The 1998 Information Industry Outlook Conference
8:30am - 5:00pm Saturday 7 November 1998 - Canberra
Hosted by the ACS Canberra Branch, In Cooperation with DIST
Mrs Kate Carnell MLA
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
E-mail: carnell@dpa.act.gov.au
Abstract
The Chief Minister, Mrs Kate Carnell MLA will provide the keynote speech at the
1998 IIO Conference.
Mrs Carnell is also Minister for IT & Multimedia
Her keynote speech will cover the following themes:
- The ACT as a natural home for knowledge-based industry
- Initiatives the ACT Government is taking for business and the community including the establishment of the Office of IT and Multimedia, Office of Business Development and the Broadband full service network pilot.
- Doing business more cleverly and efficiently through online service delivery and e-commerce
- New technologies and the future for the ACT
Speaker
Kate Carnell is the first woman to be elected as a Liberal State Premier or Territory Chief Minister in Australian political history. A pharmacist by profession, Kate joined the Liberal Party in 1991, was elected as a Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1992 and became Leader of the Liberal Party in April 1993.
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Comments to
Tom Worthington MACS, Australian Computer Society tom.worthington@tomw.net.au