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Future Proofing Your Data Centre Conference 2010*

• Date: 22 - 23 March 2010
  
• Venue: Sydney, Australia
• Host: Hannover Fairs Australia
• Future-Proofing Your Data Centre is a highly interactive conference addressing the key data centre issues to maximise benefits in the transition from your existing setup to a more efficient and cost-effective platform.
  
  Featuring forward-thinking innovation from both private and government entities in Australia and internationally, Future-Proofing Your Data Centre will allow you to learn and network with thought-leaders in management of space, temperature and cost whilst remaining flexible to the needs of your organisation.
  
  Developed to assist CIOs, data centre managers, infrastructure architects and heads of IT, Future-Proofing Your Data Centres 2010 will focus on ways to improve on the current data centre paradigm and transfer to a more efficient and cost-effective setup.
  
  
• Information: https://www.cebit.com.au/products/c/Future-Proofing_Your_Data_Centre
• *NOTE: There may be costs associated with attending this event

UNESCO World Press Freedom Day event - University of Queensland

• Date: 2 - 3 May 2010
  
• Venue: Queensland, Australia
• Host: University of Queensland (UQ)
  
• The theme of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2010 is 'Freedom of Information: The Right to Know', and the University of Queensland's conference will focus particularly on freedom of expression issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
  
  In a first for Australia and the Pacific, The University of Queensland has won the right to host UNESCO's global World Press Freedom Day conference and Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize-giving ceremony in 2010.
  
  The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organisation or institution that has made an outstanding and courageous contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world.
  
  
• Information: http://www.uq.edu.au/wpfday2010

World Press Freedom Day

• Date: 3 May 2010
• Organisation: UNESCO
  

• Throughout the world, 3 May serves as an occasion to inform the public of violations of the right to freedom of expression and as a reminder that many journalists brave death or jail to bring people their daily news. 

• Resource link: http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/press/

World Telecommunication Day

• Date: 17 May 2010
• Organisation: WTISD
  

• The purpose of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide.

• Resource link: http://www.itu.int/wtisd/index.html

CeBIT Australia 2010*

• Date: 24 - 26 May 2010
  
• Venue: Sydney, Australia
• Host: Hannover Fairs Australia
• In the past 8 years CeBIT Australia has developed strong relationships in the public sector, working closely with Federal and State Governments to help grow the economy, create jobs, and develop the industry.
  
  This year they welcome keynote government speakers including the Hon Lindsay Tanner MP and Senator Stephen Conroy among others.
  
  Now, in line with the approach of CeBIT Hannover, the organisation is focusing equally on building relationships and connections with the private and public sectors to drive even greater benefits to the industry as a whole.
  
  
• Information: https://www.mycebit.com.au/rego2010/
• *NOTE: There may be costs associated with attending this event

International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2010)

• Date: 28 - 30 June 2010
  
• Venue: London, UK
  
• Host: i-Society, IEEE
  
• The i-Society 2010 is a global knowledge-enriched collaborative effort that has its roots from both academia and industry. The conference covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to information society, which includes technical and non-technical research areas.
  
  
• Information: http://www.i-society.eu

The 5th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2010)

• Date: 8 - 11 November 2010
  
• Venue: London, UK
  
• Host: Infonomics Society, IEEE UK/RI
• The ICITST is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practical implementation of secured Internet transactions and to fostering discussions on information technology evolution. The ICITST aims to provide a highly professional and comparative academic research forum that promotes collaborative excellence between academia and industry.
  
  The objectives of the ICITST are to bridge the knowledge gap between academia and industry, promote research esteem in secured Internet transactions and the importance of information technology evolution to secured transactions. The ICITST-2010 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation.
  
  
• Information: http://www.icitst.org/
  

World Congress on Sustainable Technologies (WCST-2011)

• Date: 21 - 23 March 2011
  
• Venue: London, UK
  
• Host: Infonomics Society

• The World Congress on Sustainable Technologies (WCST-2011) is a multidisciplinary congress, bridging efforts across the natural, social and engineering sciences, the environment and development of communities. The congress covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to sustainability, which includes technical and non-technical research areas. It also encourages sharing new knowledge in the field of sustainable technologies and the environmental impacts.

  The mission of WCST-2011 is to provide the opportunities for collaboration and reflection that have the potential to greatly enhance the infrastructure and capacity for conducting and applying art, science and technology for sustainability. The WCST bridges the gap between academia and industry by creating awareness of current development in sustainable technologies.
  

• Information: http://www.wcst.org/