[LINK] Reimagining education and government at BarCamp Canberra 2011 this Saturday

[Tom Worthington]

BarCamp Canberra 2011 is a free "un-conference" this Saturday at the 
Australian National University in Canberra: 
<http://barcampcanberra.org/2011/its-on-like-donkey-kong/>.

Proposed topics include:

* Designing for cognitive disabilities
* Graffiti: art or vandalism?
* Open Public Transit Data in the ACT
* Enabling Digital Society: The Government's Part
* Minecraft - using games as building and creativity tools
* What's Australia's Open Government Future?
* Information Philanthropy in Australia
* Online collaboration across public sector organisations - lessons 
learned/gained
* Web Apps to Enable Social Inclusion
* Gaming, transmedia, convergence and the whole, messy shebang
* Demos from the Make Hack Void members
* Communicating science and skepticism
* How to run a neighbourhood or a nation online: Can we use the same 
online systems to run a communal block of flats or a country?
* Designing for Dialogue: How do we design buildings and online systems 
in a for people to talk, learn and make decisions together?
* WiFi Access Liability: Legal risks when providing and using open 
wireless access points
* Materials Handling and Logistics using contemporary robots, automated 
guided vehicles and production control systems.
* Running an Agile Business: Taking common agile methodologies and how 
to apply them to business management OR
* Agile methods within Government: Iterative and customer focused 
development and how it can work within Government
* Tweeting for your Country - what it takes to get social networking 
going in government
* More than document formats - advantages of a common operating 
environment policy for government
* How to deliver a kick-ass presentation

You can offer your own topic at: 
<http://barcamp.org/w/page/36924486/Topics>

There are 158 people registered for BarCamp Canberra 2011, with only 41 
free tickets remaining: <http://bcc2011.eventbrite.com/>.


ps: The topic "How to run a neighbourhood or a nation online: Can we use 
the same online systems to run a communal block of flats or a country?" 
is from Pia Waugh <http://pipka.org/standard-bio/> and myself. But I am 
not sure I have told Pia about it yet. ;-)

pps: The topic "Designing for Dialogue: How do we design buildings and 
online systems in a for people to talk, learn and make decisions 
together?" is a preview of my presentation for the 2nd Annual Learning 
Commons Development and Design Forum in Brisbane, 20 March 2011: 
<http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/learning-commons-development-and-design-forum>.


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Tom Worthington FACS CP HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia  http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science, The
Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/
Visiting Scientist, CSIRO ICT Centre: http://bit.ly/csiro_ict_canberra