About the Webinar Series
This year, the rapid adoption of remote learning drove educators to rethink how they can better advance education in cloud. Education institutions are using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud to improve access for students, increase data visibility for accurate decision making for administrators, and develop cloud-related learning programs.
Join us in this six-session webinar series to learn how AWS can help you kick-start and accelerate your cloud journey.
Who should attend?
• Digital, innovation, and technical decision makers
• Security professionals and Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)
• IT managers, technical project managers, operations specialists, and cloud architects
• Faculty leads
Webinar Topics
| Topic 1: Journey to the cloud with the University of Newcastle and Deloitte |
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Level: 100
Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Time: 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM AEST
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Speakers:
• Anthony Molinia, Chief Information Officer, The University of Newcastle
• Govinda Shetty, Director, Cloud & Infrastructure Advisory, Deloitte • Vincent Quah, Regional Head, Education, Research, Healthcare and Nonprofit, AWS Session overview: Join this session to learn how the University of Newcastle worked with Deloitte on a rapid migration to the cloud. Hear how they developed a new cloud-operating model on AWS to drive benefits for students, researchers and staff, including remote learning through the current climate. |
| Topic 2: Building your smart campus |
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Level: 200
Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST |
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Speaker: Craig Lawton, Specialist Solution Architect, Australia and New Zealand, AWS
Session overview: IT and Facilities departments in universities are starting to work together on smart campus initiatives to provide real-time awareness of their environments.
Learn how you can break down departmental siloes and manage data consumption across a university using data lakes.
Discover how to make quick and accurate decisions using data analytics and enable IoT solutions to reduce energy and operational cost, improve student safety, and plan for return to campus post COVID-19.
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| Topic 3: Enabling remote learning with AWS end user computing services |
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Level: 200
Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM AEST |
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Speaker: Robert Bata, Senior Solution Architect, Australia and New Zealand, AWS
Session overview: Educational institutions are moving to cloud-based solutions to enable access from all devices anywhere, anytime for remote users, temporary projects, and distance learning. Learn how you can enable Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0 to help you build secure, scalable desktop and application streaming solutions on AWS. |
| Topic 4: Accelerating student startups with the University of Technology Sydney |
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Level: 100
Date: Thursday, 19 November 2020
Time: 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM AEST |
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Speaker:
• Dr. Jeri Childers, Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the Founding Director, UTS Techcelerator
• Nils de Vries, Solution Architect, Australia and New Zealand, AWS Session overview:
The University of Technology Sydney and AWS are working to help students participate in the UTS Techcelerator, pre-accelerator designed to enhance prototyping skills using deep technologies. Learn more about the university’s program vision to develop tech leaders of the future. |
| Topic 5: Empowering careers in the cloud |
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Level: 200
Date: Thursday, 19 November 2020
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST |
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Speakers:
• Zoran Taleski, Technical Program Manager AWS Educate, Australia and New Zealand, AWS
• David Chatterton, Technical Program Manager Academy, Australia and New Zealand, AWS Session overview:
AWS is bridging the gap between industry and academia. Learn how AWS Academy and AWS Educate provide students and educators with the resources and learning pathways needed to accelerate cloud-related learning. Discover how we build with AWS Educate Classrooms and empower the entrepreneurs, workforce, and researchers of tomorrow. |
| Topic 6: Is the cloud secure for my university? |
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Level: 200
Date: Thursday, 19 November 2020
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM AEST |
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Speaker: Michael Stringer, Security Specialist Solution Architect, Australia and New Zealand, AWS
Session overview: Hear an overview of our AWS security, identity, and compliance including logging, monitoring, and auditing. Take your first steps to become more secure on the cloud. Learn how to configure the appropriate services, enable compliance in the cloud, and advanced threat detection and remediation. |
Webinar Details
Date: 18 - 19 November 2020
Time: Please see agenda for specific timing
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