Governing in the Internet Age - Paul Fletcher MP & Prof Lyria Bennett Moses

AUSCL, the Australian Society for Computers + Law invites you to the latest event in its Decision Makers Series, a conversation between Paul Fletcher MP and Professor Lyria Bennett Moses on:
Governing in the Internet Age
Over the past thirty years, the internet has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including social and economic. On the whole these changes have been positive, they have come with new, and even unforeseen, risks and unprecedented levels of disruption.
"The result is a rich set of policy challenges for governments. Paul Fletcher is Australia’s Minister for Communications and has worked on internet policy issues for twenty-five years. In Governing in the Internet Age, he outlines the key challenges the internet has posed for governments as they seek to preserve their sovereignty, protect their citizens from harm, and regulate neutrally between traditional and online business models. Yes, the internet has changed everything-and that goes for governing, too." National Press Club
Minister Fletcher's portfolio is extensive, and has overseen reforms across multiple sectors and topics of interest to the AUSCL Network, including infrastructure and communications, including broadband, copyright reform, online and cyber-safety. Here is your chance to hear directly from the Minister on the challenges of Governing in the Internet Age.
Speakers
Paul Fletcher MP is the Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts in the Morrison Government. He entered Parliament in December 2009 as the Member for Bradfield and in December 2020 was appointed Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. Before entering parliament, Paul was Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, at Optus for eight years. Paul has degrees in law and economics from the University of Sydney and an MBA from Columbia University, New York, where he was a Fulbright scholar.
The title of this event is taken from Minister Fletcher's latest book with the same title, published by Monash University Publishing, as part of its In the National Interest series. Paul’s previous book, Wired Brown Land? Telstra’s Battle for Broadband was published by UNSW Press in 2009
Professor Lyria Bennett Moses is the Director of the Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation and a Professor in the Faculty of Law and Justice at UNSW Sydney. She is also co-lead of the Law and Policy theme in the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre. Lyria's research explores issues around the relationship between technology and law, including the types of legal issues that arise as technology changes, how these issues are addressed in Australia and other jurisdictions, and the problems of treating “technology” as an object of regulation.
Highlights and vote of thanks by James Riley. James has a long history as a technology reporter in Australia and in Asia and is the Founder and Editorial Director of InnovationAus. Over a 30-year career in journalism, has worked in newspapers, industry magazines, radio and online, including lengthy reporting stints at the South China Morning Post, The Australian, and InformationWeek and has worked on editorial floors at various times in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra (Press Gallery), Adelaide and Hong Kong.
He also co-founded the pan-Asia monthly print magazine The Dataphile in Hong Kong in 1993 at the birth of the World Wide Web. As the Editorial Director, James sets the tone and direction of InnovationAus reporting, as well as advising on building programs for business roundtables and bespoke events. James is responsible for building the InnovationAus Editorial Advisory board. He regularly moderates roundtable business lunches, panels and industry forums. James has had a specific interest in industry development policy as it relates to the Australian technology sector.
About the Organiser
AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR COMPUTERS + LAW
AUSCL is an interdisciplinary inter-generational think-tank promoting sustainable law, technology and society through its education program and policy lab. The society focuses on the intersection of law, technology and policy and its impact on society, including AI, Privacy, Automated Decisions, Rules as Code and Cybersecurity. AUSCL brings together various state associations, which were established as early as 1981, and attracts members and speakers from across the globe. AUSCL is honored to have The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG as patron.
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