The Rotary Club of Bendigo Market Place
Guest Speaker - Google's Adrian Tout
Tue, 09 Feb
|The Bendigo Club
Adrian will talk more about the next frontier of computing from Google's perspective... providing a couple of live demonstrations which you can do on your phones today.
Time & Location
09 Feb 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Bendigo Club, 22 Park St, Strathdale VIC 3550, Australia
About the Event
The Rotary Club of Bendigo will host Google’s Adrian Tout as guest speaker at it’s weekly meeting next Tuesday, February 9. The meetings are held at the Bendigo Club, Strathdale, at 1 pm sharp.
When, at 18, Adrian realized a pro-golf career wasn’t going to happen he began his career by completing a double-degree in the fields of Surveying Engineering and Computer Science from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane - graduating in 1994.
After working as an engineer for almost 2 years he went to Canada to complete his Masters of Science Engineering where he focused on the emerging technology of GIS (geographic information systems) integrated with GPS (global positioning systems). Fast forward 10 years and this technology paved the way for applications like Garmin and TomTom.
In 1997 Adrian returned to Australia to help found (and lead) Australia's first digital mapping business - "WhereIS" - taking revenue from $0…