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Technology Industry

Ai Group is committed to the Technology Industry through membership services that incorporate practical information, advice and assistance to help members run their businesses more effectively.

Ai Group ensures through policy leadership that members within this industry have a voice at all levels of government, by representing and promoting their interests on current and emerging issues. We are committed to providing services which create the best business and policy environment to assist members achieve business growth.

We work with governments, collaborate with industry and educate the community to value and support the contribution that high technology products and services make to Australia’s economic growth and productivity. Through the Ai Group industry networks, we’re now creating even more opportunities to build businesses opportunities for members within industry verticals and across other industry sectors.

Ai Group provides ongoing support to the industry through our Technology Industry Development Council (TIDC). In partnership with the TIDC, Ai Group represents and articulate the views of the broader Technology Industry and related sectors, and on their behalf, to advocate and aid the development of the sectors.

Ai Group initiates and supports relevant Member Reference Groups (MRG) that engages membership within a cross-section of relevant technologies, industry applications or sub-sector representation. Member Reference Groups include: 

  • Software & Services;
  • Technology, Hardware and Equipment; 
  • Telecommunications Services; and 
  • Electrical Manufacturing;

Ai Group focuses on policy, regulatory, commercial and technical issues in these cutting edge and fast growing industries.

As well as providing a sphere of influence, Ai Group, through the Technology Industry Development Council and Member Reference Groups, will provide a process to review policies as well as standards and regulatory matters that may ultimately be developed into membership services through targeted programs that are intended to provide tangible commercial opportunities to businesses.

ICT AND EMISSIONS

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry produces roughly the same volume of carbon emissions as the aviation industry. Of Australia’s 576 million tones of annual carbon dioxide emissions, ICT accounts for 40 million tones, or 7%.

This is because the internet or cyberspace is not just a virtual place; it is constructed of digital information that needs to be processed, stored, visualised and shared. The amount of stored information doubles every four years, including things like photo albums, recipes, spreadsheets and books.

Data centres are a key physical manifestation of the internet. In 2005, the power consumed by computer data centres exceeded the demand of television sets in the USA.

For more information about the ICT sector and strategies for emissions reduction, contact Dr Bill Petreski, Principal Adviser – Technology Industry.

Contact us

Bill Petreski (Ph.D.)
Principal Adviser, Technology Industry
Phone: 03 9867 0264
Email: bill.petreski@aigroup.asn.au

Jon Onley
National Business Development Manager, Industry Sectors
Phone: 03 9867 0291
Email: jon.onley@aigroup.asn.au

David Crossley
Standards Coordinator
Phone: 02 4228 7266
Email: dcrossley@aigroup.asn.au

Nicola Street
Legal Counsel Workplace Relations NSW
Phone: 02 9466 5541
Email: nicola.street@aigroup.asn.au  

Marilyn Kitchin
Administrative Assistant, Sectors & Business Improvement
Phone: 03 9867 0102
Email: marilyn.kitchin@aigroup.asn.au