermann - Chief Executive Officer and Chief Data Scientist, NSW Data Analytics Centre

The Hon Victor Dominello - NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation

Corey Wingard MP - Member for Mitchell in SA Parliament; Shadow Minister for Employment, Small Business, Manufacturing and Innovation, Cost of Living & Automotive Transformation

The Hon Stephen Conroy - Former Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

The Hon Catherine (Kate) Esther Doust MLC - Shadow Minister for

Industrial Relations; Commerce; Information Communications Technology; Small Business; Electoral Affairs

Pip Marlow - Managing Director, Microsoft Australia

Craig Dunn - Independent Director of Westpac; Chair of Stone & Chalk; Director of Telstra, Financial Literacy Australia Limited, and The Australian Ballet

Kate Burleigh - Managing Director, Intel Australia/NZ

Prof Michael Blumenstein – Head of School, Software, in the Faculty of Engineering & IT, UTS

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Reimagination’16 was a timely occasion for ACS to pay tribute to the late Professor John Makepeace Bennett AM, as a ‘pioneer for innovation and advancing the ICT profession’. The special dedication to the Founding President of ACS was accepted by his daughter Jane.

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Reimagination ThoughtLeaders’ Summit

The success of the summit was not only attributed by the event being a sell-out, but also in receiving widespread positive feedback from panel speakers, special guests and delegates. Ratings were positive with a minimum of four out of five achieved across all survey questions, including panel and keynote sessions, overall experience and likelihood of participating in the 2017 summit.

Coverage of the summit and awards was featured in a dedicated eight-page AFR special report on 13 December 2016.

International Keynote, Professor Andrew McAfee

Panel 4: Government as an influencer of the development and pace of adoption of new technologies

Panel 1: Entrepreneurship, innovation and new job creation

Peter James

The Hon Victor Dominello MP

Pip Marlow

Platinum Partners

Adobe – ANZ – Cognizant – UTS - ECA

Gold Partners

Huawei – Progress – Pure Storage – TAFE NSW

Event Partners

Liberty International Underwriters – Data61 – Stone & Chalk – Next Media – ACS Foundation

Media Partner

Australian Financial ReviewPanel 2: Innovation and commercialisation

Panel 3: Technology strategy: A company board’s perspective

Panel 5: Commercial applications of artificial intelligence and the opportunities for your operations


ACS Digital Disruptors Awards

The ACS Digital Disruptors Awards showcased the best in Australian technology innovation with 12 categories spanning individual and team achievements. The gala dinner also showcased awards for the Pearcey Foundation and International ICT Awards for South-East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC). International guests from SEARCC and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) were welcomed from nations around the globe including the UK, China, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

The awards were hosted by television presenters Erin Molan and Stephanie Bendixsen, who presented the awards along with ACS and sponsor representatives.

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ACS Digital Disruptors Awards

Individual Award Winners

ICT Professional of the Year

ICT Young Professional of the Year (Male)

ICT Young Professional of the Year (Female)

ICT Student of the Year

ICT Educator of the Year

ICT Researcher of the Year

Team Award Winners

Service Transformation for the Digital Consumer

Corporate

Government

Not for Profit

Skills Transformation of Work Teams

Small (under 20)

Medium (21-200)

Large (over 200)

Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie (Games We Play/FTI)

David Budden (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Cynthia Lee (Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd)

Shane Hercules (University of Melbourne)

Dr Richard Dazeley (Federation University)

Geoff Webb (Monash University)

Biteable

Australia Post & WA Police

Touchline Connect Pty Ltd

Qantas

SEEK

NAB

ICT Professional of the Year, Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie ICT Young Professional of the Year (Female), Cynthia Lee

ICT Student of the Year, Shane Hercules ICT Educator of the Year, Dr Richard Dazeley

Service Transformation for the Digital Consumer, Corporate, Biteable

Service Transformation for the Digital Consumer, Government, Australia Post & WA Police

Service Transformation for the Digital Consumer, Not for Profit,Touchline Connect Pty Ltd

Skills Transformation of Work Teams, Small, Qantas

Skills Transformation of Work Teams, Medium, SEEK

Skills Transformation of Work Teams, Large, NAB

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Accreditation

During 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, ACS performed 17 accreditation visits within Australian universities. Three accreditations included overseas trips to accredit off-shore partner campuses.

Five Accreditation Committee meetings were conducted within the year which advanced ACS accreditation policies, quality of reporting to universities, and efficiencies of processes.

Accreditation panel chairs, site visit managers and Accreditation Committee members participated in high level SFIA training to enhance our quality and effectiveness in the accreditation processes.

A highlight of the Accreditation year was the establishment of the first Advanced Professional Accreditation program. The University of Wollongong Masters programs are now recognised by the Seoul Accord.

The Advanced Professional accreditation aims to deliver graduates at level 5 of the SFIA which corresponds to ACS Certified Professional (CP).

Graduates gain knowledge and competencies needed to advance the digital economy.

ACS Advanced Professional Accreditation is a crucial step in enabling Australia to increase the ICT skills of the future.

Skills Assessment

The Migration Skills Assessment team delivered another strong year and maintained a 2.4-week turnaround time while implementing a new CRM platform and website. The Skills team rose to the challenges in establishing the operational arm of the ACS digital business strategy for assessment services, and laid the foundations in meeting the needs of our digital future.

The new system delivered improvements in a range of areas:

• Mobile responsive pages and applications for all ACS functions, including migration skills assessment

• Interactive agent dashboards to update details, documents, and application sorting functionality

• Enhanced status functionality for applicants to access information and update applications

• PayPal was introduced as an additional payment function to replace Direct Deposit payments

• Drag and drop functionality for ease of adding documentation

• New email login format for applicants and agents

The new look and feel of the Migration Skills Assessments application form has been a big hit with both applicants and agents, and included new functionalities in the processing of applications all from the new dashboard.

The experience and professionalism of the current Skills team has contributed to the overall success in delivering the system changes, and maintaining a high degree of quality and efficiency this financial year.

During FY2016/17:

• A total of 17 visits – three of which included overseas trips to accredit off-shore partner campuses. One of the visits (Federation) spanned over 10 days visiting nine partner campuses in Victoria, Sydney and Adelaide.

• Five Accreditation Committee meetings took place including one face-to-face.

• SFIA training for accreditation panel chairs, visiting managers and Accreditation Committee members.

