BYRON BAY 7 - 8 APRIL 2005
Speakers and Session Chairs
Steve Bellman
Associate Professor Steve Bellman is the Deputy Director of the Interactive Television Research Institute (ITRI) at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. His new book, Marketing Communications: Theory and Applications, co-written with Professor John R. Rossiter, is the definitive new text in the field. His research in interactive advertising and communications has appeared in leading international journals. He has also served as Guest Editor of the Journal of Electronic Commerce Research. Before joining ITRI, Steve was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia's Graduate School of Management. He also spent two and half years in the United States as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Wharton Forum on Electronic Commerce. Steve has also been a partner in a Sydney-based Web consultancy and has seven years experience as an Art Director in advertising agencies in Perth and London.
Steve presented a paper on PVR's and the New Landscape of Interactive Television.
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Lucy Cameron
Alicia (Lucy) Cameron is currently enrolled as a PhD student in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. She is undertaking a three-year study into the adoption and use of broadband technologies in non-metropolitan Australia . Prior to undertaking full-time study Lucy was a statistician at the Southern Cross University and the Northern Territory University, and earlier was employed as a senior researcher at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her previous research work concerned the role of information and communications technology in higher education. Lucy also dabbles in short films and is an active member of community media organisations in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. She is due to complete her PhD in 2005.
Lucy presented a paper on Building a Capable eCulture: Community Capacity-building in Non-metropolitan areas.
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Mark Clayton
With extensive curatorial experience of social history and technology collections, Mark has spent many years working in museums and art galleries in Australia and New Zealand during which time, he has also been involved with the planning, development and/or redevelopment of several new cultural-heritage institutions.
Institutional associations include the Australian War Memorial, the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame & Outback Heritage Centre, the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority, the National Library of Australia, the National Air & Space Museum of Australia, the Museum of Victoria, the Hawke's Bay Cultural Trust (New Zealand) and, more recently, Australia's Museum of Flight.
Mark gave a case study presentation on the new Collections Australia Network.
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David Court
David Court has worked as an executive producer, newsletter publisher and policy adviser. He has been involved in the financing of numerous projects, among them Lilian's Story, The Animated Leunig, Solarmax and Strictly Ballroom.
Currently, David is a Phd student at ANU and a director of Content Capital Ltd, a licensed film investment company.
David is also secretary to the Investment Working Group of the Digital Content Industry Action Agenda.
David presented a paper on Digital content - a financier's perspective.
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Stuart Cunningham
Stuart Cunningham is Professor and Director of the Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre (CIRAC), Queensland University of Technology. He is an experienced researcher and research manager in the fields of media, communications, cultural policy, higher education and in what is now called the 'creative industries'. He is co-leader of the Education Program in the new Co-operative Research Centre for Interaction Design; currently directing a large-scale creative industries mapping project funded by the Australian Research Council; co-editing an international reader in creative industries for a US publisher; and working on the idea of creative industries as an R&D-based sector.
Stuart chaired the Keynote Perspectives on Creative Industries panel presentation and panel discussion sessions on Thursday morning.
http://creativeindustries.qut.com/
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Dr Terry Cutler
Dr Terry Cutler is an industry consultant and strategy advisor in the information and communications technology sector. Terry Cutler has served on numerous Government Boards and advisory bodies, taking a special interest in Government's role in the new global Information Economy. From 1996 to 1997, he was Chairman of Australia's Information Policy Advisory Council and was Deputy Chairman of the Australian Information Economy Advisory Council from 1998 to 2001. As Chairman of the Industry Research and Development Board from 1996 to 1998, Terry Cutler spearheaded key initiatives in promoting venture capital and industry innovation and oversaw the licensing of the initial Innovation Investment Funds. In 1999, Terry chaired Australia's National Bandwidth Inquiry. Terry Cutler is currently a member of the International Advisory Panel of Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor, reflecting his strong interest in the role of, and opportunities for, Asian countries in the new information era. Terry Cutler served as Chairman of the Australia Council from 2001 to 2002, having previously chaired its New Media Arts Board. He also has previously served as a director of Cinemedia, Opera Australia and the Council of the Victorian College of the Arts. Terry Cutler is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Member of the Institute of Company Directors and of the Market Research Society of Australia.
