WA: Term 3 Conference 2026 @ Rehoboth Christian College

8:00 - 8:50 

(50 mins)

Coffee, Registration

Location: Gymnasium

9:00 - 9:10

(15 mins)

Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country, Housekeeping                                                   

9:10 - 9:15

(5 mins)

9:15 - 9:45

(30 mins)

Overview of ICT at Rehoboth Christian College

Nathan Yurisich

9:45 - 10:30

(45 mins)

Session 1 - Leveraging the Power Platform to build practical school solutions 

This session will demonstrate how St Hilda's has used the Microsoft Power Platform to transform paper-based processes into secure, automated digital solutions using tools already available in the Microsoft 365 A5 licensing. Through examples including asset management, library sign-in and approval workflow applications, attendees will gain insights into deploying low-code solutions. The presentation will demonstrate the process and highlight how schools can leverage existing Microsoft technologies to reduce administrative workload and reliance on third-party platforms.

Speaker:  Taylor Buckingham, ILT Operations Lead, St Hilda's 

10:30 - 11:15

(45 mins)

Morning Tea

11:15 - 12:00

(45 mins)

Session 2 - ICT Cybersecurity, Incident Readiness and Privacy Response

A practical session for school ICT leaders examining current cyber risks, the controls and evidence that matter, privacy and data breach obligations, and how prepared schools are to respond when an incident occurs. The session will focus on assurance, risk ownership, incident readiness and the questions ICT leaders should be able to answer for their Executive and Board

Speaker:  Brenton Harty, Director of ICT and Privacy Officer at PLC Melbourne

12:00 - 12:45

(45 mins)

Session 3 - Journey to the Cloud at Rehoboth Christian College

Explore how  the ICT team at Rehoboth Christian College deliberately shifted from a traditional on premise environment to a predominantly cloud first model — without leaning on IaaS. Come see how the college reduced its on prem footprint from more than a dozen servers to just two VM hosts, eliminated local Active Directory, and simplified operations through service led platforms such as Microsoft Intune, Juniper/Mist and PaperCut. Attendees will gain insight into the decisions, trade offs, and practical lessons learned along the way.

Speaker: Nathan Yurisich, ICT Manager, Rehoboth Christian College

12:45 - 13:00

(15 mins)

MITIE Update

13:00 - 14:15
(75 mins)

Lunch

Session 4 - The Parent Journey

Using technology and process to build trust at scale

As schools grow, communication often becomes fragmented and inconsistent. We'll share how we mapped the parent journey, identified gaps and introduced improvements to ensure families receive timely, relevant and consistent communications regardless of campus, year level or stage of enrolment.

Speaker: Jo Beckingham - Projects Officer, Rehoboth Christian College

15:00-15:15
(15 mins)

Sponsors Session & Door prizes