October 2013 - luv-geelong

CONFIDENTIAL AND EMBARGOED - linux.conf.au update
by David Bell 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

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FW: The $50, 000 IT Invention Test - 25 days to make a submission.
by Kathy Reid 18 Oct '13

18 Oct '13

Hi everyone, forwarding from ICT Geelong. Kind regards, Kathy From: ictgeelongnews-bounces(a)lists.sedconsulting.com.au [mailto:ictgeelongnews-bounces@lists.sedconsulting.com.au] On Behalf Of ICT Geelong - News Sent: Thursday, 17 October 2013 11:37 AM To: ictgeelongnews(a)lists.sedconsulting.com.au Subject: The $50,000 IT Invention Test - 25 days to make a submission. [Description: cid:image006.jpg@01CD70C2.DE50B550] It's back! Welcome to version 4.0 of the competition designed to inspire entrepreneurs. The $50,000 I.T. Invention Test (www.itinventiontest.com.au<http://www.itinventiontest.com.au>) is an investment pitching competition hosted by ICT Geelong (the Geelong Region ICT Cluster). We are a group of business leaders that are focused on helping entrepreneurs commercialise I.T.-based ideas, concepts, start-ups and early stage projects. Prizes valued at approximately $50,000 are on offer, including; · 4 x one-week Entrepreneurship & VC Program to University of California (Berkeley) - valued at approximately $9,000 each. These Programs will be awarded to; o The best overall pitch o The best sensor-based technology pitch o The best Geelong region industry pitch o The best Deakin University pitch · $7,500 cash for the best overall pitch · 12 months mentoring for the best two pitches (overall) · ½ Day Pitching Education and Free tickets to the Technology Entrepreneurship Forum (28th November) for the top 12 pitches. To be eligible to enter you must be an Australian-based i. small-to-medium business, OR ii. an individual or a team from an Australian university, research organization or school, OR iii. an individual or team residing in Australia. This is your chance to turn an idea into a reality! For more information on the competition including terms and conditions, submission templates and guidelines go to www.itinventiontest.com.au<http://www.itinventiontest.com.au>. Closing date for submissions is 5:00pm Sunday 10th November 2013. CRAIG HILL DIRECTOR - SED ADVISORY (GEELONG) B.Comm; Grad. Dip. Finance & Investment. M: 0408 390 930 E: craigh(a)sedadvisory.com<mailto:craigh@sedadvisory.com> www.sedadvisory.com<http://www.sedadvisory.com/> [Description: Description: Description: SED LOGO-EMAIL]<http://www.sedadvisory.com/> This email and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information and is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any disclosure, copying, printing or distribution of or taking action based on this information is prohibited. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email. Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise the sender by return email or telephone. Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments are error or virus free.

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linux.conf.au 2015 Geelong Bid - Status update
by David Bell 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Dear Colleagues, You're receiving this email as we've identified you as a key stakeholder in our bid to host linux.conf.au in Geelong in 2015, or have previously indicated to us that you'd like to be kept informed of developments here. *We're almost there* We are excited to share with you that the Linux Australia Council will shortly be reaching a decision about the host city for 2015. We expect the Council to have made a decision either on, or shortly after, October 22nd and we will be sure to share the outcome with you all as quickly as possible. It has been an exciting, eye opening process and we are very optimistic about our chances. Hopefully all of the hard work along with your support and encouragement will pay off and then the real work can begin. *What happens if we win?* * * If we are successful in securing linux.conf.au 2015 Geelong (LCA - By The Bay) we will begin putting into place our project plan (available here: http://goo.gl/M2sFi2) At this early stage we would be seeking interested individuals to join the core team to assist in preparing for and running the conference. Some of you may have also heard that we have already tentatively secured one of our keynote speakers. Catarina Mota has told us that she would be delighted to join us in Geelong in 2015. We would need to begin contacting further keynote speakers as soon as possible as many of their schedules are already filling up. *What happens if we are unsuccessful?* * * If we are unsuccessful we will begin planning to submit a bid for linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong. Once again, we would be interested to hear from anyone who would like to further involve themselves in the process for next years' bid. As always your comments, questions and feedback are welcomed. With kind regards David Bell and Kathy Reid

