10th ALIA Top End Symposium 12-13 October
Announcing…
12 October
- Symposium Opening
His Worship Lord Mayor of Darwin, Kon Vatskalis
- Keynote Speaker 1
Professor Deb Verhoeven, Associate Dean of Engagement and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
Dewey Really Need to Get into This? Preparing Libraries for the Pluriverse to Come
Deb Verhoeven is Associate Dean of Engagement and Innovation at University of Technology Sydney (UTS). An agitator, commentator and critic, Verhoeven will take up the prestigious position of Canda 150 Research Chair at University of Alberta in April 2019.
Verhoeven is a former CEO of the Australian Film Institute and Deputy Chair, National Film and Sound Archive (Aust.), held the position of Vice Chancellor’s Library Fellow at Deakin University and for many years was Director of the AFI Research Collection at RMIT University.
Bio: Deb Verhoeven is Associate Dean of Engagement and Innovation at University of Technology Sydney (UTS). An agitator, commentator and critic, Verhoeven will take up the prestigious position of Canda 150 Research Chair at University of Alberta in April 2019.
Verhoeven is a former CEO of the Australian Film Institute and Deputy Chair, National Film and Sound Archive (Aust.), held the position of Vice Chancellor’s Library Fellow at Deakin University and for many years was Director of the AFI Research Collection at RMIT University.
Deb was a Keynote Speaker at the VALA 2018 Conference
- Speaker 1
Garey Neenan, Director of Data Strategy, NTG
Finding Value in our Information
Garey Neenan is a ICT professional, strategist and leader with over 30 years’ experience navigating disruptive technologies. He has a Bachelor of Business (IT) and Graduate Diploma in Public Service Management from Macquarie University and currently the Director, Data Strategy with the Department of Corporate an Information Services. In this role he is instrumental in the implementation of the government’s election commitments of Open Data and Data Analytics
Abstract
“For years government bodies have been providing services to business and citizens based on numerous computer business systems. A wealth of information has been collected on people, assets, events, times and places however. Fragmenting the information has enormous potential for insights, but one thing stand in the way.”
