Category: Blog

Booking West Tech Assemblage 2024 Tickets

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Book your tickets here for the 2024 West Tech Assemblage. This half-day conference will build on the work we have done over the last 9 years. The Assemblage keeps going from strength to strength and 2024 will be a landmark year for building accessibility in tech for all West Australians. Click here to book your … Continued

Online Safety for Seniors

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Being online and knowing the best online etiquette and how to stay safe can be overwhelming for any of us. Seniors are the fastest growing group online and with the training program Online Safety for Seniors by West Tech Assemblage Partner illuminance Solutions in collaboration with Switched on Seniors, our silver surfers are taught how … Continued

Tackling indigenous IT gap

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A group of keen learners with a hard drive to excel dialled up on their computer skills recently and imported a gigabyte of knowledge in a crash course on all things digital. The University of Notre Dame Australia teamed up with Perth-based consultant illuminance Solutions to run the first of its two-day digital literacy classes … Continued

WTA 2019 – a success!

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WTA again gathered the west tech industry together with start-ups, public and private organisations and businesses, academia, government officials and investors together. This time to take a stand and to address the issues around the digital literacy divide in our Indigenous communities in WA and to invite to collaborations around it.

Turn it up – Interview with Bumma Bippera Media 98.7FM

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Bumma Bippera Media 98.7FM is the first and only indigenous radio service in Cairns, QLD and they spoke with Nilesh on the day of the 2019 edition of West Tech Assemblage that put focus on the digital literacy divide in our Indigenous Australian community. illuminance Solutions launched their collaboration with the University of Notre Dame … Continued

Closing the Gap… as well as the digital divide

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Queensland Education Minister Grace Grace recently launched the ‘Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Action Plan’ to supplement the Federal Government’s ongoing Closing the Gap program. “This plan will target resources to lift the reading and numeracy outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander state school students in the early years (Prep to Year … Continued

New training program seeks to narrow digital literacy divide in Indigenous communities

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The University of Notre Dame Australia and Illuminance Solutions have teamed up to tackle digital literacy in Broome’s Indigenous community. Training programs teaching people the basics of Microsoft Office programs including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel will roll out at Notre Dame’s Broome Campus next year and be taught by illuminance staff on site. Notre … Continued

WA Tech Industry Off to a Flying Start in 2018

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We’re already 2 months into 2018 and WA’s tech industry is off to a flying start. Thanks again to everyone who joined us at West Tech Assemblage 2017, capping off a great year of Western Australian business with style and optimism. Everyone left the evening with more friends, fuller bellies and wider smiles than they arrived with.

That’s a wrap!

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Thank you to all that was involved with WTA this year. We had a great time getting to know you, and hope that you enjoyed the company, the entertainment, the food and that you met new people to collaborate with over the next year. Remember to let us know about any innovations, solutions and maybe even products that was born as a result of West Tech Assemblage 2017!

VIP Ticket Winner!

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Join us at this year’s (and third ever) West Tech Assemblage, a special unique annual event where innovation and collaboration are not only celebrated but also fostered through cross-industry connections and borderless conversations. Click “Read more” to find out who won the VIP ticket lucky draw! We look forward to seeing you all on November 28th!