Dr Cutler chaired the Friday morning panel presentation and panel discussion sessions on Creative Rights.
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Kim Dalton
Kim Dalton's early career was in freelance film production. He moved to London for post graduate studies and to manage a cinema and a UK production and distribution company. Kim returned to Australia in 1980 to work as an independent producer and then as General Manager of Open Channel. In 1987 Kim formed his own production company and later became the Australian Film Finance Corporation's Melbourne Investment Manager. Following a brief period as General Manager of the Australian Children's Television Foundation, Kim joined Beyond International Limited in 1995 as Manager of Acquisitions and Development. Kim joined the Australian Film Commission as Chief Executive in August 1999.
Kim reported on the objectives and longer term strategies underpinning the AFC's new $2.1 million Broadband Content Fund, commencing in July 2002, which will seed the development of innovative broadband content.
Kim previewed the Australian Film Commission's Broadband Production Initiative at the Conference Reception on Wednesday evening and also presented a paper on Financing Broadband Production: Public and Private partnerships.
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Rachel Dixon
In addition to a career as an award-winning filmmaker, Rachel has been a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive media since 1993. In July 2004 Rachel joined Massive as General Manager. The company's multi-award winning work extends across Web and Internet development, intranets, broadband, interactive television, wireless content, DVD, and advertising, film and television. Rachel is also a director of Handshake Media Pty Ltd, one arm of which is a consultancy advising on strategic development and marketing in new media, I.T. and telecommunications. In 2004 Rachel was appointed to the Strategic Industry Leaders Group of the Commonwealth Government's Digital Content Industry Action Agenda. She currently chairs the export subcommittee of the Group. Rachel is a director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Computing and Communications (ac3). She is also on the National Executive of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA). Rachel was a founding director of FIBRE Pty Ltd, a telecommunications company servicing the film, television, interactive media and games industries. Rachel is a past director of several other government and private sector multimedia organisations, and has worked as a senior executive in interactive media and film finance for several government bodies.
Rachel chaired the Thursday afternoon panel presentation and panel discussion sessions on Financing Creativity.
http://www.handshakemedia.com.au/
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Brian Fitzgerald
Professor Brian Fitzgerald holds postgraduate degrees in law from Oxford University and Harvard University and is internationally known in the fields of intellectual property, cyberlaw and information technology law. He is co-editor of one of Australia's leading texts on E Commerce, Software and the Internet - Going Digital. His latest (co-authored) books are Cyberlaw: Cases and Materials on the Internet, Digital Intellectual Property and E Commerce (2002); Jurisdiction and the Internet (2004); Intellectual Property in Principle (2004). Over the past four years Brian has delivered seminars on information technology and intellectual property law around the world. In February 2003 Brian was invited as part of a distinguished panel of three to debate the Theoretical Underpinning of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. His current projects include work on digital copyright issues across the areas of Open Content Licensing and the Creative Commons, Free and Open Source Software, Fan Based Production of Computer Games, Licensing of Digital Entertainment and Anti-Circumvention Law. Brian is a Project Leader for Creative Commons in Australia. From 1998-2002 Brian was Head of the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia and in January 2002 was appointed as Head of the School of Law at QUT in Brisbane, Australia.
Brian presented a paper on Creative Commons: what is happening?
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Michael Fraser
Michael Fraser established the office of the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), Australia in 1986. A copyright lawyer, he is Chief Executive Officer of CAL and Vice-President of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO). Michael Fraser is chairman of IFRRO's Asia-Pacific Committee, chairman of IFRRO's Membership Committee and speaks at conferences on behalf of IFRRO and at the invitation of the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Michael is a former Chairman of the Australian National Book Council, was a founding partner of the Interoperability of Data in E-Commerce Framework Company (INDECS) in 1998, and was a Director of the Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society from 1995 to 2001. He was a founding director of the Centre for Copyright Studies, former member of the Copyright Society, member of the Committee of Management of the Australian Copyright Council, was a director of the Arts Law Centre from 1997 - 2003, a director of the International Digital Object Identifier Foundation (IDF) since 2002 and a member of the Law Council of Australia.
Michael presented a paper on CAL , access and copyright in the digital world.
