ICT & Careers Expo
ICT & Careers Expo
Date: Saturday, August 1 2009
Venue: Melbourne High School
Memorial Hall
Forrest Hill, South Yarra
Time: 10am - 3pm
Cost: FREE (free tickets can be downloaded here)
Held at Melbourne High School, the ICT & Careers Expo is an event designed to present diverse career opportunities in ICT to school leavers. The Expo will be open from 10am - 3pm on Saturday, August 1st and representatives from a myriad of industries where ICT plays a vital role will be present to speak to students, parents and teachers. Tertiary institutions will also be on hand to provide information about their wide range of courses in ICT.
In addition to this, there will be workshops from a broad range of industry and tertiary speakers, showbags and prize giveaways. Don’t miss this chance to broaden your career opportunities by attending this free event.
Teachers are encouraged to bring their students to this valuable careers expo. Please register your class at ictweek@vitta.org.au and you will be sent details about priority access to the event.
VITTA would like to thank sponsors and supporters of the ICT Week and ICT Expo event.
All are welcome.
Exhibitors 2009
AIE - Video Games & Animation Training
Australian Computer Society
Avid
College of Creative Arts and Technology
Commercial Arts Training College
Deakin University
Holmesglen Computing and Information Technology
LaTrobe University
Melbourne Institute of Technology
Monash University
Natcoll Design Technology
Nintendo
RMIT Univeristy and TAFE
Swinburne University & TAFE
University of Ballarat
University of Melbourne
Victorian Government
VITTA
Worksafe
Plus many more to be announced soon...
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Program Snapshot 2009
Safety & security of students, parents & teachers in a wired world: achieving an online civil society.
Alastair MacGibbon, Surete Group
With broadband penetration and the use of mobile technologies increasing, internet crime expert Alastair MacGibbon will discuss the importance of safety and security amongst various consumer groups including students, teachers and parents. Alastair will explore how far those efforts may go to improving safety and security, and who else (governments, international organisations and businesses) need to be involved to reduce the likelihood of things going wrong, and to help create an "online civil society". The presentation will range from grounded practical tips to improving safety and security through to controversial philosophical discussions....hold onto your hats!
Myfuture, myspace (Hands on Workshop)
Bernadette Gigliotti, Executive Officer Careers Education Association Victoria
Young people are faced with a multitude of career choices and a maze of information on the internet offering suggestions for career planning. This session will unpack one the the best sites available to all Australians myfuture.edu.au when considering their career management. The workshop will look at the key features of the site and offer practical strategies for students, parents and career changers to navigate the potential of this tool in their career development.
Go Girl – Go for IT
Irene Evgeniadis, Victorian ICT for Women
Go behind the scenes and take a peek at the careers of the future in the industry of today
From online music, iphones, digital books and facebook to laser eye technology, key hole surgery and electronic hospital records from online tuition to global business webinars and literacy games to legal cases, animation and consumer marketing, you may not see it but IT is there making it all happen.
IT is behind the scenes of the 21st Century, behind film, television and music to the hospitality, recruitment, airline and travel industries. In fact technology impacts every part of Australian economy today- from health, education, environment and security to research & development, manufacturing, retail, tourism and transport. Whatever your passion, whatever your interest, you can couple it with IT to create the career of your life!
The impact that ICT has made over the last 10 years has been amazing, and the next 10 years will be even greater and more impressive.Come along to this session to find out more about being a woman in the industry.
What future IT careers will there be at ABC television? And TV for schools – one journalist’s experience of media production.
Gabriella Tucker, Journalist
IT and media are becoming increasingly part in newsrooms and the future of Australian broadcasting is digital, so what jobs lie in store in IT & media production at our national broadcaster?
Journalist Gabriella Tucker presents a pre-recorded interview with Wolf Cocklin head of innovations at ABC television and also shares her experiences of developing a schools television program from the ‘kitchen table up’.
Careers in Computer Networking
Dr. Elizabeth Kendall, Director of IT Programs, Melbourne Institute of Technology
Computer networking is essential to the delivery of information technology and communication services to businesses, consumers, and the public sector. Computer networking is also one of the top areas for future employment. The current projection is that there will be 50% growth in this area over the next five years . This presentation will cover future careers in computer networking, and provide information about study opportunities in this area, including the Bachelor of Networking at the Melbourne Institute of Technology.
ICT across a variety of Industries; How can students use their ICT skills in a range of industries?
Shanton Chang, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne University
This session explores how advanced ICT skills are important in a variey of industries, including fashion, government and health, banking, public transport and biotechnology. As the world operates in an increasingly digitised environment, ICT skills will be crucial in the future workplace. Therefore, doing an ICTdegree does not mean you will necessarily be working in an ICT industry only. It's a way of opening doors to a huge variety of industries and sectors. This presentation will highlight some of the ways ICT graduates are trailblazing across different industries.
Study ICT at Swinburne!: Courses, Careers and Industry Based Learning.
Robert Mercer and the Swinburne Students, Swinburne University
Attend this session and find out more about the wide range of ICT courses at Swinburne. Swinburne offers a range of business focussed and technical ICT degrees, from Business Information Systems to Professional Software Development to Network Design and Security. You will also hear about Swinburne's prestigious Bachelor of Information Technology Scholarship degree that offers students a $33,500 scholarship and 40 weeks of industry based learning with some of Australia's leading companies. This session will also include information on Swinburne's 12 month, paid industry based learning placements that give students real world and practical experience in the ICT industry before they graduate.
