Understanding the ramifications of the Queensland State Budget will be critical for business planning in Queensland. A special event on June 26 is set to explore the Budget and its direct business ramifications in a compelling way.

Intermedium's Queensland State Budget Briefing is being held in conjunction with the Australian Information Industry Association and will feature special emphasis on Budget impacts and opportunities for the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.

The analysis being presented by Intermedium is aimed at presenting realistic evaluations of both the risks and the opportunities created by the State Budget, with a specialised look at the State Government's own ICT approach and what that means to the market.

Intermedium specialises in providing clients with market information that drives well-informed decisions about the government market in particular.

One of the issues focused on is the government's own investments in ICT as a tool of efficiency and productivity, in a deficit Budget seeking massive savings. Intermedium's briefing will provide the key points and ICT opportunities embedded in the State Budget.

"We have achieved a strong reputation with companies offering technology products and services to the public sector, and public sector agencies seeking to better understand the capabilities and capacity of their supplier base," said Intermedium head of consulting, Kevin Noonan, who is presenting at the event with senior associate Peter Grant.

Mr Noonan, a government ICT subject matter specialist, often features as a media commentator on the sector and is sought after as a strategist and executive speaker. He has more than 30 years experience in government ICT, including 10 years as a government senior executive and Chief Information Officer. Over this time he has held positions responsible for almost every aspect of ICT, ranging from technical infrastructure and major purchasing through to policy and business change.

Drawing on his experience in more than six government agencies, Mr Noonan brings a broad understanding of the ICT needs of government, as well as a deep background in many ICT disciplines.

Peter Grant is the former state director of Microsoft Corporation. Before joining Microsoft he was the CIO for the Queensland Government, where he was responsible for building relations between government and industry, as well as growing agency capability in planning and deployment of IT. Previously Mr Grant was a founding director of consulting for Gartner Australia and New Zealand. He built the consulting practices in Queensland and Canberra and led consulting sales and delivery in South East Asia.

Mr Grant holds a Bachelor of Business and a Research Masters degree in Information Systems.
He is an adjunct professor in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland and in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Queensland University of Technology.

Event sponsor, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is the nation's peak industry body for the technology sector. AIIA sets the strategic direction of the industry, influences public policy and provides members with productivity tools, advisory services and market intelligence to accelerate their business growth.

AIIA member companies employ 100,000 Australians, generate combined annual revenues of more than $40billion and export more than $2billion in goods and services each year.

The briefing is a closed door session in which information is only provided to attendees and material will not be presented outside the event.

"The information presented here will be the result of exhaustive forensic analysis by Intermedium of the full set of Queensland Budget papers," Mr Noonan said. He said those who would benefit most from the briefing would include sales directors responsible for segmenting the market and strategic sales planning, along with managers with responsibility for government business and allocating sales personnel to accounts. He said government officers responsible for ICT planning and development would also benefit from the briefing, along with people seeking a whole-of-government analysis.

The closed session costs a GST-inclusive $250 per person, but offers a government employee rate of $195.

The June 26 event is at the Sebel & Citigate, King George Square, Brisbane from 7:30am to 9:30am.

Business Acumen magazine is the event media sponsor.  (10% discount for the breakfast to Acumen subscribers/website enquirers)

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