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Monday, October 14, 2013

Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Conference – 2 to 4th Nov 2013



Join local and international colleagues during WFAS 2013 8th World Conference on Acupuncture, held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Australia from 2 – 4 November 2013.

Expect a clinically-relevant academic program presented by some of the world’s most highly regarded clinicians and researchers, plus an entertaining Gala Dinner and other functions in beautiful, central Sydney - close to the harbour and iconic Sydney sites. Download the First Announcement for more information.

The World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) is the peak international body for acupuncture and the Non-Government Organisation in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) on Acupuncture.

WFAS celebrates its 25th year in 2013, culminating in the 8th World Conference on Acupuncture in Sydney in November.

 AACMA, the leading Australian association of qualified Acupuncture and Chinese medicine practitioners, is celebrating its 40th birthday in 2013.

This unique professional development and networking opportunity is not to be missed. If you have any queries, please contact wfas2013@acupuncture.org.au

Where: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Australia

Sunday, October 13, 2013

NetSuite Announces Australian Cloud Events In October 2013

The industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced that its CEO Zach Nelson will be hosting two events in Australia for business leaders interested in learning how the world's leading companies are managing global expansion and achieving omnichannel commerce across business models, regions and channels, such as online, mobile, social and more.

The NetSuite events will be held in Sydney on Tuesday, 29 October from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Lower Town Hall, and in Melbourne on Thursday, 31 October from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at The Langham. For additional details and to register for the events, please click here.

Mr. Nelson will explore how cloud technology advancements have enabled businesses to leverage omnichannel commerce platforms. He will be joined on stage by logistics services provider Toll and sustainable packaging pioneer BioPak, who will share real-world experiences of how they have transformed operations and rapidly realised their business vision with NetSuite's cloud-based solutions.

In addition, Frost & Sullivan will also unveil new research on the adoption of omnichannel commerce strategies across a host of different industries, including retail, Ecommerce, manufacturing, wholesale distribution and others. Australian Retailers Association (ARA) will also participate in this event as a major sponsor. 

Australian customers increasingly expect B2C and B2B merchants, manufacturers and wholesale distributors to provide a consistent customer experience through every step of a multi-channel, multi-location business, from Ecommerce, point-of-sale (POS) and order management, to merchandising, marketing, inventory, financials and customer support.
 Mr. Nelson will explain how:

  • NetSuite OneWorld supports global businesses that have multi-currency, multi-language, multi-country and multi-brand requirements from a single cloud application.
  • NetSuite SuiteCommerce empowers businesses to run seamlessly across multiple touchpoints — web, brick-and-mortar stores, social and mobile — providing real-time visibility of all customers, orders and products across all channels globally.

Today, more than 16,000 companies and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite to run complex, mission–critical business processes globally in the cloud. Since its inception in 1998, NetSuite has established itself as the leading provider of enterprise-class cloud financials/ERP suites for divisions of large enterprises and mid-sized organisations seeking to upgrade their antiquated client/server ERP systems.

NetSuite excels at streamlining business operations as demonstrated in a recent Gartner study naming NetSuite as the fastest growing financial management software vendor on a global basis.

NetSuite continues its success in delivering the best cloud ERP/financials suites to businesses around the world, enabling them to lower IT costs significantly while increasing productivity, as the global adoption of the cloud is accelerating.

For more information about NetSuite please visit www.netsuite.com.au.