Cloud Computing for Local Government - Speaking Program

Cloud Computing for Local Government and Public Sector Forum - Wednesday 21 March 2012

8.00 REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

9.00 OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

G-cloud | Service & program delivery | Shared services |Return-on-investment

9.05 Position paper on enterprise and government cloud services – developments in Victoria
Assess the potential of cloud computing to:

streamline government services
engage fully with stakeholders
improve government operations
streamline information technology & communications (ICT) costs

Peter Mason, Chief Enterprise Architect, Government Services Division, Department of Treasury and Finance (Vic)

9.30 A local government cloud solution

GovCloud was formed in conjunction with the Local Government Association of Queensland to design and provide cloud-based solutions specifically for local government. In this presentation, GovCloud CEO Scott Wilkie will outline:

the rationale for a local government specific cloud
GovCloud's vendor and SLA due diligence process
how the cloud may affect the future operation of Council (& ICT group)
the opportunity for governments to collaborate on aggregated data, solutions and pricing

Scott Wilkie, CEO, GovCloud

Program & service delivery |Customer services |Application development |Infrastructure management

10.00 [Panel discussion] Optimise your migration to the cloud: challenges and opportunities for local councils

How cloud-enabled local councils can:
- improve program delivery and customer services
- standardise infrastructure
- deliver business agility
- support product innovation
- streamline software application development

Andrew Downie, Manager Information Services, City of Greater Geelong (Vic)
Lesley Milburn, Chief Information Officer, City of Boroondara (Vic)
Richard Bianco, Manager Information Services, Strathbogie Shire Council (Vic)

10.30 MORNING TEA AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

11.00 [Case Studies] Use of cloud computing for service delivery

Cloud computing for Local Government
Benefits of cloud based mobility platforms
Current and future planning

Peter Fitz, Project Manager Digital Local Government NBN Project, Moreland City Council and Chris O'Meagher, Sales Manager, EcoView Global

11.30 [Case study] Drivers for cloud computing for Local Government

What benefits does the cloud offer Local Government users?
How do you measure the success rate of cloud services?
Which cloud deployment strategies are working and why?
Why it is essential to quantify the benefits of the cloud to:
- streamline service delivery
- enhance council operations
- offer innovative services to rate payers

Ben Dornier, Director, Corporate & Community Services, City of Palmerston (NT)

12.00 [Case study] Managing the cost of cloud services – strategies for local government

Cloud services: does one size fit all?
Assessing available services in the cloud
Tailoring these services to meet council needs
Managing pricing, access and usage arrangements
Teaming with other councils in shared service arrangements

Shawn Raines, A/ICT Services Manager, Queanbeyan City Council (NSW)

12.30 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR SPEAKERS

12.40 LUNCH AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

Information privacy | Hosted services | Off-shore data protection |Compliance & privacy laws

1.45 Tackling information privacy in the cloud

Cloud computing is being used increasingly by agencies to reduce capital and operational costs. But how secure is personal information when stored in the cloud, or off-shore data centres?
Managing privacy issues vs capital and operational savings
Addressing gaps in security and procedural processes
Meeting information privacy guidelines under Federal and State regulation
Weighing the pros and cons of public vs private clouds
Clarifying cloud service provider (CSP) arrangements when data is stored across different jurisdictions

Dr Anthony Bendall, Acting Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner

2.15 Reduce the high cost of data storage in the cloud

Cloud computing relies on remote, rather than local servers. This platform offers unlimited capacity for data storage and processing. But current usage charges mean that costs are expanding at an uncontrollable rate.
Government agencies such as the ATO, ABS, and Treasury are potential heavy users of cloud services. An estimated $1 billion could be saved if the Australian government develops a data centre strategy – the core for cloud computing – over the next 15 years.
This presentation explains how to develop cost-effective models for industrial strength cloud services.

Professor Yun Yang, Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Swinburne University of Technology (Vic)

2.45 [Practical] Prepare your core enterprise systems for the cloud

How cloud computing can help local governments:
- acquire and grow their computing capacity
- scale up business activity when demand arises
- reduce costs of ICT expenditure
Assess:
- if your current and future enterprise applications will perform safely and efficiently in the cloud
- how much a cloud commitment will cost your organisation
- how to integrate legacy systems with the cloud
Manage the cost of re-architecting existing applications and infrastructure

Dr Jonathan Gray, Senior Researcher/Director, NICTA
Paul Brebner, Senior Researcher/Director, NICTA

3.25 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS

3.30 AFTERNOON TEA AND EXHIBITION VIEWING

Cloud security |SaaS | Paas | Iaas | Sovereignty | Data access | Jurisdictional responsibilities

4.00 - 5.30 Masterclass: Security and moving into the cloud

Clarify security for:
- Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
- Platform-as-a-service (PaaS_
- Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)
- Streamline security arrangements with CSPs)
- Understand who controls your information?
- Identify information types to be secured
Protect data in a global economy
- What is your date spread?
- How many locations does it reside at?
- Which infrastructure platform suits your needs?
Tackle legal jurisdictions
- Which laws are relevant?
- A customer in Britain and a server in the US?
- If another customers data is subpoenaed, how will the CSP ensure your data is safe
- Are log files exported to yet another country?

Stewart James, ICT Security Manager, Victoria University

5.30 CLOSE OF FORUM

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