We're hard at work creating the program for 2024, but in the meantime, take a look at the program from last year for an idea of what you'll get.

 

Experience a World of Learning at the 2023 Discovery Conference

This year, our theme is "Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers". We're focusing on how iMIS can connect different parts of an organisation and overcome challenges. This conference is your opportunity to learn how to harness the transformative potential of iMIS in fostering communication and overcoming obstacles within your organisation.

At the 2023 Discovery Conference, we're offering three unique learning tracks designed to maximise your educational experience and iMIS learning.

Track One: Interactive Workshops

Our first track focuses on workshops, providing you with the opportunity to connect with presenters and fellow attendees. These sessions are designed to foster interaction, learning, and networking.

Track Two: Learning Track

The second track is all about learning from the experiences of other iMIS users and professionals. These sessions feature interactive panels and discussions.

Track Three: Extending iMIS 

Learn how you can get even more out of your iMIS investment.

We'll also feature special sessions like the opening iMIS Celebrations, the Great Things Award winners, and more.

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9am - 4pm

Certified iMIS User Bootcamp

Extend your iMIS knowledge with the latest version of iMIS in this hands-on training day! Using an iMIS sandbox, learn how to setup and configure iMIS EMS with practical activities and real world examples. Take the exam at the end of the day and get Certified with ASI.

Location: Parliament Room

Track: Workshop

23/10/2023 9:00:00 AM

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration & Check-In

Check-in for the conference, pick up your name tag and program. Grab a coffee and start meeting other NiUG attendees.

Location: Foyer

Track: General

24/10/2023 8:00:00 AM

9:00am - 9:20am

Welcome to Conference

NiUG and ASI welcome Discovery attendees, run through the conference agenda and housekeeping.

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

24/10/2023 9:00:00 AM

9:20am - 9:50am

Keynote Session: The Future for Associations and Membership

Hear from AuSAE and ASI on the future of Associations and Membership.

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

24/10/2023 9:20:00 AM

9:50am - 10:20am

Keynote Session - iMIS: A Success Story

Hear how the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement became Grief Australia. CEO Chris Hall discusses the why, how and when of rebranding a national body and the success of their rebranding project with iMIS.

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

24/10/2023 9:50:00 AM

10:20am - 10:40am

Morning Tea

Enjoy morning tea and an opportunity to network.


Track: Networking

24/10/2023 10:20:00 AM

10:40am - 11:50am

Great Things Awards & Panel Discussion

Celebrate the winners of the Great Things Awards and hear their stories on their iMIS successes and accomplishments. This panel will include an interactive Q&A so you can connect directly with these super iMIS Users.

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

24/10/2023 10:40:00 AM

11:50am - 12:00pm

Networking Break

Take a short break to transition between sessions.


Track: Networking

24/10/2023 11:50:00 AM

12:00pm - 12:40pm

Automating your Processes with iMIS

Learn how to use various iMIS tools to automate your workflows, tasks and processes. Using a sample workflow, this workshop will help you design and prepare the iMIS tools and configuration you need to automation your operational processes.

Location: Monash

Track: Workshop

24/10/2023 12:00:00 PM

12:00pm - 12:40pm

Manage your Programs with OpenWater

Learn more about how you can manage your event programs such as Awards, Abstracts and Applications using OpenWater.

Location: Parliament

Track: Extending iMIS

24/10/2023 12:00:00 PM

12:50pm - 2:00pm

Lunch + iMIS Marketplace

Over lunch, learn about the products that integrate with iMIS, solutions to help improve your workflow and workloads, while adding to your iMIS system. This session includes a contest to vote for your favourite product!

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

24/10/2023 12:50:00 PM

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Meet the new NiUG AP User Community

Learn more about the new NiUG AP iMIS Insider Community and all of the features and resources that come with your NiUG AP membership.

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

24/10/2023 2:00:00 PM

2:30pm – 2:40pm

Networking Break

Mingle with your peers!