Video Games Careers and how to get one
Mark Flanagan, Senior Teacher, Academy of Interactive Entertainment
Mark has worked in the Games Industry in Australia and overseas for the past nine years before recently taking up a teaching role at AIE. During his presentation, Mark will explain the various roles involved in creating video games and what training is required to commence your games career. Attendees will also be given the opportunity to ask Mark questions they may have about working in the games industry
If you want to predict the future, create IT
Brian Corbitt and Heiko Schroder, RMIT
This presentation will address the need and importance of ICT in our society. The presentation will also discuss research projects across all areas of IT.
Getting into the games industry…
Paul Callaghan, Freelance Games Developer
Video games don't just appear from nowhere. Somewhere, right now, there are people writing code, making art, designing levels and putting the finishing touches on games that will eventually find their way into PCs and consoles all over the world. In Australia, there are around 2500 people doing just that and this number is expected to grow dramatically over the next 5 years. In this presentation, Paul Callaghan, who has worked as a programmer, a game designer, and now a games teacher, will talk about how he found his way into the industry, how things have changed since then, how it's possible to earn a living from it, and how it's not all just sitting around playing games all day.
Industry Based learning Seminar
Andrew Owen, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Industry-Based Learning involves students working full-time at theprogram’s partner companies for 22 or 44 weeks during the second and third years of their degree. The students' work in industry is assessed
and credited as part of the degree.
Industry-Based Learning students in the Bachelor of Business Information Systems degree receive a scholarship of up to $36,000 paid over 3 years, and they work full-time for 44 weeks during their degree.
Industry-Based Learning students in the Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems, and Bachelor of Software Engineering receive a scholarship of $15,000 and they work full-time for 22 weeks during their degree.
Faculty of Information Technology ICT Degrees
Andrew Owen, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Monash is home to one of the most prestigious IT faculties in the world. Monash is the only Group of Eight university to have a dedicated IT faculty, recognising the importance of information and communications technology as a distinct discipline, requiring specialist teaching and research.
The presentation will include information on its ICT degree structure that covers areas from Business Information Systems and Computer Science to Games Development and Multimedia.
Hear from current students and graduates on Industry experiences and engagement.
Myths in the ICT Industry
Ian Dennis, Australian Computer Society
Ian Dennis will address key myths about the ICT industry including the dot com crash and other furphies. He will present the truth about ICT jobs in Australia and where they are going.
The world of IT in live sound
Angus Davidson, Avid
Long gone are the racks of external effects and the 10 roadies needed to move them. Artists like Justin Timberlake can now choose to sound just like the album even during a world tour as the technology used in the studio is now able to be used in the show itself. Angus Davidson Live Sound specialist for AVID and sound engineer for Crowded House, Supertramp and Des’ree will discuss how the world of live sound has changed and how IT is an integral part in the majority of the live shows that are currently touring.
James Bond, Slumdog Millionaire, The Deadliest Catch and Channel 10 News . . . . what do they have in common? . . . . . Somebody has to put it all together . . . . they all need Editors and an array of other productions specialists, and these days, that means . . . IT professionals.
Pip Warren, Avid
Pip Warren will talk to you about the careers that are available behind the scenes in the world of film, television and live broadcast. Pip’s career has been focused on the behind the scenes areas of television and predominantly international News and Current Affairs, as a result she has a unique perspective in these fields and the various associated IT related careers.
Getting the notes right!
Katie Wardrobe, Avid
The days of handwritten and engraved music scores are behind us: music technology has revolutionized the way composers, arrangers, publishers and music editor’s work. Step inside the exciting world of scoring for film and television and preparing music parts for publication or live performance. A member of the Music Arrangers Guild of Australia, Katie Wardrobe has worked for nearly 20 years as a copyist and arranger for a range of publishers and composers. She’ll discuss the career opportunities available for composers, arrangers, copyists and music publishers and the ways in which technology is integrated into their everyday lives.
ICT and the cool jobs that go with it
Luke Grange, Knowledge Solutions
In this session, Luke will break down potential ICT careers into some simple components. As a generalist Luke has a broad view on the whole ICT arena. He will start by explaining the different organisations Consultancy/Software Company/End User Companies and what overlaps and the relationships that exist between these organisations.
Luke will then go on to tell the story as to how he has moved between four continents, has three legitimate passports and all this by simply being involved in the universal language of ICT.
Next he will address how the whole industry has evolved over the last 15 years and how intertwined ICT is in all aspects of our lives. Luke will go into the fact that what students are using on their mobile phones now, translates
into dollars and income if they decided to find out how it all works and choose to adopt it as a career choice.
VCE Units 3 & 4: ITA design your future now
Antonia Caridi, Sacre Coeur & VITTA Committee Member
This session provides an overview of how studying VCE IT Applications can enhance your prospects of working in the IT industry. The session also gives you a snapshot of the IT industry in Australia today and what lies in its future. It aims to demonstrate why it is still advantageous to study VCE IT and to undertake a career in the IT industry as we enter the second decade of the 21st century.
Want to make a difference? Find out how using Twitter and Facebook can create a better world.
Jasmin Tragas, IBM
If you want to know about ways to use the web to help other people - this session is for you! Jasmin Tragas from IBM will be sharing some examples of people using social media in the area of charity, education and social good. She will also be sharing some examples of the way IBM and others are working towards creating a Smarter Planet. Jasmin works in marketing and communications at IBM, with a background in web production and eLearning.