National Scholarly
Communications Forum Updated 23 December, 1996
DAY 1
Monday 21 October 1996
8.00 Registration
Session chairman: Mr John Shipp
9.00 Introduction Professor John Hay
9.15 Information, Innovation and Scholarly Communication Mr Chrisopher Pyne, M.P.
(representing the Minister
for Employment, Education,
Training and Youth Affairs)
9.45 Higher education in the UK: policy, organisation Professor Brian Fender
and funding mechanisms.
10.45 Morning tea.
Session chairman:
11.15 Policy and organisational issues affecting the Professor John Hay
provision of a national scholarly information
infrastructure in Australia (Paper not available
for publication)
11.45 Information infrastructure : future for learning Professor Brian Low
and teaching.
12.15 Lunch
Session chairman
2.00 Joint Information Systems Committee: plans and Professor John Arbuthnott
progress. (Janet and the Man: is HE ready?)
2.30 Planning and structures required for the future. Dr Ian Reinecke
Universities as Service Sector Enterprises (final conference paper)
Be Prepared: Info strategists ahead of the rest (from The Australian Online)
3.00 Afternoon tea
Session chairman:
3.30 Major challenges facing higher education and the Panel
provision of access to information to support
research, teaching and learning: current issues
Paper by Ms Lynne Brindley
Paper by Associate Professor John
Winship
Paper by Ms Madeleine McPherson
5.30 Close of Day 1.
7.00 Conference dinner at The Boat House by the Lake.
for
7.30
DAY 2
Tuesday 22 October 1996
Session chairman
9.00 Using Information Technology in the future of Dr Ronald Watts
higher education
The 21st Century University (final conference paper)
10.00 Breakout groups. Recorders to be assigned to
each group, for publication after the
conference.
11.30 Wandering rapporteurs to report back. Neil McLean, Derek Law
Closing session summary, by Neil McLean
12.45 Conference closing address Prof Gordon Stanley
1.00 Lunch
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