1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,469 foreign 2 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:08,469 [Music] 3 00:00:13,559 --> 00:00:18,000 so Lindsay Jackson is a CEO and 4 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:20,160 co-founder of the anike tech business 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,660 called platform 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,699 she's been working with open source 7 00:00:21,660 --> 00:00:26,580 Technologies for over 15 years with 8 00:00:23,699 --> 00:00:30,359 involvement in many communities such as 9 00:00:26,580 --> 00:00:32,220 Drupal govhak EFA open Agriculture and 10 00:00:30,359 --> 00:00:34,200 other things 11 00:00:32,220 --> 00:00:36,620 in Regional South Australia she is a 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,820 passionate person 13 00:00:36,620 --> 00:00:40,860 in wanting to bring technology 14 00:00:38,820 --> 00:00:42,360 experiences to those living outside the 15 00:00:40,860 --> 00:00:45,180 major production centers in the 16 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,920 community and inspiring them to use 17 00:00:45,180 --> 00:00:48,960 technology to express themselves and 18 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,700 realize their aspirations 19 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,379 a committed advocate for inclusion 20 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:54,360 diversity and digital skill development 21 00:00:52,379 --> 00:00:56,940 she believes that broadcasting 22 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,800 participation in Tech has the power to 23 00:00:56,940 --> 00:01:01,680 enrich and transform Regional lives 24 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:06,019 communities economies and main streets 25 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:06,019 so please take it away Lindsay 26 00:01:07,170 --> 00:01:09,390 [Music] 27 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,799 thank you 28 00:01:09,390 --> 00:01:13,619 [Music] 29 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:15,420 thank you so much uh thank you for 30 00:01:13,619 --> 00:01:16,920 having me because 31 00:01:15,420 --> 00:01:18,960 um it's such a privilege oh it's very 32 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,000 bright it's such a privilege to be able 33 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:23,159 to do a Keynotes this is um this is my 34 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,259 first keynote on this topic and just 35 00:01:23,159 --> 00:01:27,960 even the process of having to put it 36 00:01:25,259 --> 00:01:30,479 together and uh they're really long uh 37 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:32,460 thinking about all of that um was was a 38 00:01:30,479 --> 00:01:34,979 really was a really great process 39 00:01:32,460 --> 00:01:37,200 um so thank you very much and also I 40 00:01:34,979 --> 00:01:39,240 should also thank you for the Linux 41 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,159 grant that we got earlier in the year to 42 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,259 create a project in Regional South 43 00:01:41,159 --> 00:01:45,240 Australia for young people that have 44 00:01:43,259 --> 00:01:48,420 aspirations of getting into digital 45 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,040 digital technology gaming design things 46 00:01:48,420 --> 00:01:53,939 like that so you can see a little bit of 47 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:57,600 information about that um in the book 48 00:01:53,939 --> 00:01:59,280 annual report as well so thank you 49 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,259 okay this is going to get a little bit 50 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,600 feisty but the light is so bright I 51 00:02:01,259 --> 00:02:04,920 can't see anyone's faces so I'm just 52 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,219 going to pretend that you're all taking 53 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,219 it 54 00:02:08,220 --> 00:02:13,080 um so I hate to be the one to tell you 55 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,480 this but everyone in this community 56 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,819 whether you're whether you're in the 57 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,980 room or not carries the burden of being 58 00:02:17,819 --> 00:02:22,560 a person with privilege and with 59 00:02:19,980 --> 00:02:25,020 privilege comes responsibility and the 60 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:27,060 world right now is at a point where it's 61 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:30,080 [ __ ] and if people don't do something 62 00:02:27,060 --> 00:02:32,760 about it and every one of us are people 63 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,620 and because you're technologists you 64 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:37,140 have a higher burden than most 65 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:38,040 I'm sorry to be the bearer of this bad 66 00:02:37,140 --> 00:02:40,080 news 67 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,580 but I'm also going to help you so you 68 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,160 don't have to worry 69 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:46,739 viscerally I hate talking about myself 70 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,780 if this was a psychology conference 71 00:02:46,739 --> 00:02:50,940 maybe we would say it's because I'm a 72 00:02:48,780 --> 00:02:53,879 woman and I'm used to silencing myself 73 00:02:50,940 --> 00:02:56,459 around men who don't want to hear me 74 00:02:53,879 --> 00:02:58,440 speak and women are in fact conditioned 75 00:02:56,459 --> 00:03:00,540 like that from a young age particularly 76 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,640 ones who grow up in small country towns 77 00:03:00,540 --> 00:03:05,220 who have trading men or Furniture 78 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:07,319 removalist men or farmer men in their 79 00:03:05,220 --> 00:03:09,420 Social Circles 80 00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:10,739 uh now I've done this thing where I 81 00:03:09,420 --> 00:03:12,840 can't move my thing 82 00:03:10,739 --> 00:03:15,420 um or maybe we would try and diagnose my 83 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:17,819 neurodiversity and a lot of people have 84 00:03:15,420 --> 00:03:19,739 been doing that lately so we're on to 85 00:03:17,819 --> 00:03:22,140 the first slide where we have Paris 86 00:03:19,739 --> 00:03:25,260 Hilton she's just released a biography 87 00:03:22,140 --> 00:03:27,420 and she talks about her ADHD so that's 88 00:03:25,260 --> 00:03:30,019 about to become hot which is exciting 89 00:03:27,420 --> 00:03:33,659 and she describes it 90 00:03:30,019 --> 00:03:35,700 she describes it as her superpower 91 00:03:33,659 --> 00:03:38,340 for those of you under 30 who don't know 92 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:41,000 who Paris is her series the simple life 93 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:43,860 with Nicole Richie is television gold 94 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,780 and trust me watch it you'll thank me 95 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:47,819 later 96 00:03:44,780 --> 