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Here's Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist with Austrade (who's also known as the Airport Economist), talking about why the Future Summit was on his agenda: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b8sCHQw8Eo&w=425&h=344]
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Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344] It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
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Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MHwJQDAc8&w=425&h=344] It turns out Jen's also good buddies with a friend of mine, the
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Here's a short video with another person I met at the Future Summit 09 in Melbourne. This is Alex Jones, who is Chairman of the Deafness Forum of Australia, he's talking to us in Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Alex raises the really important issue of access
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I was really lucky to be able to attend the Australian Davos Connection's Future Summit 2009 in Melbourne earlier this week. When I walked into the venue it was a bit intimidating, so many serious looking people in suits. And from the attendee list I knew that many
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Here at the Future Summit 2009 in Melbourne - interesting attendees (lots of people in suits though ;) You can check out the Flickr photos and videos & see the twitter stream on Twemes
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~ next week I'm off to the Future Summit in Melbourne on 18-19 May. The theme for 2009 is Priorities for Australia in the Crisis and Beyond, and there is a really diverse line-up of speakers (pdf list here). This conference is run by ADC (Australian Davos Connection) &
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~ next week I'm off to the Future Summit in Melbourne on 18-19 May. The theme for 2009 is Priorities for Australia in the Crisis and Beyond, and there is a really diverse line-up of speakers (pdf list here). This conference is run by ADC (Australian Davos Connection) &
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In a recent post I discussed a talk by Dr Peter Singer about robotics and 21st century warfare. This use of technology raises some very big moral dilemmas, especially in the area of law, rules of engagement, and the personal effects of this kind of warfare on both combatants and
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It's the robotics revolution that is already here! It is reshaping our world in some important ways and most of us aren't even noticing. I attended a talk yesterday by Dr Peter Singer, of the Brookings Institution, about his new book, Wired for War: The Robotics
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It's the robotics revolution that is already here! It is reshaping our world in some important ways and most of us aren't even noticing. I attended a talk yesterday by Dr Peter Singer, of the Brookings Institution, about his new book, Wired for War: The Robotics
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In an earlier generation all computer networks were for business or the military. That is, they were point-to-point connections between large organisations and were vastly expensive to setup and run. But the invention of TCP/IP and the modern internet changed all that. Now networks are between ordinary people using