• First Advanced Professional accredited program at the University of Wollongong.

• Masters programs now recognised by the Seoul Accord.


Digital Business Strategyand ICT Investment

This year, ACS completed a significant two-year disruptive technology change program delivering against its Digital Business Strategy (DBS). The final business benefits will continue to be enabled over the coming 12 months. Building upon newly established back-of-house digital platforms powered by Salesforce, this year the focus shifted to establishing a customer-centric digital engagement platform. While neither a trivial or simple undertaking, this was successfully achieved and the ACS products and services portfolio re-platformed from its legacy XEN and SQUIZ systems onto the best-in-class Adobe Experience Cloud.

ACS can now:

• Enable adaptive, innovative and resilient technology capabilities across ACS Member and Profession value chains, empowering ACS to confidently drive forward and change the future

• Engage proactively as a trusted advisor across internal and external communities, being a catalyst for change, and

showcasing how ACS walks its talk by enabling innovative solutions, and

• Effect governed, technology enabled outcomes for ACS that foster and support growth in capacity and capability of Member and Profession communities, individually and collectively.

The technology capabilities established this year have already manifested tangible benefits for ACS and its members, benefits which can continuously improve and evolve.

As a result of the digital transformation initiatives successfully delivered this year, the DBS has successfully delivered upon two of its primary goals:

1. Staff have been empowered with a digital tool-kit enabling them to dedicate more attention to customer-centric interactions and actively demonstrate to our key external stakeholders the power of being Digital First, and

2. A ‘Digital Edge’ has been established within the

organisation ensuring digital assets and physical resources can be combined in innovative ways to create and promote new value and revenue streams, ensuring a sustainable future for ACS.

The digital transformation of ACS’ product and services portfolio (Membership, Skills Migration Application, Education and Publications), while technology led, has only been successful as a result of committed cross-boundary collaboration and teaming within ACS business units. This internal partnering between technology and business teams is testament to ACS’ commitment in being a digital leader.

Technology capabilities established

Customer Experience

Refreshed and modularised design making it easier for

users and visitors

Omni-ChannelMember access via device form-

factor of choice – web, tablet or smartphone

PerformanceImproved response times when accessing products

and services

Brand ComplianceCentralised management

for authoring, approving and publishing ACS content

AutomationProducts and services more

tightly integrated, reducing double handling

EfficiencyNavigation and interaction patterns optimised across

products and services

Customer Insights

Analytics capability available to track member and visitor

interactions across ACS assets

SecurityAbility to manage and govern

security at a platform, service, and user level

ResilienceGreatly improved product and

services availability due to high availability cloud hosting


The Policy, Government and External affairs function of ACS has continued to deliver positive results for our sector throughout this financial year.

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The Corporate Affairs, Public Policy and Government Engagement areas of ACS have continued to deliver positive results for our sector throughout this financial year. The year began with two comprehensive responses to the Productivity Commission’s request for submissions on data availability and use. In its response, ACS called for the development of an Accounting Standard to provide consistent and clear definitions for how data assets are valued and leveraged to generate economic benefits.

Policy development falls under the remit of the National Public Policy Reference Group, chaired by ACS President Anthony Wong, and including Immediate Past Chair Victoria, Craig Horne, National Congressional Representative Jo Dalvean, and ACS CEO Andrew Johnson.

Government engagement functions included the launch of Australia’s Digital Pulse and the first ACS Diversity Summit, held in Canberra and meeting a commitment made in our flagship report, ‘The Promise of Diversity’. We are grateful to Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash for her address and continued support of our efforts to improve diversity throughout the sector.

For the first time, ACS has a Senior Policy Advisor, Hugh Eriksson, who reports to the Director of Corporate Affairs and Public Policy. The role of the Senior Policy Advisor is to engage directly with government across all three levels and build personal professional relationships that will in turn lead to promoting ICT in Australia. Further, the Senior Policy Advisor works with our internal policy committees to coordinate submission of our

key policy platforms and ensure these policies reach the key stakeholders in government, industry and academia.

In December, prior to Reimagination, a Ministerial Summit was convened by ACS, in co-ordination with IFIP, in Sydney. This summit brought C-Suite executives from around the globe together with then NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, the Hon Victor Dominello MP, along with Victorian Minister for Innovation the Hon Philip Dalidakis MP. This summit helped shape the discussions of Reimagination the following day, which saw further engagement from politicians keen to enhance the innovation economy.

In May 2017, we launched the third edition of Australia’s Digital Pulse, continuing our partnership with Deloitte Access

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Victorian Minister for Innovation

Corporate Affairs, Public Policy and Government Engagement

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Corporate Affairs, Public Policy and Government Engagement

Economics. For the first time, we are able to quantify the benefit to each Australian through the advent of digital technology. This information helps connect ACS to the growing cohort of the workforce who are moving into the ICT sector. The report was launched by the Hon Angus Taylor MP, Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, at the newly opened International Convention Centre (ICC) in Sydney.

Moving into our next financial year, we have established a strong platform from which to

grow our government and policy engagement and will continue to provide a strong service of policy advocacy for our profession and members.

Anthony Wong and the Hon Victor Dominello MP Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash

Ms Sandra Ragg, Ms Elly van den Heuvel, Major General Stephen Day

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Information Age

Information Age is the flagship publication of ACS. It operates as both a standalone website (ia.acs.org.au) and weekly newsletter distributed to more than 26,000 subscribers.

Recognising the importance of Information Age as the primary channel for disseminating news to our members and subscribers, a dedicated Managing Editor was brought in-house in November 2016 to run Information Age.

Experienced technology and business journalist Roulla Yiacoumi manages the direction and coverage of Information Age. This includes news about ACS, developments in the Australian ICT industry, and notable international stories.

In February 2017, two part-time journalists, Edward Pollitt and Raveena Grover, joined the Information Age team to expand the breadth of coverage of the publication.

Since then, our email open and click-through rates have steadily climbed well above the industry average for not-for-profits, and our subscriber numbers continue to edge upwards. More than 7,500 users visit the site each month.

This has been boosted by our greater social media presence, which we use to promote our various Information Age stories to a wider audience.