Track: Networking

24/10/2023 2:30:00 PM

2:40pm - 3:20pm

iMIS Fundraising

Learn more about how you can use iMIS Fundraising and what's new in the Fundraising space.

Location: Parliament

Track: Extending iMIS

24/10/2023 2:40:00 PM

2:40pm - 3:20pm

IQA Power Plays

Been a while since you looked at IQA. Come and see some tips and tricks, clever use of the new features and general helpful things to know.

Location: Monash

Track: Learning Track

24/10/2023 2:40:00 PM

2:40pm - 3:20pm

User Experience Part I - Define your Users

What defines a user? What types of users do you work with? Individuals, organisations, donors, staff, members, non members....in this workshop learn some tips and tools to managing your user groups.

Location: Ballroom

Track: Workshop

24/10/2023 2:40:00 PM

3:20pm - 3:30pm

Networking Break

Say hello to your friends as you make your way to the next session.


Track: Networking

24/10/2023 3:20:00 PM

3:30pm - 4:10pm

iMIS Finance Health Check

Do you know all of the things you can do with iMIS Finance? In this workshop, take a finance health check of your iMIS system to ensure you have all the pieces in place that you need for an effective financial management system.

Location: Monash

Track: Learning Track

24/10/2023 3:30:00 PM

3:30pm - 4:10pm

User Experience Part II - Manage User Journeys

In this workshop, learn various ways you can manage user experiences and journeys via RiSE. With real world examples, get the tools you need to apply user journeys in your system.

Location: Ballroom

Track: Workshop

24/10/2023 3:30:00 PM

4:10pm - 4:30pm

Afternoon Tea

Grab a coffee or tea and a light bite to keep you going...


Track: Networking

24/10/2023 4:10:00 PM

4:30pm - 5:10pm

Cyber Resilience: Protecting your Organisation in a Digital World

Hear from Global Payments on how you can protect your assets and organisation in the current online environment

Location: Parliament

Track: Extending iMIS

24/10/2023 4:30:00 PM

4:30pm - 5:10pm

Key things you can do with iMIS

Learn the top 5 quick and easy things you can do with iMIS right now! Get some top tips and tricks that you may not know you can do!

Location: Monash

Track: Learning Track

24/10/2023 4:30:00 PM

4:30pm - 5:10pm

User Experience Part III - Measure user engagement

So we have our groups, we have planned our journeys now it's time to look at scoring and reporting. Where and how to start with user engagement.

Location: Ballroom

Track: Workshop

24/10/2023 4:30:00 PM

5:15pm-5.30pm

Closing Day 1 - Marketplace Winner Announcement

Gather together to close day 1 of the conference and celebrate the winner/s of the Marketplace.

Location: Balroom

Track: General

24/10/2023 5:15:00 PM

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Networking Cocktail Reception

Let's connect, network and decompress over a drink and nibbles!

Location: Terrace Bar (Floor 3)

Track: Networking

24/10/2023 5:30:00 PM

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration & Check-In

Check-in for the conference, pick up your name tag and program. Grab a coffee and start meeting other NiUG attendees.

Location: Foyer

Track: General

25/10/2023 8:00:00 AM

9:00am - 9:50am

Welcome Day 2 & iMIS Product Update

Welcome to Day 2! Hear all about the iMIS product update and the future of iMIS!

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

25/10/2023 9:00:00 AM

9:50am - 10:40am

Keynote Session - Future of Associations and AI Technology

Join us for an interactive panel session to help attendees understand the capabilities, applications and best practices for utilising AI tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in our industry.

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

25/10/2023 9:50:00 AM

10:40am - 11:20am

Morning Tea & Exhibit Hall

Enjoy morning tea and an opportunity to meet up with the Exhibitors in the Exhibit Hall.


Track: Networking

25/10/2023 10:40:00 AM

11:20am - 12:00pm

Empowering Associations for Digital Transformation Success

Learn how you can manage digital transformation and change in your Association when working on new projects, upgrades or updates to your business and technology.

