What are the current policy (or other) opportunities & challenges that Ireland faces in the digital sector?
Which emerging trends are potentially dominant in the digital sector?
In which niches can Ireland become a world leader?
What is the most important strategic investment of relevance to the digital sector that Ireland could make at this point to enhance its competitiveness in the next 10 years?
What are the next three steps that Government could take?
ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE TECH VOX POP - DEADLINE IMMINENT - E-mail YOUR RESPONSE (any length - 20 words to 20,000) to
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Context: The Digital Competitiveness Stakeholder Consultation was launched on 1 May 2008, following the presentation of the IBM E-Readiness Report. See presentation on the policy context and the five strategic questions of the Consultation [PDF] [GoogleDoc slideshow] This consultation will deliver a report, which will be submitted to Government in late September/early October 2008. [read Terms of Reference].
The new cross platform media ecology
Tiona Campbell discussed Sophia's Diary, the hugely popular cross platform 'reality' programme. Sophia's Diary is hosted on Bebo, and is the first Internet programme to be carried to UK television. At its launch on Bebo, Sophia's Diary gained five million hits in two weeks, and on average attracts 1,000 comments from users per day.
Susanne Dirks, Leader of the Global Centre for Economic Development Research in the IBM Institute for Business Value, presented the 2008 e-readiness rankings at a meeting of the Digital Future Group at the Institute of International & European Affairs. She also summarised the findings of the report in this interview at the Institute (above). See her PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt, 2.4MB). Read the full E-Readiness Report (.pdf, 0.32MB).
Peter Fleischer, Google Inc. Chief Privacy Counsel
Chief Privacy Counsel of Google Global discusses privacy issues at a Digital Future meeting at the IIEA. Also speaking was Billy Hawkes, National Data Protection Commissioner. Meeting was chaired by former minister for justice, Nora Owen.
Jonathan Zittrain on the future of the Internet
Jonathan Zittrain, founding member of the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School, makes his ground breaking presentation on The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It at the Institute of International & European Affairs.