This financial year, we opened the story commenting function

1. Why women quit cyber security

3. IBM, ABS share blame for Census disaster 4. ICT: hot jobs, future jobs, guaranteed jobs

5. IBM spreads blame on eCensus failure 6. The best way to find ICT jobs

7. WannaCry Australia tally rises 8. 2017 Budget: skills, fintech, cyber, visas

9. 2017: Your year for a pay rise 10. Uber president quits in disgust

2. 457s: The visa reform we had to have

to the public to better engage with our readers, and extend the reach of Information Age.

A significant investment was made into updating the Information Age platform toward June this year. We will continue to reap the benefits of this platform upgrade going forward.


BranchReports

CanberraIt was a year of Federal and Territory elections for Canberra. The ACS Canberra Branch and locally placed national ACS staff focussed on policy and influence, and engagement with political parties and ideologies. The Branch members felt the effect of the long Federal election campaign resulting in a halt on all Government Department contracts and the suspension of procurement for six months.

Despite the challenges, Canberra finished the fiscal year steady in member numbers. This was the lowest growth for the last six years and saw shifting member numbers across an ageing member base, and welcoming of more student members.

The release of the third Digital Pulse Report highlighted the strength of the Canberra membership with the region enjoying one of the highest representations across the country with more than13 percent of ICT practitioners being members of ACS. The region also benefitted from a strong retention over 83 percent. Canberra remained firmly cemented as having the third highest ACS engagement nationally after NSW and VIC.

The year saw another highly motivational and successful annual conference. We adopted the theme of ‘Drones, Droids and Robots’ from the National Science Week Schools Theme with our conference taking place on the first day after National Science Week. With accolades such as “fantastic speakers and an information packed day of

presentations”, the Conference Committee was very pleased with the success of the event, our 23rd consecutive annual conference.

More than 270 attendees at the conference heard from keynote speakers including: ACS President Anthony Wong, speaking on Data Fuels Innovation and the Digital Economy; But who Owns and Controls Data?; the Chief Digital Officer for the ACT Government, Jon Cumming, who tackled the topic of Drones, Droids and Robots – Which one are you?; and Dr Trish Williams, CICSO Chair and Professor of Digital Health Systems at Flinders University, tackled Information Warfare and the Internet of Things in the context of the health sector. The conference concluded with ACS CEO, Andrew Johnson, speaking on Robotics and the Future of Work, and Miguel Carrasco, Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group, presenting on Public Policy and AI.

The evening keynote presentation by ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, MLA, Patron of ACS Canberra, expanded on the challenges facing the ACT in its continuing quest to maintain its high standards of education as a smart city. The Chief Minister presented the Leoni Warne Medal, an important initiative of ACS Canberra, to Juliette Major from St Clare’s College, for her outstanding contribution to the ACT Community, inspiring many women to enter the ICT profession.

Master of Ceremonies for the dinner, Michael Hawkins, Member of the ACS National

Board, indicated the importance of the dinner as we celebrated 50 years of ACS nationally. He highlighted the role Canberra played in the creation of ACS and the support the ACT provides today. To recognise the long-standing commitment and investment in our ICT community, a series of Honorary Memberships were bestowed by the Branch on members who continue their membership from the creation of the Canberra Computer Society in 1965.

During the year, the branch continued to provide direct benefits to its members and offer continuous professional development. We held more than 70 events through the year: general forums, special interest group meetings, and EdXN presentations. The branch has also started to leverage the Digital Business Strategy, developing online resources to guide members when they are in employment transition and starting to accumulate some digital assets based on video recordings of event presentations.

As well as the Honorary Memberships offered to long-standing members for those with more than 35 years of continuous financial membership, the branch elevated two members to the grade of Fellow: Michael Young, and Dr Errol Martin.


The ACS NSW Branch’s focus during FY2016/17 for its 7,300+ members was to continuously increase the quality of events over the previous year, with a balanced reduction in the number of events. Through consultation with members, there were new and different types of activities and events introduced throughout the year, including the increasing use of webinars, and events streamed online for the benefit of all NSW and ACS members. ACS NSW held 97 events with 6,713 members and guests attending throughout FY2016/17. The financial position of the ACS NSW remained strong.

In July, ACS NSW in conjunction with the ACS NSW Women’s Committee held a four-session series of events titled “Get That Job” to support unemployed members or those looking to change roles. The series provided practical advice and mentoring guidance to all its attendees.

In August, ACS NSW celebrated the ACS 50th Anniversary with a Conference and Symposium. Over 200 attendees enjoyed the panel session, and the keynote speaker at the dinner was the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, who presented ‘The Past and Future Trends in the Industry’.

Our first movie event proved very popular. The screening of the biographical drama film ‘Hidden Figures’, held in conjunction with the ACS NSW Women’s Committee, told the story of African American female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race.

ACS NSW supported International Women’s Day by holding a TED-style event featuring international and local guest speakers. There were over 100 attendees which was the maximum capacity.

In October, the NSW Pearcey Tech Entrepreneurs event showcased new and established technology from students and cutting-edge companies, and was attended by over 155 guests.

In supporting differing groups within the membership, ACS NSW held the Young Professionals Conference supporting under 30s emerging leaders in professional development. This was held alongside ACS’ premier event, Reimagination. The event was quickly sold out with more than 50 attendees.

ACS NSW participated in the ‘The Big Day In’ in Sydney and Newcastle. The Big Day In is an IT careers conference designed by students for students. It is for high school students in years 9-12

and university students interested in careers in technology.

In line with their roles on the BEC (Branch Executive Committee) and to provide a standard knowledge platform of board responsibilities and governance processes, all BEC members completed the AICD course on the ‘Foundations for Not-for-Profit Directors’. This provided an excellent base for planning of the implementation of the ACS Business Plan and ACS Congress initiatives in 2017/18 – all as a result of a committed NSW and BEC team.

Thank you to the NSW BEC, volunteers and the NSW team for their continuous support and their high-quality delivery of the initiatives and goals of the ACS and NSW Branch. We look forward to moving into an exciting 2017/18 year of further collaboration, development and growth for all its NSW members.

New South WalesThe Northern Territory Branch of the Australian Computer Society continued its three-year growth in membership and high retention rate. In the last year, membership grew by 4.6 percent and finished with a retention rate of 83.6 percent. Branch events have been varied and well attended throughout the year, providing local IT professionals and students with an opportunity to engage, network and learn from the greater industry.

