Adrian Cunningham’s post on digital archives on the Gov2.0 Taskforce website is a timely reminder of the practical challenges that lie ahead of the Government in making the transition from analogue to digital archiving. In doing so Adrian reinforces the point that with this transition to digital, the benefits lie not just in records being [...]
open standards
NBN will cause a social tipping point: Senator Kate Lundy
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will give the Government the incentive it needs to invest in the digital sector, according to ACT Senator Kate Lundy who spoke at a Wikimedia event in Canberra.
Wrap up & next steps for Public Sphere Camp
I want to formally thank all of the presenters at the Public Sphere Camp Gov 2.0: Policy and Practice event at parliament house yesterday.
All the speakers obviously put an enormous effort into their presentations. I am really grateful everyone was good-humoured about working within very tight time frames, and still able to convey such depth [...]
Three pillars of Open Government
We have been witnessing a technological revolution for many years now and like the renaissance, the social revolution that follows is profound.
As recently as 2002 I remember being challenged about what was perceived as my inappropriately high level of enthusiasm for the Internet. The bursting of the dot.com bubble saw many a cyber-sceptic adopt the [...]
Public Sphere #2 – Government 2.0: Policy and Practice
UPDATE: The briefing paper was finalised on the 22nd July and is available both on the Wiki (which includes change logging), and in a prettified PDF with photos, graphs and a mind map. All recommendations were put into an endorsement system for quality assurance and potentially prioritisation. Please see the blog post for more information.
UPDATE: [...]
Metadata Seminar – opening address
Sharing Data, Sharing Ideas
Slides will be available from presentions at the seminar.
Wednesday 21st May 2009
Knibbs Theatre, ABS House, Canberra
Notes from opening address.
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners on whose land we are gathered. I pay my respects to elders past and present, and thank them for their ongoing contribution to our wonderful community [...]
Participants – ‘Foundations of Open’ Local Summit
Senator Kate Lundy
ACT Labor Senator
Roger Fisher
Office of Senator Kate Lundy
Rachel Allen
Office of Senator Kate Lundy
Senator Stephen Conroy
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Andrew Lanigan
Adviser to Senator Stephen Conroy
Tim Murphy
Adviser to Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Colin Steele
Australian National University
Robin Stanton
Dept. of Computer Science, Australian National University
Bob Edwards
Depart. of Computer Science, [...]
Ideas from the ‘Foundations of Open’ Local Summit
Presenters’ submissions
Idea from Local 2020 Summit: Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge, Canberra ACT.
Openness for Government – a national imperative
Pia Waugh
Openness as a default position for ICT innovation and development provides many clear opportunities and advantages. Clear leadership and assistance is necessary from the Australian Government so individuals and organisations from all sectors can [...]
Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge
Link to official 2020 Local Summit website (http://www.australia2020.gov.au/local/index.cfm)
Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge
Local 2020 Summit
Thursday 3rd April 2008
The Australian National University
LINK TO IDEAS GENERATED FROM THIS LOCAL SUMMIT
Moodle for Local Summit recordings, biographies, other details and links
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Will the future of innovation be built on Open Foundations?
ACT Senator Kate Lundy and Tom Worthington, Adjunct Senior Lecturer at The Australian National University are co-chairing a Local Summit in Canberra today that will explore the opportunities presented by open technology and digital knowledge.
“Having a Local Summit on the Foundations of Open Technology and Digital Knowledge will shine a spotlight on the important public [...]
