When : 1 October, 2026
Where : Hillbrook REC Building
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8:00 - 8:50 (50 mins)
Coffee, Registration
Location: REC Building
9:00 - 9:10 (10 mins)
Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country, Housekeeping
9:10 - 9:15
(5 mins)
9:15 - 9:45 (30 mins)
Overview of ICT at Hillbrook
Lee Pickering, Director of ICT, Hillbrook
9:45 - 10:30 (45 mins)
Session 1 - Leading from the front: Focusing on People not Tech during an IT Project Rollout
Sharing how the school system has transformed the way projects are implemented and led, with a focus on leading from the front, relational change and applying ADKAR principles to achieve successful outcomes.
Speaker: Anne Korte - ICT Project Coordinator, Seventh-day Adventist Schools
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 PLC and Privacy Office, PLC
12:00 - 12:45 (45 mins)
Session 3 - Essential Eight, NIST CSF and ISO 27001: How to choose for your school
If you lead IT at an independent school, you have probably been asked which cybersecurity framework the school should adopt. The question usually comes from the board or the business manager, and they already have a framework in mind. Each framework does a different job, though, and the right choice depends on the job your school needs done. This article explains what each one is for, what is changing with the Essential Eight in 2026, and how to choose.
Speaker: Toby Kerrison, Chief Technology Officer, Netstrategy
12:45 - 13:00 (15 mins)
MITIE Update
13:00 - 14:15 (75 mins)
Lunch
Session 4 -
Speaker:
15:00-15:30 (30 mins)
Sponsors Session & Door prizes
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Getting There:
Hillbrook is at 45 Hurdcotte Street, Enoggera. Street parking is available as well as in the Rugby Union Club carpark adjacent to Hillbrook.
Bibliographies
Brenton Harty - Director of PLC and Privacy Office, PLC Brenton Harty is Director of ICT and Privacy Officer at Presbyterian Ladies’ College Melbourne. He has extensive experience leading ICT, cybersecurity, privacy, governance, risk and digital transformation in schools, with a strong focus on practical approaches that help school leaders understand technology risk and make informed decisions.
Toby Kerrison - Chief Technology Officer, Netstrategy
Toby brings more than two decades of experience in Independent Schools to his role as CTO at NetStrategy, an IT Managed services provider who have been serving schools for 40 years. Prior to NetStrategy, Toby led the ICT function at Swan Christian Education Association in Perth, and Oxford Falls Grammar in Sydney, as well as advising leadership and ICT teams in Independent schools throughout Australia. He now draws on that background to help schools across Australia structure IT partnerships that are practical, accountable, and aligned to how schools actually operate.
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