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Unlock the power of data to make informed policy decisions and successfully deliver services
23-25 March 2021, Hyatt Hotel Canberra
Public Spectrum’s 7th Annual Australian Government Data Summit 2021 builds on the governments’ data management and open access reforms, together with insights from Federal, State and Local Government. Additionally, innovative agencies representing the US and New Zealand governments are featured in the program, offering an international perspective.
Join us to benefit from time-saving insights by 30+ policy, service delivery, and data management professionals representing the three tiers of government. You will benefit from a focus on practitioner case studies, interactive panel discussions, ‘deep dive’ breakout streams, hands-on practical workshops and technology-led roundtable discussions.
Hear from 30+ public sector data and analytics leaders
Eileen Vidrine
Chief Data Officer
U.S. Department of the Air Force (Washington, DC)
Garrett Berntsen
Deputy Chief Data Officer
U.S. Department of State
Jan Sheppard
Chief Data Officer
Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand - Wellington
Naomi Levao
Chief Data Officer, Data Engineering and Analysis
Australian Skills Quality Authority (Australian Government)
Brendan Dalton
Chief Information Officer
CSIRO
Tim Beard
Head of Data Strategy, Department of Industry
Innovation and Science, Australian Government
Boris Kelly-Gerryn
Chief Data Officer
Bureau of Meteorology (Australian Government)
Dr. Piyush Madhamshettiwar
Practice & Capability Lead - Data Science & Analytics
Department of Transport, Victoria
Frederic Clarke
Data Solutions Lead, ABS Covid-19 Statistical Taskforce
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Government
Tammy Braybrook
Chief Data Officer
IP Australia (Australian Government)
Narelle Grayson
Director
Data Analytics Centre & Department of Customer Service (NSW)
DR. Stephen Zidek
Director, Analytics and Intelligence, Office for Data Analytics
Australian Skills Quality Authority (Australian Government)
Angkana Whiley
Executive Branch Manager
Data and Analytics, ACT Government
Irina Bastrakova
Director, Spatial Data Architecture
Geoscience Australia
Lloyd Robinson
Director
Robinson Ryan (Canberra)
Dr Renato Iannella
Lead Enterprise Data Architect
Airservices Australia
David Okunyah
Data Scientist
Comcare (Canberra) – Australian Government
Samuel Spencer
CEO & Technical Co-Founder
Aristotle Cloud Services (Canberra)
Dr. Joe Walshe
Lead, Data Analytics, ACT Data Analytics Centre
Office of the Chief Digital Officer, ACT Government
Samantha Gavel
Privacy Commissioner
Sydney, NSW Government
Simon Wall
Director, Data Governance and Management
National Library of Australia – Australian Government
Peter Ryan
Associate Director, Premier’s Implementation Unit
Department of Premier & Cabinet NSW (Sydney) – NSW Government
Julian Singh
National Director & Managing Director
GovHack Australia/Open Data Connect, Canberra
Glenn Ashe
Chief Information Technology Officer
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Canberra) – Australian Government
Dr. Danswell Starrs
Water Science, Monitoring & Modelling Manager Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate
ACT Government
Neil Temperley
Government Advisor
Future Cities Data & Technology Strategy; Transport & Logistics; Clusters & Living Labs
Andrew Smailes
Past President
DAMA Australia
Jessie Nghiem
Senior Data Scientist, Data and Analytics
Energy Safe Victoria (Melbourne)
Terry Goodman
Managing Director
Intech Solutions
John Ji
Senior Data Engineer
New Zealand Transport Agency
Richard Tomkinson
Managing Director
Cloudten
Agenda
8:00am
Registration opens
8:45am
Opening remarks from the Chair
Lloyd Robinson
Director
Robinson Ryan
9:00am
Case study: Building an Olympic-style data certification model
• Managing data with a gold, silver or bronze listing
• Building on a “Data Pledge” and organisation-wide use of data
• Key features of a Data Strategy 3.0 – where to next?