The NT Branch Executive Committee would like to thank the following for freely providing presentations in Darwin:

• Gartner, for its regular presentations by international analysts

• Local business SRA for details of its research into the use of drones

• Discovery Nightclub for provided a fascinating insight into how it has utilised ICT to overcome business challenges, and

• ACS for its ongoing EdXN series.

The ACS NT Annual Golf day held in July 2016 attracted a full field of players from across the NT, WA and the Qld IT sector. The day is the major IT event in the NT thanks to our sponsors:

• NEC Australia

• Kinetic IT

• Radical Systems

• Dialog

• Motorola Solutions

• Oncall DBA

• Oracle

• Oaks Hotels

In August, the ACS Management Committee held its meeting in Darwin and met with members of the ACS NT Branch Executive Committee. Our thanks to members of the MC for the opportunity to promote the NT Branch and its achievements.

The NT Branch joined with the local branches of the Australian Information Security Association, itSMF Australia and the NT ICT Industry Association to host a Christmas networking event for our respective members, a number of whom are members of multiple associations. We are excited that working together with the different representative bodies in the NT will enable us to collaborate on other exciting joint ventures in the future.

The NT branch continued to build its relationship with Charles Darwin University (CDU) through sponsorship of Code Fair and CDU prize giving. At two student sign-on days at CDU, 64 new ACS student members were recruited, with CDU paying its student membership fees.

In February, the Chair of the NT Branch attended an awards ceremony at Parliament House for high achieving year 12 students from the previous year and presented a prize to the IT student, Ayden McDonald, with best Year 12 results in IT.

In the last half of 2016, there was a change of government in the NT and new relationships were established with the relevant minister and government policy advisors. The Branch Chair was appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Council for IT.

The branch continued its membership of the NT Business Council with the Branch Manager attending monthly meetings of the Council.

Darwin City Council, the NT Government through its agencies especially the Department of Health and Families, and the Department of Corporate and Information Services, Charles Darwin University, NEC Australia and local companies Area9 and Territory Technology Solutions continued their support of the professional development for their staff through membership of the ACS Professional Partner Program. The ACS NT is appreciative of their ongoing support.

As Chair, I would like to thank everyone who has been instrumental in the ongoing success of the Branch and the support provided to me. This appreciation extends to all members on our BEC, our Branch Manager and the ACS National support staff.

Northern Territory

ACS NSW Chair, Richard Baecher, The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, ACS President, Anthony Wong


This has been a year of change for the branch with the retirement of our previous long-serving Branch Manager, Barry Snashall, and the appointment of a new State Manager, Ross Medina, who has already established excellent connections within the Queensland ICT community.

The branch continues to engage very effectively with both Government and industry in Queensland through the Council of ICT Associations (CICTA), with ACS Queensland being a very active member. Though CICTA, the branch has regular meetings with various Queensland Government departments and agencies.

This year has also seen a development of partnership models with schools and universities, not only to engage with both students and staff, but help schools with the impending changes to the ICT curriculum.

The branch’s engagement with members continues to evolve through the implementation of high quality, high impact ‘face-to-face’ events, both in Brisbane and in chapters throughout the state, together with a rapid evolution of webinars which allow access to content by all members throughout Queensland.

Face-to-face events have included presentations from ACS Fellow, Adrian de Marco, the founder and Chair of Technology One and Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur. New event initiatives include reverse mentoring, leadership series and content focused on new emerging technologies. Webinars have included a briefing

from the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Cybersecurity, Alastair MacGibbon, and three international speakers.

This year, the branch has established a new chapter in the South Pacific with members from both Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

QueenslandThis financial year, the South Australia Branch continued to work closely with our connections within the State Government including the Hon Chris Picton MP, Member for Kaurna, and Corey Wingard MP, Member for Mitchell. Both show strong support of the work of ACS at a local level, and have a clear interest in the benefits ICT can bring to our state.

Event highlights this financial year have included the 2016 ACS Digital Disruptors Awards and the Reimagination Thought Leaders’ Summit in early December, where our own Corey Wingard MP joined a panel discussion with other State Government MPs about Government as an influencer of innovation, technology adoption and economic growth. It was pleasing to see South Australia represented at this important panel discussion.

In September 2016, we were pleased to welcome Tara Wisniewski, Managing Director, Advocacy and Public Affairs, ISACA, from Chicago, USA, to present an inspiring talk on ‘The Power and Promise of Female Leadership’. This was a particularly successful event for the SA Branch which, together with ACS CEO and Immediate Past President, and the ACS Foundation CEO, saw six State and one Federal MP, the Chief Scientist for the State, and key CEOs and CIOs in attendance.

The 2017 Australia’s Digital Pulse launch at the wonderful SAHMRI Auditorium, where the Hon Chris Picton MP and Aaron Hill from

Deloitte launched the report for us in South Australia, was another highlight.

Sadly, in October last year, we lost our longest-serving female Branch Member, and Honorary Life Member, Vernice Hunt MACS Snr. Many people would have known Vernice through her role as the Branch Administrator which she held for 29 years. Her contribution to the Society and to our Branch was significant and will be sorely missed. Vale Vernice.

As always, special thanks must go to our local volunteers, the SIG (Special Interest Group) coordinators, the Fellows Committee and my fellow BEC members for their continued support of the branch. Thank you also to our Branch Manager, Mandy Watson, and Michelle Bayly, Events and Membership Engagement Officer, who continue to bring you the high calibre events above and to service the ACS membership in our state.

South Australia

SA Branch welcomes three new Fellows, Ana Kuusk, John Sanders and Jack Burton – presentation made by Kenn Dolan FACS (far right) at EdXN in May 2017

Tara Wisniewski, Managing Director, Advocacy & Public Affairs, ISACA, and Corey Wingard MPACS celebrates 50 years in conjunction with the augural state conference

CIO’s and business leaders to collaborating by working through a set of common organisational challenges, with a group of selected employees, as well as some highly capable external ‘digital natives’


It has been an exciting and significant year for the ACS Tasmanian Branch. Having a full-time State Manager has meant much has been achieved.

The ACS Tasmania branch relocated to two new offices in Hobart and Launceston in partnership with start-up hub, Enterprize Space. This ensures increased engagement with the ICT community in both the north and south of Tasmania, and brings further benefits to members including free co-working spaces, conference and office facilities, all while delivering significant cost savings to ACS.