00:03:50,280 and on that I do want to thank you on 97 00:03:47,819 --> 00:03:52,440 Tuesday for bringing his ADHD diagnosis 98 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,480 to the stage I don't want to make you 99 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,400 feel even more uncomfortable but 100 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:59,099 statistically speaking I bet there is a 101 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:01,200 lot of neurodiversity in this audience 102 00:03:59,099 --> 00:04:03,480 but today I am going to talk about me 103 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:06,720 because it's going to allow us to build 104 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,340 trust and because I am anybody and now 105 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,200 this is not working oh 106 00:04:08,340 --> 00:04:12,120 um because I'm anybody and that's going 107 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,340 to help you to see how you can be 108 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:17,299 somebody ah there we go I'll give you 109 00:04:14,340 --> 00:04:17,299 this slide how about that 110 00:04:17,459 --> 00:04:21,419 trying to convince you how technical I 111 00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:23,479 am and I can't get this working oh my 112 00:04:21,419 --> 00:04:23,479 God 113 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:28,139 um for us to really connect you're going 114 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,360 to have to decide if I'm similar enough 115 00:04:28,139 --> 00:04:32,699 to you and I suggest you're going to 116 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,620 have to decide if I'm really a geek is 117 00:04:32,699 --> 00:04:36,419 she the real deal 118 00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:38,699 but first i'm going to acknowledge my 119 00:04:36,419 --> 00:04:40,919 privilege I'm going to tell you about a 120 00:04:38,699 --> 00:04:43,500 whole lot of barriers that I face but 121 00:04:40,919 --> 00:04:45,720 I'm white I was born in Australia and I 122 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:48,419 have access had access to a quality 123 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:50,820 education system and I have the capacity 124 00:04:48,419 --> 00:04:53,699 health and personality to build 125 00:04:50,820 --> 00:04:54,840 confidence to navigate systems and I'm 126 00:04:53,699 --> 00:04:56,580 also going to acknowledge that we're 127 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:58,680 still in a global pandemic and that 128 00:04:56,580 --> 00:05:00,840 clovert is an ongoing Health crisis 129 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,460 we're all in this room because of the 130 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:04,320 privilege of our health or how we 131 00:05:02,460 --> 00:05:05,759 perceive our health and there are many 132 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,520 in this community that are still living 133 00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:10,620 in isolation to preserve their safety 134 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,220 because of society's broader lack of 135 00:05:10,620 --> 00:05:13,220 precaution 136 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,380 foreign 137 00:05:17,639 --> 00:05:21,419 and then let me acknowledge that we're 138 00:05:19,380 --> 00:05:23,520 on the land of the naan people that 139 00:05:21,419 --> 00:05:25,259 sovereignty was never seated and that 140 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,060 we'll have an upcoming referendum on 141 00:05:25,259 --> 00:05:29,520 First Nations acknowledgment in the 142 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:32,340 Constitution and that Australia has a 143 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:34,080 terrible racist recent history of the 144 00:05:32,340 --> 00:05:36,539 abhorrent treatment of indigenous people 145 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:39,120 which is still part of our society and 146 00:05:36,539 --> 00:05:41,100 our structures and attitudes today 147 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:45,720 let's begin 148 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:48,720 [Applause] 149 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:51,060 so I grew up in a small community in 150 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:53,940 South Australia it used to be 5 000 151 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:55,680 people and now it's 6 000 people and 152 00:05:53,940 --> 00:05:58,919 there are three yeah there are three 153 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:01,380 towns so about 18 000 people and the 154 00:05:58,919 --> 00:06:04,919 council are currently rebranding the 155 00:06:01,380 --> 00:06:07,860 three towns to be a city of the city of 156 00:06:04,919 --> 00:06:10,620 the copper coast and many people are 157 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:12,539 very anxious about this 158 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:15,000 when you're a young person growing up in 159 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:17,340 country towns in the late 90s all you 160 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,240 want to do is leave now I live there by 161 00:06:17,340 --> 00:06:22,380 choice 162 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:25,319 condos mostly it does have epic beaches 163 00:06:22,380 --> 00:06:27,180 and no traffic and sometimes a lack of 164 00:06:25,319 --> 00:06:28,979 external stimulation is good for 165 00:06:27,180 --> 00:06:30,600 business and high functioning Minds 166 00:06:28,979 --> 00:06:32,639 sometimes 167 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,620 and I don't really know how young people 168 00:06:32,639 --> 00:06:36,600 feel about living and growing up in the 169 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:39,960 community anymore because young people 170 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:41,940 are hidden the over 65 Community is the 171 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,680 only one that gets to matter they're the 172 00:06:41,940 --> 00:06:46,979 ones that are visible and they're the 173 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:49,440 ones that complain a lot 174 00:06:46,979 --> 00:06:52,020 when I was 19 I was feeling really lost 175 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:54,180 and this feeling of having times or I 176 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:56,940 feel lost is one that carries through my 177 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:59,100 next 20ish years as a theme and I think 178 00:06:56,940 --> 00:07:00,960 other people relate to this as well so 179 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:02,699 I'm going to reference these moments in 180 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,560 case you do relate 181 00:07:02,699 --> 00:07:07,139 I went to a talk in a really 182 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:09,060 disadvantaged part of Adelaide and that 183 00:07:07,139 --> 00:07:10,860 talk shaped the direction of my life 184 00:07:09,060 --> 00:07:12,539 just like that 185 00:07:10,860 --> 00:07:14,699 the presentation was from a person 186 00:07:12,539 --> 00:07:16,620 called Peter