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. [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 (Please either click the Login as a guest button or create [...]
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 [...]
Open Standards and AUSFTA
Labor moves on Open Standards and Open Source Software for Government IT And Comments on Intellectual Property & the FTA AUUG 2004 Conference Melbourne 1 September 2004 The Labor Party has been vocal and active in promoting Open Source Software for use in the Federal Government Agencies and Departments. I have made many statements supporting [...]
