CoET Term 1 Meeting
2023-03-17 08:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Vic

CompNow / SOPHOS - K-12 Lunch & Learn - ** Limited Spots Available **
2023-03-21 12:00 - 15:00 | Vic
CompNow along with Sophos have a very limited number of seats available for a lunch and learn session towards the end of March.

Hosted by Brett North, Compnow’s Southern Region Manager – K12, you can hear from Mat Stone, Sophos Major Account Executive and Chris Goldsmith, Sophos Team Lead Sales Engineer who will be sharing the latest in cybersecurity and threat detection & response.

If the event is of interest to you then please reach out to Brett North directly either via email, brett.north@compnow.com.au or mobile, 0402 599 788 and full details will be provided.

Spots are extremely limited so if this is of genuine interest to you, please be quick to flag your interest.

Microsoft Power Apps Education workshop: Dynamic tools to empower developers, staff, educators, and students.
2023-03-27 09:00 - 17:00 | Microsoft Southbank Offices, Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank, Victoria, 3006, Australia
With the Microsoft Power Platform, school leaders have the tools needed to quickly build tailored solutions to meet the school’s unique requirements. From digitising processes, to connecting your applications to share data, the Power Platform allows you to provide educators and administrators with tools to ease administrative workload and enhance teaching and learning. To learn how you can successfully build great apps of your own, join us for an in-person, hands on App in a Day (AIAD) workshop tailored to the education sector.
The day will be delivered by Brennan Digital, a Microsoft Certified Power Platform Partner who will guide you on a step-by-step process on how to create custom apps.
At the end of the day, you will be able to:
• Create custom applications without writing code
• Build sophisticated processes and complex data relationships within your applications
• Connect your app to a variety of data sources, in order to bring it to life
• Securely share your apps inside your organization
To get the most value out of the day, we highly recommend that you complete the PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals – Training | Microsoft Learn. This online, self-paced learning is complimentary and will prepare you to create a simple Power App, automate a process with Power Automate and build a chatbot with Power Virtual Agents on the day.
Space is limited, so please register today. We hope you can join us and we look forward to seeing you there.
Sydney – 24 March
Melbourne – 27 March
Brisbane – 30 March

Lawsense: School ICT Law 2023
2023-03-28 12:00 - 16:00 | Online, Online
Effectively Managing Data Collection, Access, Retention & Data Breaches. This is a live online event which will be recorded.
Registration and enquiries via the Lawsense website.
Agenda
12.00 LawSense Welcome
12.05 Chairpersons’ Introductions
Ally Eddy, Information Technology Manager, Santa Sabina College; President, MITIE Inc.
Rob Flavell, Head of Critical Thinking, ELTHAM College; President, VINE

12.15 Data Collection, Access, and Sharing: Understanding What You Should and Should Not Collect at Different Stages and Managing Consent, Access and Sharing
Privacy laws and potential reform

Exploring changing regulator focus and potential impacts on schools
Outlining key laws impacting data collection and management in schools – staff, parent, student and other data
Exploring potential reforms

Data Collection at Different Stages

Exploring best practice in obtaining informed consent for data collection and storage online
Examining optimum data collection at application for enrolment stage versus enrolment:

what data should you collect and store and what should you avoid?
exploring optimum approaches to collecting the data and consent through online application portals

Managing collection of data from job applicants
Managing collection of student and staff data:

biometric data
CCTV

Understanding school responsibilities where data is collected by third parties as a result of school-related activities, including responsibilities regarding informed consent

Data Access and Sharing

Examining the elements to consider in deciding what information different staff or departments within the school should be able to access
Exploring optimum access and sharing within a school, including access to and sharing of:

medical information, including parent medical information
counselling records
parent financial information
school investigations and police information

Understanding the limits of allowing access to information to marketing or community engagement staff
Implementing policies to optimise compliance in sharing student information with parents including:

managing consent from mature minors
dealing with information sharing with separated parents

Managing sharing with external experts and other schools

Gina Tresidder, Principal, Russell Kennedy Lawyers

1.15 Break

1.25 Data Storage, Retention and Destruction: Understanding Obligations and Assessing Data to Ensure You Meet Differing Requirements for Different Record Types

