7th December 1996: - Over 100 prominent figures in the IT industry gathered at the National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour on Tuesday evening to celebrate the Australian Computer Society's 30th Anniversary.
Chief Government Information Office, Andy MacDonald, presented the Keynote Speech, in which he reflected on IT back in the 1960s, highlighting how far technology has progressed, while looking forward to an even brighter future.
"We are agents of change … and change is what the world is all about," said Mr MacDonald, who stressed the growing importance of the Internet and associated technologies in providing ubiquitous access to information.
He also underlined the need for closer alliances between the private and public sectors, saying they faced identical problems and challenges within their different contexts.
"We are moving closer to a time when robust and secure anywhere to anywhere connectivity will be assured, where products will increasingly be described in terms of their information content and where the consumer will be able to dictate what they want to access and when.
"For government, a virtual single window for information and service delivery will become a reality," he said.
Staged in conjunction with the NSW Branch Annual Conference and sponsored by IBM, the dinner provided a memorable opportunity for some of the industry's biggest names to reminisce and renew valuable contacts.
ACS President, Tom Worthington, said, "IT is an industry which keeps reinventing itself. Not only the technology, but the terminology changes."
Other highlights of the evening included a speech by Bronwyn Guthrie, General Manager of IBM's PC Division, and the presentation of certificates to the Society's newest Fellows.
Photos from the dinner and conference are also available .
This media release is located on the Web at: http://www.acs.org.au/news/dinner.htm
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