Digital Downunder

 

Day 1 Itinerary – Monday 2 March 2009

 

9.15

Arrive at Smart Services CRC before heading over to meet ATP Management

 

Annette Dockerty 0417 220 866 Bay 8, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh

9.30

Tour of the Australian Technology Park

 

Sanjeev Goyal 02 9209 4432

10.00

Meeting with ATP Innovations (ATPi) management and services innovation start-ups

 

Hamish Hawthorn, CEO, 0412 904 032

11.30

Drop by the café in Bay 8 for a quick cuppa and catch your breath

 

Julien Vayssiere, Smart Services CRC, Head of Research will host 0418 444 522

Midday – 3pm with lunch served at 1pm

Smart Services CRC – Innovations

Room 6A (music room upstairs half way between bay 8 and bay 4)

 

Agenda:

 

§ Chairmans Welcome – Neville Roach AO

§ CRC Introduction – Warren Bradey, CEO

§ CRC R&D Highlights – Julien Vayssiere

§ Innovations in Education technology demonstrations:

§  Delivering lesson plans in Second Life – Rune Rasmussen, QUT

§  Immersive Learning Environments – Prof. Farzad Safaei, UoW

§ Overview of the CRC Program – Michael Hartmann, CEO, CRC Association

§ European Perspective: Serge Soudoplatoff et el.

§ What services trends are you seeing around social media, data visualisation, mobile & immersive environments?

§ What are some of the key initiatives in Education?

§ What have been and what will be the major influencers accelerating the adoption of web services?

§ In your opinion what will be the next big thing for digital consumers, advertisers and corporates?

§ What innovations are you really excited about right now?

§ General Discussion

 

3.00 -5.00pm

National ICT Australia – Laboratory Tour and current innovations

 

Chris Nicol, CTO chris.nicol@nicta.com.au 0418 429 799 Level 5 Reception and ask for Peter Edmonds

 


People information

 

Julien Vayssiere, Smart Services CRC, Head of Research will host 0418 444 522 julien.vayssiere@smartservicescrc.com.au

 

http://www.smartservicescrc.com.au/Downloads/NevilleRoachBio.pdf

 

http://www.smartservicescrc.com.au/Downloads/WarrenBradeyBio.pdf

 

Rune Rasmussen is presenting on behalf of the team leader Ross Brown.

 

Ross: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~brown8/

 

Rune: http://staff.fit.qut.edu.au/staffDetail.jsp?id=rasmussr

 

Farzad: http://www.titr.uow.edu.au/publics/view_staff/3/1

 

Michael Hartmann, CEO, Email: ceo@crca.asn.au, Phone: 02 6270 6524, Mobile: 0438 081 968

www.crca.asn.au

 

Also attending the CRC Session:

 

Anna Cicognani, Chief Product Officer, Fairfax Digital acicognani@fairfaxdigital.com.au

 

Colin Wood, Manager, Partnerships for Learning, NSW Government Department of Education, Centre for Learning Innovation colin.wood@det.nsw.edu.au www.cli.nsw.edu.au

 

Prof. Michael Fry, University of Sydney Michael.Fry@usyd.edu.au

 

Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology a.bruns@qut.edu.au

 

Rachel Sieff, Rachel Sieff, Senior Manager ICT, Industry Division, NSW Government Department of State and Regional Development, Rachel.sieff@business.nsw.gov.au

 

Other contacts from today”

 

Sanjeev Goyal 02 9209 4432. s.goyal@atp.com.au http://www.atp.com.au/

 

Hamish Hawthorn, CEO, 0412 904 032, hamish.hawthorn@atp-innovations.com.au

www.atp-innovations.com.au

 

Chris Nicol, CTO chris.nicol@nicta.com.au 0418 429 799