Kenyon who consults with an 187 00:07:14,699 --> 00:07:19,319 organization called the bank of ideas on 188 00:07:16,620 --> 00:07:21,720 Regional development and he reframed 189 00:07:19,319 --> 00:07:23,699 what I thought about Community young 190 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,979 people and capacity 191 00:07:23,699 --> 00:07:28,319 so I end up doing my apprenticeship with 192 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:30,660 him for a number of years and the key 193 00:07:28,319 --> 00:07:33,419 Concepts that framed that work was 194 00:07:30,660 --> 00:07:35,759 building Social Capital which relates to 195 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:37,740 the social norms the networks and the 196 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:41,160 trust that facilitates cooperation 197 00:07:37,740 --> 00:07:43,080 within and between groups asset-based 198 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,479 Community Development and appreciative 199 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:47,520 inquiry and I can leave you to look at 200 00:07:45,479 --> 00:07:49,919 look up those terms but if I recall 201 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:52,259 correctly Donna gave a talk on 202 00:07:49,919 --> 00:07:54,780 appreciative inquiry at a drupalcomm 203 00:07:52,259 --> 00:07:56,940 that I attended so these concepts of 204 00:07:54,780 --> 00:07:58,919 community framing have likely made it 205 00:07:56,940 --> 00:08:02,060 their way into this community as well 206 00:07:58,919 --> 00:08:02,060 realized or not 207 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:07,520 care about community and 208 00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:10,919 entrepreneurialism especially a social 209 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:12,780 entrepreneurialism and regions My First 210 00:08:10,919 --> 00:08:15,419 Act was to join the neighborhood watch 211 00:08:12,780 --> 00:08:17,280 Group which is really just local citizen 212 00:08:15,419 --> 00:08:19,500 surveillance with the police stopping by 213 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,720 to drop some gossip and see if anyone 214 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:24,319 had any intel to share 215 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:27,900 that's what it is yeah 216 00:08:24,319 --> 00:08:29,879 absolutely on Tuesday and Pia's talk 217 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:31,860 this is the first time I'd heard someone 218 00:08:29,879 --> 00:08:34,140 note this but she noted that because 219 00:08:31,860 --> 00:08:36,539 Australia was set up as a penal colony 220 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:39,060 our systems of government have been set 221 00:08:36,539 --> 00:08:41,099 up to be punitive and this gives a lot 222 00:08:39,060 --> 00:08:44,099 of insight into our systems and 223 00:08:41,099 --> 00:08:45,720 structures and why we as a nation are a 224 00:08:44,099 --> 00:08:48,660 bunch of dibber dobbers 225 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:51,300 white Australians anyway 226 00:08:48,660 --> 00:08:54,240 actually with Diva dobbers but we're 227 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:56,580 also [ __ ] at speaking up so I remember 228 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:58,380 during this time reading a small article 229 00:08:56,580 --> 00:09:01,200 that if eight people complained about 230 00:08:58,380 --> 00:09:04,560 television reception to akmora however 231 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:07,019 they'd look into it eight so that was 232 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:09,420 when I first had a data point on what it 233 00:09:07,019 --> 00:09:11,040 took to get government attention because 234 00:09:09,420 --> 00:09:14,399 Australians don't want to be seen as 235 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:16,560 whinges very few people complain so 236 00:09:14,399 --> 00:09:18,720 eight people making a complaint was 237 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:20,940 significant and that's pretty wild when 238 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,800 you think about it 239 00:09:20,940 --> 00:09:25,019 and moved back to the country for a 240 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,519 couple of years and during this time I 241 00:09:25,019 --> 00:09:28,920 started getting involved in things like 242 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:32,040 consultations and focus group style 243 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:34,260 things so one example is where someone 244 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,600 was writing a youth policy so there was 245 00:09:34,260 --> 00:09:39,600 a listening tour and our voices were 246 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:41,760 listened to and reports were written 247 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,320 and actually I went to about a half a 248 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:45,180 dozen of these sorts of things in a 249 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,700 short period of time and they had the 250 00:09:45,180 --> 00:09:49,680 same theme and the same outcome but once 251 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:52,860 I got pizza and twenty dollars for 252 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:55,680 participating and that was awesome 253 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:57,899 in Australia we love writing reports and 254 00:09:55,680 --> 00:10:00,180 doing listening and avoiding real work 255 00:09:57,899 --> 00:10:02,760 to make change because doing things as 256 00:10:00,180 --> 00:10:04,380 is hard and our political Cycles are 257 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:07,080 short 258 00:10:04,380 --> 00:10:11,459 and I started to realize that there was 259 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:14,940 an entire system set up to amplify my 260 00:10:11,459 --> 00:10:18,959 disadvantage and not only that an 261 00:10:14,940 --> 00:10:23,120 industry jobs livelihood reliant on my 262 00:10:18,959 --> 00:10:26,640 disadvantage I was a statistic a female 263 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:28,760 youth living in a regional town from a 264 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:31,760 single parent household University 265 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:34,560 Dropout twice at that point 266 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:37,260 grown-ups needed funding because their 267 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:39,060 data showed I was disadvantaged and that 268 00:10:37,260 --> 00:10:41,640 if you grew up in my area you're 269 00:10:39,060 --> 00:10:43,860 statistically likely to be a massive 270 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:47,399 loser 271 00:10:43,860 --> 00:10:49,860 and so that shapes things and it still 272 00:10:47,399 --> 00:10:52,260 does and 20 years on in my region this 273 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:54,440 in Regional Australia the statistics are 274 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:57,240 no better what we're doing isn't working 275 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:59,040 but back then it's okay I'm an 276 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,140 