Artis Group is an IT services company that has worked on several projects with government agencies in New South Wales and Queensland. They developed a mobile application called the "Field Agent for Biosecurity" under a grant program to enable offline data collection for field inspectors. This was successful and led to additional projects including deploying the system for Queensland's agriculture department and modifying applications for invasive species tracking and weed management. Artis Group has also advised on enterprise architecture and helped modernize applications for olive oil testing and agricultural product testing.

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Artis Group Pty Limited
Level 4, Pacific Highway
St Leonards, NSW, 2065
(02) 8404 5800
www.artisgroup.com.au
INNOVATE NSW
Collaborative Solutions –
e-Health Pitching & Networking Event

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About Artis Group
DATABASE RESOURCINGPROJECTSSHAREPOINTAPPLICATIONS SUPPORT
• Architecture
& design
• Rapid
development &
prototyping
• Enterprise
interactive web
development
• Application
redevelopment
• Coding &
process reviews
• Architecture
& design
• Performance
optimisation
• Database
consolidation
• Implementation,
migration &
upgrade
• Security &
management
• Archiving
• Architecture
& design
• 2013
implementation
• Governance &
business change
• Integration
services
• Management &
health checks
• Document
management
• SLA based
application support
& maintenance
• Application
modernisation
• Application
transformation
• Project
management
• Release
management
• Test management
• Business analysis
• System
documentation
• Accredited
supplementary
workforce
• Specialist skills

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BACKGROUND
Innovate NSW – Collaborative Solutions

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Biosecurity Information System
The BIS application formed a part of larger business
transformation program to develop an enterprise
application capturing Health/ Biosecurity events;
• Health Management - Livestock
• Health Management – Pest and Plant
• Emergency Response Management
• Disaster Response Reporting
• Aquatic Disease
• Cattle Tick Management Programs
• Weed Infestation Management Programs
• Invasive Species control programs
• Avery Management (Bees)
• Market assurance programs for farmer growers

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COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS
MOBILE GOVERNMENT (CSMG)
Innovate NSW – Collaborative Solutions

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Collaboration & Mobility – BioMobility (1)
• In 2012, Artis Group awarded a
competitive grant under the NSW
government CSMG Program to
develop mobile technology for NSW
government
• Partnered with BigTinCan and Avnet
• iPad application known as the “Field
Agent for Biosecurity (FAB)”
delivered in November 2012
• Windows 8 Tablet version called
FAB4WIN commenced off the back
of Microsoft funding in 2013
• Both versions offer offline operation
imperative to field users
Above: The logon screen of FAB (iPad)
Above: The home screen of FAB (iPad)

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Collaboration & Mobility – BioMobility (2)
• Camera, GPS and other sensors on
the device are exploited including
querying which spatial features are
in the current vicinity and recording
photographs.
• Concept of “skinning” applied so that
new events can be delivered as
required eg. Hendra
• Extend the platforms coverage
across other non-Livestock functions
and crucially into Emergency
Management.
• FAB used in recent Avian Influenza
outbreak near Young NSW
Above: Defining an Area of Interest on FAB4WIN
Above: The home screen of FAB4WIN

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Design Features (1)
• Event/Entity Model
• New Events can be built as
required
• A common data model
developed to fit all Biosecurity
areas (domains)
• Meta data layer to “skin” the
application for multiple domains
of users eg. “Vet”, ”Officer” or
“Regulatory Officer” are all
“Officers”
• Designed from a reporting
perspective

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Design Features (2)
• Reporting to be flexible and
detached from the
application
• Spatial data capture
essential at all levels to
integrate with spatial
systems
• Full Active Directory
Support through to the
device

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RESULTANT EXPORTS AND
GROWTH
Innovate NSW – Collaborative Solutions

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Exports - Queensland DAFF
• In May 2013 Artis was engaged by QLD DAFF to setup and execute a functionality
demonstration of BIS/ BioMobility.
• In noting the success NSW had experienced by keeping the overall design and of BIS to
the users, critically DAFF decided that an early rollout of QLD BIS (QBIS henceforth) to
users.
• Rather than engaging in a process of an up-front requirements gathering process, it was
agreed that putting the users in a live experience of using the system would allow the users
to assess whether the application provided the basis of a good biosecurity platform going
forward.
• The current NSW system was modified and deployed to a pilot site hosted on Amazon Web
Services (AWS) and configuration.
• The NSW waratah was replaced with the QLD Government logo and the term “Vet/Ranger”
in data capture replaced by “Field Officer”.
• Other interest from NT DPI, US Dept of State

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Electronic Health Sample Submission
• Sample Submission has been typically paper bound
• In an emergency response timely test results are
critical in ensuring the disease is quickly diagnose
and assess to implement speedy and accurate test
result response.
• Straight through processing of sample submission
data from BIS to the departments test labs.
• The user is able to data enter required testing and
have the labs instantly advise of the required testing
while the samples are being couriered.
• Scheduled for early 2nd quarter 2014.
• The sampling feature will work across all domains
integrating with Thermos SampleManager LIMS
product.
Above: Talking direct to the labs

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Invasive Species and Weed Management
• New domains added to extend the
system to cover infestation
management of:
– Invasive Species eg. Foxes
– Weeds eg. Woody Weed
• Application being externalised outside of
DPI for external contractors
• Potential replacement of localised
applications for LGA
• Specification for coverage of Locust and
Mouse plague scenarios pending

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Cross Functional Engagements
• Artis was engaged to advise on
enterprise level architecture
• Artis identified that an Enterprise
Service Bus (ESB) approach to align
with the NSW eGovernment
Interoperability Framework
• Way forward currently under review

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Olive Oil Testing Modernisation
• Based at Wagga, provides solutions for growers and processors. The service is based on
the latest technology and requirements of the IOC (International Olive Council).
• The laboratory also provides all testing required in determining if olive oil meets the
Australian Standard AS5264-2011.
• The chemical testing Laboratory and organoleptic (sensory) panel is accredited by the
National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) and the International Olive Council
(IOC).
• It also participates in proficiency tests conducted by international organisations such as the
IOC and the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) and the German Society for Fat
Science (DGF).
• Windows 8 tablets introduced into the olive testing area. The introduction of tablets will
improve data capture integrity thus leading to increased quality and timeliness to market.
• After the analysis of the existing bespoke agricultural product testing application Artis
Group worked with the Agricultural team to understand their user requirements to develop
using modern design principles a cost effective solution.

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Geospatial Data and Cloud Computing
• The ACFR (Sydney Uni) is one of
the largest robotics research
institutes in the world
• Engages prototype drones to take
imagery and use sophisticated
image analysis to identify weed
infestations
• Technology designed to be faster
and cheaper than “paddock
tracking”
• Engaged to architect an operational
and cost effective ‘cloud computing’
environment for enhancement and
extension of these operations in the
future.

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Artis Group Pty Limited
Level 4, Pacific Highway
St Leonards, NSW, 2065
(02) 8404 5800
www.artisgroup.com.au
Our contact details:
Chris Greatrex
Managing Director
chris.greatrex@artisgroup.com.au
02 8404 5801
www.artisgroup.com.au