Tim Beard
Head of Data Strategy
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
9:30am
Technology solutions
Lloyd Robinson
Director
Robinson Ryan
10:00am
Case study: Capture, manage, and share consistent data to support governments’ vocational training programs
• How the vocational education training sector benefits from access to quality data
• What is needed to successfully collect, analyse and share this data
• Why data sharing arrangements are pivotal to successful program delivery
Naomi Levao
Chief Data Officer, Data Engineering and Analysis
Australian Skills Quality Authority
10:30am
Technology solutions
Presentation by Teradata
11:00am
Morning tea and networking
11:30am
Graph database analytics for investigations, compliance and fraud detection
• Relational vs key-value vs graph databases
• The next generation of graph databases
• Preparing data for graph database analytics
Terry Goodman
Managing Director
Intech Solutions
12:00pm
International Keynote:
Unlocking the power of data across all missions and operations
• Implementing strategies for enterprise data management
• Leveraging analytics and digital transformation to optimise performance
• Delivering innovation across the enterprise
Eileen Vidrine
Chief Data Officer
U.S. Department of the Air Force (Washington, DC)
*Virtual
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Networking lunch
Stream A:
Examining emerging data trends
Stream B:
Outlook for big data, analytics, information sharing & privacy
Chair:
Chair:
Lloyd Robinson
Director
Robinson Ryan
Tim Beard
Head of Data Strategy
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
1:30pm
1:30pm
Leveraging artificial intelligence and data science to manage transport
• How AI is being used in in transportation or infrastructure to collect traffic data and reduce congestion
• Where AI fits in with improving modelling, forecasting and scheduling of public transport
• When AI can be used to streamline traffic patterns, support smarter traffic light algorithms and real-time tracking, while controlling higher and lower traffic patterns
Helping your organisation make data-driven decisions
• Clarifying the science of data analysis, modelling and business intelligence reporting
• Assessing developments in analytics, data mining, and visualisation tools
• Using visualisation to gain a comprehensive view of data
• Leveraging data to eliminate inefficiencies, and adapt to change
Dr Piyush Madhamshettiwar
Practice & Capability Lead Data Science & Analytics
Department of Transport (Victoria)
David Okunyah
Data Scientist
Comcare
2:00pm
2:00pm
Implementing the data governance process to collaboratively capture government data decision making
Using advanced analytics to manage incidents: lessons from the energy sector
• Building the co-relation between weather conditions and network performance
• Managing incident data, extraction and cleansing
• Streamlining internal reporting and other advanced analytics platforms
Samuel Spencer
CEO & Technical Co-Founder
Aristotle Cloud Services
Jessie Nghiem
Senior Data Scientist, Data and Analytics
Energy Safe Victoria
2:30pm
2:30pm
Delivering information management technology solutions for research organisations and researchers
• Leading and implementing CSIRO’s Information Management and Technology strategy
• Delivering data solutions to support evidence-based decisions
• Supporting the innovative use of technology to deliver digital services to industry and citizens
Developments in data management and privacy• Managing people’s personal information in a dynamic environment
• Tracking key milestones and challenges in the privacy space
• Clarifying government legislation and implications for privacy
• Ensuring citizens are aware of and able to exercise their privacy rights
Brendan Dalton
Chief Information Officer
CSIRO
Samantha Gavel
Privacy Commissioner
NSW Government
3:00pm
Afternoon refreshments and networking
3:30pm
Thought Leadership Roundtables
During these interactive sessions, delegates will be asked to join the roundtable they have pre-selected prior to the conference.
These roundtables enable attendees to delve into issues that concern them. The roundtable sessions will provide you with personalised take-aways for your own organisation.
1. Making sense of your data through visualisation techniques
2. Developments in data management and the Internet of Things
3. Modernising your enterprise-data footprint by moving to the cloud
4. Mapping the 2021 data and artificial intelligence landscape
4:30pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: Preparing for a data-driven economy
• How does data-driven innovation fuel economic growth?
• What is needed to build collaboration between government and industry?
• Why does quality data help us understand the world around us, and make quality decisions, or change business processes?
