The National Indigenous Business Summer School WA Katitjiny Boya Birrit program, meaning ‘pathway to understanding business’ interpreted in Noongar, is designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary students with an interest in business or commerce. illuminance Solutions sponsored the 2023 program, supporting young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their learning journey.
With a mission to bridge the digital divide and create greater opportunities for all Western Australians, the McGowan Government launched The Digital Inclusion in WA Blueprint, an outline of strategic approaches and key initiatives to make WA a digitally inclusive State. The launch, which was hosted at illuminance Solutions office in Perth on Friday 16 December 2022, was made possible through the collaboration between the WA Government and West Tech Assemblage.
Today, on 9 August, we are marking International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.Like NAIDOC and Reconciliation Week, this occasion is an opportunity to celebrate communities around the world with ancestral ties to the lands in which they live.It’s also an opportunity to raise awareness about crucial issues impacting these communities and campaign for social, political, and economic change.
On July 12, our CEO Nilesh Makwana launched his first book, Terminal 4: An Entrepreneur’s Journey from Bicycle to Business Class, and he discovered the Four P’s. The launch event was one of the key events on the first day of the WA Invest & Trade Mission to India. Nilesh was joined by Hon Roger Cook MLA Deputy Premier and Hon David Templeman MLA Minister for Culture and the Arts.
The topics at the Data Science for Business Conference were wide-ranging, including gender diversity in data science, addressing industry skills shortages, discovering emerging data-driven career paths, and unpacking the dynamic role of artificial intelligence. We also presented our own topic: Using Data for Social Impact and Change.
This year, the team at illuminance Solutions was particularly inspired by the 2022 National Reconciliation Week theme: Be Brave, Make Change. It is a message that encourages Australians to make positive lifestyle changes, even if they are inconvenient or challenging, that make the country a more inclusive and welcoming place. This theme is woven into the very fabric of our business and guides what we do and why we do it.
When the WA borders opened to travel again, a meeting between illuminance Solutions, Civic Disability Services, Wiise, and Microsoft in Sydney was quickly organised. Nilesh met CEO of Civic, Annie Doyle before the borders shut down and Australia went into lockdown the first time, and they invited CEO of Wiise, Charlie Wood and Rachel Bondi, the Chief Partner Officer at Microsoft.
The Global Leader Experience is a program created by Common Purpose in partnership with universities. It brings together a diverse group of students to provide them with the skills and networks required to work across boundaries and become global leaders.
We’re looking back on some highlights from the previous year. It was an incredibly busy year for us, with many new clients and opportunities, events and lots of fun. We conducted digital literacy training sessions, participated in sporting events, received visits from ministers and consul generals, did some upskilling, and participated in Microsoft Certification Week. And we had some cake.
Seniors have never felt so isolated. Lockdowns in the eastern states, travel restrictions and rules preventing many people from visiting aged-care centres have had a huge impact on older people. It’s therefore fitting that the UN is marking this year’s International Day of Older Persons with the theme “Digital Equity for All Ages.” illuminance is committed to making Digital Equity a right for seniors.
