1. Simulation Industry Association of Australia
Annual General Meeting 2007
20 September 2007

2. SIAA Annual General Meeting - Agenda
Apologies
Chairman’s Report
Strategic Plan
Election of Executive Members for 2007/2008
2007/2008 Budget
Members Motions
Other Business

3. Apologies Bruce Barraclough Health Glen Bethel Army Simulation Wing
Ian Irving Thales Australia
Ed Kruzins ADSO
Tony Landers Thales Australia
Gerry McLennan PCon
Werner Naef NAEF Ltd
Diana Pitcher Townsville Hospital
Bill Runciman University of Adelaide
Adrian Smith Sydac
Lyn Stewart University of Western Sydney
Grant Tudor Army Simulation Wing
Merrilyn Walton University of Sydney
Phil Wallace Learning Systems Analysis

4. Chairman’s Report - Operations Creating a basis for growth
Membership
Stable –
ASSH*
Full Members
Associate Members
Individual Members ** 12
* ASSH Members since July 2007
** Includes SIAA SISO Members, and Students

5. SIAA Members New Associate Members New Full Members
Intelligent Software Development
University of Technology, Sydney
Zantech
New Full Members
Mining Industry Skills Centre
Clinical Training & Education Centre (UWA)

6. Chairman’s Report - Operations
Engagement
Associations
National Centre for Simulation membership
Society for Simulation in Healthcare membership
International Training & Simulation Alliance
European Training & Simulation Association
MIMOS (Italian Simulation Association)
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organisation
Game Developers Association of Australia
Australian Spatial Information Business Association
Systems Engineering Society of Australia

7. Chairman’s Report - Operations
Engagement (Cont)
Defence
Defence Simulation Forum
SIAA VIP Cocktails at SimTecT
Army Simulation Wing meetings
SimTecT Organising Committees
ADSO Road map involvement and release

8. Chairman’s Report - Operations
Engagement (Cont)
State Governments
Queensland State Development
Multi-Media Victoria
South Australian DTED

9. Chairman’s Report - Operations
Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (ASSH)
Structured to be a Chapter of the SIAA
Interim Executive
Chair: Dr Leonie Watterson
Deputy Chair: Dr Brendan Flanagan
Treasurer: Mr Graham Beaumont
Project Officer: Ms Adelle Wahry / Renee Corney
SimTecT Health Conference in September 2007
$600k+ Department of Health and Aging Project – being managed through Queensland Health
Curricula mapping
Curricula distribution / sharing
Project Officer funded for 24-months
Agreement with the Society for Simulation in Healthcare re Journal
Non-technical Skills Training in Synthetic Learning Environments

10. Chairman’s Report - Operations
SimTecT 2007 Conference – Brisbane - best ever

11. Chairman’s Report - Operations
SimTecT 2007 Conference (ctd)
Best Paper award to present at I/ITSEC 2007
Best Student Paper
Simulation Achievement Awards
Dr Brendan Flanagan
Dr Karol Miller
Mr Grant Tudor
SimTecT Committee
Organising Committee Chair – Mr Jawahar Bhalla
Papers Convenor – Dr Elyssebeth Leigh
Future host city for Melbourne 11

12. Chairman’s Report - Operations
SimTecT 2007 Health Conference – Brisbane 12

13. Chairman’s Report - Operations
Professional Certification
20 Certificates issued
Skill Groups:
Instructional Systems (Available)
Systems Engineering (Available)
Maintenance Support (Available)
Human Factors (Almost Available)
Project Management (Under Development)
Policy (Under Development)

14. Chairman’s Report - Operations
Professional Development
SIAA Guide to Simulation Professional Skills Development in Australia
Third Issue at SimTecT 2007
Includes Certification and Course information
Introduction to Simulation Workshop
Run four times with approx. 80 graduates
Mr Shane Garrett continued as part-time Learning and Development Officer

15. Chairman’s Report - Operations
Standards – SISO Australia
Agreed with SISO to establish SISO Australia
Included 100 free SISO Memberships, and web forum
Charter and Terms of Reference agreed
Membership nominations called; 46 allocated
Established country product group experts

16. Chairman’s Report – Financial
Jun-07*
Jun-06
Change
Assets
Total Assets
$378,699
$408,939
-$30,240
Liabilities
Total Liabilities
$10,368
$75,982
-$51,693
Net Assets
$368,330
$332,957
$35,373
Total Equity
$ 368,330
$ 332,957
*Provisional
*Un-audited

17. Chairman’s Report – Plan for 2007/8
Chairman’s Report – Plan for 2007/8 Plan to Transform to an Industry Peak Body Outline Points:
Plan to transform SIAA from a volunteer organisation focussed only on simulation into a true peak industry body for Simulation & Training
Broaden the appeal of SIAA to attract individual members in the masses
Strategic Alliances with other peak bodies such as ASIBA
Develop capability to manage Government and other externally provided funding projects

18. Chairman’s Report – Plan for 2007/8 Outline Points:
Drive current Projects:
Professional Development
Healthcare Simulation Society
Launch new Projects:
Strategic Plan for Transformation
National Security
Mining and Construction
More Project focus for SimTecT - eg Aerospace Training for SimTecT 08
Bolster / strengthen the Exhibition
Increase interest levels for Defence stakeholders from CDG and DMO
Will not compromise the broad technical focus of the conference 18

19. Executive Elections Positions Election to Executive Committee
Executive Positions (nominated in constitution)
Chair, Executive Committee
Deputy-chair, Executive Committee
Treasurer
Executive Members
General Executive Member
Election to Executive Committee
Member Voting Rights
Full members each have one vote
Vote required where italicized
Vote for remaining nominations to executive committee
Returning Officer
SIAA Executive Officer (Mr Peter Hill)

20. Executive Elections – 12 Nominations 12 Positions
Note: Dr Mather Mason, from DSTO, is invited as an Observer

21. 2007/8 SIAA Proposed Budget - Income

22. 2007/8 SIAA Proposed Budget – Development

23. 2007/8 SIAA Proposed Budget – Expenses

24. Members Motion – New Constitution to add Chapters
That the New Constitution accompanying the notice of meeting dated 29 August 2007 be adopted as the Constitution of SIAA in substitution for the existing Constitution.
Moved: Peter Hill
Seconded: Peter Cantwell
Background
To formalise the operation of a semi-autonomous group, under the auspices of the SIAA – a “Chapter”
Define high-level responsibilities
Details in the Chapter’s Terms of Reference
Allow for the Chapter to spin-off from the SIAA

25. General Business Appointment of the Auditor
Move that the SIAA re-appoints Robert Mitchell & Company
Moved: Peter Hill
Seconded: Peter Cantwell