Outlining laws applying to document storage and retention in schools
Managing records in different formats – email, text, social media, paper
Clarifying what types of documents need to be kept and for what period, including:

student email and laptop data
behaviour and discipline records
accident records
medical and mental health information
disability and support
investigations
job applications and other staff data

Understanding your obligations to destroy or de-identify particular data
Exploring measures to accurately classify or categories documents to assist compliance with document destruction and retention requirements

Antoine Pace, Partner, Gadens
Raisa Blanco, Senior Associate, Intellectual Property and Technology Group, Gadens

2.25 Break

2.35 Data Breaches and Incident Management: Navigating Rights, Obligations and Communications to Mitigate Legal Exposure and Reputation Risk

Outlining key laws applying to data breaches in schools
Reviewing what penalties and civil compensation action schools could be exposed to from data breaches
Examining mandatory reporting of requirements for data breaches – when and how you must report and remediation
Managing communications:

avoiding increased exposure to legal liability from your communications regarding the incident
exploring obligations and options to deal with incorrect allegations made by students, parents or the media
dealing with the school board or council – what are your obligations in providing information and to what extent should the board or council be involved in decision-making

Learnings from recent incident case studies

Steven Troeth, Partner, Gadens

3.35 Break

3.45 Separated Parents – Understanding Rights and Obligations in Managing Information Access

Outlining the role of the Family Court and the different Court orders that can be made or arrangements reached affecting children of separated parents
Understanding AVO’s, including common orders that are made that can affect schools
Inconsistency between Family Court and Domestic/Apprehended Violence Orders – which orders take precedence?

Which Parent Has the ‘Rights’

Understanding parent rights and responsibilities where parents are newly separated and there are no court orders
What is the legal effect of parenting plans versus court orders and how do these affect the school?
Identifying and managing interim versus final orders

Blended Families and ‘Rights’

Understanding the legal position of new partners, step-parents and grandparents

Providing Information to One Parent or the Other

Examining key laws, agreements and orders that would dictate what information can be provided to a parent or withheld from a parent
Understanding the role of the students wishes/consent:

when should student consent be sought in releasing information to parents
when do student wishes about parent information access override parent requests
understanding how student wishes should be documented where information is going to withheld from one parent or another

Identifying what information can be shared with parties who are not parents
Exploring the practical implications of requirements to limit information to a parent:

email restriction
login
parent teacher interviews
wellbeing issues

Nick Duggal, Partner, Moray & Agnew Lawyers
4.40 Chairpersons’ Conclusions
4.45 Event Close

CompNow / Extreme Networks - K-12 Lunch & Learn - ** Limited Spots Available **
2023-03-30 12:00 - 15:00 | Vic
CompNow along with Extreme Networks, have a very limited number of seats available for a lunch and learn session in late March.

Hosted by Brett North, Compnow’s Southern Region Manager – K12, you can hear from Mina Mousa, Extreme Networks’ Sytems Engineering Manager, who will be sharing about the latest technology trends in K-12, including Wi-Fi 6E, Automation and AI Ops.

If the event is of interest to you then please reach out to Brett North directly, either via email, brett.north@compnow.com.au or mobile, 0402 599 788 and full details will be provided.

Spots are extremely limited so if this is of genuine interest to you, please be quick to flag your interest.

Unifying your data for a Smarter School (Webinar: Microsoft and Antares)
2023-04-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Online, Online
Improve student experience, without the learning curve
Tuesday 4th April 10am
Are you struggling to gather enough data from your school?
Sick of having to juggle each of your schools’ data in silos?
Or perhaps you know your school can be performing better, but you don’t know how to get there?
Education is all about catering to the needs of your students, but it’s almost impossible to do without the right help.
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar Unifying data for a Smarter School, at 10am on the 4th April.
Join our team of experts and guest speakers from Microsoft as they discuss:
• Intelligent insights on what they are seeing in the market and industry
• How you can view all of your data, both internal and external, through a single pane-of-glass to enhance collaboration
• How data can be used to improve student engagement.
and so much more!

