Members

Australian Computer Society WA (ACS WA Branch)

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has strongly supported the vision of a WA ICT Industry Collaboration Centre since it was conceived in late 2003. We are also pleased that the local membership has representation across the strong, diverse and vibrant ICT industry.

The creation of this forum provides the opportunity for professional and industry organisations to collaborate on opportunities for development of the WA economy, through both the use of appropriate technologies and the promotion of the local ICT industry locally, nationally and globally.

This focus is expected to benefit ICT professionals in gaining skills and enriching employment opportunities, and will help provide confidence to young people in choosing a career in ICT.

We look forward to working with its fellow member organisations, the Department of Industry and Resources and the WA ICT industry through the ICT Industry Collaboration Centre.

The Australian Web Industry Association (AWIA) was formed in 2004 (as Port 80 Inc, originally established as a social network for web professionals in 2002). It is a not-for-profit association which aims to:

• Further the advancement of the web industry within Australia.
• Educate the general public about the role of professionals in the web industry.
• Foster greater ties with like-minded organisations

Despite the name change, Port 80 still exists as a community of web professionals under the umbrella of AWIA. Its role has been redefined to provide a social and networking environment for web professionals in Australia through organised monthly get-togethers around Australia. Currently we have groups established in Perth, Melbourne and Canberra, while a group in Rochester, New York has taken the Port 80 model and established it in the United States.

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (Western Australian Section)

IEEE Overview
The Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Inc. (IEEE) is one of the world's largest and oldest learned professional societies. The IEEE is devoted to the advancement of the theory and practice of all fields of electrical and electronic engineering including communications, electronics, computer, control and electrical power engineering, and the application of these disciplines in the service of humankind. The IEEE has over 300,000 members world-wide in more than 140 countries, including some 5000 members in Australia. The IEEE is noted particularly for the excellence of its many technical publications including the award winning monthly magazine Spectrum.

IEEE Vision: To advance global prosperity by fostering technological innovation, enabling members' careers and promoting community world-wide.
IEEE Mission: The IEEE promotes the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.

IEEE WA Section
IEEE Western Australia Section caters for the needs of all IEEE members in Western Australia. The Section has an ongoing program of technical seminars, conferences and workshops. We have specialist Chapters active in the fields of Communication, Computer, Power Systems and Power Electronics, Signal Processing and Computational Intelligence. There are also two affiliated groups, Women in Engineering, and GOLD, Graduates of the Last Decade, and three student branches at Curtin University, Murdoch University and the UWA. The Section publishes news and details of the current technical program on its website. Further details about IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org

Records Management Association of Australasia

Records management covers the management of records from their creation to either ultimate destruction or retention as an archive. Records are born out of business forms, correspondence, notes and reports. Increasingly, they are the product of electronic communications.

Our Mission

To enable records management professionals to develop and utilise their skills and experience to leverage the value of records as corporate assets and as evidence of business activities.

Services: The RMAA network throughout Australia provides a wide range of services to the membership. This ranges from participation in the development of standards for records management, to advocacy on records management issues, and the delivery of courses, conventions and seminars at both federal and state level.

WAIA – Western Australian Internet Association

The Western Australian Internet Association (WAIA) is a Founding Member of ICTICC because WAIA is keen to work with other member associations and the WA State Government to grow the ICT industry in Western Australia for the benefit of WA.

WAIA was initially formed in 1995 to be an authoritative body to represent the Internet community during the formation of new laws surrounding the medium. Today, its purpose is to provide support to all suppliers and users of online services in WA and to assist in the growth of the Internet industry generally. WAIA operates the WA Internet Exchange (WAIX) which is now the the largest peering exchange in the southern hemisphere.

WAIA's mission is:

• To support, encourage and advise of the development and use of on-line services and related innovations.
• To establish links with similar organisations.
• To support and protect the status, reputation and interests of Internet Access Providers (IAPs.
• To decide all questions of professional practice and conduct by IAPs.
• To support, encourage and advise on the establishment of similar organisations in other States.
• To assist the expansion of Internet usage within Western Australia and to promote informed discussion in all matters affecting the Internet, as the Association sees fit.

Women are IT

If you are a female and do business in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industries in Western Australia and you would like to meet some like minded people in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere, then our networking group may interest you.

WIT WA is a Perth-based not for profit organisation providing a framework upon which women in I.C.T. industries can extend their network and expand their knowledge in an environment that encourages open conversation and debate.

Our members, both women and men, want to encourage girls and women to choose I.C.T. as a career and raise the status of women in Australian business and in the I.C.T. industries in particular. Our mission statement outlines our aims, meetings, organisers and future plans.

Our Mission is

• To create and sustain a community for women engaged in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) Industries;
• To promote and encourage the entry and retention of women in roles within ICT Industries;
• To educate women in the ICT Industries;
• To support women working in the ICT Industries and Sciences through mentoring and coaching.
• To foster women’s input into the ICT Industries and Sciences.