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Note: These are the "slides" of the talk, intended for display to an audience in 18 point font on a 640 x 480 video display. Draft of 21 May 1998 (comments welcome). The text of the talk is also available.
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The Australian Computer Society is the professional association in Australia for those in the computing and information technology fields. It was established in 1966. The Society has over 14,000 members and on a per capita basis is one of the largest computer societies in the world.
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Here are excerpts of a few items a search of our conference speakers and their organisations found:
Nicholas Negroponte is a founder and the director of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology's Media Laboratory The
ten-year-old Media Lab is an interdisciplinary research center for the study of
future forms of human communication.
An on-line version of Nicholas Negroponte's bestselling "Being Digital", with a discussion forum is available.
Window on the Law is the Australian Government entry point to all Australian Government legal resources. This is the official site of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and portfolio and provides a "Window on the Law" to much Australian legislation and judgments of courts.From: Window on the Law Home Page, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department (14).
Beginning in the late 1970s, South Australia was one of the first state governments, if not the first, to make the change to electronic media. Many of the people who worked in the government's land titles office have since left to form their own companies. The state has more than 120 such spin-offs.
From Antipodes: Back to the future Adelaide style, Bob Johnstone, New Scientist, 27 September 1997 (15).
Helen Ringrose joined the Brisbane City Council in 1995 as Manager of the Customer and Corporate Services Department. In the new structure, Helen is responsible for Property Management, Supply Services, Information Technology and Telecommunications and Customer Service Integration.
From: Executive Management Team, Brisbane City Council Home Page (16).
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