Supporting Associations

The strategic IT and business associations whose executive-level and management-level members benefit from participating at Gartner events aligned with their area of specialty.

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• The ACS (Australian Computer Society) is the recognised association for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals, attracting a large and active membership from all levels of the ICT industry. A member of the Australian Council of Professions, the ACS is the public voice of the ICT profession and the guardian of professional ethics and standards in the ICT industry, with a commitment to the wider community to ensure the beneficial use of ICT. The ACS provides a wide range of services and benefits to its members. Visit www.acs.org.au for more information.

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• The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) represents 450 member companies, which employ over 100,000 Australians, generate combined annual revenues of more than $40 billion and export more than $2 billion in goods and services each year. AIIA's role is to lead and represent the ICT sector in Australia to maximise the potential of the Australian industry, economy and society.

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• BIIA serves as an important networking organization for executives and professionals of the information content industry throughout Asia and the Middle East. BIIA is linked to a worldwide network of affiliated information industry associations to be able to work on common issues which are of a global nature. BIIA is also affiliated with a number of associations representing communities of business information users.

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• DWAA is dedicated to educating business and information technology professionals about the strategies, techniques, and tools required to successfully design, build, and maintain data warehousing implementations, and also to the advancement of data warehousing research, knowledge transfer, and the professional development of its members. DWAA is vendor independent. DWAA is a national organisation currently active in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

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• RMAA is a not-for-profit association and the leading authority on managing records and information. Founded in 1969, RMAA has 4000 plus members, all of whom are professionals engaged in managing records and information. Our members include (but not limited to) knowledge workers, document managers, records managers, legal professionals, IT managers, archivists, corporate librarians, imaging specialists and consultants, all of whom work in nearly every industry. RMAA leads the direction and fosters the growth of the records and information management profession through actively setting standards and building the capability of the profession.