QLD: Term 3 Conference 2025 "Data by Design" @ Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Sunshine Coast

8:00 - 8:50

(50 mins)

Coffee, Registration

Location : TBA

Morning Session

9:00 - 9:15

(45 mins)

Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country, Housekeeping 

Matthew Flinders College, Sunshine Coast & MITIE

9:15 - 9:45

(30 mins)

Overview of ICT at Matthew Flinders College

Dr Louise McCuaig & Chris Topp will provide an overview of what makes Matthew Flinders unique, as well as how the Technical Services Department manages the broad but also niche programs that are delivered both within and outside the curriculum.

This journey will unpack how to get the maximum return on investment – both from a technical perspective, but also a personal level, with a specific focus on how their department's implementation of their 9-Day Fortnight works.

Speaker: Chris Topp & Louise McCuaig

9:45 - 10:30

(45 mins)

Session 1 - Tour of the Infinity Centre

Bill Hooper, Head of Learning, will host a tour of the Infinity Centre, a building designed around the Design Thinking Process, showing the dedicated spaces for each stage. From ideation to collaboration, prototyping and testing, all the way to pitching and presentation.

The Infinity Centre hosts approximately 18 AV enabled spaces from General Learning Areas (GLAs), design studios, food laboratories, materials workspaces, a computer lab and the Infinity Gallery. Technology plays an important role throughout each space, supporting and engaging students in their learning.

Speaker: Bill Hooper, Head of Learning

10:30 - 11:15

(45 mins)

Morning Tea

Middle Sessions

11:15 - 12:00

(45 mins)

Session 2 - Your Data Governance and Security Journey – how to start and what steps you need to take to protect your school’s data

Speaker: Louay Ghashash, Spartan Security & Jane Harford, 

12:00 - 12:45

(45 mins)

Session 3 - From Data Chaos to Compliance: Deploying Microsoft 365 Purview with a ‘Data by Design’ Mindset

This session focuses on embedding data governance, lifecycle management, and compliance capabilities directly into your schools Microsoft 365 environments from the ground up. It demonstrates how schools can build data protection and record keeping into their information architecture—not as an afterthought, but as a foundational design principle. 

Speaker: Jag Kakarlapudi, Konica Minolta

12:45 - 13:00

(15 mins)

MITIE Updates

Speaker: Brenton Harty, MITIE President

13:00 - 14:15

(75 mins)

Lunch

Afternoon Session

14:15 - 15:00

(45 mins)

Session 4 - Are your students more than an ATAR: if yes - how do you prove it?

An insight into the data journey Matthew Flinders is undertaking to fully equip students for the Future Workforce.

Speaker: Chris Topp & Louise McCuaig, Matthew Flinders Anglican College

15:00 - 15:30

(45 mins)

Sponsors session & Door prizes

15:30

Closing