Australian Communications Minister, Others To Highlight IIC Telecommunications & Media Forum, Sydney

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

Federal Minister for Communications of the Australian Government, The Honourable Michelle Rowland, Shadow Minister for Communications, David Coleman and  Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant are among high ranking officials of the Australian Government that are to grace the IIC Telecommunications & Media Forum holding in Sydney between 15^th and 16^th August, 2023.

According to a heads-up from the Director-General at IIC, Lynn Robinson, having been hosted in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, for a two-day forum in early June, the International Institute of Communications continues its travels east  to Sydney where it looks forward to hosting its members and stakeholders from the APAC region.

“Our Australia Chapter has been exemplary in its support of the Telecommunications & Media Forum and IIC President, Chris Chapman, is looking forward to welcoming everyone to his hometown,” she said.

The Opening address at the Forum will be delivered by The Hon. Michelle Rowland MP

Keynote speakers include:

• Australia’s eSafety Commissioner
• Commissioner, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
• Shadow Minister for Communications
• Chair and Agency Head, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Nerida O’Loughlin

Speakers include but are not limited to:

• Managing Director, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands, Nokia, Andrew Cope
• Manager, Public Policy, Amazon, Julia Steward
• Director of Government Affairs, Cisco Systems, Tim Fawcett
• Deputy Secretary Cyber and Infrastructure Security, Department of Home Affairs, Australia, Hamish Hansford
• Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer, nbn™,Australia, Jane van Beelen
• Asia-Pacific Head of Content Policy and Global Head of Telecommunications Policy, Google; Director, IIC, Jean-Jacques Sahel
• Head, Policy Lab, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Sophie Farthing
• Telecommunications Commissioner, Commerce Commission of New Zealand, Tristan Gilbertson

As Ms. Robinson explains, discussions will span a wide range of topical themes – as always under the Chatham House Rule:

-The impact of AI on content production, distribution and consumption

-The future of communications infrastructure in the region

-Protecting consumers from scams or frauds perpetrated through electronic communications

-Online Safety Act – implementation, enforcement, international comparisons

-Future public policy and regulation of online content: emerging international practices and experiences

-Shedding light on the 2023-2030 Cyber Security Strategy

-Consumer data protection:  the future of privacy regulation and the impacts on the communications sector

-Mergers and competition across the media, technology and telecommunications sectors

Cyber Era NG learns that registration is still open and the event is free for members to attend.

“We would like to thank our sponsors for this event; Frontier Economics, Google, Holding Redlich, Quay Law Partners and Squire Patton Boggs. For remaining sponsorship opportunities please contact Emily at e.garbett@iicom.org,” added Robinson.