Fortinet K-12 Education Workshop
2023-04-18 - 2023-04-19 | Cliftons Melbourne, 1/440 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
Join us for a 2-Day Education Workshop

18th– 19th April 2023 | 9am – 5pm
Cliftons Melbourne
1/440 Collin Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

The Fortinet Education Workshop is an interactive, beginner friendly solution-based workshop designed to educate participants on the value of the Fortinet solutions. No pre-requisites, no experience necessary.

This in-person 2-day workshop will introduce the Fortinet Security Fabric, and specific details about how Fortinet can help address the security concerns that education institutions need to be aware of. Followed by a hands-on lab activity that provides students with an opportunity to experience the Fortinet solution in action.

Agenda:

Day 1
Day 2

Initial Configuration
SD-WAN

Firewall Policies
SSL VPN

Web filtering
IPSEC VPN

Application Control
Virtual Domains

Antivirus
High Availability

IPS
FortiAnalyzer Demo

N.B. Attendees must bring their own laptop.

*For any enquiries please email mdeutscher@fortinet.com

Talking Tech and VINE AGM
2023-04-20 09:30 - 16:00 | Mazenod College, 5 Kernot Ave, Mulgrave, Victoria, 3170, Australia
The VINE Talking Tech event is an opportunity for all education ICT System Admins, Technicians and support staff to be released from your dungeons, and come together for some networking, good food and coffee, and hear from some peers and speakers focusing on a more technical level across a range of topics. Prizes will be given out across the day (yeah that’s right for free), and maybe even make a few new friends. Hope to see you there!
Click to register
VINE Talking Tech and AGM Agenda:

9.30am
Registration & Coffee @ Mazenod College – 5 Kernot Ave Mulgrave

10.00am
Welcome to VINE Talking Tech

10.05am
Microsoft Keynote – “Surface Under the Hood” – looking under the hood of Microsoft devices and device management presented by Microsoft

10.40am
What does zero trust mean for you? Mark Deutscher from Fortinet

11.10am
Morning Tea by Volks Coffee – www.volkscoffee.com.au

11.30am
Identity Management and AD Automation – Identity 1 vs Casync vs Cloudworks, vs DIY – school discussion

12.20pm
Lunch (Smokin Barrys – https://smokinbarrys.com.au/) & Networking opportunity

1.30pm
Helpdesks – What are they good for? – Discussion panel

2.20pm
EduNet – Automating helpdesk workflows with 3rd parties for more efficient laptop repair processes

2.40pm
Sentinal demo – Lyndon from Chairo shows us his SIEM solution

3.10pm
Lessons learned from my security breach – Kunal from Kilvington

3.30pm
VINE AGM – Presentation of audited financial statement and election of Committee

3.50pm
Day close & VINE door prize giveaway

VINE Leadership Conference
2023-05-03 - 2023-05-05 | Panorama Retreat & Resort (formally Country Place), 180 Olinda Creek Road, Kalorama, Victoria, 3766, Australia
Professional development 2 day workshop with a focus on Innovation and Strategic Leadership, designed for middle or senior leaders with limited places available.
Content designed and delivered by NESLI focused on Leading Change, Strategic Planning and Managing Relationships with allocated space to work on ‘take-aways’ and collaborate on these themes with others schools.

VINE 2023 Technology Showcase
2023-05-10 10:00 - 21:00 | Eltham College, 1660 Main Rd, Research, Victoria, 3095, Australia
The VINE Technology Showcase is back for 2023.
Vendor talks, hands-on product showcase, prizes galore and dinner and drinks to round out the day!
FINAL Agenda

