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The
eClub is held 3 times a year. It is attended by a community of
people who are interested in technology and business, who get together
for stimulating conversation and network in a relaxed environment. It
is also a place to build contacts and find complementary solutions.
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eClub TOPICS AND SPEAKERS - March 2010
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The
Last eClub TOPIC:
It Olympic Trivia & IT Speed dating!
Over the past few years, we’ve put many experts,
enthusiasts and brainiacs in front of you, showing off
how much they know about everything from gadgets to
whether androids will take over the human race.
Now its time to show us what you’ve got!
At the final eClub for 2009, it’s time to mix it with
the rest of the eClub crowd and show off just how much
you know about everything from Apple to Intel, from
programming to vintage gaming!
Five companies will be given an opportunity to present
to each of the trivia teams. Each company will have 3
minutes to introduce their company and services, before
moving on to present to the next team. These
presentations will have to be memorable and the teams
will have to pay attention to the presentations as the
information from the presentations will be included in
the trivia questions!
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WHEN:
25 November 2009
WHERE:
Hotel CBD, Club Bar, Level 3/ 52 King Street
TIME:
4pm - 6pm
WANT TO ATTEND?
If you would like to be included on the invitation
list please send an email to eClub@offis.com.au
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Previous eClub Events
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TOPIC:
Is the
singularity a possibility? |
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Host:
Wilson da Silva
Editor in Chief Cosmos Magazine
Given the speed of technological
development (i.e, Moore’s law) and the ceaseless
searching for technical panaceas to our constant lack of
time, is it surprising that some of us want to embed the
chips into the old grey matter to get more out of the
time we have?
To help you decide whether uploading our consciousness
into a mainframe or transferring it to a robotic
humanoid is a good idea, we’ve pulled together an
amazing panel of scientists, philosophers and leading
journalists
Professor Arthur Ramer UNSW
Computer Engineering Science:
Quantum computing and AI.
Simon Sharwood
Columnist, MIS Magazine.
Tim Dean
Editor, Australian Life Sciences.
Dr. Dominic Murphy
University of Sydney Neurosciences and bioethics
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TOPIC:
SURVIVOR
- eClub Island! |
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Host Craig
Allen
Our intrepid panel of IT journos will offer their expert
opinions on some of the more serious and not so serious
developments, innovations and product releases expected
in 2009.
Your Tribal Chiefs are
Journalists:
Angus Kidman, Patrick Gray and Simon Sharwood
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TOPIC:
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY EDITION
eClub IT SpecWiz:
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Host
Comedian: Clint Paddison
There is no doubt IT is
a funny business and to prove it, our intrepid eClub
panel is back to take on a raft of challenges around
movies, music and general trivia. Hosted by comedian
Clint Paddison and capped off with his hilarious
stand-up routine - it's bound to keep the panel guessing
and you rolling in the aisles.
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TOPIC:
security debate: are we all Villains and victims? |
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The Debating Panel:
Journalist:
Simon Sharwood ,
Journalist:
Patrick Gray,
MessageLabs:
Andrew Gordon, Sophos:
Paul Ducklin,
Macquarie Bank:Tim
Atkinson,
Australia Post:Michael Durie
Moderator
Craig Allen
In this cutting edge highly connected virtual world, are
you a hacker or a pirate? Has someone stolen your
identity? Used your credit card? Have you downloaded or
burned movies or CDs? How about copying a customer
database or business plan before you resign? Are there
really high tech gangs hell raising on the Internet
super highway? Is there a better brave new world? Does
it all start with the letter “i”? Where is this all
heading? What can or should be done about it? What will
it be like as the Internet gets faster and becomes move
pervasive? Let’s see what our panel has to say.
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TOPIC:
IT AND THE CARBON ECONOMY
Speaker: Dave Sag, Founder and Executive Director of Carbon Planet |
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Dave Sag is a
frank, fearless and passionate advocator for
leadership in the IT industry.
His work with Carbon Planet is aided by years
of experience in the industry and he is able to
articulate how innovation in IT can make a positive
contribution to responsible environmental
governance.
A
semi-finalist in the GII Information Infrastructure
award in 1996, recipient of the Australia Day
Council award for services to Australian business in
1998, Dave
has experience in online retailing and was recently
involved in a software-quality pilot project for the
European Patent Office.
Dave addressed:
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Leadership in the
IT community, why what you do matters
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E-Commerce and C-Commerce
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The role of IT in emerging economies
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How IT can benefit from the Carbon Economy
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What is Carbon Trading anyway?
Download the March Survey Results
Link to the Skit Video
Link to Highlights of the
March eCllub Video |
TOPIC:
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE GET PRESS COVERSAGE
Speaker: Phil Sim, Founder of MediaConect |
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Phil Sim is a high-profile and
respected technology journalist. He developed a
reputation as a hard-hitting news journalist during
his time at Computerworld
Australia
where he rose from a graduate position to become
news editor by the age of 23. Then appointed as
editor of another IDG masthead, Network World where
he moulded the publication into one of the country's
most-respected IT titles, and in the process was
recognised as the Most Controversial Journalist at
the 1999 IT Writer's Awards.
He addressed;
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Why
some people get press coverage and others don’t !
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How has the
media changed
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Who's more
important, who's less important
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What has been
the impact of the move to online, blogs, web 2.0 etc
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Why its even
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TOPIC:
HOW ON-LINE E-COMMERCE FRAUD IS DONE
Speaker: Alisdair Faulkner, Products Director of ThreatMETRIX |
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Alisdair
reviewed the current use of botnets and compromised
hosts in on-line e-commerce fraud. Current statistics
show that suspect orders are rejected at 2-3 times
the actual fraud rate, which means merchants are
potentially losing good business. Alisdair looked
at past and current fraud detection best practices,
such as cookies and geo-location and show how Device
Intelligence and Fraud Networks make a significant
difference to a merchant’s bottom-line.
In 2006 there was:
• Over US$3Billion in fraudulent credit card transactions.
• Ameritrade lost USD$4m,
• E-Trade lost USD$20m where users stock-trading accounts were broken
into.
• Phishing incidents increased 30%. |
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