Eamon Daly -

Eamon Daly is currently writing his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, where he holds a Doctoral Scholarship. His research centres on the moral and political philosophical dimensions of global travel surveillance, particularly in relation to its effects on personal autonomy. Mr. Daly works as a member of New Zealand’s Human Rights Review Tribunal, Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ECART), and until recently Toi te Taiao: the Bioethics Council. He holds a Bachelor of Science (1991) and a Master of Science with First Class Honours (1996) from the University of Canterbury. Mr. Daly has been a Fulbright Graduate Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (1997-2000), and a Chevening Hansard Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2004).

Stephen Bell -

Stephen Bell has been writing about information and communications technology since 1974, initially in the UK but since 1978 for various periodicals in New Zealand – giving him a long-term perspective on ICT and journalism. He served for three years on the council of the Internet Society of NZ (now InterenetNZ) at its inception. He has a particular interest in the internet and matters of privacy, identity, intellectual property protection and content control in the digital world. Stephen lives in central Wellington and is married with two daughters in their 20s. He has a BSc in physics and chemistry and a postgraduate diploma in computer science.

Stephen will give some thoughts on how ICT has influenced the practice of journalism and the identity of the journalist and the reader. He will speculate on the future of journalism in a world where media are increasingly digital (and free) and so many people are crowding the wires and fibres with news and comment. Like computing and the sex-trade before it, the profession must adjust to an influx of amateurs

David Farar -

Profile to come soon.

Laurence Miller -

Laurence Millar began his working career in England, where he worked for ANZ and General Electric. He moved to New Zealand in 1983 with Databank Systems and in 1990 he joined the Department of Social Welfare as General Manager Information Technology. In 1993 Laurence became a senior consultant for Azimuth Consulting Ltd where he led strategic consulting and program management assignments.

Laurence has undertaken work for a wide range of New Zealand government agencies including: The Treasury, Department of Internal Affairs, Land Transport Safety Authority, Department of Labour, New Zealand Customs, Audit New Zealand, Order of St John, New Zealand Fire Service, National Archives, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade and the Ministry of Justice. He took up the position of Government CIO in March 2008.

Laurence has a Master of Arts in Mathematics (Honours) from Cambridge University and a Master of Science (Distinction) in Cybernetics from London University.

Rosemary Du Plessis -

Assoc. Professor Rosemary Du Plessis is the Social and Human Sciences specialist on the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. She is also a member of Toi te Taiao: the Bioethics Council and works in the Sociology Programme at University of Canterbury. Rosemary has an ongoing interest in the social, cultural and ethical aspects of new technologies, particularly health biotechnologies and ICTs. Her interest in ICT innovation has been heightened by the development of the ACCESS Grid as a feature of the BRCSS Network.

The Impact '08 Series provides an important opportunity for people around New Zealand to address the impacts of ICT innovation. This session addresses some of the key social and ethical issues relating to our use of ICTs - how we increasingly construct our identities through computer mediated interactions and issues of privacy and personal control over what we communicate in electronic environments. I look forward to a lively discussion!