Time
Activity

9.30 am – 10.00 am
Registration

10.00 am – 10.10 am
Welcome

10.10 am – 10.25 am
Microsoft

10.25 am – 10.40 am
Lenovo

10.40 am – 10:55 am
Clipboard

10:55 am – 11:05 am
STM Brands

11.05 am – 11.35 am
Morning Tea

11.35 am – 11.50 am
Centorrino Technologies

11.50 am – 12.05 pm
Somerville

12.05 pm – 12.20 pm
Dell

12.20 pm – 12.35 pm
Sentral

12.35 pm – 12.50 pm
Apple

12.50 pm – 2.00 pm
Lunch

2.00 pm – 2.15 pm
EdSmart

2.15 pm – 2.30 pm
Logitech

2.30 pm – 2.45 pm
Dynabook

2.45 pm – 3.00 pm
Acer

3.00 pm – 3.15 pm
CompNow

3:15 pm – 3:25 pm
Targus

3.25 pm – 3.45 pm
Afternoon Break

3.45 pm – 4.00 pm
ASUS

4.00 pm – 4.10 pm
PC Locs

4.10 pm – 4.25 pm
Pixevety

4.25 pm – 4.40 pm
HP

4.40 pm – 4.55 pm
Chalk

4.55 pm – 5.10 pm
Samsung

Wrap up and Drinks!

ISQ Managers' Forum
2023-05-19 08:30 - 17:00 | Online, Online
A one-day forum for ICT managers and coordinators featuring virtual presentations from vendor and educational presenters. It
offers informative sessions on emerging trends and technologies for ICT professionals in the education sector.
This event runs live in Brisbane, but Victorian schools can join virtually to hear presentations. Thanks to ISQ for sharing details of this event and making it available to Victorian schools.
Event costs $130 unless you are an ISQ member
Download the full agenda.

CoET Term 2 Meeting
2023-05-26 08:00 - 13:00 | Vic

Fortinet K-12 Info Bite
2023-05-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Online, Online
The accelerated adoption of digital technologies in schools has inadvertently spurred an increase in cyber threats and shined a spotlight on the need for IT teams to ensure secure internet access.
Fortinet makes it possible to proactively safeguard students from cyber threats by providing high-end network security solutions that address the cybersecurity challenges facing K-12 schools.
Join Veenu Kandasamy, network security expert (NSE) 7-certified pre-sales engineer, Wavelink and Mark Deutscher, account manager, Fortinet to discuss how Fortinet’s Security Fabric can protect your K-12 digital learning infrastructure, ensure the uptime of your internet access across all campuses, and oversee the welfare of your students.

AISNSW ICT Management and Leadership Conference 2023
2023-05-31 - 2023-06-02 | Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2684 Gold Coast Highway, Broadbeach, Queensland, 4218, Australia
Technology is vital for every Australian school. The rich integration of different technologies is needed to ensure a seamless experience for all users. ICT in education professionals know the value of understanding the latest opportunities, the imminent threats and of continuous learning. It is time to examine and reflect on how the systems in schools are becoming unified, seamless and intelligent. This Conference brings ICT and education professionals together for a better tomorrow. The 18th ICT Management and Leadership Conference is the perfect place to learn about visionary future directions in education and to collaborate with peers and suppliers. With keynote provocations, sessions promoting new ideas, extended workshops, planned opportunities to meet with suppliers and to share experiences, delegates will find this Conference to be a key learning time. The Conference theme Convergence will be explored through four distinct streams: Leadership, Education, Technical and AV. The streams are designed to ensure the learning and development needs of all delegates are met.
All delegates at this Conference are required to be employees of a school. Vendors, or those with a commercial interest, are not permitted to attend as delegates. If you are not a school employee, please direct any queries to Conference Convenor Chris Woldhuis.

The Australian Schools Women's Leadership Summit
2023-06-08 | Online, Online
Presented by NESLI in partnership with Women & Leadership Australia, this interactive, online event will feature inspirational keynote presentations, expert workshops, panel discussions, participant breakout sessions, and online discussion forums.
Agenda highlights:
Development Session
Women Leading Schools: Unsupported, Overlooked and Exhausted
Dr Janet Smith will explore new research on women leaders in schools. Highlighting the gender discrimination and systemic barriers that still exist, and presenting practical strategies to improve your wellbeing, support your colleagues, and achieve your goals.
Opening Address
Hon Dr Anne Aly MP – Minister for Early Childhood Education; Minister for Youth; Federal Member for Cowan.
Keynote speakers:

Dyonne Anderson – Principal, Cabbage Tree Island Public School; Chief Executive Officer, Stronger Smarter Institute; President, National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Principals Association.
Ellie Cole OAM – Australia’s most decorated Female Paralympic Athlete
Dr Nicole Archard – Principal, Loreto College Marryatville
Wendy McCarthy AO Life Fellow FAICD – Social activist; Company advisor; Patron, Sydney Women’s Fund, The Parenthood; Director, FPIP; Former University Chancellor and Secondary School Teacher; Author, Don’t Be Too Polite Girls.

