CRCA Communicators’ Meeting
6 February 2014, Rydges Hotel South Bank
(Follows the Australian Science Communicators 2014 Conference)
AGENDA
5th February – Dinner 18:30
Cost ($25 for members, non-members “$85”) Location: Rydges Hotel South Bank
We will be holding a joint dinner for the Educators and Communicators on the 5th of February the
night before the meetings. The dinner starts at 18:30 and will be held at the Rydges South Bank
Hotel. The event will be open to non-members (fees apply)
There will also be a joint Educators and Communicators’ Lunch at 12:00 on the 6th.
6Th February – Workshop
Cost ($25 members, non-members $150) Location: Rydges Hotel South Bank
8:30-10:00 - Session 1: Building Relationships with Government
Andrew Liveris, the Australian CEO of the Dow Chemical Company says business needs to improve
how it communicates with government. In 2012 he told the National Press Club in Canberra “CEOs
these days, especially in the US, half our life is spent going to Washington”. But simply talking with
government is not enough, as Liveris told SBS “I thought I would go to Washington, talk about the
things that matter to my company, then I would leave and something would happen, that clearly did
not work.”
So what does work?
In this session, two speakers who have experience across the business - government divide will
outline their views on improving the effectiveness of communications. Dan Wood will talk about
“Changing the conversation from funding to policy” and Paul Hodgson will give his views on “What
Ministers want”.
Participants will have the chance to discuss specifics in a facilitated discussion led by Tony Peacock.
10:00 to 10:30 - Morning Tea
10:30 – 11:15 - Session 2: Part 1
In the second session, Mathew Nevin from the Australian Federal Police, will discuss the process of
making complex information understandable and his involvement on Project Augur.
11:15 to 11:45 - Session 2 Part 2: Communications Update:
1. Overview of the CRC Association Communication and Marketing Plan to be presented by
Jordan Gardner: 10 Minutes.
2. Demonstration of the tools used by the Association presented by Jordan Gardner: 15
Minutes.
3. Future opportunities discussion facilitated by Tony Peacock and Jordan Gardner: 15minutes
4. CRC Association Members experience update 3-5 Minutes:
Session 3: 11:45 to 12:00:
Representative from the CRC program, AusIndustry, will also discuss the CRC Program
Communications and Engagement strategy and implementation plan, and how the Department can
work closer with the CRC Communicators.
12:00 to 1:00 – Joint Communicators and Educators’ Lunch
Speaker profile:
Dan Wood:
Dan Wood is a consultant in Barton Deakin’s Brisbane office where he
works with the company’s Queensland and federal clients. He joined
Barton Deakin after a lengthy career in state and federal politics.
Dan was a senior adviser to the Queensland Government Minister for
Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts where he had
primary responsibility for information and communication technologies,
shared services, Smart Service Queensland and the arts portfolio.
Before embarking on his career in politics, Dan was a prosecutor with the
Queensland Director of Public Prosecutions and remains a solicitor with
the Supreme Court of Queensland.
Paul Hodgson
Paul helps re-design and grow organisations by shifting the focus from
transactions to relationships, costs to value and products to solutions.
Paul is currently the Executive Director at Bremer and Co. He recently
worked as part of Minister Combet's team during a transformative period
in industry policy, developing a suite of new innovation, industry and
clean economy initiatives. He was also the Queensland State Director of
Enterprise Connect.
He has over twenty years' experience guiding, assisting and facilitating
leaders, staff, volunteers and stakeholders in major companies, SMEs,
government, not-for-profit, community and research institutions,
committees and Boards. This includes successful management of grant funding and innovation,
social responsibility, sustainability and community engagement.
Matthew Nevin
Matthew has worked in the AFP for six years and the public service for ten.
He specialises in electronic evidence and cybercrime, with a focus on
training and the visualisation of evidence. Matthew holds a law degree and
is a Certified Information System Security Professional. He holds additional
qualifications in computer forensics and ICT security. Over the last 24
months, Matthew has delivered 12 workshops for the judiciary and legal
fraternity, covering foundational ICT concepts.
Most recently, Matthew has worked on Project Augur. Project Augur (the
eCourt) is a capability within the AFP which visualises evidence, deploys
audio and visual solutions to court, and provides Information and Communications Technology
training to judges, prosecutors and investigators through online videos and contact workshops.
The capability has been developed due to the increasing complexity of electronic evidence and the
difficulties in explaining technical concepts to the court. The capability has already been used in a
number of cases, including a recent cybercrime prosecution resulting in the longest sentence in
Australia for a cyber-offence.