The Student Industry Engagement Program has enabled businesses to highlight business goals and challenges, and position themselves as employers of choice whilst also engaging students around the opportunities which exist within the state, and the desirable and essential skills employers are looking for. So far, there’s been great engagement at a student and business level with new faces at each event and more and more companies seeking inclusion in the program.

The University Scholarship Program is Tasmania’s only ICT scholarship program providing support for tertiary students in ICT fields.

Tasmania has experienced a 58 percent increase in membership over the last nine months. This

has been achieved through new professional partnerships with key Tasmanian businesses helping drive employee development, engagement with the student community to help greater local employment options, and the increased event schedule providing greater access to industry leaders from across the globe.

ACS Tasmania is Helping put Tasmanian innovation on the world stage, connecting the Sarawak government with the Tasmania IoT phenomenon. ACS, in partnership with start-up hub Enterprize Space, which is working with LoRaTAS, hosted Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg and a delegation of government officials to learn about the LoRa technology as part of their Australian study tour.

The low bandwidth technology is of particular interest to the Sarawak government, which has publicly stated its aim to transition to a digital economy.

Like Tasmania in that they are both small, mountainous island areas, with a relatively large agriculture sector, the Sarawak government will carefully monitor the applications IoT technology LoRaTAS enables, such as water management, smart farms and location services.

ACS Tasmania was proud to support the Tasmanian GovHack program, including Gold Sponsorship and award judging.

TasmaniaThe branch made significant progress toward achieving membership goals with the introduction of new partnerships such as VicRoads, MIT, Deakin, RXP, Telstra and ANZ. We welcomed new members at our member forums and other premium professional development sessions throughout the year. Our focus was to engage more with our members and partners, and introduced new professional development opportunities with speakers from Microsoft Australia, AHPRA, SAP, Data61, Victorian Government, Dell, NAB and ME Bank.

Continuing with our efforts to bring diversity to the forefront, we held our second Diversity Breakfast, ‘ACS Victoria Diversity – How far have we come?’ The event was led by Maria Markman, Chair of ACS Victoria, who addressed ACS’ commitment to diversity which stemmed from our 2015 report, The Promise of Diversity. Joining us was Victoria’s Lead Scientist, Dr Amanda Caples. Guests eagerly tuned in to hear from a panel of diversity champions:

• Rohini Kappadath, Senior Adviser of India Business Practice, KPMG/ Chair, Multicultural Ministerial Business Advisory Council

• Jackie Savage, Founder and Director of MedCorp Technologies

• Matt Lee, Former COO of Qantas and current CEO of OACIS

• Ajay Bhatia, Chief Product and Information Officer, Carsales.com

We also heard from Telstra’s Chris Smith, Executive Director, Business Technology Services, who reiterated the company’s commitment to achieving diversity targets.

ACS Victoria extended that commitment to diversity by being involved in the #TechDiversity collaboration with other organisations in Victoria, aimed at raising awareness of diversity and rewarding champions in this area. We recognised a range of individuals and companies that have been making real change and promoting inclusion and diversity.

This year, we made a target to extend our professional development sessions to regional areas. We started in Geelong and Bendigo, with visits to Ballarat and other major regional areas throughout the year.

More than 1,500 individuals attended our new Young Professional Half-Day Conferences. We heard from a range of experts on topics such as leadership, upskilling, and personal branding from inspiring

leaders representing NAB, Telstra and other organisations. These speakers gave their advice about how to develop skills in the technology sector, shared their career journeys, and offered sound guidance about how these young professionals could advance their careers in technology.

We continued to recognise the importance of supporting students and young professionals in Victoria, and presented 27 students awards across the eight Victorian universities. We also opened round four of our mentoring program and built our CoderDojo chapter for young people from ages seven to 17.

We would like to thank all our sponsors and supporters during FY2016/17. This support allows us to deliver services to members and raise awareness of the important issues facing the technology sector. This includes event, media, business partners, individuals and government supporters, who give their time and shared their knowledge to our members across the state.

Victoria

Rohini Kappadath, Martine Harte, Jacqueline Savage, Matt Lee, Maria Markman, Ajay Bhatia

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This past year has been one of major change. A new State Government was elected in March 2017 and for the first time ever, we now have a Minister for Innovation and ICT, the Hon David Kelly. We are working hard with the McGowan Government to further expand our strong voice in government in WA. In line with our new Branch Strategic Plan, we are focusing on issues of ICT professionalism, and the wider adoption of SFIA across ICT in government.

Membership of the WA BEC is also changing. Jim Ellis AO and Bob Cross, both highly valued and long serving members of the BEC, retired from the BEC during the year. Both have represented ACS WA with great distinction on the national level and locally. Both were given send-offs as befitted them.

Eight new members have been elected to the BEC over the past two years, and these have invigorated the BEC with new ideas and enthusiasm, providing a more youthful profile.

The downturn in the WA economy continued throughout FY2016/17. Initially, the decline in membership, PPPs and sponsorship income continued. However, throughout the year we have focused on a strong connection with our members, and better engagement with our professional partners. Membership numbers are now increasing, we have attracted back some of the PPPs who had left, and there is a greater willingness to provide sponsorship support.

Over the year, the branch has sought to decrease the number

of events that it holds in line with Congress’ aims and the ACS Strategic Plan, focusing on high quality functions, such as:

• The annual branch conference in March that was judged to be the best for quite a few years, with an innovative format and an impressive range of speakers.

• The annual Diversity Dinner organised by ACS Women, was sold out. In addition to an excellent dinner, we were treated to an inspirational talk by Fadzi Whande.

• For the Dennis Moore Distinguished Oration, our strategy extended the event beyond its normal academic audience to include industry. Dr Adrian Boeing, UWA and Atlas Copco, was the chosen orator, and gave a highly informative and entertaining presentation.

• The Young Professional Leadership Symposium which was held over a weekend at the end of May provided a high quality personal development opportunity for mid-career professionals.

In addition, we recommenced the quarterly CIO Breakfast series of events, aimed at an audience of C-Suite executives. Both ACS WA and Young IT have continued to deliver high quality, well-attended monthly events focused on themes of interest to their target audiences.

Sarah Newland, the new WA State Manager who commenced mid 2016, has made a significant difference to the operation of the branch. Much of our improvement

this year is the outcome of Sarah’s work and that of Alex Mollo, our Events Coordinator.

