Agenda

The Funnelback International User Conference for 2011 is being presented, in conjunction with Squiz Australia, in an exciting three day format allowing attendees to customise their agenda. Purchasing a ticket entitles delegates to attend any planned social activities for that day. Funnelback customers are invited to attend any of the 3 days.

Day 1 - The Squiz conference focuses on CMS solutions including integration, analytics, accessibility, scalability, distributed authoring and social networking. That evening delegates are invited to attend Welcome drinks and canapés followed by the joint Funnelback and Squiz Gala Dinner.

Day 2 - The training day will comprise of 2 sessions of Squiz Training and 2 sessions of Funnelback training. Those attending the Funnelback training day will be provided with intensive "hands to keyboard" sessions. Delegates can choose New Users Training (session #4) in the morning, and/or the Advanced Training (session #5) in the afternoon. That evening delegates are invited to attend the joint Funnelback and Squiz Gala Dinner.

Day 3 - The Funnelback User Conference (session #6) focuses on world class enterprise search solutions including client case studies, implementation best practices, industry trends, product updates and strategic search related advice. The emphasis will be on practical advice as well as showcasing the benefits that organisations have realised through the use of Funnelback search. The day concludes with canapés and drinks at the venue.

Friday 2nd September 2011

Funnelback Conference
8.00am Registration Opens
9.00am Opening Funnelback Update & how to win an Apple iPad
Stuart Beil, Executive Director, Funnelback
9.15am Case study: QBE Insurance Australia
Greg Cambridge, Web Strategy Specialist, QBE
9.45am Case Study: NSW Government Search Portal NSW Premier and Cabinet
Gordon Grace, Manager Products and Services, Funnelback
10.00am Case Study: My CSIRO Intranet Project
Steven Nyhof, Manager, Online Communication, CSIRO
10.30am Morning Break
11.00am New Product Launch: Funnelback Compliance Auditor
Gordon Grace, Manager Products and Services, Funnelback
11.30am Case study: Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
David Murray, IT Specialist, Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
11.50am Case Study: Federal Court of Australia
Angela Fassoulas, Manager Electronic Library Systems, Federal Court of Australia
12.10pm Success in the UK - New Clients and New Trends
Matt Taylor, General Manager Funnelback UK
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm Good, Better, Best...
David Hawking, Chief Scientist, Funnelback
2.00pm Enterprise Search is about more than the technology
Ewan Perrin, Chief Information Officer, Australian Maritime Safety Authority
2.30pm Group of Eight - Australia's Knowledge Gateway
Michael Gallagher, Executive Director, Group of Eight
3.00pm Afternoon break
3.30pm New release: Introducing Funnelback 11
Matt Sheppard, Manager, Research & Development
4.00pm Apple iPad winner announced
Stuart Beil, Executive Director, Funnelback
4.05pm Drinks & Canapés
5.15pm Close