optimistic Youth and I believe that 277 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,180 people can change the world and I am 278 00:11:01,140 --> 00:11:05,880 people so I can help change the world 279 00:11:03,180 --> 00:11:09,720 and I just get more resilient more 280 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:12,360 optimistic more skilled and I guess more 281 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:14,519 defiant 282 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,440 so when I was 26 283 00:11:14,519 --> 00:11:19,560 um I just moved back to my regional town 284 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,779 again and I had my first baby and I have 285 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:24,000 this theme of being stuck in a regional 286 00:11:21,779 --> 00:11:25,860 town with a baby which means a lot of 287 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,959 free time and a lot of free time with 288 00:11:25,860 --> 00:11:29,940 pressure and hormones and lack of sleep 289 00:11:27,959 --> 00:11:32,940 and feeling pretty [ __ ] as the next 290 00:11:29,940 --> 00:11:34,920 big career move goes and lost and 291 00:11:32,940 --> 00:11:37,640 remember above times of feeling lost 292 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:42,899 that happens at these points too 293 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:44,820 luckily it was the era of Kevin 07 and 294 00:11:42,899 --> 00:11:48,180 as part of new prime minister Kevin 295 00:11:44,820 --> 00:11:50,760 Rudd's first thing he held a 2020 Summit 296 00:11:48,180 --> 00:11:55,140 and a thousand people from 10 streams 297 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:57,540 were invited and I having no idea on 298 00:11:55,140 --> 00:11:59,000 what to do next in my life take this as 299 00:11:57,540 --> 00:12:02,339 a possible sign 300 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:06,000 embolden buy a glass of red wine I email 301 00:12:02,339 --> 00:12:08,519 Tim Costello he was the CEO of global 302 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,260 charity World Vision and was leading one 303 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:13,019 of the streams and we'd had a recent 304 00:12:10,260 --> 00:12:15,120 interaction at a recent event and I 305 00:12:13,019 --> 00:12:17,459 write to him and asked if I can attend 306 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,260 and I'm told how to apply 307 00:12:17,459 --> 00:12:22,079 and when the list of attendees is 308 00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:24,480 published online my name is on it and I 309 00:12:22,079 --> 00:12:26,820 go and I meet someone who would become 310 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:29,339 my boss and I would spend the next 311 00:12:26,820 --> 00:12:31,380 eightish years building in Joomla and 312 00:12:29,339 --> 00:12:32,399 Drupal and a bit of Civic CRM for 313 00:12:31,380 --> 00:12:35,240 not-for-profits and government 314 00:12:32,399 --> 00:12:35,240 organizations 315 00:12:35,279 --> 00:12:39,420 one of the biggest impacts we can make 316 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,519 as a community is to make easier 317 00:12:39,420 --> 00:12:44,639 transitions for people who come into 318 00:12:41,519 --> 00:12:46,920 Tech via accidental opportunity 319 00:12:44,639 --> 00:12:49,260 and that includes the career pass once 320 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:51,300 you're in it is a hard industry to 321 00:12:49,260 --> 00:12:53,519 navigate especially if you don't have 322 00:12:51,300 --> 00:12:56,579 the right connections or if you're not 323 00:12:53,519 --> 00:13:00,300 the right type of person technology is 324 00:12:56,579 --> 00:13:02,820 an accident or a trouble finding work 325 00:13:00,300 --> 00:13:05,040 happens far too frequently for women and 326 00:13:02,820 --> 00:13:07,740 other underrepresented groups 327 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:10,560 a lack of diversity in in the community 328 00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:13,320 and Industry in fact any community and 329 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:15,480 Industry is a huge problem and a risk 330 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,519 and if we look around this room which I 331 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:20,459 can't do because it's so bright 332 00:13:17,519 --> 00:13:23,100 um but it is lacking in diversity gender 333 00:13:20,459 --> 00:13:25,680 culture race age we're not 334 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:27,899 representative of society or even the 335 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:30,300 Australian technical community and 336 00:13:27,899 --> 00:13:34,399 groups that are not representative can 337 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:37,019 become irrelevant or lazy or dangerous 338 00:13:34,399 --> 00:13:39,959 spending 20 years with Community groups 339 00:13:37,019 --> 00:13:42,720 in Regional areas all they ever want to 340 00:13:39,959 --> 00:13:45,720 know is how do we get young people to 341 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:49,940 attend and 20 years ago when they said 342 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:53,150 young people they meant under 50. 343 00:13:49,940 --> 00:13:54,779 now they're men under 17. 344 00:13:53,150 --> 00:13:57,720 [Music] 345 00:13:54,779 --> 00:13:59,760 regeneration is really difficult we 346 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:02,639 naturally see communities established 347 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:04,980 grow together and then age out 348 00:14:02,639 --> 00:14:06,540 and if we let the Mage out they die out 349 00:14:04,980 --> 00:14:08,700 and we lose the structures and the 350 00:14:06,540 --> 00:14:10,740 governance Frameworks but changing 351 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:12,120 Community groups is hard because it 352 00:14:10,740 --> 00:14:13,680 means the people in them have to 353 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,260 intentionally change how they see 354 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:18,360 themselves and their role and they may 355 00:14:16,260 --> 00:14:21,480 have to step down step back or step 356 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:23,760 aside and asking yourself am I relevant 357 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:26,700 could someone else be doing more with 358 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:28,500 this privilege or can I let go and see 359 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:31,380 others make changes that I know will 360 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:33,360 cause some issues can be hard to do but 361 00:14:31,380 --> 00:14:34,440 communities do age out and need to 362 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,420 change 363 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,519 and I need you to pause here and think 364 00:14:36,420 --> 00:14:40,800 about our own technical communities and 365 00:14:38,519 --> 00:14:43,260 where they are because I am seeing a lot 366 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:45,899 of them aging out and it's not because 367 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:47,940 you're old per se but because the reason 368 00:14:45,899 --> 00:14:50,579 that Geeks built these communities was 369 00:14:47,940 --> 00:14:52,620 to build careers build skills and build 370 00:14:50,579 --> 00:14:55,019 friendships and if you're not in that 371 00:14:52,620 --> 00:14:56,760 place anymore that's fine but of course 372 00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:58,440 there are young people that need those 373 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:01,019 things today 374 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:03,600 could make new spaces I guess 375 00:15:01,019 --> 00:15:05,459 but what if they don't or can't and do 376 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,079 we really want them to go do community 377 00:15:05,459 --> 00:15:08,880 elsewhere 378 00:15:07,079 --> 00:15:10,380 but back to my life 379 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,820 as I was building the national 380 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:14,579 homelessness at the national 381 00:15:11,820 --> 00:15:16,800 Clearinghouse for homelessness in Joomla 382 00:15:14,579 --> 00:15:18,600 which would later be deleted from the 383 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:21,120 server when the political ambition of 384 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:23,459 halving homelessness by 2030 was 385 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,860 discarded by the next minister 386 00:15:23,459 --> 00:15:28,139 I realized that technology was the 387 00:15:25,860 --> 00:15:30,980 enabler for everything I aspired to 388 00:15:28,139 --> 00:15:34,139 create support and build community 389 00:15:30,980 --> 00:15:36,720 and everything that I in and then with 390 00:15:34,139 --> 00:15:38,820 that I embarked on 11ish years or so of 391 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:41,519 talking to other people about technology 392 00:15:38,820 --> 00:15:43,500 and Community with neither side really 393 00:15:41,519 --> 00:15:45,360 having any idea about the other when I 394 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:48,540 tried to talk to them 395 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:51,420 oops my phone 396 00:15:48,540 --> 00:15:53,339 smush this up when I tried to combine 397 00:15:51,420 --> 00:15:55,620 the two and even though a lot has 398 00:15:53,339 --> 00:15:58,079 changed Society still feels really 399 00:15:55,620 --> 00:16:00,300 uncomfortable with technology and their 400 00:15:58,079 --> 00:16:03,060 capability to have control over it or 401 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:05,760 make decisions about it and I see this 402 00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:07,620 in all facets that I operate in 403 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:10,320 as technologists we've done a wonderful 404 00:16:07,620 --> 00:16:12,600 job of building so many great tools and 405 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,880 we should be very proud the alignment 406 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:20,220 between the worlds isn't fully there but 407 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:22,139 it is so so close well done to us 408 00:16:20,220 --> 00:16:23,940 during this period of my life I built 409 00:16:22,139 --> 00:16:25,320 over 100 sites for not-for-profit and 410 00:16:23,940 --> 00:16:27,300 government organizations around 411 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,760 Australia and lots of them are still 412 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:31,639 live today and I turned people who had 413 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:34,560 never touched a CMS in before 414 00:16:31,639 --> 00:16:37,380 intercontent administrators and that was 415 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:40,079 wonderful and honestly also unless he 416 00:16:37,380 --> 00:16:41,940 just did work and paid bills and lived 417 00:16:40,079 --> 00:16:45,180 I didn't know that I was about to hit 418 00:16:41,940 --> 00:16:47,459 another one of those life moments 419 00:16:45,180 --> 00:16:49,620 the web company that I was working for 420 00:16:47,459 --> 00:16:52,860 closed for lots of business and Tech 421 00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:55,019 Trend reasons pregnant I'd taken over as 422 00:16:52,860 --> 00:16:57,360 CEO to try to turn it around but it 423 00:16:55,019 --> 00:16:59,880 wasn't to be and I once again found 424 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:02,940 myself with a tiny baby in a regional 425 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:04,679 town no job with all of my thoughts and 426 00:17:02,940 --> 00:17:07,620 all of my drive to make the world a 427 00:17:04,679 --> 00:17:09,900 better place and nowhere to channel it 428 00:17:07,620 --> 00:17:12,419 so I start doing what I know community 429 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:14,640 building and the first step was to 430 00:17:12,419 --> 00:17:18,360 infiltrate the Drupal Community because 431 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:20,100 I had zero connections and everything 432 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:22,439 that I wanted to be building was in 433 00:17:20,100 --> 00:17:23,640 Drupal so I needed to have more deaf 434 00:17:22,439 --> 00:17:26,520 friends 435 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:27,919 and that my friends is a hard Community 436 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:31,140 to crack 437 00:17:27,919 --> 00:17:33,299 unnecessarily hard and I would argue to 438 00:17:31,140 --> 00:17:35,400 their detriment but I'll save 439 00:17:33,299 --> 00:17:39,260 elaboration on this for when I'm invited 440 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,260 to do a keynote at one of their events 441 00:17:40,140 --> 00:17:45,539 thank you 442 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:47,880 I did become very successful at it 443 00:17:45,539 --> 00:17:49,980 though and I have connected with many 444 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,600 wonderful people from all over the world 445 00:17:49,980 --> 00:17:54,480 and have had some excellent 446 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:57,179 opportunities arise I'm not disparaging 447 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:58,980 by any means but it's tough to love to 448 00:17:57,179 --> 00:18:01,559 build in something when progression 449 00:17:58,980 --> 00:18:03,600 feels like an uphill battle 450 00:18:01,559 --> 00:18:08,580 but of course even though communities 451 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:09,299 can can contain share I keep jumping on 452 00:18:08,580 --> 00:18:11,220 um 453 00:18:09,299 --> 00:18:13,620 even though communities can contain 454 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:14,940 frustrating barriers and blockers we 455 00:18:13,620 --> 00:18:17,039 know that building things with 456 00:18:14,940 --> 00:18:19,860 like-minded people and having shared 457 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:21,720 goals of openness transparency and 458 00:18:19,860 --> 00:18:23,280 knowledge sharing is powerful and 459 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,380 wonderful 460 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,960 open source communities are very similar 461 00:18:25,380 --> 00:18:31,200 to Regional communities Collective good 462 