Registration

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Welcome and launch of the Culture and Recreation Portal Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

The Hon. Peter McGauran, Minister for the Arts and the Centenary of Federation.

Beyond borders - the digital challenge. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Jennifer Condon, National Informatics Director, Enterprise Ireland; Kim Machan, Director, Multimedia Art Asia Pacific Inc.

Morning tea

There's no business like e-business - the e-business capacity of the cultural sector. A range of speakers present case studies demonstrating successful use of the web by cultural sector organisations. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Chair: Steven Smith, Director, United Focus Pty Ltd; Garry Brennan, Policy Consultant, NSW Film and Television Office ; Vicki Sowry, Director, Media Resource Centre and Chair, Australian Network for Art and Technology; Brett Leavy, Director, CyberDreaming.

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Lunch

Stream 1: Triple bypass - does the Internet allow artists and cultural organisations more direct access to audiences in ways not possible before? Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Tim Hart, Director Outreach, Information Technology and Multimedia, Museum Victoria, formerly Chief Information Officer, Powerhouse Museum; Kevin Sumption, Project Manager, Australian Museums and Galleries Online (AMOL); Charlie Chan, musician.

Libby Jeffery, OzAuthors; Kylie Bryden-Smith, Marketing and Media Relations Manager, Sydney Opera House.

Stream 3: Interactive online music demonstration - Soundhouse Interactive Network, Powerhouse Museum. East Tower Suites.

Seb Chan, Systems Officer and Peter Mahony, Soundhouse Educator, Powerhouse Museum.

Stream 1: Digitisation of collections - why, how and who of Australian collections. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Danielle Freeman, Manager, Picture Australia, National Library of Australia; Michael Tuite, Senior Manager, eBusiness and IT, ScreenSound Australia; Simon Pockley, Collections Manager, Cinemedia.

Stream 2: Talent quest - what's happening in the computer games industry in Australia. Victoria Suites.

John Demargheriti, Chief Executive Officer, MicroForte; Julianne Lawson, Arts Consultant, formerly Creative Director computer games industry; Adam Lancman, President, Games Developers Association of Australia, Managing Director, Infogrames Melbourne House Pty Ltd.

Afternoon tea

Stream 1: New ways with old things - virtual exhibitions. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Marjolein Towler, Deputy Chair, Imago Multimedia Centre, Project Manager, Duyfken website; Lee Adendorff, Website Coordinator, Australian Museums and Galleries Online (AMOL).

Stream 2: Keeping an even keel - forget the hype - make the new technologies work for you. Victoria Suites.

David Walker, Producer, Lighthouse on the Web.

7.30pm-10.30pm

CONFERENCE DINNER AND SPEAKER

Dr Terry Cutler, Chair, New Media Arts Board, Australia Council.
Dinner at Kri Kri Restaurant, 1st floor, 39-41 Little Bourke Street.

Please note: There will be a separate charge for this dinner.

Coffee

Exposure v exploitation - intellectual property issues raised by digital technologies, including peer to peer. It started with music, anything which can be digitised may be next. How to use the net but manage your risk. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Chair: Dr Kay Daniels, General Manager, Intellectual Property, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts; Delia Browne, Executive Director, Arts Law Centre of Australia; Vanessa Rouse, Marketing Development Manager, Next Wave Festival, formerly Executive Producer, Arena Theatre Company; Vivien Johnson, Senior Australian Research Council Fellow, Centre for Cross Cultural Research Australian National University; Robin Wright, Manager, Copyright and Digital Projects, Swinburne University.

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Morning tea

Homegrown - building local cultural content in the era of the international electronic marketplace. Matching a highly developed Australian information technology infrastructure with a vibrant local content and cultural expression. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

John Rimmer, Chief Executive Officer, National Office for the Information Economy.

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Getting to know you - partnerships and relationships between the cultural sector and the information technology industry. What each have to contribute to the other. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Chair: Cliff Smith, Regional Director, South Asia, Novell, Inc., Councillor, Australian Business and the Arts Foundation; Lynne Spender, Director, Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association; Carolyn Guerin, artist, former Director Projects, Sausage Interactive; Will Berryman, SBS Head of New Media.

Lunch

Stream 1: Two plus two equals five - success stories of collaboration between artists and information technology companies, including examples of information technology professionals involved with boards of cultural organisations. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Dr Nigel Helyer, new media artist, member New Media Arts Board, Australia Council; Teresa Crea, Artistic Director, Doppio Parallelo Theatre Company.

Stream 2: Windows on the world - the importance of portals. Victoria Suites.

Neville King, Project Officer, e-commerce, Desart Inc.; Kevin Sumption, Project Manager, Australian Museums and Galleries Online (AMOL); Grant Malcolm, Theatre Australia Web Administrator.

Afternoon tea

Stream 1: The new venues - interactive spaces. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

John McCormick, Director, Company in Space; Ross Gibson, Creative Director, Cinemedia's Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI); David Stonier, Manager - Ticketed Events, Melbourne Museum.

Stream 2: Growing old gracefully - the dilemma of software and hardware used for artworks becoming outdated and hard to obtain. Victoria Suites.

Jon McCormack, new media artist; Ian Gilmour, Manager, Engineering and Research Group, ScreenSound Australia; Beth Jackson, Director, Griffith Artworks, Griffith University.

Concluding session: How well is your website? - an expert panel takes a careful look at three selected websites. Arthur Streeton Auditorium.

Steven Smith, Director, United Focus Pty Ltd; Will Berryman, SBS Head of New Media; Kevin Sumption, Project Manager, Australian Museums and Galleries Online (AMOL).

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