[LINK] Doing the ICT Vision Thing

[Tom Worthington]

Greetings from the Australian Computer Society National Council meeting
in Canberra. On Monday a consortium of Australian ICT bodies released "A
10 year Strategic Vision for the Australian Information and
Communications Technology Sector":
<http://acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=notice&temID=noticedetails&notID=754>.

This morning Senator Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA), talked to the council about
ICT policy. She began her talk by referring to a "future history" I
presented in 1996, and seeing which had come true. This was flattering
as the Minister only quoted a few predictions I got right on broadband
and telecommunications regulation and left out all the ones I got wrong
<http://www.tomw.net.au/nt/networked.html>.

Later Senator Stephen Conroy, Shadow Minister for Communications and
Information Technology, talked to the council, but did not call on my
Nostradamus skills. ;-)
-- 
  Tom Worthington FACS HLM
  PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia
  http://www.tomw.net.au