Panellists:
Brendan Dalton
Chief Information Officer
CSIRO
Irina Bastrakova
Director, Spatial Data Architecture
Geoscience Australia
Tim Beard
Head of Data Strategy
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
David Okunyah
Data Scientist
Comcare
5:00pm
International Case Study: Building an organisation-wide ecosystem through data
• Going beyond your system and building an ecosystem through supplying data to decision-makers, influencers and futurists
• Building and managing your agency and external data management capabilities
• Nurturing a team capable of delivering the future through structure, diversity, skills, and flexibility
Jan Sheppard
Chief Data Officer
Tertiary Education Commission (New Zealand)
*Virtual
5:30pm
Closing remarks from Chair
5:40pm
End of day one
8:00am
Registration opens
8:45am
Opening remarks from the Chair
Lloyd Robinson
Director
Robinson Ryan
9:00am
Case study: Leveraging data to strengthen nationwide forecasting, monitoring, and alert capabilities
• Delivering resilient services and functionality through secure and scalable platforms
• Aligning data governance and ‘Information Life Cycle Management’ policies
• Integrating domestic surveillance networks with globally distributed observatories
Dr Boris Kelly-Gerreyn
Chief Data Officer
Bureau of Meteorology
9:30am
International Keynote:
Lessons for building an enterprise analytics team in government
• Enhancing data governance arrangements across government
• Offering solutions that democratise access to data and analytics assets
• Building the parameters for data science and information management
Garrett Berntsen
Deputy Chief Data Officer
U.S. Department of State
*Virtual
10:00am
Panel Discussion: Recalibrating governments’ data management strategies: milestones and challenges
• Using trusted data and analytics to support policy decisions
• Raising staff awareness about your data management strategies
• Adapting policy changes as when these evolve and change
Panellists:
Simon Wall
Director, Data Governance and Management
National Library of Australia
Angkana Whiley
Executive Branch Manager, Data and Analytics
ACT Government
Tammy Braybrook
Chief Data Officer
IP Australia
Frederic R Clarke
Data Solutions Lead, ABS COVID-19 Statistical Taskforce
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Narelle Grayson
Director, Data.NSW, Data Analytics Centre
Department of Customer Service (NSW)
10:30am
Case study: Delivering business value by transforming data into actions
• Delivering tangible value and insights from your data
• Balancing foundations and innovation
• Managing multiple sources of data for actionable insights
Tammy Braybrook
Chief Data Officer
IP Australia
11:00am
Morning refreshments and networking
Stream A:
Laying the groundwork for predictive analytics, modelling and forecasting
Stream B:
Strengthening your open data access capability
Chair:
Chair:
Dr Stephen Zidek
Director, Analytics and Intelligence, Office for Data Analytics
Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)
Julian Singh
Managing Director
GovHack Australia/Open Data Connect
11:30am
11:30am
Developments in big data, analytics, and information sharing
• Tracking data demands into the future
• Improving the data-driven decision making processes
• Building the data capability and access to information
Tackling ‘wicked problems’ with data that is actionable, insightful and timely
• Leveraging data to influence policy decisions
• Investing in data-driven decision-making
• Unlocking the hidden value of government data
Dr Joe Walshe
Lead, Data Analytics
ACT Data Analytics Centre, Office of the Chief Digital Officer
Peter Ryan
Associate Director, Premier’s Implementation Unit
Department of Premier and Cabinet
12:00pm
12:00pm
Driving efficiencies in data management – lessons from the Covid-19 Taskforce
• Building the foundations for effective data management during a pandemic
• Strengthening the analytics, modelling, and forecasting capabilities
• Integrating intelligent automation to improve decision making
• Extracting meta data through machine learning
How real-time data analytics informs operational and strategic outcomes
• Using data to drive real-world decisions and improve outcomes for communities
• Enabling real-time data collections and analysis to support operational decisions
• Investing in data-driven flash-flood alert systems to underpin decision making and information sharing
Frederic R Clarke
Data Solutions Lead, ABS COVID-19 Statistical Taskforce
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Dr Danswell Starrs
Water Science, Monitoring and Modelling Manager
Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate
12:30pm
Networking luncheon
1:30pm
1:30pm
NSW Covid-19 data program – a healthcare tracking update
• Lessons from the NSW Government’s COVID-19 Data Program
• How government data informed the community about COVID-19
• Why data is important for government transparency and innovation.