In April, the International WWW2017 Conference and Festival of the Web was held in Perth for the first time. Attracting more than 2,000 delegates, this was a major event in the Perth calendar. ACS WA held a series of ‘Ethipots’ in conjunction with the conference, which were well received.

Particularly worthy of mention is WA ICT Achiever of the Year 2016, Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie, went on to win the ICT Professional of the Year in the annual ACS Digital Disruptors Awards. The ICT Achiever of the Year in 2017 is Vivienne Conway. Will Vivienne emulate Kate’s success – our second consecutive female practitioner?

The challenge for the coming year continues to be membership growth, better servicing of our PPPs, and further quality improvement of our events.

Western Australia


Management Committee Mr Anthony Wong

FACS CPPresident

Anthony is principal of multidisciplinary law and consulting firm, AGW Lawyers and Consultants, advising in commercial, intellectual property law and licensing, privacy and data protection, security, technology law and the emerging issues arising from the growth and convergence of technologies including cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Anthony held senior management positions in multi-national corporations and government, advising on and managing aspects of digital disruption to business models and regulatory frameworks including as CIO of the Australian Tourist Commission during the Sydney Olympics, and led the Business Digitalisation Strategy for Thomson in the Asia Pacific. Anthony’s career traversed legal private practice, multinational organisations in IT vendor and customer capacities, systems and digital development.

Anthony chaired the NSW Government ICT Advisory Panel and was a member of the Commonwealth Government IT Industry Innovation Council. Anthony is Board member of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), headquartered in Austria, established under the auspices of UNESCO.

He is also an Honorary Life member and a Fellow of ACS, the founding President of the New

Zealand Society for Computers and the Law, members of the AICD, International Technology Law Association, International Trademark Association, International Association of Privacy Professionals, and the Law Society of New South Wales.

Anthony graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University, and was awarded a Master of Laws in Media, Communications and IT Law from UNSW.

Ms Brenda Aynsley OAM

FACS CPImmediate Past President

In 1995, Brenda opened the first Internet cafe in South Australia and was instrumental in establishing the SA Internet Association, a group that championed the cause of Internet access for all users and providers.

Brenda served as SA Branch Chair in 1999-2001 and 2005-2006 and as National Vice President for 2002-03 and 2010-2011. In early 2010, she chaired the ACS Ageism Task Force which released its “Improving Age Diversity in the ICT Workforce” report in July 2010. As ACS Vice President Membership Boards, she championed the adoption of the Skills Framework for the Information Age and the implementation of the ACS Certification Program. She took on the role of Chairman of the International Professional Practice Partnership of IFIP (IP3) and has been an active participant in the WSIS Forums and the Multi-stakeholder participation program leading her delegation in Geneva.

Brenda is an advocate of life-long

learning and has a Bachelor of Arts in politics and sociology, Diploma in Social Sciences, Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Computing), Certificate IV in Security Risk Management, and Certificate IV Assessment and Workplace Training. She was made a Fellow of ACS in 2003 and was awarded an ACS Honorary Life Membership in 2006. In 2014, she was admitted to the Order of Australia and awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for her service to the information and communications technology sector. Currently, Brenda is the Chair of Professions Australia – the unifying voice of associations representing the professions – which represents more than 420,000 professionals across 20+ associations.

Mr Arnold Wong

FACS CPNational Treasurer

Arnold Wong has enjoyed a long and successful professional career in the ever-evolving ICT services industry for more than 30 years. He has developed extensive strategic leadership, general management, customer service, and business development skills in diverse industries. These include technology, education, healthcare; and resources in public and private sectors across Australia, Asia, Europe and Americas. A Fellow of ACS, he serves as National Treasurer on the ACS Management Committee and is a member of the Branch Executive Committee in Western Australia. Arnold is the Director of Information Services at the Department of Justice (WA), served as a member of the WA

Mr Anthony WongFACS CPPresident

Ms Brenda Aynsley OAMFACS CPImmediate Past President

Mr Yohan RamasundaraMACS CPVice President (Community Boards)

Mr Andrew JohnsonMACS (Snr) CPChief Executive Officer

Dr Ian OppermannMACS (Snr) CPVice President (Academic Boards)

Mr Arnold WongFACS CPNational Treasurer

Mr Mike DriverFACS CPVice President (Membership Boards)

Mr Michael HawkinsMACS CPCongressional Rep (CANB)

Mr Richard BaecherFACSCongressional Rep (NSW)

Ms Jo DalveanMACS (Snr) CPCongressional Rep (VIC)

Dr Nick Tate BSc (Hons), MSc,PhD, CEng, CITP, FRAS, FACS CPCongressional Rep (QLD)


Management CommitteeGovernment CIO Council, and chaired the Conference Logistic Committee for the World Wide Web (WWW) 2017 Conference.

Mr Andrew Johnson

MACS (Snr) CPChief Executive Officer

Andrew Johnson has extensive senior management experience serving the higher education, vocational education, and training sectors which includes membership-based professional associations. His career has seen him work in a diverse range of markets across the Asia-Pacific region and includes developing accreditation and certification frameworks. In his time at ACS, he has delivered significant growth results in workforce planning and development, SFIA and education markets – all while improving member engagement, particularly among professional partners. Andrew holds a Master of Arts in Technology Policy and Management.

Dr Ian Oppermann

MACS (Snr) CPVice President - Academic Boards

Ian has more than 20 years’ experience in the ICT sector and has led organisations with more than 300 people, delivering products and outcomes that have impacted hundreds of millions of people globally. He has held senior management roles in Europe and Australia as Director for Radio Access Performance at Nokia, Global Head of Sales Partnering (network software)

at Nokia Siemens Networks, and Divisional Chief and Flagship Director at CSIRO. Ian is considered a thought leader in the Digital Economy and is a regular speaker on “Big Data”, broadband-enabled services and the impact of technology on society. He has contributed to six books and co-authored more than 120 papers which have been cited more than 3500 times. Ian has an MBA from the University of London and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mobile Telecommunications from Sydney University.

Mr Yohan Ramasundara

MACS CPVice President - Community Boards

Yohan is an experienced executive with a strong track record of high achievement of business outcomes, leading high-performing teams in private, public and not-for-profit sectors for more than 15 years. Yohan is currently the Head of Governance at the Australian Federal Government agency administering intellectual property rights. Previously he was the National Manager of Assurance Services at Ecowise Environmental, Australia’s largest provider of integrated environmental consulting services at the time.

