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VAC - Virtual ACS Canberra - upcoming Australian Computer Society
(ACS) events in Canberra, Australia

Current as at: 
13 May 2000 

*** WHAT IS NEW IN THIS ISSUE? ***

ACS CANBERRA BRANCH 17 MAY 2000 SPEAKER FEATURED IN 'THE AUSTRALIAN'
NEWSPAPER

I found Associate Professor John Weckert's article in THE AUSTRALIAN
of 9 May 2000 (IT Section - page 4) on 'Ethics centre to consider
issues' very interesting. The article included consideration of the
new Australian Research Council (ARC) funded Centre for Applied
Philosophy and Pubic Ethics (CAPPE), which is to have a major presence
in Canberra, and which Professor Weckert will be heading the computer
ethics element of. Professor Weckert will be speaking on this and
related matters such as the ethics of employer monitoring of staff
using computers, and ethical issues in relation to the regulation of
internet content, at the ACS Canberra 17 May 2000 meeting (details
below), and at the International Federation for Information Processing
(IFIP) Technical Committee 9 (Computers and Society - TC9) meeting in
Cape Town, South Africa on 27 and 28 May 2000, where he will be
representing the Information Technology profession in Australia. If
you live in Canberra it is a lot easier to attend the former than the
later meeting. :-)

** OTHER GENERAL INFORMATION **

I have included reference to an informal dinner on 17 May 2000 below,
relating to Health Informatics.

There has been a lot of interest in the tax treatment of Information
Technology contractors, lately. There has also been a lot of interest
expressed in attending the ACS Canberra one day 'Setting up an IT
consulting company' seminar, being held on Wednesday, 24 May 2000. The
April 2000 issue of CAPITAL ACS includes pre-reading for this seminar.


That issue also includes details of sponsors of the ACS Canberra
Information Outlook 2000 (IO2000) conference, and an article titled
'Information technology in the new millennium' which focuses on the
material that speakers will be covering at the IO2000 conference in
Canberra on 10 November 2000. 

Clients and staff of IO2000 sponsors can attend the 24 May 2000
seminar at a discount price. Persons referred by ACS members can also
attend the seminar at a discount price. 

We have printed 1000 more copies of the April 2000 CAPITAL ACS. There
will be ample spare copies of these at the April 2000 ACS Canberra
meeting on 17 May 2000. One can also contact Meryl on Tele: (02) 6247
4830 or e-mail mmorgan@acslink.net.au if you would like spare copies
of April 2000 CAPITAL ACS mailed to you for your own use, or passing
to friends, staff, customers, or colleagues who you feel would find it
of interest.   

****** UPCOMING ACS CANBERRA BRANCH MEETINGS  ******

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*** ELSIC Dinner meeting
Date:   Monday, 15 May 2000
Time:   6 pm
Topic:  Meet Dr Olujoke Akindemowo - author of the book
'Information Technology Law in Australia'
and a new member of ELSIC.
More details on Dr Akindemowo at:
http://www.acs.org.au/boards/cab/elsictr.html
Venue:  Asian Bistro, ANU Union Building, Australian National
University
More details: Contact Andrew Freeman at afreeman@pcug.org.au

******   ACS CANBERRA BRANCH MONTHLY MEETING
Date:   Wednesday, 17 May 2000 
Time:   7.00 pm for 7.30 pm
Topic:   Computer Ethics: Future Directions
Presenter:   Dr John Weckert, Senior Lecturer at Charles Sturt
University. John is Co-director, Australian Institute of Computer
Ethics and Chair of the ACS ELSIC Computer Ethics Taskforce.

Location:   Computer Science and IT Building (Bldg 108)
   Room N101, North Road, Australian National University

More details on this talk are at:
http://www.acs.org.au/act/events/index.html
or more specifically:
http://www.acs.org.au/act/events/index.html#acs

Normally it costs $10 to attend ACS Canberra Branch monthly meetings
(payment by credit cards and cheques accepted), unless one is a
member, or a guest of a member of the ACS, or the organisation one
works for is a participant in the ACS Professional Recognition Program
(PRP), in which case there is no charge to attend ACS Canberra Branch
monthly meetings.  Many organisations in the ACT are participants in
the PRP, including the ACT Government. Details on organisations which
are part of the PRP are at:
http://www.acs.org.au/services/preferred.htm

For this monthly meeting, members of the Australian Institute for
Computer Ethics (AICE), the Australian Association for Professional
and Applied Ethics, the Computer Education Group of the ACT, and the
Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) may also attend at no
charge.

Software Quality Association (SQA) meetings are held on the same night
as ACS Canberra Branch meetings, at the same venue as those meeting,
from 6 pm. More details on SQA meetings can be found on the ACS
Canberra Branch Web events site at:
http://www.acs.org.au/act/events/index.html
or more specifically at:
http://www.acs.org.au/act/events/index.html#sqa

Theme for this SQA meeting: 
Experiences of PSM (Practical Software Measurement)
Mike Bowen to speak.

The SQA meeting is followed by nibbles and light drinks at 7 pm.

An informal dinner at the Asian Bistro, ANU Union is planned for 5 pm
on 17 May 2000, to discuss co-operation between the ACS Health
Informatics Committee and the Health Informatics Society of Australian
Canberra members. A particular focus of this informal get together
will be the HIC2001 conference, being held in Canberra immediately
prior to IO2001 (HIC2001 will have a health informatics focus - IO2001
is planned to have a health informatics element). All persons with an
interest in health informatics are welcome to attend this informal
dinner. For more details contact afreeman@pcug.org.au

More information is available by ringing Meryl Morgan on 
(02) 6247 4830, via e-mailing mmorgan@acslink.net.au or at
http://www.acs.org.au/act/

******   ACS CANBERRA BRANCH SEMINAR
Date:   Wednesday, 24 May 2000 
Time:   8.30 am registration - for a 9.00 am start
This seminar will finish around 5 p.m. 
Topic:   Setting up an Information Technology (IT) consulting company
Presenter:   Harry Bluhm, Partner of Marlow Bluhm Chartered
Accountants

Location : Ainslie Football Club, 
52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie, Canberra  

Registration and more information is available by ringing
Meryl Morgan on (02) 6247 4830, or by 
e-mailing mmorgan@acslink.net.au or by visiting
http://www.acs.org.au/act/events/2000-05-24.html



Regards

Andrew R. Freeman, FACS PCP   
Key e-mail: afreeman@pcug.org.au 
Location: Belconnen Canberra ACT Australia
Personal home page: http://www.pcug.org.au/~afreeman
Deputy Branch Chair, ACS Canberra Branch - 2000
Editor, VAC - Virtual ACS Canberra 
Meetings Co-ordinator - ACS Canberra - 2000

Deputy Conference Chair for the Information Outlook 2000 
(IO2000) conference being held on Friday, 10 November 2000
at Manning Clark Centre, Australian National University.
All details on the IO2000 conference, including links to sponsors, are at:
http://www.acs.org.au/act/events/io2000/index.html

Join free ACS lists via: http://www.acs.org.au/index-lists.shtml

ACS Canberra Web page: http://www.acs.org.au/act/
For more information on ACS Canberra 
Ph: (02) 6247 4830 or e-mail mmorgan@acslink.net.au