[LINK] FW: Digital Culture Talk: Technology and Media in 2020

[Tom Worthington]

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Digital Culture Talk
National Library of Australia

Technology and Media in 2020
Speaker: Abigail Thomas

Time: 12.30 to 13.30
Date: Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Venue: Library Theatre, NLA
Entry: Free

- What will media and technology look like in 2020?
- Do the seeds lie in current trends like the desire for user 
generated content, creativity, always-on connections and on-demand content?
- Or should we look to science fiction to help us predict the future?

Biographical details: Abigail Thomas, Head, Strategic Innovation & 
Development, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Abigail Thomas has nine years' experience within the digital and new 
media environment in the UK and Australia.

In her current role in the ABC's new Innovation Division, Abigail is 
responsible for strategic research and development and the creation 
of innovative projects across the ABC which utilise new media 
platforms and technologies. This includes interactive television, 
video downloads and virtual worlds such as Second Life.

Abigail joined the ABC in 2000 and has had a number of different 
roles including responsibility for project managing the launch of 
ABC2, the ABC's digital multichannel, overseeing audience and 
industry research in the new media space as well as providing policy 
and strategic advice on corporate issues.

Abigail also worked in the UK for the Government's Department for 
Culture, Media and Sport as Head of Commercial and Digital 
Broadcasting, with responsibility for government policy on the 
development of digital broadcasting, at a time when digital TV had 
just been launched in the UK.  Prior to that she undertook a visiting 
research fellowship for the UK Government, researching digital TV 
developments in a number of countries (UK, Europe, US, Australia, New 
Zealand and Japan) and comparing government, industry and academic 
perspectives on the future implications  of digital broadcasting and 
its regulation.

Bobby Graham
BGRAHAM(a)la.gov.au
Web Content Manager
Web Publishing Branch, IT Division
National Library of Australia
Tel: +61 2 6262 1542
<http://www.nla.gov.au/>www.nla.gov.au


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