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:32,760 shared Vision skin in the game and the 463 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,380 thing that struck me the most about the 464 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:37,320 community that I hadn't experienced 465 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:39,120 before was technical privilege in 466 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:41,220 Regional Community Development and in 467 00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:44,400 the not-for-profit sector we have great 468 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:47,400 great people Amazing Ideas huge 469 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:48,960 potential but never any money and 470 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:52,020 admittedly it's a sector that does 471 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:54,660 better than the Arts but in technology 472 00:18:52,020 --> 00:18:57,240 communities we have the ability to build 473 00:18:54,660 --> 00:18:59,760 and the specialized technical expertise 474 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:01,799 to charge and I know there are times 475 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,900 when open source in particular feels 476 00:19:01,799 --> 00:19:05,700 thankless and that the community edges 477 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:08,280 we've struggle to find sustainable 478 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:10,140 models of sustainable funding or pay 479 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:13,200 people a living wage for necessary 480 00:19:10,140 --> 00:19:16,260 Community Management work but I once did 481 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:19,260 a talk and had the costs of the the 482 00:19:16,260 --> 00:19:21,059 costs of my flight overseas to deliver 483 00:19:19,260 --> 00:19:23,460 it covered 484 00:19:21,059 --> 00:19:24,960 mind blown like that does and that does 485 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:27,120 not happen 486 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:29,280 and we hold these conferences and we'd 487 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:31,020 listen to these speakers and they are 488 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:34,080 phenomenal in their knowledge and 489 00:19:31,020 --> 00:19:36,600 insight and their friends and colleagues 490 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:38,700 so they just kind of seem ordinary but 491 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,919 they're not and I don't think we come 492 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:43,140 anywhere close to utilizing this talent 493 00:19:40,919 --> 00:19:45,299 and exposing other people's in in 494 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:47,460 society to their greatness and that 495 00:19:45,299 --> 00:19:49,440 could be something that we work on 496 00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:50,820 let me give you a few slides when I did 497 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,039 a thing with all this technical 498 00:19:50,820 --> 00:19:55,760 knowledge and Community tools and 499 00:19:53,039 --> 00:19:55,760 internet access 500 00:19:56,660 --> 00:20:01,460 [Music] 501 00:19:58,980 --> 00:20:04,380 oh here we go 502 00:20:01,460 --> 00:20:06,000 robodet was a breach of the trust by the 503 00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:09,480 government when it came to technology 504 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:12,740 and data and honestly I don't know how 505 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,740 we're going to win this back 506 00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:21,059 we had this era of open gov open the gov 507 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:23,039 hack open data gov CMS technology and 508 00:20:21,059 --> 00:20:25,500 open technology in the public service 509 00:20:23,039 --> 00:20:27,360 was gaining momentum and then we saw 510 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:29,100 that trust broken 511 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:31,320 and while trust in government was being 512 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:34,200 dismantled the Community Trust through 513 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:36,120 roboda advocacy through not my debt and 514 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,039 in open and closed communities online 515 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:39,660 was growing 516 00:20:38,039 --> 00:20:41,100 there's a I'll give you some little 517 00:20:39,660 --> 00:20:43,679 pictures let's do a little pictures 518 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:46,200 these are pictures that was sent to me 519 00:20:43,679 --> 00:20:49,160 throughout the campaign 520 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,160 This Is Us 521 00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:56,940 someone was in the in the UK and they 522 00:20:54,299 --> 00:20:59,039 had jet lag and so they had a lot of 523 00:20:56,940 --> 00:21:00,660 time where they were awake and I'd just 524 00:20:59,039 --> 00:21:02,220 wake up and they'd send me these things 525 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:05,539 and then their Twitter account would get 526 00:21:02,220 --> 00:21:05,539 deleted it was very strange 527 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:12,240 I'm Regional activism 528 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:14,660 Israel they need young people in their 529 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,660 groups 530 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,039 framework of 531 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,200 work of change called Collective impact 532 00:21:20,039 --> 00:21:23,580 and I like to think of the robodet 533 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,740 movement as being an example of 534 00:21:23,580 --> 00:21:27,900 collective impact with not my debt as 535 00:21:25,740 --> 00:21:30,240 the backbone organization 536 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:32,700 people did a lot of things completely 537 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,740 independent of us but we had a role in 538 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:37,200 curating connecting and disseminating 539 00:21:34,740 --> 00:21:39,659 information and building trust and 540 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:41,520 community support and of course actually 541 00:21:39,659 --> 00:21:43,919 helping people 542 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:46,260 Robo deck connected me to the world of 543 00:21:43,919 --> 00:21:48,360 digital rides and thinking about what to 544 00:21:46,260 --> 00:21:50,460 do next a call for board positions to 545 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:52,740 electronic Frontiers Australia came up 546 00:21:50,460 --> 00:21:55,260 so I took the plunge and ended up being 547 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:57,179 chair for four years 548 00:21:55,260 --> 00:21:59,760 sitting on a board is a great way to 549 00:21:57,179 --> 00:22:01,080 actively participate unfortunately none 550 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,059 of our digital rights