CAUDIT Spring Symposium: Mobility and BYOD
Wednesday 10th of October 2012
Fort Macquarie Room
Intercontinental Hotel Sydney
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Time |
Event |
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9:30am |
Morning tea and registration Tea and coffee will be available in the mezzanine. |
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9:50am |
Introduction and welcome Patricia McMillan |
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10:00am
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Opening keynote: Enterprise mobility and BYOD trends Audrey William In February 2012, Frost & Sullivan surveyed 206 C level executives and IT decision makers for their preferences and views on enterprise mobility. Industry verticals included in the survey were government, education, and healthcare. This session will discuss key findings and insights from the report. |
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10:35am |
BYOD is Easy! The technology part anyway Michael Boyle An update on QUT’s BYOD journey so far including the nuances of negotiations with Faculties, Finance, HR and Policy teams to arrive at a workable and light touch approach to BYOD that is beneficial to the individual and the university. |
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11:00am |
VDI & BYOD – Realities and visions Sydney University has been underway for some time with VDI & BYOD. So what has the experience actually been like and where to from here Geoffrey Brown |
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11:25am
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Mobility in the classroom: A mobile marking system One of the big challenges in using mobile devices for teaching and learning is to find appropriate use cases and to avoid 'casualization'. Using the example of mobile marking this presentation will make suggestions for effective and pedagogically valuable use of mobile devices. A/Prof Eva Heinrich |
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11:50am |
Developing eResearch mobile apps: Lessons learned As mobile applications become a bigger part of everyday life, knowing what to consider and making the right choices before developing an application are critical. Georgina will outline some of the considerations regarding platform and technology choice, as well as discussing some practical lessons learned from developing mobile applications for use in the eResearch field. Georgina Edwards |
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12:10pm
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Lunch Mezzanine |
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1:00pm |
Virtualisation and software licensing Steve Johnston BYOD, cloud computing, and desktop and application virtualisation create complications and doubt with regards to software licensing. Traditional license agreements don’t quite fit and vendors see it is an opportunity to change the model in their favour. In this presentation we look at current and future licensing agreements and how they may be adapted to meet these changing requirements. |
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1:25pm
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Telco networks and the mobile data deluge Jamie Sunderland The explosive growth of Mobile Devices and increased mobile media consumption will put huge strains on the traditional Telco networks. How will they cope and what will the wireless networks look like in 5 to 10 years? How will this affect education and research networks? |
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1:50pm |
Enabling the mobile enterprise Andrew Boulus With the dramatic success of “i everything” and the rise of the “App Store” and “the consumer” the world is now truly mobile. Large enterprises like universities now face challenges of extending their core services and creating a secure mobile enterprise. What are the analysts saying and how do you start to extend your corporate services to your key customers and stakeholders? |
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2:15pm |
Around the app in 120 days The Auckland Uni Mobile application was launched on Wednesday 3rd October and has received the NZ Microsoft Innovation Award for the category “Integrating everything for students.” This presentation details how the University worked in a collaborative manner to deliver an off-the-shelf app solution in a short timeframe, the app functionality, the further phases of the project and the lessons learnt. Liz Coulter |
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2:40pm
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Afternoon tea Tea and coffee will be available in the mezzanine. |
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3:00pm
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The Griffith App - trip and stumble but now we're running. Are you keeping up? Steve Bishop Griffith University was one of the first Australian Unis to have a native mobile app. It was built from the ground up, released and then thrown in the trash and re-built. Hear some of the lessons learned by Griffith on this journey and see their approach to delivering version 3 of this valuable tool. |
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3:25pm
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Closing keynote: Mobility and BYOD at the CBA Jon Waldron |
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4:00pm
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What are the next mobility and device challenges for universities? Steve Bishop, Liz Coulter, Andrew Boulus, Jamie Sunderland, and Geoffrey Brown |
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4:30pm |
Closing remarks |
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4:40pm |
Meeting closes for the day |
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5:30pm |
Networking Drinks – Hotel Bar |
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6:30pm |
Dinner (Meet in hotel lobby at 6.20pm and look for the CAUDIT staff) |
Presentations from the Mobility and BYOD symposium can be found here