The ACT Data Governance and Management Framework: Making data discoverable, understood, and trusted for safe and effective use in decisions
• Benefitting from data as a valuable asset in the ACT Public Service
• Fostering a data-driven culture
• Managing the data practice
• Measuring the data maturity
Narelle Grayson
Director, Data.NSW, Data Analytics Centre
Department of Customer Service
Angkana Whiley
Executive Branch Manager, Data and Analytics
ACT Government
2:00pm
2:00pm
Towards Exposing Data Semantics
• What does Semantics really mean?
• The power of the Graph model
• Data Analytics versus Semantic Inferencing
• Semantic technology platforms
Deriving value from a real-time understanding of community needs
• Strengthening multi-agency and multi-data driven projects
• Boosting access to real-time dashboard data
• Moving past solos into inter-agency collaboration
Renato Iannella
Lead Enterprise Data Architect
Airservices Australia
Glenn Ashe
Chief Information Officer
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
2:40pm
Afternoon refreshments and networking
3:10pm
Case study: New Zealand Government on-premise data challenges and enterprise data warehousing cloud solutions
• Challenges and limitations for the government’s on-premise data
• Strategic directions and commitment for digital transformation
• The enterprise data warehousing paradigm shift: from traditional data warehousing to big data transformation
• Using more advanced cloud technologies to protect business data
• Data engineering professionals’ engagement and collaboration with stakeholders
• Multiple dimensional and tabular modelling with big traffic management data to improve the safety and road efficiency
John Ji
Senior Data Engineer, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Data and Information
New Zealand Transport Agency
*Virtual
3:30pm
Case study: Leveraging behavioural economics to produce more meaningful policy
• Developments in behavioural economics and implications for policy
• Integrating behavioural patterns with meaningful data
• Where behavioural economics fits in with informed decision-making
Dr Stephen Zidek
Director, Analytics and Intelligence, Office for Data Analytics
Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)
4:00pm
4:00 Case study: Connecting process automation to executive dashboards to drive informed decision making
• From building blocks to smart dashboards: purpose, process, people and data
• The improvement loop: insights -> targeted automation -> analysis -> insights
• Critical success factors and traps to watch out for
Julian Singh
Managing Director
Open Data Connect
4:30pm
Closing remarks from Chair
4:40pm
End of conference
9:00am-12:00pm
Workshop A: Three data competencies every agency needs
To be successful in enterprise data management, your agency needs to build three high-level, interrelated data management competencies. These competencies are:
• Enterprise Data Governance – the ability to apply and encourage staff to create, nurture, sustain, and control the data in a collaborative fashion for the benefit of all.
• Business Data Stewardship – the ability within the business to progressively develop requirements, improve functionality, condition, and characteristics of your agency’s data.
• Data Architecture – the ability of an agency to increase understanding, input, and engagement in determining build, buy, or hosted solutions to store and distribute data.
Attend this workshop and gain an understanding of:
• The three competencies and skills required
• The dependencies and relationship between all three competencies
• The form of data strategy needed to support the development of the competencies.
Andrew Smailes
Past President
DAMA Australia
12:00pm
Lunch break
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Workshop B: How to integrate the data, citizens, policy, and strategic goals
Different kinds of data and analytics is being used to support policy decisions and front-line service delivery. The use of data for evidence-based policy remains critical across all tiers of government.
The challenge is to gain insights into the data flows, as well as the origin, destination, and application. Moreover, decision makers require a rethink about the way data is managed and governed.
Data is too often thought of as isolated, and disconnected from applications, or the random hidden value. But data is now seen as the ‘new oil,‘ offering an invaluable resource for both policy planners and the providers of citizen services. Just how do you put a ‘human face’ on data and use this resource strategically?
Attend this workshop and gain an understanding of:
•The interplay between the open and closed data
•Data quality and the privacy requirements
•What can and can’t be done with your data
•How to be strategic about using, managing and sharing the inter-agency data
Dr Neil Temperley
Government Advisor
Future Cities Data & Technology Strategy; Transport & Logistics; Clusters & Living Labs
I learnt a lot about how other government agencies are managing their data challenges.
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Good line-up of international and interstate speakers with different backgrounds.
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The 7th Australian Government Data Summit 2021 is a hybrid event which will take place in person and also in virtual format.
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Hyatt Canberra
120 Commonwealth Ave
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
The summit will be conducted following a COVID-Safe plan to safeguard the health and safety of all attendees.
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