Azure Technical Skilling Workshops - Cloud Native Apps
2023-06-08 09:30 - 17:00 | Microsoft Southbank Offices, Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank, Victoria, 3006, Australia
Azure Technical Skilling Workshops, created in collaboration with Intel, provide you with the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the latest Azure services. In these workshops, you get to solve real business challenges in a live classroom setting. An in-person instructor-led session and labs help you quickly learn the skills you need in your role. Meet other attendees from your regions, share best practices, and create long-lasting connections.
What to expect?
Build Cloud-Native Apps workshop is invite-only and free for you. This workshop will help you in simplifying and accelerating your journey towards modernising your existing applications and building new apps in a cloud native way.
This workshop will cover the following topics:

How to assess your current Windows and SQL applications and migrate them to App Service as a path to modernisation.
What is cloud-native computing, what is Kubernetes, and why they are a part of the biggest trend in application development.

Who should attend?
This workshop includes advanced technical topics and hands-on labs and is recommended for Cloud Architects, IT Administrators, Developers, DevOps Engineers, SREs
What you’ll need?
This workshop includes hands-on learning opportunities. You’ll need to bring your laptop, power supply, plus any additional peripherals you may need.
Security blockers or other corporate restrictions may limit your access to third-party, web-based lab environments.  We recommend checking your settings or using a personal laptop.
Here is some pre-workshop reading material to familiarise yourself with the workshop topics before you attend.
Due to limited seating, if your availability changes please be sure to cancel your registration via the link in the event email you will receive, to allow others the opportunity to attend.
Agenda

09:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Check in & Arrival Refreshments

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Modernise your enterprise applications + Review legacy app, migrate and modernise (Lab)

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM – 02:30 PM

Innovate and scale with cloud-native apps

02:30 PM – 03:00 PM

Break & Afternoon Tea

03:00 PM – 05:00 PM

Deploy, text and scale your application on Azure Kubernetes Service / Azure Red Hat Open Shift (Lab)

Edunet's Education Tech Expo
2023-06-09 10:00 - 15:00 | Nossal High School, 40 Sir Gustav Nossal Bvd, Berwick, 3806, Australia
The Edunet Technology Expo provides a unique opportunity to explore the future of education technology, discover new hardware and software, and network with other school leaders.

This event is designed for Principals, Business Managers and School IT managers looking to stay up-to-date with the latest resources available to students. Attendees can network with other school leaders, learn about tools that improve student engagement, foster creativity, and enhance academic performance.
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to explore the latest ed-tech trends and compare the available options. Register now and get ready to be inspired! Register Online – https://www.edunet.com.au/2023-education-tech-expo

ICT SCHOOLS SUMMIT 2023 – OPTIMISING ICT INFRASTRUCTURE IN SCHOOLS
2023-06-20 | ZINC Federation Square, Victoria, Australia
The relationship between school education and technology has evolved significantly over the recent years, forcing schools to rapidly adopt new technology strategies and optimise their ICT infrastructure. As schools adapt to the increasing presence of digital tools in the classrooms, ICT leaders are becoming steadily involved in decision-making processes to navigate growing demands.
The ICT in Schools Summit VIC will bring together senior IT leaders for a strategic discussion on how ICT can transform service delivery, manage the increase in cybersecurity threats internally and externally, and leverage the use of data & analytics to improve school objectives and student performance outcomes.

ICT Schools Summit VIC 2023 – ForeFront (forefrontevents.co)

Fortinet K-12 Education Workshop
2023-07-05 - 2023-07-06 | Cliftons Freshwater Place, L18, 2 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, 3006, Australia
Join us for a 2-Day Education Workshop

Wednesday 5th– Thursday 6th July 2023 | 9am – 5pm
Cliftons – Freshwater Place
L18, 2 Southbank Blvd, Southbank VIC 3006

The Fortinet Education Workshop is an interactive, beginner friendly solution-based workshop designed to educate participants on the value of the Fortinet solutions. No pre-requisites, no experience necessary.

