NEXTGEN Events
NEXTGEN Group host a number of events that discuss key business insights, cyber security, market developments and an extensive range of industry topics presented by a variety of business leaders.
NEXTGEN SUMMER PARTY 2023
Time for some in-person celebration - the legendary Summer Party is here again! This is a true example of mixing business with pleasure and along with our sponsors it's NEXTGEN's way of saying thank you for your relationship and your business.
Backing up on last year's successful extension of the franchise overseas we'll be celebrating in Auckland and Singapore again as well as Sydney
Date & Time
Auckland - 8th March 2023
Sydney - 29th March 2023
Singapore - 8th June 2023
Other Info
Admittance limited to ticket holders only.
Reach out to your NEXTGEN contact to secure your spot

OPENTEXT - Value Stream Management Meetups - MEL
Join us at this Micro Focus/OpenText meetup where we will introduce how DevSecOps and Value Stream Management (VSM) coupled with Application Security can drive efficiencies in software delivery and help secure the software value chain.
Date & Time
22/03/2023 | 2:30pm - 4:30pm AEDT
Venue
Imperial Hotel Melbourne - 2-8 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Speakers
Ray Ffrench - Senior DevOps Technical Consultant, Application Delivery Management
Michael Snowden - AppSec Presales Engineer
Other details
Key takeaways you can expect to learn by attending this Micro Focus presentation include:
- Why Value Stream Management (VSM) is critical for your organisation
- Optimising software delivery & aligning to strategic objectives with VSM
- Utilising VSM platform to orchestrate Continuous Security
- Shift Left Security – Benefits & best practices

OPENTEXT - Value Stream Management Meetups - MEL
Join us at this Micro Focus/OpenText meetup where we will introduce how DevSecOps and Value Stream Management (VSM) coupled with Application Security can drive efficiencies in software delivery and help secure the software value chain.
Date & Time
22/03/2023 | 2:30pm - 4:30pm AEDT
Venue
Imperial Hotel Melbourne - 2-8 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Speakers
Ray Ffrench - Senior DevOps Technical Consultant, Application Delivery Management
Michael Snowden - AppSec Presales Engineer
Other details
Key takeaways you can expect to learn by attending this Micro Focus presentation include:
- Why Value Stream Management (VSM) is critical for your organisation
- Optimising software delivery & aligning to strategic objectives with VSM
- Utilising VSM platform to orchestrate Continuous Security
- Shift Left Security – Benefits & best practices

OPENTEXT - ITOM Meetup - Melbourne
Join our meetup, catch up with your industry colleagues over drinks and nibbles while we discuss how you can Go Beyond Service Management by improving processes, transforming operations teams and leveraging AI technology.
Date & Time
23/03/2023 | 4:30pm AEDT
Venue
Imperial Hotel Melbourne - 2-8 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Other details
In this session you will learn how Micro Focus helps:
- Leverage AI and Machine Learning to streamline digital transformation
- Reduce the headaches, noise and manual grind surrounding IT operations
- Automate to modernise Service Management, Observability and end-to-end Patch Management

OPENTEXT - ITOM Meetup - Sydney
Join our meetup, catch up with your industry colleagues over drinks and nibbles while we discuss how you can Go Beyond Service Management by improving processes, transforming operations teams and leveraging AI technology.
Date & Time
21/03/2023 | 12:30pm AEDT
Venue
Henley's Bar & Kitchen, 9 Lime St, Sydney, NSW
Other details
In this session you will learn how Micro Focus helps:
- Leverage AI and Machine Learning to streamline digital transformation
- Reduce the headaches, noise and manual grind surrounding IT operations
- Automate to modernise Service Management, Observability and end-to-end Patch Management

Date & Time
27/03/2023 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm AEDT (registration begins at 1:45pm)
Venue
NEXTGEN, L8, 153 Walker St, North Sydney
Speakers
Eric Costlow
Director, Product Management - Cloud Solutions
Martin Van Ryswyk
Chief Product Officer
Other details
The session will be followed by networking drinks and nibbles. Register now to save your seat!

AZUL - PartnerConnect: Securing Java apps in-production | Melbourne
Join this session and find out how to partner with a Java security solution like Azul to mitigate software supply chain security risks such as Log4j. Hear from senior Azul Product Management executives on Azul Vulnerability Detection.
Date & Time
31/03/2023 | 9:00am - 10:00am AEDT
Venue
WeWork - Office Space & Coworking, L7, 222 Exhibition St, Melbourne
Speakers
Eric Costlow
Director, Product Management - Cloud Solutions
Martin Van Ryswyk
Chief Product Officer
Other details
We are launching an exciting new deal registration program, join us to find out how you can increase your revenue with Azul!

OPENTEXT - NetIQ Virtual User Group
Mark your calendar for the upcoming virtual NetIQ User Group. In this session, we’ll talk about how companies can use “Smart Organisations” to respond to today’s needs by implementing solutions such as:
- Adaptive Smart Org contexts that can drive agility and efficiency and respond to changing working needs
- Approvals that are based on the Smart Org context
- Auto populate timesheets based on Smart Org categories and tagged calendars.
Date & Time
29/03/2023 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm AEDT
Speakers
Dean Nicholls
OpenText, Security Presales Consultant
Ken Harrison
OpenText, IAM Business Specialist for ANZ
Other details

FORESCOUT - Forescout FSCA Virtual Training
In this course you will learn how to configure a Forescout eyeInspect Command Center and associated active and passive using all the available tools.
You will be able to identify assets in a network environment and observe how the Forescout eyeInspect platform monitors and detects vulnerabilities in OT (operational technology) networks.
Date & Time
27/03/2023 - 31/03/2021
Other details
The FSCA: OT/ICS Partner Edition course is only available to Forescout Channel Partners.
Individuals must have completed the Forescout Accredited Engineer course before accessing the this eLearning.
