Federal Government ICT Market: The Year in Review 2009-10

Keynote Speaker: John Sheridan, First Assistant Secretary, 

Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO)

Intermedium is delighted to announce John Sheridan, First Assistant Secretary, AGIMO will be the Keynote Speaker at our Year in Review briefing on Thursday 28 October 2010 at Hotel Realm.

John Sheridan will provide an overview of AGIMO’s priorities for the coming year, particularly in the area of co-ordinated procurement activities, Gov 2.0 directions and the services his division provides to agencies.

2009-10 was another big year for the Federal Government ICT market.

There were significant teething problems with the ATO Change Program, a number of major Requests for Tender released and AGIMO got on with its co-ordinated procurement strategy in earnest.

The Defence Strategic Reform Program was endorsed and Gov 2.0 emerged as a serious new direction.  The harvesting of Gershon Review identified savings continued and a new agency, the Australian Health Practitioner Agency was launched.

In this context:

• How did suppliers and agencies fare?  
• What were the areas of market growth or decline?
• Who came out on top in the agency and supplier ‘leader boards’ for 2009-10? 
• What can the events and market results for 2009-10 tell us about likely future trends?

Intermedium will tell you all this (and more) at its annual Year in Review briefing.

This key event will provide a detailed summary of the Federal Government ICT market in 2009-10.  It will identify market changes impacting:

• Agencies;
• Suppliers; and
• Products and Services.

The briefing will predict trends in the Government market and look at the factors likely to impact the market for the remainder of 2010-11 and beyond.

Intermedium will also present the 2010 Froggy Awards which recognise the success of Federal Government ICT suppliers.

The Froggy Awards

Launched in 2007, the Froggy Award recognises Federal Government ICT market suppliers that achieved the fastest rate of sales growth, over three years as measured by their aggregate annual contract value.

Having reported the Top 100 ICT suppliers to the Federal Government for several years, Intermedium created the Froggy award to recognise growth companies that are likely to be the Federal ICT market challengers of the future. more >>

The Criteria:
To be eligible to win a Froggy Award, suppliers must achieve a minimum of $150,000 in Federal Government ICT contracts in three consecutive years.  

Speakers

Keynote Speaker:
John Sheridan
First Assistant Secretary
Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO)

John Sheridan joined the Defence Science and Technology Organisation in 1999 after 22 years in the Australian Army. In late 2000, he became the Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief Defence Scientist.

John served as Defence’s lead IT architect from 2002 until 2007. From then until 2008, he was the acting Head of Information Systems Division, responsible for the design and development of Defence’s IT systems, leading over 500 staff and a project portfolio in excess of $100m.

In August 2008, John was seconded to the Australian Government Information Management Office to negotiate the Microsoft Volume Sourcing Agreement, valued at over $250m and providing services for over 230,000 staff. He was then promoted to be Division Manager of Business Improvement Division, responsible for addressing ICT business as usual budget reductions across government. In this position, he successfully led the effort to save $1 billion in ICT expenditure over 2009-2013.

From July 2009, John became the First Assistant Secretary Agency Services. His division’s responsibilities include whole of government matters such as australia.gov.au, Government 2.0, data centre strategy, coordinated procurement, improvements in the ICT industry marketplace, and telecommunications services including ICON, the Ministerial communications and telepresence networks and electorate office IT.

He is a graduate of the Officer Cadet School, Portsea and the Army Command and Staff College. He has a BA(Hons) degree and a Graduate Diploma of Computing Studies from Deakin University, a Graduate Diploma in Management Studies, and a Master of Defence Studies from the University of New South Wales.

Judy Hurditch
Managing Director
Intermedium

Since founding Intermedium in 2004, Judy has become a highly regarded specialist on the government marketplace. 

As an independent industry analyst, she has extensive knowledge about both federal and state jurisdictions, and a comprehensive knowledge of suppliers to governments. 

Prior to her commercial sector experience, Judy spent almost 20 years in the public sector, predominantly in IT-related project management and business system roles.  During this time, Judy managed major IT projects and procurements and was responsible for service delivery.  These roles included senior executive service roles within the Australian Taxation Office as well as in a NSW government corporation, senior project roles as the precursor to Centrelink and senior project management roles at the Office of Asset Sales.  Judy was a Deputy Commissioner of Taxation when she left the Australian Public Service.

Judy has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Helen Flint
Research Manager
Intermedium

Since joining Intermedium in 2009, Helen has deepened her research expertise in the government ICT field. She has led projects in budget analysis, expenditure analysis and agency review for both state and federal jurisdictions. 

Helen’s background is with the public sector, predominantly in business and trade development and marketing, where she was frequently responsible for research into key markets for development.

Who should attend?

Industry:
Sales directors responsible for segmenting the market and strategic sales planning, and managers whose responsibility is government and allocating sales personnel to accounts.
 
Government:
Government officers responsible for ICT planning and development, with an interest in the ICT involvement and performances of other agencies, and an interest in a whole of government analysis.

Briefing Details

Cost: $275 (inc GST) per person
           $215(inc GST) For Government Employee (Contact Intermedium)
          $1800(inc GST) for a Table of 8, with Company branding (Contact Intermedium)

For further information please contact sales on (02) 9955 9896.
Breakfast Briefing Packages available! more >>