InfoGovANZ is a community of international professionals across the data and information sphere - Data Privacy, AI and Ethics, Cyber and Information Security, eDiscovery, ESG, Data and Infonomics, FOI, Information Governance, Legal, Records Management, Risk and Compliance - with a multi-disciplinary focus to collaborate and share best practices and promote global information governance innovation.
Information Governance is the policies, procedures, technologies and culture that organisations build to maximise the value of information while minimising associated risks and costs – see more in our InfoGovANZ IG Industry Report
Upcoming Events and Meet Ups
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Meet Up: Australia’s AI Safety Standard
AUD $40.00 + gstWednesday, 20 Nov 2024, 12pm-1pm AEDT
Join us for our upcoming Meet Up to discuss Australia’s new AI Safety Standard designed to help organisations develop and deploy AI systems in Australia safely and reliably.
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Navigating Australia’s Cyber Security Bill and Data Incident Notification Requirements
ComplimentaryWednesday 4 December 2024, 12pm-1pm AEDT
Join us to learn more about Australia’s new Cyber Security Bill, as well as existing information security requirements and notification obligations that organisations must follow in the event of a data incident.
This event is Free for members. Not a member, find out more and Join here.
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Meet Up: Nexus: Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
AUD $40.00 + gstTuesday, 14 Jan 2025, 12pm-1pm AEDT
Join us for our first thought-provoking virtual MeetUp of 2025, where we will explore Yuval Noah Harari’s groundbreaking new book, Nexus. Harari’s themes—information, truth, and the rise of artificial intelligence—are more relevant than ever, both on a societal level and within our own organisations.
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Meet Up: The Age of AI
AUD $40.00 + gstTuesday, 11 March 2025, 12pm-1pm AEDT
Join us for our March MeetUp, where we will discussThe Age of AI: And Our Human Future, co-authored by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher. This timely book explores the profound implications of artificial intelligence on society, governance, and our human future.
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Upcoming Workshops
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AI Governance: Foundation Workshop
AUD $550.00 + gstThursday, 16 January 2025, 10am – 12noon AEDT
Join us to learn how to build a solid foundation in AI Governance, enabling AI initiatives to be safe and compliant with existing regulatory and best practice requirements.
This foundational workshop provides the key principles for establishing a strong AI Governance framework.
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AI Governance: Implementing and Governing AI
AUD $550.00 + gstThursday, 23 January 2025, 10am – 12noon AEDT
Join us to learn more about risk-mitigation tools that can help your organisation’s AI initiatives and projects be innovative, safe, compliant, and aligned with its strategic objectives.
You’ll gain a practical understanding of AI Governance mechanisms and project design tools that support your AI projects and reduce privacy and other risks.
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Information Governance: Foundation Workshop
AUD $550.00 + gstTuesday, 28 Jan 2025, 10am-12noon AEDT
As AI becomes increasingly embedded within organisations, robust Information Governance (IG) becomes even more critical to ensure data and information risks are properly managed and reduced.
This workshop provides a systematic approach to governing and managing information assets to support your organisation’s strategic goals in the information and AI age.
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Information Governance: Guide to Implementation Workshop
AUD $550.00 + gstTuesday, 4 February 2025, 10am-12noon AEDT
Building on the Information Governance (IG) Foundation Workshop, this session focuses on the practical steps needed to assess, implement, and optimise your IG program within your organisation.
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Information Lifecycle Management: Foundation Workshop
AUD $550.00 + gstTuesday, 11 February 2025, 10am – 12noon AEDT
In today’s data-driven world, understanding the full lifecycle of your organisation’s information – from collection and storage to security and disposal – is essential for meeting regulatory standards, safeguarding personal data, and supporting business efficiency. This workshop will equip you with the knowledge needed to create and sustain a robust information lifecycle strategy.
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Information Lifecycle Management: Guide to Implementation Workshop
AUD $550.00 + gstTuesday, 25 February 2025, 10am – 12noon AEDT
As data volumes grow, over-retention and inadequate data management practices can increase both risks and costs for organisations. This workshop will focus on practical strategies for implementing an effective Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) approach, embedding ongoing data minimisation, and ensuring compliance in an evolving privacy and cybersecurity regulatory environment.
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The Governance in ESG: Foundation Workshop
AUD $550.00 + gstTuesday, 4 March 2025, 10am – 12noon AEDT
Join us for a foundational workshop on the governance aspects of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards and mandatory reporting requirements. This session will provide an overview of the key international standards, global ESG regulatory developments and a detailed focus on Australia’s ESG legislative requirements and mandatory reporting requirements.
