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E-Democracy: Challenges for a Networked World
Tuesday January 8th, 8.30pm
The pace of technological innovation in our time has been so rapid that, even
with the best of intentions, it has been all but impossible for governments to
keep up.
Despite all the talk and all the hype about being well placed to
benefit from the IT Revolution, already in 2001 there are signs that Australia
in 2001 is falling behind.
What is the future of the IT revolution? What will governments have to do keep
up with the changing environment?
As we celebrate a century of our shared democracy, what do we mean by e-Democracy? And what opportunities are there in the internet for enhancing our representative democracy?
Speakers:
David Batstone:
"The Future of IT" [Transcript]
Dr Batstone is the Managing Director of NetCatalyst's Scandinavian office and a founder and President of GlobalCafe.com, an innovative e-learning site. Dr Batstone is a tenured Professor of Social Ethics at the University of San Francisco, and was the founding editor of Business 2.0 magazine. The author of six books commenting on cultural trends, his latest book is The Good Citizen. More...
Trevor Barr:
"E Futures: Towards a better understanding of internet users" [Transcript]
Trevor Barr is Professor of Media and Telecommunications, at Swinburne University. The author of many books on telecommunications, he was voted by the Sydney Morning Herald as one of the 20 influential thinkers about major issues facing Australia. He believes that the current crisis in dot com financial markets obscures profound issues about how users interact with the changing internet. More...
Isaac Balbin
"Old Economy/New Economy: Why Australia Missed Out on the IT Revolution" [Transcript]
Dr Balbin is Associate Professor of Computer Science at RMIT University. He has lectured in the area of Computer Science since the early 1980s and has conducted a considerable amount of research and development into information technology education and training. In his lecture he focusses on the need for better IT education in Australia. More...
If you'd like to discuss our future in a networked world, join
our online forum. You can also comment on other issues raised by the Deakin lectures and the centenary of Federation celebrations. Begins December 31st.
The Alfred Deakin Lectures were part of the 2001 Melbourne International Arts Festival. This lecture was first broadcast on May 18th 2001, as part of the celebrations commemorating the first sitting of federal parliament.
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