The Innovative Ideas Forum is back!
The National Library will be hosting its fifth Innovative Ideas Forum on Friday, 16 April 2010. This year, the forum will focus on the use of technology in cultural institutions, and how this is changing visitor engagement and the visitor experience. It will also look at how technology has changed people’s lives.
Presenters include:
- Dr Genevieve Bell, Intel Fellow, Intel Corporation and anthropologist. Dr Bell will discuss how people interact with technology, and its increasing influence on people’s lives.
- Mark Pesce, FutureSt Consulting, presenter on The New Inventors. Mark will be discussing the future of the book (and I so hope he’s going to tell us it has one).
- Dr Nicholas Gruen, Lateral Economics. Nicholas will explore information and content: are they the new public goods of the 21st Century?
- Rob Manson, Managing Director, MOB. Rob will be discussing how mobile phones, iPods and iPads are changing our use of collections.
- Kent Fitch, Programmer, Information Technology Division, National Library of Australia. Kent, who is one of the creators of the Library’s new Trove search engine, will consider the end of the information age!
- Brianna Laugher, President, Wikimedia Australia, on whether ‘mass collaboration is all it’s cracked up to be’.
As in previous years, the Innovative Ideas Forum is free but places are limited (really, truly). Registration is essential. Registrations are now open and you can register online. Last year’s event booked out very quickly so if you are interested in attending, I recommend you don’t delay.
We look forward to seeing you in Canberra on 16 April.
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