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Conference programme

We’ve pulled together a very strong lineup of speakers this year, covering the topics that really matter to you. International keynotes, plenty of case studies, practical ideas and leading thinking. Intranets2012 has it all.

Watch this space for further announcements of speakers over the coming weeks! Full details on all talks will also be released shortly.

Day 1 (Wednesday 16 May)

Time	Stream 1	Stream 2
9:00-9:30	Conference opening: James Robertson
9:30-10:30	International keynote: The promise and peril of internal social media William Amurgis, American Electric Power (USA)
10:30-11:00	Morning tea
11:00-11:45	Yammer case study: engaging staff from the ground up Rebecca Jackson, Melbourne Water	From Frontpage to SP2010 – an Energex case study Kristy Long, Energex
11:45-12:30	Overcoming the fear: why the C-suite is secretly afraid of social intranets Deane Barker, Blend Interactive (USA)	Managing authoring communities: techniques, tools & tips Krystal Gee, CRS Australia
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-1:50	Launching a dynamic new intranet at Foxtel Nicole Curran, Foxtel	Delivering a Sharepoint intranet in a professional services firm Judy Kearney, Allens Arthur Robinson
1:55-2:15	Aligning your intranet with your organisation’s vision Andrew Wright, CIBA Solutions	Getting forms online and automating the workflow Adele Ezzy, Sutherland Shire Council
2:20-3:30	Real intranet design on a shoestring Catherine Grenfell & Rebecca Rodgers, Step Two Designs	Ausgrid powers up The Wire using SharePoint 2010 Tyson Nutt, Ausgrid
3:00-3:30	Afternoon tea
3:30-4:45	Plenary session: Five ideas that will transform intranets
6:00-10:00	Evening social event

Day 2 (Thursday 17 May)

Time	Stream 1	Stream 2
9:30-10:30	International keynote: The three pillars of intranet success Martin White (UK)
10:30-11:00	Morning tea
11:00-11:45	Personal and huge: rolling out a new intranet to 120,000 people Ellen Geraghty & Karina Smith, Dept Education & Training	Building shared understanding to complex problems Paul Culmsee, Seven Sigma
11:45-12:30	Collaboration: something old, something bold, something cold Michael Sampson (New Zealand)	From word to WCAG 2.0: solving accessibilty challenges Rachel McAlpine, Contented Enterprises Ltd (New Zealand)
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-1:50	Bringing it all together: developing the QUT intranet strategy Natalie Ryan, QUT	10 design thinking principles for intranets Vernon Meyer, AMP
1:55-2:15	Creating a govenance framework – stop talking about it and write one Damien Battison, DEEWR	TBA
2:20-3:05	Service design for intranets Maish Nichani, Pebble Road (Singapore)	TBA
3:05-3:30	Afternoon tea
3:30-4:45	Keynote: Intranets that surprise and delight James Robertson, Step Two Designs

Post-conference workshops (Friday 18 May)

Time	Workshop A	Workshop B	Workshop C
9:00-5:00	Intranets — business cases and user satisfaction Martin White	Practical intranet governance Rebecca Rodgers	Designing intranets that work James Robertson

The one true intranet conference in Australia, with an extraordinary mix of local and international speakers.
Praise from Intranets2011

"Everyone that attended was very passionate and enthusiastic. It was really nice to be in a room which had such a great "buzz" about it! The conference emphasised the use of Twitter to make comments about the conference. Thanks for that - I'm now an active Twitter user!"
"Great location - venue was lovely and it was fun taking a trip to Sydney for a couple of days. It was really good to see the variety of backgrounds that all of the intranet people came from. The sharing of ideas and seeing the possibilities for making an intranet great. Oh and how could I forget - winning the iPad!!! Thank you : )"
"It was great to see so many people around Aus/NZ sharing similar stories - before this conference, I felt kinda like Tom Hanks from Castaway - now it's pirates of the Caribbean."
"The highlight was that there was no highlight! ... The whole conference was uniformly valuable and interesting, and provided great 'networking opportunities'. I liked that the whole thing ran on-time; the keynote speakers were confident and great presenters. They other speakers provided different hands-on perspectives which were really interesting."
"New ideas around social networking as a tool within a government framework. A bit mind blowing but I think I can do it before Intranets2012."
"This was a terrific conference as it was really relevant to where our company is at. I think we also benefited from having 2 attendees so we could go to each stream and be able to pitch as a team the things we want to change in our company. I have found in the past as a lone person coming back from a conference you tend to be shrugged off as an evangelist and can't enact change as easily as if 2 or more singing with the same voice."