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| GAP Online Open Forum Global Access Partners has launched their new initiative, Open Forum, an interactive web-based "think tank" which will be used as a platform for experts and stakeholders to share ideas and contribute to policy development for Government and Business. The creation of an e-forum on industry and policy issues for GAP's global virtual community was generated from the outcomes of the 2006 GAP Forum on Leveraging Networks in Business. Over the coming weeks further content will be added to the existing forums. This will include a 'news' section to report on the activities of the Open Forum and related entities. Please visit GAP's website for further information on how to register and participate. << |
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| August 2006 | ||||||
| "Identity & Access In The Online World": Breakfast with Kim Cameron Kim Cameron, Microsoft's Identity and Access Architect, was in Australia for four weeks. Kim has been working on a series of laws of identity, which can be found at identityblog.com. A 30 year industry veteran with a unique credibility within the Identity industry, Kim was a guest speaker at a series of 'closed-door' breakfast seminars arranged by Global Access Partners in partnership with the National Consultative Committee on Security & Risk in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. << |
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| November 2005 | ||||||
| 'Melbourne Protocol' for Best Practice in Knowledge and Innovation Management Special Minister of State Eric Abetz become the first signatory of the 'Melbourne Protocol', a petition of support aimed at improving productivity and performance through better management of knowledge and innovation. The signing ceremony took centre-stage at the GAP Congress on Knowledge Capital 2005 held in Parliament House of Victoria. Congress delegates welcomed the formation of the Australian Society for Knowledge Economics, which, through the development and implementation of the 'Australian Guiding Principles on Extended Performance Management', will promote the strategic management of knowledge capital and be a forum for further discussion. The principles summarised in the 'Melbourne Protocol', signed by Congress delegates, lay the foundations for identifying and describing intangible assets and their relevance to improving performance. << |
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| November 2004 | ||||||
| 2015 Australia: a sustainable home for us all The need to design 'eco-friendly' features into Australia's fast changing housing stock over the next decade has been underlined in a new report on the ecological challenges facing the Built Environment (GAP Forum on Ecological Sustainability 2004 Report). Australia is the most urbanised nation on earth and the need to conserve scarce water resources, reduce ever more expensive energy bills and protect against freak winds, damaging storms and disastrous floods could increasingly dominate the future of our sprawling conurbations. << |
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| September 2004 | ||||||
| Better Health Care Through Computers To examine the benefits of Government's move towards systematic e-Health standards, GAP will host a cutting edge debate involving high level health executives, policy experts, service providers and consumer representatives on 14 and 15 September at the NSW Trade & Investment Centre and Garvan Institute of Medical Research. With a variety of e-health projects and trials underway in different States, the need for continuing collaboration is paramount to gain consumer and clinical endorsement. "There are lots of people involved and projects need to be well coordinated," says Prof Peter Fritz AM, chair of the GAP Steering Committee. "A multidisciplinary approach is the only way to crack the problem." << |
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| July 2004 | ||||||
| The Global Trust Centre The need for greater security and privacy protection in global information management is one of the major considerations behind the Global Trust Centre - a practical business initiative which came out of the Virtual Opportunity Congress III and was advanced through a number of other international conferences. The project is currently being developed under the auspices of a joint Australian/Scandinavian Steering Committee which first met in Malmo, Sweden, on 12 July 2004. << |
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| June 2004 | ||||||
| Building Sustainable Cities Adaptation of buildings to increased climate variability was a key theme at the recent GAP Forum on Ecological Sustainability - a high level gathering of entrepreneurs, utility providers, architects, planners, scientists and environmental regulators. Through the newly created Australian National Committee on Business Building Sustainable Cities, GAP will seek practical solutions to the issues such as the reliability and conservation of energy supplies and the future of Australia's water resources. << |
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| SMEs competing in a Knowledge Economy Business leaders marked out their message to governments worldwide on 3 June at a symposium held on the eve of the OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs in Istanbul, Turkey. Co-chair of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) business symposium, Peter Fritz [TCG Group Managing Director], assured listeners that these recommendations would be different to those coming from other conferences: 'These recommendations have one very important ingredient. We are looking for practical, long term outcomes'. << |