Yohan has more than 10 years experience as a director of global organisations and is the Secretary General of SEARCC, the Asia Pacific forum for professional ICT

associations. Yohan is also an international cricket umpire and the recipient of the prestigious University of Canberra Gold Leadership Award at the 2005 Blues & Leadership awards for his sporting achievements. He is currently authoring a children’s book in his spare time.

Mr Mike Driver

FACS CPVice President - Membership Boards

Mike is the Director, Frontline Communication and Response, for the Public Safety Business Agency, which provides radio communications, telephony and electronic services to the frontline operations of the Queensland Police Services, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Inspector General, Emergency Management, and Queensland Ambulance Services. Mike also lead the ICT support for the State Disaster Coordination Center and State Operation Centre during Queensland’s natural disasters.

Mike is a Fellow of ACS and a Certified Professional (CP). He has been a member of the ACS Management Committee for five of the last six years and the Queensland Branch Executive committee for over eight years. He chaired the inaugural National Audit and Risk Committee (NARC).

Over the last two years as Vice President, Mike has been the sponsor for the Digital Business Strategy (DBS) which has seen a complete transformation on

how ACS interacts online with members, staff and stakeholders. The DBS provides a platform to showcase ACS and for that interaction to increase and benefit all stakeholders into the future.

In Queensland, Mike has held roles as Vice Chair, Honorary Secretary, committee member and chair of the Branch Fellows Committee. He looks forward to continuing that involvement.

Mr Michael Hawkins

MACS CPCongressional Representative (CANB)

Michael has brought his experience and knowledge built from more than 30 years working in ICT to support the growth and change of ACS for the future. He has been involved at the Branch level in Canberra, as Chair and Secretary, and led the branch through change to become the third-largest of the society. He has been the Director of the MLMB for the last four years and helped drive the modernisation of the society through projects such as the re-branding and new website. He continues to be involved at the highest level of the society to ensure it continues to meet and support the needs of its members.

Mr Richard Baecher

FACS CPCongressional Representative (NSW)

Richard Baecher is the Chair of ACS NSW. Richard is passionate about continuing the expansion of

ACS services to all NSW members, and the growth of professional standards development in the NSW branch. Richard is a Fellow of ACS and of AIM, and has a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University.

He has an extensive background in information technology systems management as a CIO in the public and private sectors, ICT strategic consulting, application systems development, ICT service delivery and data facility operations in Australia and overseas.

Ms Jo Dalvean

MACS (Snr) CPCongressional Representative (VIC)

Jo has spent 12 years in the tertiary sector in roles including e-research, marketing and e-learning at Victoria and Deakin universities, and the University of Melbourne. Jo specialises in collecting and presenting information online, with her most recent experience in web and business analytics. She is currently the Research Analysis and Reporting Manager at Deakin University. Jo is on the ACS National Management Committee. She chairs the ACS National Policy and Government Relations committee. Jo holds a degree in mathematics and a Master of Multimedia.

Dr Nick Tate

FACS CPCongressional Representative (QLD)

Nick Tate is a CEO and company director and has considerable experience at the level of CIO in two London banks and at the University of Queensland (UQ). He is co-author of ‘A Director’s Guide to Governing Information Technology and Cybersecurity’, a book published by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and has 16 years’ experience as a company director in 11 Australian and two US companies.

He is Chair of the Council of ICT Associations (CICTA) and chaired the World Computer Congress in 2010. He was the President of the Australian Computer Society (ACS) in 2012/2013.

Nick is also an adjunct professor in IT and electrical engineering at (UQ) and has written and presented widely on cyber security, cloud computing and big data. He worked on the development of anti-missile systems and real-time air traffic control systems before spending 20 years working for investment banks in both London and Australia.

He is the Chair of ACS Queensland, a National Congressional representative on the Management Committee, and the President of SEARCC. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, a Master’s degree in computer science, and a PhD in Cybersecurity. He is both a Fellow and Honorary Life Member of ACS.

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Congress

CEO, MACS (Snr) CP

President, FACS CP

Treasurer (National), MACS CP

VP Academic (TAB), MACS (Snr) CP

VP Community (MAB), MACS CP

VP Membership (PAB), FACS CP

Immediate Past President, FACS CP OAM

Membership Advisory Board, FACS CP

Technical Advisory Board, FACS

Profession Advisory Board, FACS CP

Congressional Representative (CANB), MACS CP

Congressional Representative (CANB), MACS (Snr) CP

Congressional Representative (QLD), FACS

Congressional Representative (QLD), FACS CP

Congressional Representative (NSW), FACS CP

Congressional Representative (NSW), MACS CT

Congressional Representative (NT), MACS CP

Congressional Representative (NT), MACS CP

Congressional Representative (SA), FACS CP

Congressional Representative (SA), MACS (Snr) CP

Congressional Representative (TAS), MACS CT

Congressional Representative (TAS), MACS (Snr) CP

Congressional Representative (VIC), MACS (Snr) CP

Congressional Representative (VIC), MACS CP

Congressional Representative (WA), FACS CP

Congressional Representative (WA), MACS CP

Congress is an advisory body to ACS Management Committee and consists of the National Office Bearers, the Directors, the Congressional Representatives, the Chief Executive Officer and the Co-opted Congress Members.

Congress performs a vital role in strategic planning and informing the direction and policies of ACS, while also electing the National Office Bearers and Board of Directors.

Mr Andrew Johnson

Mr Anthony Wong

Mr Arnold Wong

Dr Ian Oppermann

Mr Yohan Ramasundara

Mr Mike Driver

Ms Brenda Aynsley

Dr Rod Dilnutt

Prof Michael Blumenstein

Mr Steve Godbee

Mr Michael Hawkins

Mr Michael Tuite

Dr Paul Campbell

Dr Nick Tate

Mr Richard Baecher

Mr Brendan Holland

Mr Peter McGill

Mr Ben Smith

Ms Jo Stewart-Rattray

Mr Chris Radbone

Mr Christopher Baker

Mr Jonathan McComb

Ms Jo Dalvean

Mrs Maria Markman

Mr David Cook

Mr George Coldham


ACSAdvisory

Boards Profession Advisory Board

The role of the Profession Advisory Board (PAB) is to drive professionalism in ICT and manage the portfolio of activities that relate to professional standards. PAB has three subcommittees.

