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Expert to brief Geelong businesses on health and education in a high speed broadband world

Announcement posted by Infotech Marketing & Communications Pty Ltd 19 Jun 2013

Briefing heralds imminent roll out of NBN

Advocacy group ICT Geelong and the Australian Information Industries Association AIIA) will co-host a briefing next week on how businesses in the health and education sectors can meet the challenges and opportunities which are expected to flow from the changing economic profile of the Geelong region.

As keynote speaker, Dr. Kate Cormick NBN Co’s general manager, health & education, will explore opportunities and expected trends in e-health and e-education in the context of the forthcoming rollout of the national broadband network.

She will help illustrate the practical impacts on the Geelong region’s population of 250,000 people and the prospects for its workforce, some 20% of which is directly involved in health delivery and education.

 

ICT Geelong executive director Craig Hill said: “This is a very important briefing for two reasons.  With the recent news of Ford’s manufacturing withdrawal from Australia (amongst other retrenchments across the manufacturing sector), it is expected that the region will increasingly shift to be a services-based economy. With the roll out of NBN starting in September, new business opportunities now exist for the Geelong health sector and education sector.”

The briefing is expected to attract more than 100 leaders from business, government, research and ICT. It will be held on Tuesday June 25 at the Captain’s Room, Geelong Football Club. For further information contact Kerryn Nelson of the AIIA (kerryn.nelson@bigmouth.net.au)

 

About ICT Geelong

ICT Geelong is the representative voice and peak body of the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) industry in the Geelong region. Its foundation members are industry leaders from the private sector, experts from tertiary education institutions and community leaders from the public sector. ICT Geelong’s vision is to establish the Geelong region as a major Victorian ICT precinct, and act as a significant player in the State Government’s vision to position Victoria as a globally recognised ICT region.