COMMS CONNECT MELBOURNE Jonathan Nally
22–24 NOV 2016 2016
Don’t miss this world-class line-up of speakers, workshops and exhibitors.
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he international Comms Connect conference and exhibition is on again in Melbourne, from 22 to 24 November 2016. Now in its 10th year, it is expected to draw more than 1400 attendees from a broad range of industry sectors, including utilities, public safety, government (local, state and federal), transport, mining, oil and gas, security, defence, IT, backhaul and telemetry, and the wider commercial environment. The conference will feature individual presentations, panel sessions, keynotes and workshops covering a myriad of topics of interest to everyone in the critical communications field: latest technologies, regulation and government policy, case studies, security, the Internet of Things and many more. This year, all exhibits and presentations will be in the same place — the Exhibition Halls at Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Centre. And with 90+ exhibitors, 80+ speakers and delegates from 20 countries taking part, Melbourne will be the place to be in November.
Training workshops The event will begin with a series of industry workshops on Tuesday, 22 November, the day before the main conference program commences. This year there will be eight workshops (last year there were six), and the topics and presenters/moderators will be: • Voice and data applications over IP — presented by Daniel Oliphant, Product Manager, Zetron Australasia • 400 MHz band changes and achieving compliance: the things you need to know — presented by representatives of ARCIA and the ACMA
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• Implementation of location services within a radio dispatch environment — presented by Kor Snyman, Engineering Manager, Omnitronics • Fleet management cradle to grave utilising OTAP — presented by Andrew Smith, Engineering Solutions Manager, Tait Communications • Mission-critical communications redundancy: the future looks bright — presented by Ryan Lovett, Australian and New Zealand College of Paramedicine, and Inspector (Ret.) Lance Valcour O.O.M. • Integrated operations: beyond IT/OT convergence — presented by Stuart Zerbe, Director, Marketing & Strategy, Harris • Critical communications: where to from here — presented by members of the Australasian TETRA + Critical Communications Forum and the International TETRA and Critical Communications Forum • Building a private LMR network from the ground up: an independent workshop — presented by Chris Stevens, Lifesaving Communications Advisor, Surf Life Saving Australia These workshops tend to fill up quickly, so make sure you get your registration in as soon as possible. And keep checking the Comms Connect website (comms-connect.com.au) for information on additional presenters and panellists as it comes to hand.
Conference program The organisers always secure very high-profile keynote speakers to begin the first day of the event, and this year will be no exception. First up will be Dr Kevin Vinsen of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Perth. Dr Vinsen is heavily involved
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