WA: Term 3 Conference 2025 "Data by Design" @ Scotch College

8:00 - 8:50

(50 mins)

Coffee, Registration

Location : Gooch Pavilion

Morning Session

9:00 - 9:15

(15 mins)

Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country, Housekeeping 

Scotch College & MITIE

9:15 - 9:45

(30 mins)

Overview of Tech and Digital Operations

Speaker: Virat Shah

9:45 - 10:30

(45 mins)

Session 1 - 

Speaker: Stewart Neilson, PLC & Virat Shah, Scotch College

10:30 - 11:15

(45 mins)

Morning Tea

Middle Sessions

11:15 - 12:00

(45 mins)

Session 2 - 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

12:00 - 12:45

(45 mins)

Session 3 - Clarity from Complexity: Managing Records in Today’s Schools

Schools face a growing challenge in managing the volume of student, staff, and administrative records while meeting strict compliance requirements. From legal retention schedules and Royal Commission findings to the practical frustrations of paper, lost files, and fragmented digital storage, the risks are real and the stakes are high.

This session explores the journey of modern document management for schools. David Harrison will unpack the common challenges schools face, why records management is critical for compliance and student duty of care, and how simple, practical steps can transform the way information is stored, accessed, and secured.

Through real case studies drawn from schools across Australia, delegates will gain insights into developing a clear digital strategy, the importance of retention and disposal schedules, and the role of enterprise content management systems in safeguarding records for the long term. The session will leave participants with practical ideas they can apply immediately, helping schools turn document chaos into clarity.

Speaker: David Harrison, Essential Solutions

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 - How to take different types of data and make it useful.

Session will explore, UI for syncing data, Visualising your PRTG, Data alerts and Updated Data Collection Policies.

Speaker - Brad Tyrrell & Brandon Petkovic, Guildford Grammar School

15:00 - 15:30

(30 mins)

Sponsors Session & Door prizes

15:30

Closing

16:15 onwards

Post Conference Get-Together @ The Claremont Hotel