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On behalf of National ICT Australia, I am pleased to announce that the Big Picture Seminar Series has been successfully launched at our Queensland Research Laboratory. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to our seminar website.

Our first seminar, held by Everyware author Mr Adam Greenfield on 14 July 2009, was entitled ‘The City is Here for you to Use’. Mr Greenfield spoke about how over the past few years, the ‘computer’ has begun to disappear into the fabric of everyday life. He wrapped his head around the question how the advent of a truly ubiquitous computing will change our urban places – both the way they are built, and the way we live them.

Our second seminar entitled ‘Government 2.0 – Engaging and Empowering Citizens’ was given by Senator Kate Lundy on 30 October 2009. The talk addressed the emergence of government attempts to improve how they interact with, serve and empower their citizens to innovate for themselves. Senator Lundy discussed how she is experimenting with Web 2.0 technologies and methodologies and the lessons therein, specifically within the scope of her world-leading Public Spheres initiative.

On behalf of the NICTA QRL Seminar Committee, I am pleased to announce the 2010 seminar program to you. We plan to have two seminar events this year. The first seminar, scheduled on 1st of June 2010, will be presented by Mr Malcolm Crompton on the topic ‘Privacy by Design: An Oxymoron, an Impossibility or the Way to Go?’ Mr Crompton is the Managing Director at Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd. He is also the President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Australia and New Zealand (iappANZ). He was Australia’s Privacy Commissioner from 1999 to 2004. The second seminar will be presented by Dr Chris Nicol on 27 October 2010. Dr Nicol has extensive experience in designing 3G mobile wireless integrated circuits. Prior to joining NICTA as Chief Technology Officer in 2006, he has held positions at Agere Systems and AT&T.

Both seminar events will take place in the UQ Customs House, one of Brisbane’s heritage icons located on Queen Street. Please kindly note that at this stage, the Speakers and dates for our 2010 Seminar Series are tentative and may be subject to change.

As always, I would like to encourage you to regularly check this site for updated information. If you wish to be informed about future seminars, please feel free to join our seminar email list. Instructions on how to subscribe to this list are contained in the information field located in the right column of this website.

The Big Picture Seminar has been established by the Queensland Research Laboratory to communicate the exciting and rapidly evolving vision of ICT around the globe. The series presents visionary seminars on the past, present and future impact of ICT in different fields. The series attracts a broad cross-section of ICT industry, research and government interests. Our invited speakers are drawn from industry leadership, government policy makers, and world-leading experts in technical fields.

All NICTA Big Picture Seminar events will be followed by light refreshments, and an opportunity to meet the speaker. On behalf of the NICTA Queensland Research Laboratory, I hope that you will enjoy our 2010 seminar series. I look forward to welcoming you at our next event.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Stefan Lehmann
Convenor of the NICTA QRL Big Picture Seminar Series