or technical 551 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:05,100 communities have any funding and being 552 00:22:03,059 --> 00:22:06,000 volunteer run makes things incredibly 553 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:08,460 hard 554 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,220 in Australia we're also pretty [ __ ] at 555 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:12,840 joining member organizations 556 00:22:11,220 --> 00:22:15,059 um so if there is something you can do 557 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,580 or if you're in a position to support a 558 00:22:15,059 --> 00:22:19,799 paid one even better and if you're in a 559 00:22:17,580 --> 00:22:21,960 team or you're a manager or an owner of 560 00:22:19,799 --> 00:22:24,659 a team tell them about the groups that 561 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:28,679 are out there encourage them to join we 562 00:22:24,659 --> 00:22:31,260 all need fresh energy talent and ideas 563 00:22:28,679 --> 00:22:32,880 I'm going to take you to take you a 564 00:22:31,260 --> 00:22:34,380 moment to give you all the lecture here 565 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,140 in case you didn't think the rest of 566 00:22:34,380 --> 00:22:39,179 this is a lecture 567 00:22:36,140 --> 00:22:41,580 in my five years on the board the 568 00:22:39,179 --> 00:22:44,159 times were when people felt entitled to 569 00:22:41,580 --> 00:22:46,080 cause disruption Place demands and put 570 00:22:44,159 --> 00:22:47,039 their rudeness onto me or other board 571 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,740 members 572 00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:51,600 toxic Behavior takes the very limited 573 00:22:49,740 --> 00:22:54,299 capability from people who are working 574 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:57,059 for you for free and directs it to 575 00:22:54,299 --> 00:22:58,799 people management and wasted energy it 576 00:22:57,059 --> 00:23:01,140 means all other functions of the group 577 00:22:58,799 --> 00:23:03,059 stop people become upset and even 578 00:23:01,140 --> 00:23:03,780 question why they're doing anything at 579 00:23:03,059 --> 00:23:04,620 all 580 00:23:03,780 --> 00:23:07,700 someone 581 00:23:04,620 --> 00:23:07,700 [Music] 582 00:23:10,919 --> 00:23:15,299 and when these issues build up and 583 00:23:13,140 --> 00:23:17,159 people feel attacked the trust that we 584 00:23:15,299 --> 00:23:18,780 work so hard to build and maintain 585 00:23:17,159 --> 00:23:20,940 breaks down 586 00:23:18,780 --> 00:23:23,340 I've had so many Amazing Ideas while 587 00:23:20,940 --> 00:23:25,980 being on the EFA board and I have heard 588 00:23:23,340 --> 00:23:28,740 countless more from other people but the 589 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:30,900 harsh and sad reality is that ideas mean 590 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:33,720 very little when you lack the resources 591 00:23:30,900 --> 00:23:35,760 and ability to action them simply if you 592 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:38,280 don't want to do it yourself it is very 593 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:40,200 hard to impose it on others to do in 594 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:42,360 their free time and that's how 595 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:45,539 priorities get made if you want things 596 00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:46,679 to be different show up participate do 597 00:23:45,539 --> 00:23:49,820 the work 598 00:23:46,679 --> 00:23:49,820 thank you 599 00:23:52,980 --> 00:23:58,200 but when it comes to digital rights the 600 00:23:55,799 --> 00:24:00,600 community is not the enemy our enemy 601 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,100 from Where I Stood was the government I 602 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,600 consider myself to be a politically 603 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:08,400 active person but I had no idea how 604 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:11,039 politicized policy was until I saw how 605 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:13,320 digital and Technology policy worked 606 00:24:11,039 --> 00:24:15,720 bills that were worked on for two years 607 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,880 by policy makers in government would get 608 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,320 dropped with no warning and four weeks 609 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,000 to respond 610 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,059 oh I'm so I'm supposed to be oh no I 611 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,059 haven't 612 00:24:23,820 --> 00:24:27,000 about 613 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:31,080 this bill 614 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:35,100 the assistance and access film yeah 615 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:37,020 so the politicization of this policy is 616 00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:39,600 something that every technologist should 617 00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:41,100 understand and there's a lot of elements 618 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,240 to that but I'm just going to talk about 619 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:45,179 a few 620 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:47,159 firstly the rhetoric of the rules of 621 00:24:45,179 --> 00:24:49,880 mathematics do not apply in Australia 622 00:24:47,159 --> 00:24:49,880 and 623 00:24:50,039 --> 00:24:55,500 and the impact of undermining encryption 624 00:24:52,980 --> 00:24:57,419 just and destroying trust in Australian 625 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:59,340 software and Developers 626 00:24:57,419 --> 00:25:01,919 secondly the way the Australian 627 00:24:59,340 --> 00:25:04,100 Technical Community was barely consulted 628 00:25:01,919 --> 00:25:07,020 let alone the digital rights Community 629 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:09,720 it is far easier for government to tick 630 00:25:07,020 --> 00:25:13,140 the boxes of consultation by talking to 631 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:14,940 Google Facebook Twitter and the like and 632 00:25:13,140 --> 00:25:17,940 why because they hire government 633 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:20,400 relation managers whose job it is to 634 00:25:17,940 --> 00:25:22,559 manage influence and placate ministers 635 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,779 and staffers who don't understand the 636 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:26,820 technology or the nuance 637 00:25:24,779 --> 00:25:28,620 laws relating to Human Rights and 638 00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:30,539 Technology are not something any country 639 00:25:28,620 --> 00:25:33,419 should rush or put under a veil of 640 00:25:30,539 --> 00:25:34,919 secret secrecy yet that's how the 641 00:25:33,419 --> 00:25:37,559 Australian government has done things 642 00:25:34,919 --> 00:25:39,059 and they do it because we let them you 643 00:25:37,559 --> 00:25:41,640 and I 644 00:25:39,059 --> 00:25:44,159 and thirdly I think it's significant to 645 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:47,460 note the way Paul this this