Labor Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy in collaboration with the University of Wollongong and the associated Innovation Campus (iC), NICTA & the NICTA OpinionWatch project and the University of Melbourne’s Trinity College is holding the third public sphere event on Australian ICT and Creative Industries Development.
The aim of this Public Sphere is to engage with the ICT and creative industries, as well as the broader community to identify areas where government policy can be developed or enhanced to better facilitate the growth and development of these industries in Australia.
“The feedback I and my office have had from the Silicon Beach group (which consists of many leading Australian ICT industry entrepreneurs) and others is that it is a good time to have this discussion,” Senator Lundy said.
Sharon Bird MP, Federal Member Cunningham and Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science & Research, Minister Carr will be contributing remotely to the event.
All outcomes from this Public Sphere – including the event – will be collated into a briefing paper including the specific policy ideas put forward through the blog or on the day, all comments, Tweets, talks and live-blogging. The draft briefing paper will be put on the wiki and published to this Public Sphere topic where it will be publicly modifiable for 2 weeks after the event, after which we will finalise and post the final briefing paper to this topic.
“The briefing paper will immediately go through to the Commonwealth Commercialisation Institute, an initiative by Minister Kim Carr. The briefing paper will also go to the Information Technology Innovation Council, also an initiative by Minister Kim Carr focused on ICT industry development. I will also circulate the briefing paper to other appropriate channels in Government,” Senator Lundy said.
WHAT: Public Sphere 3- Australian ICT and Creative Industries Development
WHEN: Friday 28 August 2009, 9am-5pm, media advised to come at lunch 12:30pm
WHERE:
- Wollongong- Wollongong University Innovation Campus – details at http://www.innovationcampus.com.au/
- Brisbane – Level 5, Axon Building, Staff House Road, University of Queensland, St. Lucia.
- Melbourne – Gourlay Room, Trinity College main campus, Melbourne.
Anyone can watch the event live and contribute to the discussion through the Live Wall – www.katelundy.com.au/live
The media is welcome to attend.
How to participate in a Public Sphere topic
- Post comments, links to papers, case studies and ideas to the blog post comments – comments will be summarised and presented at the event as part of the proceedings.
- Blog with the tag publicsphere or Public Sphere and Twitter with #publicsphere so we can find your ideas, then post them below.
- You can also contribute to the topic through our web form or sending us a letter, but please note all topic correspondence will be published here on the topic blog.
- Run your own events and post your outcomes here in the comments.
- Join us for our short workshop event, which will be streamed online so you can participate remotely.
For more information about this event and to contribute comments, ideas and links, please see the following link: http://www.katelundy.com.au/2009/07/24/public-sphere-3-australian-ict-creative-industries-development/ contact Pia Waugh (Senator Kate Lundy) 0400 966 453
Media contact: Annika Hutchins (Senator Kate Lundy) 0407 458 882