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Andrew Garton
Andrew Garton is a producer and internationally recognised composer with an early background in community radio and video production. Since 1989 he has contributed to the development of low-cost computer networks in Australia and countless community networking initiatives throughout the Asia Pacific. He continues this work as a Council member of the Association for Progressive Communications and Editor of the Australian ICT Rights Monitor. Andrew has an MA in interactive media and is Artistic Director of Toy Satellite, which he co-founded in 1995. Andrew is a board member of APC.au and Community Communications Online and divides his spare time between ICT research and his record label, composing for his various ensembles and hybrid media performance works.
Andrew gave a case study presentation on The Fusion Paper.
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ICT Rights Monitor
http://rights.apc.org.au/
Toy Satellite
http://toysatellite.org/
Community Communications Online
http://c2o.org/
Secession Records
http://secession-records.org/
Association for Progressive Communications http://www.apc.org/
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Helene George
Helene George is the director of Creative Economy, a Brisbane-based creative industries consultancy. In 2001, Helene developed and authored Australia's first Creative Industries Strategy for the Brisbane City Council. She lectures in Business Development in Creative Industries at the Brisbane Graduate School of Business, QUT and is an industry representative on the Queensland Creative Industry Skills Council. Helene George has over 15 years experience in management and consulting throughout Australia. She has worked as a manager of creative companies and facilities, independent artists' agent, export trade representative and as an executive in local government. In addition to successfully managing her own creative business for over a decade, she has been regularly engaged as a business development consultant, project manager and policy adviser by both government and the private sector.
Helene presented a paper on Creative $: From Mind to Market.
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http://www.creativeeconomy.com.au/
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Patricia Gillard
Patricia Gillard is Professor of eBusiness at the University of Newcastle. She also works in her own company, User Insite, to develop user research for the Web that reveals audience interests and suggests creative possibilities and improvements. She was a member of the Board of Museums Victoria during their early development of online media and worked closely with the National Library of Australia during their three-year development of new online services, including the award-winning pictureaustralia.org website. In 2001 Patricia worked at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC on a Fulbright Professional Fellowship. She co-authored the Australian National Audit Office's booklet, Monitoring and Evaluating Internet-Delivered Government Programs and Services and in 2003 lead an audit of the ways Commonwealth agencies were evaluating their Internet services. Patricia is also known for research on children and television in the 1980s and her role as Head of Research for ABC Television.
Patricia presented a paper on Conjuring audiences for fun and profit. Research to inspire content creation and new markets.
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http://www.userinsite.com.au/
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/newc-business/
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Cathy Henkel
Cathy Henkel works as a producer, writer and director of documentaries, drama, online and interactive content. Her previous television credits include "Walking Through a Minefield", "Losing Layla", (ATOM Award, Best Documentary, 2001) and "The Man who Stole my Mother's Face", (Best Feature Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival, New York; IF Award, Best Documentary, Australia, 2004). Cathy's latest film, "I told you I was ill: The life and Legacy of Spike Milligan" was launched in February at the Adelaide Film Festival. Cathy completed a MA Degree at Queensland University of Technology and has commenced a PhD researching the development of creative industries.
Together with Lois Randall, Cathy gave a presentation on Imagining a Creative Region.
View Cathy and Lois' speaking notes in PDF (188Kb)
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Emily Hudson
Emily Hudson is a Research Fellow at the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia(IPRIA) and the Centre for Media and Communications Law(CMCL), both based at the University of Melbourne. Prior to commencing work at IPRIA and the CMCL, Emily was employed for three years at a major national law firm, with a particular interest in intellectual property litigation. Nowadays, much of Emily's research relates to the law and cultural institutions, including a major project on digitisation and copyright. Emily holds degrees in science and law, and has almost completed a Masters of Law at the University of Melbourne.
Emily presented a paper on The Digital Agenda and Cultural Institutions: An Empirical Study into Digitisation Practices and Copyright Law in Museums, Galleries and Libraries.
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http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/ipria/
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/cmcl/
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Stephen Hutchison
Stephen Hutchison has 11 years experience working in the IT industry and is currently the IT Development Officer for the Association of Northern, Kimberley , and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists (ANKAAA). He works hands-on with 34 Aboriginal Art Centres across the ANKAAA regions to develop and maintain Artwork Databases, Online Galleries and provide day to day IT support and training.
