Upcoming RMN - 13 March 2025
Join us for the first RMN meeting of the year discussing digital management and governance of public records. There will be a focus on overcoming barriers to ensure effective and secure Artificial Intelligence approaches and management of data.
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am AEDT
Register for the Webinar here.
The program includes:
10:00 am Justine Heazlewood - Director, PROV --- Welcome and overview
10:10 am Bea Stathy & Melanie Flower - Victorian Government Solicitor's Office --- National Framework for the Assurance of Artificial Intelligence in Government
10:35 am Julie McCormack & Tayla Di Giacomo - PROV --- Barriers to Digital Transfer
10:55 am Patrick O'Halloran & Georgia Harris - Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action --- Crown Reserves Digitisation and Transfer Program
11.15 am Justine Heazlewood - Director, PROV --- Close.
This is an online event only.
For further details or any questions around registration, please contact marianne.ohara@prov.vic.gov.au
About our speakers
- Bea Stathy, Managing Principal Solicitor
Victorian Government Solicitor's Office (VGSO)
Bea is a highly-experienced technology, IP and privacy lawyer who has worked for top-tier firms and in-house in the technology transfer sector. She often acts for clients delivering newly-developed technologies, including those incorporating AI in their processes, and advises on their privacy and data risk impacts.
Bea also has extensive intellectual property and ICT contracting experience and understands the Victorian government's procurement policies and norms. Bea regularly advises government on end-to-end procurement projects, including subsequent disputes, and brings a commercial and pragmatic approach to negotiations.
Bea leads VGSO's Technology and Data Protection Practice Group and is the VGSO's privacy officer.
- Melanie Flower, Principal Solicitor
Victorian Government Solicitor's Office (VGSO)
Melanie is an accomplished lawyer and specialises in technology law, IP, privacy, data protection and cyber security. Melanie qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and has worked in private practice in England for regional and international law firms and has held positions in leading law firms in Australia. She has also completed various in-house technology secondments.
Melanie advises government clients on a range of technology matters including drafting and negotiating commercial agreements essential for technology procurements. Melanie also has specialised knowledge of ICT solutions, their licensing and commercialisation, and the maintenance and management of data within these systems.
- Julie McCormack, Senior Manager - Government Recordkeeping
Public Record Office Victoria Office (PROV)
Bio coming soon...
- Tayla Di Giacomo, Senior Project Officer - Digital Preservation
Public Record Office Victoria Office (PROV)
Tayla is a trained archivist with experience in various Victorian Government settings. Having spent over 3 years at PROV as a transfer archivist and project officer, she has worked with agencies on both physical and born-digital records transfers and collaborates closely with PROV technical specialists and digital transfer team to assist in the research and development of solutions to digital preservation challenges. Tayla is passionate about advocating for enhanced digital archiving and preservation capabilities for Records Managers across government, a key goal of the Barriers to Digital Transfers Project.
- Patrick O'Halloran, Project Manager - Crown Land Records Digitisation
Department of Energy, Environment & Climate Action (DEECA)
Patrick has a policy background, having worked in Water Resource Management policy with DEECA for 11 years. A desire to work closer to home and family and COVID gave rise to the opportunity to apply project management skills developed in the policy environment to operational projects in the Barwon South West. The Crown land record digitisation project was a great project management opportunity without the challenges of also dealing with change management.
- Georgia Harris
Department of Energy, Environment & Climate Action (DEECA)
Georgia has worked in archives and records related roles for more than 10 years. She joined DEECA in 2022, supporting document discovery as part of the Department's Yoorrook Justice Commission response. Since that time, she has been responsible for providing support and coordination to digitisation and archival transfer projects at DEECA. She had a post graduate qualification in Information Management.
What is the Records Management Network?
The Records Management Network (RMN) was established to provide a forum for knowledge exchange and discussion on issues affecting records management in the Victorian public sector. Its members principally consist of those responsible for records management and archives in public bodies in Victoria. Key objectives of the network are to:
- provide advice to members on compliance requirements arising from changes to legislation and PROV recordkeeping standards
- provide advice to members on the development and use of information technology applications to enable good records management practices
- provide the opportunity for training and skill sharing of members.
Typically, PROV hosts the major network event annually, as well as hosting smaller workshops and forums throughout the year as opportunities arise.
Watch the August 2024 RMN below
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