Thursday, March 17, 2011

Reimagining education and government at BarCamp Canberra 2011 this Saturday

BarCamp Canberra 2011 is a free "un-conference" this Saturday at the Australian National University in Canberra. There are 158 people registered, with 41 free tickets remaining.

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.

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 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.

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