Realising Our Broadband Future - Brisbane Consultation Forum
On 10 December 2009, Professor Anne Fitzgerald of QUT’s Faculty of Law hosted the Brisbane Consultation Forum in conjunction with the “Realising Our Broadband Future” Summit. The QUT event was one of the five “remote nodes” around Australia that linked directly with and provided input into the “Realising Our Broadband Future” Summit which was held at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. View the Forum Program and speakers bios here. [.doc, 621KB]
For Stream 1 - Smart Infrastructure, Lucy Cradduck (Lecturer in Business Law at the University of the Sunshine Coast and SJD candidate at QUT) gave a brief presentation and hosted a discussion about policy and interoperability issues in rolling out the National Broadband Network (NBN). Her presentation slides are attached: (Smart) Infrastructure Issues. [.ppt, 109KB]
David Hansen from CSIRO gave a presentation in Stream 3 - e-Health, providing a number of exciting examples of how CSIRO are using digital technologies in medical research. More details on these examples are available on David's presentation slides: The Broadband and E-Health . [.ppt, 3.96MB]
For Stream 3 - Digital Education, Professor Greg Hearn (Director of the Creative Workforce Program, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, QUT) raised the potential of the NBN to catalyse a paradigm shift in education. Click through to his presentation slides: Digital Education - NBN Discussion. [.ppt, 579KB]