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linux.conf.au 2015 Geelong Bid - Status update
by David Bell 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Dear Colleagues, You're receiving this email as we've identified you as a key stakeholder in our bid to host linux.conf.au in Geelong in 2015, or have previously indicated to us that you'd like to be kept informed of developments here. *We're almost there* We are excited to share with you that the Linux Australia Council will shortly be reaching a decision about the host city for 2015. We expect the Council to have made a decision either on, or shortly after, October 22nd and we will be sure to share the outcome with you all as quickly as possible. It has been an exciting, eye opening process and we are very optimistic about our chances. Hopefully all of the hard work along with your support and encouragement will pay off and then the real work can begin. *What happens if we win?* * * If we are successful in securing linux.conf.au 2015 Geelong (LCA - By The Bay) we will begin putting into place our project plan (available here: http://goo.gl/M2sFi2) At this early stage we would be seeking interested individuals to join the core team to assist in preparing for and running the conference. Some of you may have also heard that we have already tentatively secured one of our keynote speakers. Catarina Mota has told us that she would be delighted to join us in Geelong in 2015. We would need to begin contacting further keynote speakers as soon as possible as many of their schedules are already filling up. *What happens if we are unsuccessful?* * * If we are unsuccessful we will begin planning to submit a bid for linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong. Once again, we would be interested to hear from anyone who would like to further involve themselves in the process for next years' bid. As always your comments, questions and feedback are welcomed. With kind regards David Bell and Kathy Reid

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Fwd: [lca-announce] LCA 2014 call for volunteers
by Kathy Reid 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

For anyone interested in being a volunteer at LCA2014 in Perth - it's a great development opportunity Kind regards, Kathy -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [lca-announce] LCA 2014 call for volunteers Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:17:03 +0800 From: linux.conf.au Announcements <lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au> Reply-To: lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au To: lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au Press Release. For immediate Release. The linux.conf.au <http://linux.conf.au> 2014 organizing team are calling for volunteers to help with the conference. We are encouraging all students, graduates and linux hobbyists who would like to contribute to the conference's success to step up and offer your services as a volunteer. This is a good opportunity to get a glimpse of how a conference is run, and to get some real hands on experience in many aspects of conference operations. We're looking for volunteers to work in many areas but the help and registration desk, general administration, and audio visual team members are the most sought after. We need volunteers who are willing to commit to at least four days of the conference, we'll try and allocate some free time to attend a few talks for each volunteer, but that will depend on the number of volunteers and on the work load at any point during the conference. In return we'll feed and cloth you during the conference. There's a real buzz to being part of the organizing team, and volunteering is a very rewarding way to get involved in the conference. We'll be opening the registration for volunteers soon, please visit our site or subscribe to the volunteers mailing list shown below for updated information. You can subscribe to the mailing list from here: http://lists.lca2014.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/volunteers_lists.lca2014… For more information on volunteering, please take a look at our web site at https://lca2014.linux.org.au/register/volunteers. If you need extra information on volunteering please send an email to our volunteer email address â?? volunteers at lists.lca2014.linux.org.au <http://lists.lca2014.linux.org.au>, and I'll do my best to help. We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Euan de Kock linux.conf.au <http://linux.conf.au> 2014 Volunteer Coordinator.

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Fwd: [lca-announce] Second keynote speaker announced
by Kathy Reid 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

Kate Chapman has been announced as the second keynote for #lca2014! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [lca-announce] Second keynote speaker announced Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:02:05 +0800 From: linux.conf.au Announcements <lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au> Reply-To: lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au To: lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au Press Release. For immediate Release. The linux.conf.au <http://linux.conf.au> 2014 team are pleased to announce the second keynote speaker for their conference. Kate Chapman is the Executive Director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is an initiative of OpenStreetMap to apply the principles of open source and open data sharing towards humanitarian response and economic development. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team believes that freely available, up-to-date geographic data can be vital in responding to a disaster. They help communities and responders to utilize the OpenStreetMap data, and encourage them to contribute and update the data. Over the past two years Kate has been primarily based in Indonesia where she has lead the AusAID funded HOT program. The program Scenario Development for Contingency Planning (SD4CP) is a joint initiative of the Indonesian and Australian governments through BNPB (Indonesian Disaster Management Agency) and AusAID that aims to teach disaster mangers how to develop realistic impact scenario for contingency planning. HOT teaches disaster mangers to spatially analysis the combination of scientific hazard model outputs with community knowledge through the open-source software InaSAFE (Indonesia Scenario Assessment For Emergencies). OpenStreetMap is one of the keys elements of this procedure, as it allows the disaster mangers to draw on community knowledge to identify important buildings such as schools and hospitals that potentially be impacted during a disaster. We're really pleased to have Kate coming to talk with us as her personal efforts and her teams work represents an organization that we can really hold up as a shining example of how the open source model truly does work. linux.conf.au <http://linux.conf.au> is an annual open source conference organised by Linux Australia. In 2014 the conference will be held in Perth, Western Australia from the 6th January to the 10th.

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