In 2008 the Rudd Government announces its intention to seek a unified national registration and licensing system replacing disparate systems from across Australia’s seven states and territories. The average replacement cost totals AUD$150 million for each jurisdiction. Faced with over a $1 billion of redevelopment costs at the national level the Smart State proposes a radical new direction – licensing and registration will be offered as-a-service to each jurisdiction from a new cloud computing centre to be constructed in Brisbane.

Longhaus and Invest Brisbane invite you to explore the implications for Australia’s ICT industry as a result of the world’s first public sector cloud computing hub. This inaugural event in the Brisbane Hypothetical Series brings together a panel of leading thinkers from industry and government to unearth the viable investment opportunities for industry and Brisbane in the face of the paradigm-shifting trend that is Cloud Computing.

Panelsits: Alan Chapman, Queensland Government Chief Information Officer; Tony Welsh, Chief Information Officer Brisbane City Council; Greg Stone, Chief Technology Officer Microsoft Australia; Paul Summergreene, Former CIO Queensland Health and Queensland Transport; Dr Renato Iannella, Principal Scientist National ICT Australia; and Vincent Kennedy, Chief Technology Officer, Nextep Broadband and Assistant General Manager, Network Applications, NEC Australia.