Location: Monash

Track: Learning Track

25/10/2023 11:20:00 AM

11:20am - 12:00pm

Measure your Educational Engagement with TopClass LMS & iMIS

iMIS and TopClass LMS work together with seamless integration to engage learners and manage learner experiences. See how TopClass and iMIS can deliver learner data and results in real time so you can easily measure your learner engagement.

Location: Parliament

Track: Extending iMIS

25/10/2023 11:20:00 AM

11:20am - 12:00pm

Strategic use of Add-on Tools to Extend Your Organisation's Capabilities in an iMIS Cloud Compliant Way

Make the most of your iMIS Cloud platform. Learn strategic best practices for identifying business needs, selecting complementary add-ons, ensuring seamless integration, and measuring success of new tools to extend your capabilities.

Location: Ballroom

Track: Workshop

25/10/2023 11:20:00 AM

12:00pm-12:10pm

Networking Break

Take a short break to transition to the next session


Track: Networking

25/10/2023 12:00:00 PM

12:10pm - 12:50pm

Events Part I - What's new in the World of Events

Hear from Event Planning experts on what's new with event management and planning in the Association and Not-for-Profit industry.

Location: Monash

Track: Learning Track

25/10/2023 12:10:00 PM

12:10pm - 12:50pm

iMIS Data Management Suite (iDMS)

Hear from CSI on the latest features, functions and uses of iMIS Data Management Suite (iDMS).

Location: Parliament

Track: Extending iMIS

25/10/2023 12:10:00 PM

12:10pm - 12:50pm

iMIS Panel Editor: Creating the Building Blocks to iMIS Castles

Panels are the building blocks to anything you can imagine in iMIS. Learn how to use them to build resource libraries, video libraries, event agendas, RFP boards and more.

Location: Ballroom

Track: Workshop

25/10/2023 12:10:00 PM

12:50pm - 2:00pm

Lunch & Networking Activity

Enjoy some networking activities and fun over lunch.


Track: Networking

25/10/2023 12:50:00 PM

2:00pm - 2:40pm

Do more with iMIS Plus!

Do you know what the iMIS Plus modules are? Do you know what you can do with these additional tools? In this session, learn how you can extend your iMIS system to create your own scoring formula to measure engagement, set up your own alerts to engage your members, create website forms to manage user data and feedback, develop your own reports and dashboards, certificates and badges to place on your websites. Come along to learn how you can customise your system more with iMIS Plus!

Location: Parliament

Track: Extending iMIS

25/10/2023 2:00:00 PM

2:00pm - 2:40pm

Events Part II - Doing More with iMIS Events

Learn various ways you can configure and display your events using iMIS panels and event specific data.

Location: Monash

Track: Learning Track

25/10/2023 2:00:00 PM

2:00pm - 2:40pm

iMIS Project Management

Back by popular demand, learn tips and tricks to managing an iMIS project in this workshop. Whether it be an upgrade, an implementation or a new process, get some project management tools to take away and apply to your iMIS project.

Location: Ballroom

Track: Workshop

25/10/2023 2:00:00 PM

2:40pm - 2:50pm

Networking Break

Give your friends a high-five as you brush by them on your way to the next session!


Track: Networking

25/10/2023 2:40:00 PM

2:50pm - 3:30pm

iMIS Community Celebrations & Developing your Career with iMIS

Celebrate our iMIS Community achievements and learn how you can develop your career with iMIS.

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

25/10/2023 2:50:00 PM

3:30 - 4:30 PM

The iMIS Community: Closing Workshop

In this workshop, brainstorm with your group on ways we can improve what we do every day. How can we get the most out of this iMIS community and develop further opportunities?

Location: Ballroom

Track: General

25/10/2023 3:30:00 PM

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Closing Drinks & Nibbles

Network and mingle with iMIS Users and reflect on your time at this year's NiUG conference.


Track: Networking

25/10/2023 4:30:00 PM