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Practicing what it lobbies for – how consumer advocacy CHOICE maintains ethical data practices
After years of lobbying for better data management in large corporations, consumer rights advocacy CHOICE made a vow: to uphold the same standards it was calling for in others, within its own organisation. This ‘practice what you lobby for’ mentality was ethically-motivated, explained Chief Data & Technology Officer, Ashwin Sridhar – much like CHOICE’s recent…
2 Dec 2022, by Amy SarcevicBusiness | Defence & Security
What have we learned from recent major data breaches? Insights from the NSW Privacy Commissioner
With an average cost of $3.35 million, data breaches often leave behind a trail of destruction. But as NSW Privacy Commissioner Samantha Gavel points out - ahead of her keynote at the Australian Privacy Forum - they also leave valuable clues on how to improve data security. Ms Gavel and her team at the Information…
1 Dec 2022, by Amy SarcevicBusiness
What do online companies need to know about the Online Safety Act?
The online environment offers a wealth of opportunities, but it is also an increasingly treacherous place, where cyber bullying, abuse, and explicit content are all too common. Since 2015, eSafety has dealt with more than 61,000 complaints concerning illegal or restricted content and, last year alone, 29.1 million reports of materials involving child sexual exploitation…
29 Nov 2022, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Consideration of seabed condition and risk on lease area selection – A follow up Q&A with Gareth Ellery
Our energy sector is at the precipice of a ‘gold rush’ as the offshore wind market takes off in Australia. As this new industry expands, it is vital that developers choose the location of their projects wisely. This is a point Gareth Ellery from Global Maritime emphasised at the Australian Offshore Wind Conference when discussing…
22 Nov 2022, by [email protected]Business | Defence & Security
How to manage customer data in a high threat environment – tips from a cyber lawyer
With cyber criminals stepping up their assaults on Australian corporations - and the privacy regulator soon to receive new powers – the prospect of a data breach has become acutely worrying for business leaders in recent weeks. While ransomware attacks have been on an upward trend for several decades, the recent coverage of Optus and…
21 Nov 2022, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Prevention – our best hope for tackling chronic disease
Shifting Australia’s healthcare focus from ‘treatment’ to ‘prevention’ may be our best hope in tackling a national chronic disease crisis, according to public health expert, Dr Sandro Demaio of VicHealth. In 2021, almost half of Australians (47 percent) were estimated to have one or more chronic conditions; and this figure is set to rise as…
8 Nov 2022, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Infrastructure
How to reinvigorate Sydney by improving hospital design
The poor financial performance and subsequent closure of 20 rural hospitals in the United States in 2020 was a wake-up call for hospitals around the world – many of which are facing similar challenges around staffing, budgets, and supply chains. However for architectural company, HDR, the trend also invited an opportunity: to investigate the impact…
7 Nov 2022, by Amy SarcevicEducation | Infrastructure
Predicting demand for schools – insights from a demographer
Accurately forecasting demand for schools is an increasingly complex (yet ostensibly simple) task. While birth rates give some indication of how many children there will be, they can’t tell us exactly which school they will attend. Nor do they take into account how many children may enter the country with their migrant families. In fact,…
1 Nov 2022, by Amy SarcevicEducation | Infrastructure
How to balance spatial efficiency and learning outcomes when upgrading schools
As NSW gears up for an annual population increase of 85,000 over the next twenty years, a trend towards more densely populated schools is emerging – and presenting a major challenge to smaller campuses across the state. Despite already dealing with spatial and budgetary constraints, NSW public schools will need to accommodate an additional 180,000…
31 Oct 2022, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Infrastructure | Technology
Key ingredients for a world-leading precinct – insights from the former CEO of Cambridge University Hospital
In 1989 British researcher, Professor Sir Greg Winter, turned his discovery of humanised monoclonal antibodies into a GBP£450 million (approx. AUD$900 million) patent; and in 2018, won the Nobel Prize for chemistry. His success story is one of many to be born from the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) which forms a broader innovation cluster that…
24 Oct 2022, by Amy SarcevicInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
