AIIA ACT AGM and 40th Birthday Cocktail Function

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AGM

AIIA Members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, 29 November 2018.

During the AGM, the results of the Federal and ACT Council election will be formally announced, and AIIA Federal and ACT Council Chair, Greg Boorer, will update us on the year’s activities.

The AIIA Federal and ACT AGM is free to attend but please register your interest to attend (above) or click on the member ticket option above to purchase a ticket to the 40th Birthday Celebration which includes free access to the AGM.

40th Birthday Cocktail Function

For the past 40 years, the AIIA has helped advance the digital ecosystem by providing a strong voice of influence and a favourable business environment for the AIIA member community.

Help us celebrate 40 years of advocacy and evolution, and hear our vision as we embark on the next leg of this digital journey together.

2018 marked not only the 25th anniversary of AIIA’s iAwards program, the leading digital innovation awards program in Australia, it also marked 40 years of AIIA representing, and championing, the ICT industry in Australia.

On Thursday, 29 November, the AIIA will celebrate its 40 years in Canberra at the 2018 Federal and ACT Annual General Meeting and 40th Birthday celebration cocktail event.  Special guest speaker Mathew Wilson, CEO Penten and 2018 State and National iAwards winner will be sharing his insight into the future of the IT industry and what has happened next since winning an iAward.

This event will be attended by AIIA Federal and ACT Council members, members of the AIIA National Board, the AIIA Executive as well as many government officials and VIPs.

We hope you can join us for the celebrations.

Guest Speakers

Matthew Wilson
CEO, Penten (iAwards winner) 

Matthew Wilson is a co-founder and the CEO of Penten, a rapidly growing cyber security business based in Canberra, Australia.  In 3 years Penten has grown to 55 engineers supporting Defence and national security clients in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand delivering breakthrough cyber deception and secure mobility technologies including the award winning AltoCrypttm mobility and networking solutions.

Penten’s AltoCrypt Stik was awarded the 2018 National iAward for Infrastructure and Platforms Innovation of the Year, the inaugural 2018 Digitial CBR iAward, ACT 2018 iAwards for Infrastructure and Platforms Innovation of the Year and Public Sector and Government and Penten has been named Australian Business of the Year at the 2018 Telstra Business Awards.

Matthew is a successful technology entrepreneur with almost 20 years’ experience in development and commercialisation of cyber security and communications technologies. Matthew led the team that successfully built and exited an award-winning cyber security business to US defense contractor Northrop Grumman in 2012 and an IP communications start-up to US business communications provider which is now part of Mitel, Inc in 2015.

An experienced administrator and business strategist with international experience, Matthew is Co-Chair of the AustCyber Canberra Node Advisory Board, is on the board of UK cyber security firm Amiosec Ltd and leading cycling analytics firm Today’s Plan.

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