The Australian Chapter of the International Institute of Communications (IICA) kicked off its seminar and events series with a session this week on Connectivity and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in partnership with UTS’ Centre for Media Transition.
As part of its drive to reinvigorate quality dialogue in Australia about global media, telecommunications and technology trends and policy issues, the Australian Chapter invited IIC President, Chris Chapman, and CSIRO’s Data61 CEO, Adrian Turner (also a UTS alumnus), to address an intimate crowd of seasoned communications industry, regulatory and policy experts.
Chris Chapman set the scene, sharing insights from the recent IIC Annual Conference 2017 in Brussels and affirming global consensus that the ‘connectivity’ the IIC provides, as a neutral and independent platform to share and debate ideas, is more critical than ever before.