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AI in ESG: Innovation with Sustainability and Compliance Workshop
AUD $550.00 + gstThursday, 13 March 2025, 10am – 12noon AEDT
Technology and AI are increasingly important to efficient ESG management, reporting, and compliance. This workshop explains how technology and AI can be used in ESG initiatives and discusses critical considerations for reducing AI-related risks in ESG and measuring the carbon costs of AI-driven systems.
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Latest News
Australia’s Cyber Security Bill 2024
On 9 October 2024, the Minister for Cyber Security and Leader of the House, the Honorable Tony Burke MP tabled the Cyber Security Bil 2024 aimed at enhancing national security and protecting businesses from cyber threats. In introducing the Bill, Minister Burke explained that the Bill addresses whole-of-economy cybersecurity issues and positions […]
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UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal
The Cyber Policy Portal of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) serves as a comprehensive online reference tool, providing detailed profiles of all 193 UN Member States. It acts as a central hub for information on each country’s cybersecurity policy documents, responsible agencies and departments, legal frameworks, and […]
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NAA Australian Government Information Check-up Report
The National Archives of Australia’s Check-Up Report 2024 reveals improvement in five of the six information maturity areas: ‘creating information assets’, ‘storing, preserving, creating information assets’, ‘governance and culture’, ‘describing information assets (metadata)’, and ‘use, reuse and interoperability’. Concerningly, ‘appraising and disposing’ showed a slight decline (3.27 compared with 3.9 (out of […]
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Evaluation of whole-of-government trial into Gen AI:
On 23 October 2024, Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency released a report into the Australian governments trial into generative AI. From 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2024, the DTA coordinated the Australian Government’s trials of a generative AI service. It made Microsoft 365 Copilot (formerly Copilot for Microsoft 365) available […]
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Beware the gap: Governance arrangements in the face of AI innovation
On 29 October 2024, the Australian Security and Investment Commission released its review into how 23 Australian Financial Service licensees in the banking, credit, insurance and financial advice sectors were using and planning to use AI, how they are identifying and mitigating associated consumer risks, and their governance arrangements. AISC […]
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AI Impact Navigator to Help Australian Companies Tackle AI Challenges
On 21 October 2024, Australia’s National AI Centre released the AI Impact Navigator, a new framework designed to assist organisations in assessing and measuring the impact and outcomes of using AI systems. The AI Impact Navigator is for senior executives, board directors and anyway leading AI implementation, use and impact. The […]
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AI and ESG: An Introductory Guide for ESG Practitioners
On 21 October 2024, Australia’s National AI Centre published an introductory guide to AI for ESG practitioners, highlighting how AI can help address urgent challenges in health, climate change, sustainability, accessibility, and inclusion. AI and ESG is a practical guide for ESG practitioners on how to better understand the implications and opportunities […]
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OAIC Guides on AI and Privacy
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published two new guides to assist organisations in navigating the intersection of AI and privacy: Guidance on privacy and the use of commercially available AI products: This guide assists organisations in complying with privacy obligations using commercially available AI products and helps them […]
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The Role of Information Governance in Reducing Data Breach Risks
As data breaches continue to rise, the importance of robust governance to align and improve integrated cybersecurity, technology procurement, privacy compliance, and information lifecycle management becomes critical. Recently released reports by the Office of the Australian Information Commission and the New South Wales Information Commission reveal the high percentage of […]
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The central problem for humanity in the 21st century is how we can nurture sufficient legitimate political power and wisdom, adequate technical mastery, and robust norms to constrain technologies to ensure they continue to do far more good than harm. How in other words, we can contain the seemingly uncontainable.
We don't need to totally reinvent the institutional wheel, creating more opportunities for rivalry and grandstanding. We just should find every means possible of improving it - and fast.
The common thread here is governance: of software systems of microchips, of businesses and research institutes, of countries, and of the international community. At each level is a thicket of incentives, sunk costs, institutional inertia, conflicting fiefdoms and worldviews that must be cut through. Make no mistake. Ethics, safety, containment - these will be products of good governance above all. But good governance doesn't just come from well-defined rules and effective institutional frameworks. ... [it] needs to ensure there is a self-critical culture that actively wants to implement them.
- Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, in The Coming Wave
