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Introduction
The internet is here to stay, but what will it look like in the next two, five, ten years? How will New Zealanders of tomorrow access the internet, and what will they be looking for? What infrastructure do we need to be building now to satisfy their needs, and how might we understand what is happening in a wired world? What are the legal and social implications that will need to be dealt with?
Process
The Internet Research Group of Otago (IRGO) invites participants to join in a face-to-face discussion about the virtual world of tomorrow. By bringing together social, technological, political and economic perspectives, participants will explore potential pitfalls and opportunities for the internet in New Zealand’s future. The IRGO unConference will be centered around discussions triggered by panel-led debates on participant-suggested topics. Those intending to join in the unConference are invited to tender possible topics that may be important to NZ’s digital future. Prospective panelists will then be invited to submit an abstract outlining their responses to panels, and the most provocative combinations of respondents will be chosen to lead the debate!
Those intending to join us are asked to submit (see link below) 50-100 word or less suggestions of topics that they believe need to be discussed as we look towards the future of the internet in NZ. Potential topics might include, but are not limited, to:
- the impact of the rural/urban digital divide in NZ
- education and future technology literacy needs
- the rise of mobile telephony and data service in NZ
- NZ telecommunications policy and service obligations
- prosumers and copyright law
- broadband and beyond
Submission
To suggest a topic for a panel at the 2009 unConference, please proceed to our submission page. You will be asked for an email address (which will act as your unique ID) and a password (so you can come back and amend or add to your submissions). Use the submit button to enter in your idea. You can also view other submissions, and vote for whether you'd like to see that topic at the conference.
Enter your submission here by following the instructions provided on the sidebar. Note that we are using a third party service called Slinkset to manage the submissions.
Dates
The submission site will be open until November 5th. The conference committee will then take the most popular ideas and make them available for participants to respond to the proposals. The best combinations of topics and panels will make up the unConference. So you are in control of where the discussion starts as well as where it ends!