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| December 2003 | ||||||
| Developing a trusted online environment Strategies for managing security and risk were discussed at the Virtual Opportunity Congress III: "Security & Risk. Challenges & Opportunities", organised by GAP in Sydney last December. The work begun at the Congress will continue through the Australian Consultative Committee on business opportunities presented by security and risk issues, which aims to improve Australia's critical infrastructure by acting as a 'think tank' for Government and Industry. << |
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| Boosting Australia's profile in bio-IT The Australian National Committee on Informatics in Medicine and Biology (ANCIMB) was formed as a result of the GAP Forum on Informatics in Biology and Medicine 2003. The Committee's purpose is to drive commercial outcomes in medicine, health and biotechnology through the use of informatics. It seeks to develop a strategy for working with Government and the educational sector to ensure that biological and medical informatics are recognised as part of the education portfolio. << |
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| June 2003 | ||||||
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Knowledge Capital - Australian project Recommendations from the GAP Vendor Management & Outsourcing Forum 2002 were taken up by NOIE and the Department of Finance who formed the Australian Government Consultative Committee on Knowledge Capital (AGCCKC) . Drawing on a wide network of leaders from the research, public and private sectors, the Committee aims to have the importance of Knowledge Capital recognised and to develop universal standards for its assessment in the financial reporting of Government and private enterprise. << AG Consultative Committee on Knowledge Capital |
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| March 2003 | ||||||
| Investing in Central Europe Joint Technology Partners and Cordt und Partners, Austria, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a €20m Central European Investment Fund. With EU grants, it is hoped the Fund will have an effective €80m to invest in Technology Parks & Business Accelerators in Central European countries. << |
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| Highlands Food & Wine Festival The TCG Group's company Eling Forest hosts the inaugural Festival of Wine & Food in Highlands (SWIRL) - the first major event of its kind in the region, which will mark the recognition of the Southern Highlands as a significant wine growing area, also famous for its excellence in gastronomy. |
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| December 2002 | ||||||
| Eling Forest comes first Eling Forest Winery Restaurant is featured on the deGroots' "Best Restaurants of Australia" website under the list of the best selected restaurants of New South Wales. << |
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| November 2002 | ||||||
| Justifying IT Investments Consolidated Advisory, a subsidiary of Consolidated Solutions, announced an agreement to represent Strassmann, Inc. in Australia - a leading US strategic consultancy in Information Productivity® and Knowledge Capital® assessments. << |
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| October 2002 | ||||||
| DATATRENDS in "The Australian Financial Review" Global Access Partners (GAP), an official distributor of DATATRENDS, and "The Australian Financial Review" agreed on using the product in a monthly feature column in the "AFR". The column will focus on the economic trends of a particular industry and how they relate to SMEs (see also Media/Press). << |
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| September 2002 | ||||||
| 2002 Canberra Wine Show Awards Eling Forest wines win Bronze, Silver and the Trophy for Classic Dry White at the 2002 Canberra Wine Show. |
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| German delegation HydroCon Australasia hosts German delegation on stormwater management. Dr. Carsten Dierkes, Director of HydroCon GmbH, addresses the 2nd National conference on water sensitive urban design in Brisbane. << |
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| August 2002 | ||||||
| Romanian Government delegation From 25th August to 1st September TCG hosts Romanian Government delegation. TCG Group companies sign protocol of understanding with the Romanian Government on widespread cooperation in business development, technology business incubation, government infrastructure services, e-learning and electronic print solutions business. |
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| May 2002 | ||||||
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Infrastructure Services Pty Ltd Following on from recent business trips to Europe and particularly Central Europe, it is apparent that the level of government infrastructure in Australia is far more advanced than many of its Central European counterparts. In response to this realisation, Australian Infrastructure Services Pty Ltd was borne. Its main focus is to market Australian Government know-how into Central European countries. << AUSTRALIAN INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES presentation [PDF 101KB] |
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