His current focus is to develop new systems and tools to empower Indigenous Artists in developing their own digital content and publishing that content online. Stephen is currently studying a post graduate diploma in Community Development Practise at Charles Darwin University.
Stephen presented a case study on The ANKAAA Artweb Project.
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Vivien Johnson
Dr Vivien Johnson is an ARC Australian Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Cross Cultural Research Australian National University researching the History and Repercussions of Western Desert Art. She last presented at OZeculture in Melbourne as Director of the House of Aboriginality, a multimedia project on copyright and cultural integrity issues in the merchandising of Indigenous art imageries.
The project's outcomes include the 1996 Copyrites: Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies national touring exhibition, the House of Aboriginality CD-ROM, a virtual domestic interior furnished with 'Aboriginalia', released in 1998 and a House of Aboriginality Web site. The work of the House of Aboriginality project was commended in WIPO’S 2001 Report on Intellectual Property Needs and the Expectations of Traditional Knowledge Holders.
Vivien gave a case study presentation on The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online.
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Tom Kennedy
Born in the UK and raised in Canada, Tom has over 17 years experience in technology markets, covering manufacturing, software publishing and distribution and interactive content creation and management. Kennedy headed the Asia Pacific operations of Media Vision Inc, and held senior marketing roles with Merisel Pty Ltd and Panasonic Australia Pty Ltd. Tom is the past president of the Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association (AIMIA) 1997-98 and has been a board member for six years. He has been an advisor to the Australian Cultural Network, a member of the Digital Television Advisory Group, and is a member of the Joint Singapore Australia IT Council, and member of the Australian Information Economy Advisory Council (AIEAC). In 2001 he became a Director of the Biennale of Sydney and the Deputy Chairman of the Internet Industry Association (IIA). He is currently the Managing Director of Media Zoo.
Tom chaired the Friday afternoon panel presentation and panel discussion sessions on creating future audiences and markets.
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Malcolm Long
Malcolm Long is the Director of the Australian Film Television and Radio School and a Member of the Australian Broadcasting Authority.
Previously he was a consultant working in media and communications business strategy and policy development.
From 1993-98 Malcolm Long was Managing Director of SBS Corporation, Australia 's national multicultural broadcaster, where he established the production house SBS Independent and the World Movies subscription TV channel. Prior to this he was Deputy Managing Director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and before that Director of ABC Radio.
He has been a producer and network manager in broadcasting and has spoken and written widely on the impact of new media and communications technologies on content development, production and delivery. Malcom opened the conference on Thursday morning.
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Lynley Marshall
Lynley Marshall has over 20 years experience in the broadcasting industry. She held a series of senior broadcasting positions in New Zealand before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2000 as Director of New Media and Digital Services. In this role, she is responsible for the integrated delivery of the ABC's digital content, including ABC Online, broadband services, ABC's digital channel ABC2, digital and interactive TV, SMS, MMS and other emerging platforms. Lynley leads the ABC's digital strategy and content development, and represents the Corporation's interests on various industry groups addressing the development of digital broadcasting in Australia.
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Raelene Marshall
Raelene Marshall has a background as an arts practitioner and arts manager in Local Government in Victoria . As a recipient of an Australia Council Professional Development grant in 1995 - 96 she worked at the Grizedale Forest Sculpture Park in the U.K. She is currently Director of her own company Culture in Action. In May 1999, October 2000 and December 2002 the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts funded her to research, develop and curate the Touring Exhibition A Stone Upon A Stone which tells the story of the significant contribution of dry stone walls in the shaping of Australia 's cultural landscape.
The exhibition development involved Raelene working with State and Local governments and communities across Victoria and New South Wales . It consists of a series of twenty-six visual and narrative panels, was awarded the Best Exhibit Prize at the State Government's Victorian Community History Awards in 2003 and has led to the formation of the Dry Stone Walls Association of Australia and her presenting papers at the 8 th and 9 th International Dry Stone Walling Congresses in both Switzerland and Greece. Raelene is currently one of three consultants involved in a Dry Stone Walls Study for the Shire of Melton. Raelene consults and curates a wide tange of heritage and arts projects; email raelene@net2000.com.au; mobile 0418 523 900.
Raelene presented the Case Study A Stone Upon A Stone.
