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| Sunday 19 May | |
|---|---|
| 14:00-18:00 | Registration |
| Evening | Welcome Reception and Exhibition Opening |
| Monday 20 May | |
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00-09:30 | Opening Ceremony Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier Conference Chair Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC Governor of New South Wales |
| Setting the scene: The Economic and Social Context | |
| 09:30-10:30 | Dr Terry Cutler Former Chair, Australia Council Making Australia a Knowledge Economy |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea |
| 11:00-12:30 | Mr Hugh Mackay Psychologist, social commentator and writer Australia at a turning point view paper |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch and online chat session (12:45-13:30) |
| Research and Innovation | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Dr Christopher Chia Chief executive, National Library Board of Singapore Transforming Library Services to Support Singapore's Information Agenda view paper |
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Tea |
| 15:30-17:00 | Mr Tim Besley, AC AO AM President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Ideas to Dollars - Science, Technology and Innovation view paper Professor Laurence Cram Executive director, Physics, Chemistry and Geoscience, Australian Research Council eResearch in Australia view paper |
| 17:00-18:30 | ALIA AGM and Awards Presentation Dr Alan Bundy Presidential Address view paper |
| Evening | Conference Gala Dinner |
| Tuesday 21 May | |
| 08:30-09:30 | Registration |
| The Learning Enterprise | |
| 09:30-10:30 | Dr Martyn Forrest Chair, Australian Information and Communication Technology in Education Committee Empowering educators: the e-issues view paper |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea |
| 11:00-12:30 | Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO Pro-chancellor, Murdoch University The Tyranny of Ignorance view paper Peter Crawley Headmaster, Knox Grammar School |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch and online chat session (12.45- 1:30) |
| Australian Communities | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Archbishop Peter Carnley AO Archbishop of Perth and Primate of the Anglican Church in Australia The Librarian and the Management of Information Overload view paper |
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Tea |
| 15:30-17:00 | Sue Middleton Grassroots Development Empowering Rural Australia Into the Future Professor Ann Harding Professor of Applied Economics and Social Policy, University of Canberra and director, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling Growing apart: inequalities in Australia today view paper |
| Wednesday 22 May | |
| 08:30-09:30 | Registration |
| Australian Business | |
| 09:30-10:30 | Mr Phil Ruthven Chairman, IBIS Information Business Information Needs: 2002 and Beyond view paper |
| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea |
| 11:00-12:30 | Ms Pat Schroeder President and CEO, American Publishing Association High-quality Information - the On-ramp to a Bright Future view paper Dr Marianne Broadbent Group vice-president and head of Research Executive Programs Worldwide, Gartner Business, knowledge and information: Where's the value proposition? view paper |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch and online chat session (12:45-13:30) |
| Pulling the Threads Together | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Professor Malcolm Gillies Deputy vice-chancellor (Education), Australian National University Information Futures view paper |
| 15:00-15:30 | Afternoon Tea |
| 15:30-17:00 | Mr Neil McLean Conference program committee convener and pro vice-chancellor, eLearning and Information Services Division at Macquarie University Information Futures: Professional Issues view paper | view paper Professor Joyce Kirk President, ALIA Professor Kirk will present options for action in response to these challenges from the ALIA perspective view paper |
| 17:00-18:00 | Closing Reception and Farewell |