Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities.

Dr. Eric Schaffer and Apala Chavan from Human Factors Internationals are in Melbourne.

Eric and Apala have kindly agreed to present for CHISIG friends on persuasion techniques and internationalisation this Tuesday 26 August at 6.30 pm.

On Wednesday, August 27, the Melbourne Web Standards Group and AIMIA join forces for an exciting usability double-header! Join us as not one but two usability experts share their experience and deliver practical advice that you can use in the real world.

Attend this month's meeting for presentations and open discussion from AISA members on the following topics:

=> Current state of the entire security industry and where do information security professionals fit within it? (research courtesy of Australian Homeland Security Research Centre) - Matthew Hackling

=> (ISC)2 global information security workforce study- a summary of the results, what keeps CISSPs up at night, how old are they, what education/experience do they have, what are they earning?

=> Certification and education to consider in your professional development (training courses, undergraduate degrees, post graduate education, graduate certificates)

=> Strategies for keeping up to date when you are time poor (podcasts, RSS feeds, e-learning, e-books)

=> Experiences entering the information security profession in the 21st century - Mark Jones

=> Experiences entering the information security profession in the 20th century - Mark Ames

Tequp @ Xero Number 10 on Wednesday, August 13 at 6:00pm. Come talk art, design, UI/UX, web, anything techy and cross overs of all this!

This event is being held by NICTA as part of "Entrepreneurs Week" at the University of Melbourne.

This months Adobe User Group of Victoria will consist of a presentation on Learning Technologies and another on Certification.

Tequp @ Xero Number 8 on Wednesday, July 16 at 6:00pm. Come talk art, design, UI/UX, web, anything techy and cross overs of all this!

Course Title: Information Security Incident Management (AUS-ISIM-01)

After missing the month of June OzFlex is back and will be having an open meeting where the focus will be on Flex/AIR showcase and code help.