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TERRY DYSON. Executive Director Victorian Government Business Office Chicago. MULTIMEDIA VICTORIA (MMV). Established 1996 with world’s first Minister for Multimedia - Hon. Alan Stockdale, MP
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TERRY DYSON Executive Director Victorian Government Business Office Chicago
MULTIMEDIA VICTORIA (MMV) • Established 1996 with world’s first Minister for Multimedia - Hon. Alan Stockdale, MP • Responsible for all Victoria’s interests in information technology, telecommunications and multimedia. • Projects confirmed and expanded by new Government.
INVESTMENT & EXPORTS • A$2 Billion new FDI in four years. • >10,000 new jobs created. • A$2 Billion in new exports projected.
INVESTMENT & EXPORT • IBM, ERICSSON, SIEMENS, NOKIA, COMPAQ, NEC, FUJITSU, HEWLETT-PACKARD, NORTEL, UNISYS, MICROSOFT, D.G., GE CAPITAL, ORACLE, SUN, NETSCAPE, ACCLAIM, ELECTRONIC ARTS, LOGICA, OLIVETTI, KODAK, STA (ANAM), BOSCH etc.
A program designed to ensure a ready supply of chip designers and chip industry personnel to service Victoria’s aspiration to become a chip design and manufacturing centre. Industry support from Ericsson, NEC, Fujitsu, Canon, Bosch, STA, Siemens, Motorola, Lend Lease Semiconductors, Intel. Chipskills
EDUCATION • 24,000 teachers retrained at $54 million. • skills.net - 130 training centres for disadvantaged citizens, 50,000 people p.a., corporate sponsors. • satellite dish on every school, 1500 hours p.a. • Vicnet - community network site, free access through libraries.
Online Government • VicOne - 3,100 sites. • All schools, hospitals, police stations, government offices. • Maxi - Electronic Service Delivery. • Channels for business, tourism, transport, education. • Cinemedia.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION • Nikkei Award • IDC Best practice in eCommerce casebook • LSE Case study • Melbourne Business School Case study • U.S. Fed GSA “a model for all governments” • Bill Gates, Scott McNealey,John Chambers, Intel
MAXI • Government services online, full time, 7x24x365. • Accessed through kiosks, internet, IVR systems. • In operation since December 1997. • Over 70 transactions currently available. • Secure online financial transactions.
MAXI contd…. • No cost to Victorian Government / Taxpayer. • Consortium of NEC, Aspect, Westpac, Australia Post. • No ownership of infrastructure, fee per transaction basis. • Aggregation of Government demand.
MAXI contd…….. • Unique customer focused “Life Event Matrix” interface. • No need to know what level of Government, or which Department. • Move house, turn 18, start a business, etc.
WHY? • To be at the leading edge of the global information economy of the 21st century. • To equip citizens to participate in the global information economy. • For the prosperity and well being of the Victorian community.