Professional Education Governance

The Committee has responsibility for strategy and oversight of ACS education programs, advice with respect to education programs governance and assure the quality of ACS education learning and assessment strategies, products and materials.

Ethics

The role of the Committee is to promote the value and importance of ethics within the ICT community, and develop ethics policies within the Australian ICT profession.

Working with the Management Committee to drive the Society’s strategic priorities are three Advisory Boards: Profession Advisory Board; Technical Advisory Board; and Membership Advisory Board. All three Boards provide strategy advice within their areas of expertise to Management Committee via their Vice Presidents.

ICT Educators

The role of the Committee is to provide leadership, mentoring and support for ICT teachers, support other ACS committees, and proactively provide thought leadership and commentary on technology education pedagogy and issues impacting student attainment in ICT.

Mr Steve Godbee was appointed as the inaugural director of the PAB.

Technical Advisory Board

The Technical Advisory Board (TAB) provides technical advice, guides research, and participates in management of the portfolio of activities that relate to technical matters. TAB has five subcommittees - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics, Blockchain, Data Sharing, Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber Security.

Dr Michael Blumenstein was appointed as the inaugural director of the TAB.

Membership Advisory Board

The role of the Membership Advisory Board (MAB) is to provide leadership, strategy, oversight and advice on matters concerning growth and retention of ACS members. MAB has one subcommittee – Diversity whose objective is to provide leadership and strategic advice addressing workforce participation challenges related to a rapidly expanding digital economy.

Dr Rod Dilnutt was appointed as the inaugural director of the MAB.


Branch ExecutiveCommittees

Canberra

ChairDr Tim Turner

Vice ChairMichael Tuite

Immediate Past ChairJeffory Mitchell

Honorary Treasurer Grant Nay

Honorary TreasurerDoug Hill

Committee MembersMichael Hawkins Kevin LandalePeter O’Halloran Dr Richard Lucas Mira Daoud Peter Outtridge Tom Worthington Martin Comans Anant Vima

New South Wales

ChairRichard Baecher

Vice ChairDr Alex Nicholson

Vice ChairHelen McHugh

As at June 30, 2017

Honorary SecretaryAlan McLeod

Treasurer Cindy Chung

Committee MembersNisha GautamAndrew CrawfordPatricia EvansonBrendan HollandJohn KrebsConnie MaraisPatrick WilsonSteve Jacob

Northern Territory

ChairBenjamin Smith

Vice ChairDr Edwin Joseph

Immediate Past ChairPeter McGill

Honorary SecretaryRohan Hawthorne

Honorary TreasurerDavid Mathew

Committee MembersCharles YeoDr Susan Bandias Paul Siskamanis

Queensland

ChairDr Nicholas (Nick) Tate

Vice ChairMichael (Mike) Driver

Vice ChairHayden Delaney

Honorary SecretaryDr Paul Campbell

Honorary TreasurerBevin Irvine

Committee MembersElizabeth HarperFiona Foley Margaret CareyDr Marilyn WellsNeil WoodNick BrantDr Peter CrollPeter YeatesBeau Tydd

South Australia

ChairMs Jo Stewart-Rattray

Vice ChairYohan Dhanushka De Silva

Vice ChairBrenda Aynsley

Immediate Past ChairPeter Fowler

Honorary Secretary David Bryce

Honorary TreasurerChris Radbone

Committee MembersEmily Rich Tapan DavePeter GriffithPhilip TotmanMichael ZhuCate HilliardMark Hoolboom

Tasmania

ChairChristopher Baker

Vice ChairRay Leonard

Immediate Past ChairSteven Cambridge

Honorary Secretary Jacky Hartnett

Honorary TreasurerJonathan McComb

Committee MembersGlenn HaldoltDr Kenneth PriceAndrew OrangeAstrid GossJon ManningJustin MorganMike EdwardsMitch ThorsDr Paris Buttfield-AddisonShaun Hevey

Victoria

ChairMaria Markman

Vice ChairDr Rod Dilnutt

Immediate Past ChairCraig Horne

Honorary Secretary John Graham

Honorary TreasurerTerence Komis

Committee MembersKaterina AndronisAgostino CarrideoJo Dalvean

Rebecca GrantKaren GeeCynthia LeeCecily MacDougallAndrew ParburyErnest StabekIan Wells

Western Australia

ChairTony Errington

Vice ChairMichelle Sandford

Vice ChairGeorge Coldham

Immediate Past ChairDavid Cook

Honorary Secretary Jim Owens

Honorary TreasurerDr John O’Sullivan

Committee MembersArnold WongBrett KillenAnle-Marne PretoriousMatthew MoncriefMing Lee JohansonDenis ColdhamAnthony SciorilliVivienne ConwayEric Torres


OurPeople Honorary Life Members

To be eligible for classification as an honorary life member, a member must have rendered exceptional and distinguished service to ACS and /or long and valued service to ACS by playing an active and commendable part in the affairs of ACS for at least 10 years.

This financial year, five Honorary Life Memberships were awarded:

Alan Bell

Stuart Burrell

Bob Cross

Peter Griffith

Patrick Wilson

Fellows

Under the ACS national regulations, a Fellow is a person who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of information technology in Australia. ‘Distinguished contribution’ refers to a notable, recognised and positive influence within the IT community, above and beyond normal expectations.

This financial year, 15 Fellowships were awarded:

Jack Burton

Richard Constantine

Marcus Foth

Gary Gaskell

John Graham

Julie James

Anastasia Kuusk

Mark Lee

Errol Martin

Roland Padilla

Bruce Rankin

John Sanders

Abdul Sattar

Jeffrey Soar

Michael Young

Contact Us

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Northern TerritoryState ManagerMr Robert ChirgwinE: [email protected]: +61 (0)8 8981 1005


QueenslandState ManagerMr Ross [email protected]: +61 (0)7 3316 5700


South AustraliaState ManagerMs Mandy WatsonE: [email protected]: +61 (0)8 8363 6660


TasmaniaState ManagerMr Marc PortlockE: [email protected]: +61 (0)414 214 481


VictoriaState ManagerMs Michelle BourkeE: [email protected]: +61 (0)3 9249 6700


Western AustraliaState ManagerMs Sarah NewlandE: [email protected]: +61 (0)8 9260 3701

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