This in-person 2-day workshop will introduce the Fortinet Security Fabric, and specific details about how Fortinet can help address the security concerns that education institutions need to be aware of. Followed by a hands-on lab activity that provides students with an opportunity to experience the Fortinet solution in action.

Digital Resource Expo 2023 - 19 July 2023
2023-07-19 15:30 - 17:00 | Webinar, Australia
Revolutionise the way you incorporate digital resources into your school and teaching!
In today’s fast-paced educational landscape, it can be overwhelming to evaluate the best digital resources from across different vendors. That’s why we have gathered key edtech solutions in one place, allowing you to explore a wide range of high-quality digital tools in a single webinar.
Discover latest educational technology platforms, interactive apps and teaching tools from major providers. Whether you’re looking to enhance your curriculum, engage students with interactive multimedia, or promote personalised learning, in this webinar you’ll gain insights into cutting-edge resources that align with your educational goals and empower you to deliver dynamic and impactful lessons.
Attendees will have the chance to engage directly by asking questions and requesting follow-ups.
Don’t miss this to expand your digital resource toolkit and stay ahead of the curve in educational technology.

Strategic Leadership
2023-07-20 09:30 - 16:00 | Trinity Grammar School, 40 Charles St, Kew, Victoria, 3101, Australia
The VINE Leadership Event is a joint VINE/ASBA day designed to give school ICT Managers and Business Managers valuable insights and strategies that will enhance their schools IT Governance and overall business operations. The agenda offers a diverse range of topics, including IT Strategy & Transformation, the human element in cyber incidents, upcoming changes to the Privacy Act, business continuity and disaster recovery, and recruiting.
By attending you can gather expert knowledge on transforming your school, mitigating cyber risks, complying with privacy regulations, ensuring business continuity, and improving recruitment strategies.
Agenda

Timing
Agenda Item

9.30am – 10:00am
Registration. Tea/coffee to be available

10.00am – 10.15am
Welcome and housekeeping

10.15am – 11.15am
IT Strategy & Transformation (Brenton Harty from PLC)

11.15am – 11.40am
Morning Tea

11.40am – 12.10pm
“What leads you TO a cyber incident” emails, BYOD, IOT – “The human element” – Chris Gersch (Net Strategy)

12.10pm – 12.40pm
Upcoming changes to the Privacy Act – Cecelia Irvine (Moores)

12.40pm – 1.30pm
Lunch

1.30pm – 2.00pm
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (Faizul Zakaria from Haileybury)

2.00pm – 2.45pm
Ideas into Action – Kieren Noonan (ISV)

2.45pm – 3.30pm
Recruiting & Marketing Update – Hays Recruitment

Register here now!

Digital Resource Expo 2023 - 25 July 2023
2023-07-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Webinar, Australia

Databases
2023-08-15 09:30 - 15:30 | Loyola College, 325 Grimshaw St,, Watsonia, VIC, 3087, Australia
Our August VINE meeting is focussed on databases and systems. We will look at the tools and approaches we might use to capture, store, exchange, process, present, and analyse data in efficient and effective ways. We have a great line-up of speakers and will allow ample time for questions and discussions at the end of sessions and in the breaks. Check out the agenda below!
Agenda:

Timing
Agenda Item

9.30am
Registration. Tea/coffee to be available

9.50am – 9.55am
Welcome and Intro

9.55am – 10.15am
Victor Dalla-Vecchia, Loyola College
Academic & Wellbeing Data Analytics

10.15am – 11.15am
Dean Pearman, Head of Education
Digital Transformation at Beaconhills

11.15am – 11.45am
Morning Tea

11.45am – 12.15pm
Chris Pantlin, Veracross
A Guide To Reviewing your SIS

12.15pm – 12.45pm
The Future of Student Information Systems – Round Table Discussion

12.45pm – 1.15pm
Chris Forbes, Chalk Systems
Foundation Ideas for School Process Automation

1.15pm – 2.15pm
Lunch

2.15pm – 3.00pm
Steve Mason and Liam Benton, Kolbe Catholic College
Data Velocity Overdrive for Academic Risk Modelling

3.00pm – 3.30pm
Brett Auton, Atturra
How to Future Proof Your Data Systems

3.30 – 3.45pm
Wrap Up

Register today!

