The Conference features an outstanding array of international and local speakers including:
Keynote Speakers
Richard Katz

The Hon Dr Barry Jones
AO, FAA, FAHA, FTSE, FASSA, FRSA, FRSV, FAIM. Writer, broadcaster and former Labor Minister

Paper title: Opening Address

Dr Tony Hey
Corporate Vice-President for Technical Computing, Microsoft

Paper title: e-Science and Scholarly Communication

Mr Richard Katz
Vice-President, EDUCAUSE

Conference Summary & Evaluation

Professor Denise Kirkpatrick
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic,
La Trobe University

Paper title: The Changing Landscape of Higher Education: Constructing Our Future.

Ms Susan Gibbons
Associate Dean, Public Services and Collection Development, University of Rochester

Paper title: Redefining the Roles of Information Professionals in Higher Education to Engage the Net Generation

Dr Brad Wheeler
Chief Information Officer, Dean, and Professor, Indiana University

Paper title: Leading Beyond the ICT Conundrums for Scholarship 2.0

Ms Jan Wilkinson
Head of Higher Education, The British Library

Paper Title: Engaging Higher Education Stakeholders in Support of Research – The British Library Approach

 
Featured Speakers

Mr Michael King
Director, Global Education Industry, IBM Corporation

Paper Title: Higher education trends

Professor James Dalziel
Director, Macquarie e-Learning Centre of Excellence, Macquarie University

Paper title: The Importance of Middleware for e-Research and e-Learning

Dr Kenn Fisher
Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Education, University of South Australia

Paper title: Learning Spaces: The New Learning Environment

Dr Lev Gonick
Vice-President for Information Technology Services, Case Western Reserve University

Paper title: From Digital Campus to Connected Community - The Story of Northeast Ohio's OneCommunity.

Professor Richard Johnstone
Executive Director, The Carrick Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

Paper title: Educational Leadership in Higher Education

Mr Chris Rusbridge
Director, Digital Curation Centre, University of Edinburgh

Paper title: Create, Curate, Re-Use: The Expending Research Data

Dr Chuck Severance
Michigan State University

Paper title: Pushing the Boundries of Innovation Through Community Source: Sakai Project

Dr Michael Sargent
M.A.Sargent & Associates, Consultant to Dept of Education, Science And Training

Paper title: e-Research Strategy

Associate Professor Daniel Tan
Director, Centre for Educational Development, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Paper title: Institutional Management of Project Work, Innovation and Intellectual Property

Mr Nick Tate
Director of Information Technology Services, University of Queensland

Paper title:Australian Access Federation

Ms Jane Treadwell
Executive Director, Citizen Access and Transformation, Department for Victorian Communities

Paper title: Shared Governance and Collaboration

Mr Tony Walker
Manager, ABC Digital Radio

Paper title: New Media Realities - the User Revolution

Dr Mike Zastrocky
Vice-President & Research Director, Academic Strategies, Gartner Inc.

Paper title: Impact of Technological Innovation on Leadership and Change in Higher Education