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http://www.astoneuponastone.com/
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Melinda Rackham
Sydney based artist, writer and curator Dr Melinda Rackham has worked with Networked Media for the past decade. Her award winning web works are shown widely internationally and her writing appears both online and in many print arenas. She was recently Curator of Networked Media at the Australian Center for Moving Image, and produces -empyre- online media forum. Rackham won the SoundSpace Award for Virtual Worlds at the 2001 Stuttgarter Filmwinter, the Faulding Award for Multimedia at the 2000 Adelaide Festival, and Gram - Trails of the Future 1999 Prize for Internet Art in Argentina.
Melinda presented a paper on -empyre- : Building online communities.
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Lois Randall
Lois Randall is the Regional Arts Development Officer for the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales. She works with the seven local councils, arts organisations and individual artists to further develop the vibrant arts and cultural sector in the region through initiatives such as strategic cultural planning, audience development and collaborative marketing of the arts. Lois has 20 years experience in media and arts management, policy, film and television production and training. Former positions include Executive Director of the Australian Screen Directors Association, Manager of the DocuMart at the Australian International Documentary Conference 2003, and Manager of Metro Screen. Her production credits include Production Manager on John Weiley's Imax feature film "Solarmax" and Producer of several short films which have received national and international festival acclaim.
Together with Cathy Henkel, Lois gave a presentation on Imagining a Creative Region. Lois also summed up the conference in the closing plenary session on Friday afternoon.
View Lois and Cathy's speaking notes in PDF (188Kb)
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http://www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/network/network.html
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Andrew Remely
Andrew Remely's professional experiences have been linked by a common theme: strategies for using technology to improve learning and knowledge sharing. Currently, he is the Manager, Technology Initiatives for the National Museum of Australia. This has involved him in a number of technology related activates such as taking a lead role in the redevelopment of the Museum's web site and supporting technical infrastructure and working with curatorial and public programs teams to develop strategies and technology solutions for community collecting projects. In 2003 he was awarded an NMA travelling scholarship to Scotland and Canada to research the digital heritage networks SCRAN and CHIN. Andrew had a 3 year stint living in the UK and working with Open University as an Educational Technologist. His contributions there included initiating the development of the University's web portal for students, administering online conferencing for 10,000 MBA students and working with academic authors on various technology based distance learning materials. His formal studies include management, product and furniture design, as well as multimedia.
Andrew presented a paper on, So who owns the cultural content: can new communication technologies change how museums do their business and build new audiences?
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Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor is General Manager of Content & Services with Australia's only 3G mobile operator Hutchison Telecoms. Scott has worked in telecommunications for Hutchison for 4 years, initially being responsible for the communications strategy and plan for 3 when it was launched into the market in April 2003, and for the last 14 months being responsible for driving uptake, usage and revenues from 3's broad range of non-voice 3G services such as MMS (multi media messaging), email, video calling, mobile internet and data services as well as content portal services. Prior to this Scott has held senior marketing positions with major consumer goods companies such as Kimberly Clark Corporation, Reckitt and Coleman (now Reckitt Benkiser) and Unilever.
Scott gave a presentation on Mobile content - the new frontier - its already here!
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Merryn Tinkler
Merryn Tinkler is currently the Arts Development Coordinator at Frankston Arts Centre in Victoria where she is responsible for programming visual and new media arts, performing arts and community arts events and workshops for a diverse range of local and regional audiences. She has specialist experience in the management of touring programs and project management and coordination, both through her work with the Victorian Arts Council (now Regional Arts Victoria) Touring Unit and her extensive broad working knowledge of theatre and the arts in general. She has been curating the new Media program at Frankston Arts Centre since March 2001.
Merryn gave a presentation on New Media Programs at the Frankston Arts Centre.
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http://artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au/
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Chris Warner
Chris Warner, 53, has been an independent Melbourne filmmaker for 30 years, having worked as a producer, director, writer and script editor in both drama and documentary.
His credits as a producer include the feature film Crackers and the mini-series In Between , The Magistrate , and Queen Kat, Carmel & St Jude . Chris has been a board member of Film Victoria , was Director of Film Development & Marketing at the Australian Film Commission, and is currently the Executive Producer (Education) at Film Australia.
Chris presented the Case Study learning@filmaustralia.
Chris spoke to a DVD.