Sophos - Generative AI & Cybersecurity
2023-08-15 12:00 - 14:00 | Eureka 89, Eureka Tower Level 89, 7 Riverside Quay, Southbank, Vic, 3006, Australia
Join us for lunch as Sophos’ Ben Verschaeren, a leading Global Cybersecurity expert, examines potential applications of generative AI from both an adversary’s and defender’s point of view, including:

How adversaries may leverage AI to cause harm
The legitimacy of concerns regarding potential abuse of AI
Streamlining automation, threat analysis and incident handling
Modern detection approaches of generative AI altered malware
New defence strategies & AI at Sophos

An evening with Dr Gary Stager - a night schoolED Event
2023-08-17 17:00 - 20:00 | RACV Club, CBD, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
In this intimate gathering, Dr. Stager will passionately advocate for student agency and teacher empowerment, taking you on an unforgettable journey. Don’t let this unique opportunity pass you by – come and share in the excitement as we embrace the transformative power of education together.

CoET Term 3 Meeting
2023-08-18 08:00 - 13:00 | Vic

Edu-Tech Pre Conference Workshop - Computational learning adventures - craft, coding, and creativity
2023-08-23 | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Pl., South Wharf, Victoria, 3006, Australia
Gary Stager, Founder & CEO, Constructing Modern Knowledge
This hands-on workshop helps educators respond to the growing calls to teach computing and computer science for all children at a time where there is literal clarity on what that means, but there are already millions of BBC micro:bits in schools. Never before has so much power been accessible to children at such a low price. Participants will gain experience programming the micro:bit and model strategies for teaching physical computing. We will also explore and use a variety of programming environments, similar boards, and extensions. A small mountain of materials will be available for use. This workshop is hands-on and welcomes all experience levels. Projects from the new “Invent To Learn Guide to the micro:bit” will be shared in addition to discussions of how the micro:bit may be used to most effectively teach powerful computational ideas from math, science, physical computing, and computer science. This approach animates project-based learning, democratizes experience, and appeals to a diverse population of students than when we reduce robotics to competitive combat.

EduTECH
2023-08-24 - 2023-08-25 | MCEC Melbourne, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf, VIC, 3006, Australia
EduTECH is Australia’s largest education event, bringing together the entire education ecosystem to discuss, debate, and evaluate the future of education.
The event features 5 pre-event workshops, 10 paid conferences, 4 partner conferences, 10 free expo seminars, 8 breakout seminars, 450 speakers, 400 exhibitors, 75 startups, and 10,000 education and training leaders.
EduTECH also offers unrivalled networking opportunities through the EduPARTY networking drinks and the Ed-Innovation Celebration Gala Dinner, hosted by the very funny Dave Hughes.
VINE Members refer to e-mail for 50% discount tickets!

TechConnect: An Evening of Networking with Edunet
2023-08-24 16:30 - 19:00 | The General Assembly, 29 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf, VIC, 3006, Australia
You are invited to join us at TechConnect, an exciting networking evening hosted by Edunet! This event aims to bring together educators, technology enthusiasts, and industry professionals for an evening of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and networking.
Registration is Free | 4:30pm – 7pm The General Assembly, South Wharf Promenade
Hosted by Edunet, one of Australia’s most trusted partners for Technology in Schools. This event is being held on the evening of Thursday 24th August.
TechConnect will provide a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals passionate about advancing education through technology. Whether you are seeking innovative solutions, exploring partnerships, or simply looking to expand your professional network, this event is designed to foster meaningful connections.

Electrifying Children's Mathematics with Gary Stager
2023-08-28 09:30 - 15:30 | Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, 41 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia
The Electrifying Children’s Mathematics provocation workshop moves beyond the goal of engaging children in learning mathematics by providing educators with authentic mathematical thinking experiences.
