Open Access to Public Sector Information - Seminar

06.03.08

6 March 2008
Canberra

This event was hosted by the Office of Spatial Data Management (OSDM) in collaboration with the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI), the Queensland Government and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Background

In a world where access to knowledge has become a key driver of social, cultural and economic innovation governments throughout the world have begun to focus on how they might provide better access to the publicly funded information resources. This raises questions of information management, pricing and economic modelling and legal compliance. This seminar brings together leading experts from around the world and Australia working on projects in this area to provide an overview of the current policy development and what this means for Australian governments.

Presentations

Program (inc. presenters' biographies [PDF 517kb]
[NOTE  The presentation by Charles Henry did not proceed as advertised]

Welcome
Dr Chris Pigram  Deputy CEO & Head of Geospatial and Earth Monitoring, Geoscience Australia

THE WEB 2.0 LANDSCAPE: ACCESS AS A DRIVER OF INNOVATION [PDF 49kb]
Professor Brian Fitzgerald  Queensland University of Technology

THE POLICY FRAMEWORK: WHAT IS BEING DONE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD?
Chair: Professor Anne Fitzgerald  Queensland University of Technology

European Perspectives of PSI Reuse [PDF 476kb]
Chris Corbin  Analyst ePSIplus, United Kingdom

United Kingdom Agenda for PSI [PDF 199kb]
Carol Tullo  Director of Office of Public Sector Information, United Kingdom

New Zealand Policy on Information Access [PDF 1.38Mb]
Keitha Booth  Senior Advisor, State Services Commission, New Zealand

THE POLICY FRAMEWORK: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE
Chair: Neale Hooper  Principal Lawyer, Office of Economic Research, Queensland

An Overview of the Emerging Principles
Professor Anne Fitzgerald  Queensland University of Technology

What do we know about what is known in Australia? Sharing information through the National Statistical Service [PDF 637kb]
Susan Linacre  Deputy Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics

POLICY IN ACTION

The OSDM Experience [PDF 144kb]
Ben Searle  General Manager, Office of Spatial Data Management

The Government Information Licensing (GILF) Project and Business Case [PDF 2.58Mb]
Neale Hooper  Principal Lawyer, Office of Economic Research, Queensland

Queensland Government Information Licensing Framework [PDF 474kb]
Dr John Cook  Senior Statistician, Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland

Concluding comments
Professor Anne Fitzgerald  Queensland University of Technology