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Realising Our Broadband Future
is a public consultation to map out high speed broadband applications, services
and business models that will drive Australia's digital economy.
It is being run by Minister Conroy and the Department of Broadband, Communications and
the Digital Economy.
I wanted to just take a few minutes to help you understand how you can contribute to this
consultation online.
For those familiar with my Public Sphere series, this Forum is using some of the same methods.
Firstly, if you are on Twitter please use the #bbfuture hashtag to connect with others
and bounce ideas around.
"Open for Ideas" is the online tool to suggest ideas and questions for discussion.
It is based on Google Moderator and will be open in the coming days for your contributions.
Ideas can be provided within each of the five discussion streams : Smart Infrastructure,
Digital Education, e-Communities, e-Health and e-Business.
These suggestions can then be voted up or down before the actual forum, so you should
make sure you get in, get your ideas up and have your say as soon as you can.
The aim of this part of the consultation is to identify key areas that a majority of people
agree are important for including in discussion at the forum.
I encourage you to post a You Tube video comment or even a video response, which you can also
link to your suggestions if you choose.
The next part of the consultation is a wiki which aggregates the ideas from the Open for
Ideas platform.
This wiki will be open for contributions as of the morning of the Forum, and you can add
new ideas as well as comments.
This will be the main place to contribute online, to help map the next steps for industry,
community and the government to Realise Our Broadband Future.
If you are considering getting a few people together to watch the live stream, or even
have a local community discussion, please see the Forum website.
For example, it's great to see Parramatta City Council taking the initiative to with
their group consultation.
So check out their website for details.
Finally, we are all thrilled with the number of people who registered to participate in
the forum, however the response has been so strong that we phsyically don't have room
for everyone.
However, the forum was always designed to promote online participation.
By ensuring that plenary sessions of the forum will be webcast live and audio streaming of
other sessions you will still be an important part of the conversation, wherever you are.
I'm really pleased to support Minister Conroy in this project and I believe it is an important
consultation not just for the planning of future directions of the National Broadband
Network, but also for how government consults in the future.
I look forward to seeing you online and really encourage you to use the online tools that
we are making available so you can be part of this conversation.