Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy presented the finalised briefing paper from her third Public Sphere on Australian ICT and Creative Industries Development to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr today to put to the Information Technology Industry Innovation Council.
Public Sphere Briefing paper #3 – Australian ICT and Creative Industries Development
“This Public Sphere has created some important advice for the Government” Senator Carr said.
“I will take a close look at this paper, and will also send it to the IT Industry Innovation Council and the Creative Industries Innovation Centre. Both the Council and the Centre are perfect fits for this significant paper.
“I wish to thank Senator Lundy and the Public Sphere participants for the passion so evident in this work.”
Senator Lundy handing over the briefing paper to Minister Carr
The event drew together people from all over the country as well as Australians residing overseas and pushed the boundaries by including three locations (Wollongong, Melbourne and Brisbane) with Senator Lundy running the schedule from Wollongong.
There were approximately 100 physical participants on the day, and another 600 people remotely participating. There were also several organisations and groups get involved and contribute, most notably the Australian entrepreneurial group Silicon Beach who wrote a significant paper called the Silicon Beach Lifeguard Paper to contribute to the consultation.
“This has been a fantastic effort, and I know it will be of great use to the Minister and the Information Technology Industry Innovation Council in their policy development and future directions. I am proud to have finished my third Public Sphere which again has resulted in a high quality briefing paper with some really useful recommendations to Government,” Senator Lundy said.
The IT Industry Innovation Council is dedicated to championing IT-enabled innovation, while the Creative Industries Innovation Centre provides hands-on assistance to boost the competiveness of our world class creative enterprises. Details at http://www.innovation.gov.au/Section/Industry/Pages/InformationTechnologyInnovationCouncil.aspx
Background on Public Sphere 3:
Senator Lundy ran her third Public Sphere on Australian ICT and Creative Industries Development with the event in late August this year. It built upon the Public Sphere model by including remote nodes in multiple locations to encourage participation and contributions to the topic. The event was run 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. Volunteers from all three locations helped out enormously, and are thanked in the briefing paper and throughout the Public Sphere 3 blog posts.
Full details of the Public Sphere event and topic – including talks, discussions and outcomes – are available at http://www.katelundy.com.au/category/campaigns/publicsphere/ict-industry-devel/
The aim of this Public Sphere was 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. There was a great cross section of the industry contribute, and organisations who got involved.
After the event a draft of the briefing paper was put on the wiki for public contributions and this wiki was open for just over 2 months due to community feedback asking to keep it open beyond the originally planned one month. The wiki was closed for public contributions earlier this week.
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