particular 646 00:25:44,159 --> 00:25:49,620 policy was made into law on the 6th of 647 00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:52,140 December it was the last sitting day of 648 00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:53,820 parliament for the year when this when 649 00:25:52,140 --> 00:25:56,640 this assistance when the assistance and 650 00:25:53,820 --> 00:25:59,520 access bill was passed the then labor or 651 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:02,700 position in supporting it used the 652 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:05,400 process of how bills move between the 653 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:07,860 houses to wedge through the medivac 654 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:10,080 legislation that allowed sick refugees 655 00:26:07,860 --> 00:26:12,840 and people seeking asylum in offshore 656 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:15,320 detention to be brought to Australia 657 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:19,440 I had never seen anything like it before 658 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:21,960 a [ __ ] show of evil policy because we 659 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:25,020 feel entitled as a nation to break 660 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:28,320 encryption and lock up humans on islands 661 00:26:25,020 --> 00:26:30,779 and then we politicized it 662 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:33,000 we bundle up digital policy with defense 663 00:26:30,779 --> 00:26:35,039 and counter-terrorism which means 664 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,620 politically both sides ultimately agree 665 00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:39,240 with each other because in Australia the 666 00:26:37,620 --> 00:26:41,580 only thing was politically than looking 667 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,620 like someone who is tough who is who's 668 00:26:41,580 --> 00:26:46,679 not tough on crime is looking like 669 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:48,900 you're not tough on terrorism and what 670 00:26:46,679 --> 00:26:50,880 does encryption have to do with a boomer 671 00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:54,539 thinking about retirement and protecting 672 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:56,460 their negative gearing policy nothing 673 00:26:54,539 --> 00:26:58,380 from volunteering on and working with 674 00:26:56,460 --> 00:27:00,659 netting Australia's reboot of the 675 00:26:58,380 --> 00:27:03,059 internet governance Forum an observation 676 00:27:00,659 --> 00:27:05,580 I have is that the stance of the igf 677 00:27:03,059 --> 00:27:07,740 community to avoid taking positions on 678 00:27:05,580 --> 00:27:10,740 policy and rather be a place of 679 00:27:07,740 --> 00:27:13,740 discussion debate and ideas while Noble 680 00:27:10,740 --> 00:27:16,020 isn't that helpful for politicians at 681 00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:18,240 the end of the day they do need policies 682 00:27:16,020 --> 00:27:20,700 to pull out of their pocket it's one of 683 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:23,460 their jobs so writing policy and 684 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:24,840 position taking are all important and we 685 00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:27,600 should do more of it at a 686 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:30,539 multi-stakeholder level ideally 687 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:32,880 but our Collective actions have not been 688 00:27:30,539 --> 00:27:34,860 in vain so don't let me discourage you 689 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:37,080 I'm giving you insight into the system 690 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:39,480 and the process and if you want things 691 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:41,760 to be different what's needed we have 692 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:44,880 been successful in creating momentum and 693 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:47,880 holding back bad policy and every time 694 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:50,520 you make a phone call to an MP or you 695 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:52,860 make a submission to a consultation you 696 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:55,260 make a difference even making a 697 00:27:52,860 --> 00:27:57,600 submission with something as simple as I 698 00:27:55,260 --> 00:28:00,059 do not agree with or support this policy 699 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:02,039 helps remember how I told you about 700 00:28:00,059 --> 00:28:06,659 Australia's low participation rate in 701 00:28:02,039 --> 00:28:10,799 apathy small ripples make waves 702 00:28:06,659 --> 00:28:12,659 so major little activity list over here 703 00:28:10,799 --> 00:28:16,640 and have a look at this 704 00:28:12,659 --> 00:28:16,640 think about the things that you can do 705 00:28:17,220 --> 00:28:23,340 let's touch back on the rope on robodet 706 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:25,200 and the Royal Commission because the 707 00:28:23,340 --> 00:28:26,539 hearings for that just wrapped up last 708 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:30,000 week 709 00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:33,179 and achieving a royal commission is is 710 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:35,760 is a huge is a huge thing and a big win 711 00:28:33,179 --> 00:28:36,779 for the community 712 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,500 um you know 713 00:28:36,779 --> 00:28:42,240 [ __ ] show I won't even go there 714 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:44,520 it was easy to be cynical about the 715 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:47,220 Royal Commission because as they go this 716 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:49,020 one has been underfunded and given a 717 00:28:47,220 --> 00:28:51,419 tight time frame although the 718 00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:54,059 commissioner has extended it but it has 719 00:28:51,419 --> 00:28:58,320 turned out to be extraordinary they've 720 00:28:54,059 --> 00:29:01,919 over 500 000 documents have been tended 721 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:05,220 Morrison Turnbull Porter Taj Robert 722 00:29:01,919 --> 00:29:07,020 Payne six former ministers two of whom 723 00:29:05,220 --> 00:29:08,520 were Prime Ministers were called to give 724 00:29:07,020 --> 00:29:10,500 evidence 725 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:13,200 the testimonies that people have given 726 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:15,960 confirm what the community knew saw and 727 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:18,240 were told we were right about the 728 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:21,480 department culture the willfulness to 729 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:24,059 cause harm the ideology the illegality 730 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:25,380 and The Lure of topping up the budget 731 00:29:24,059 --> 00:29:28,380 for votes 732 00:29:25,380 --> 00:29:30,299 fortunately through not my with not my 733 00:29:28,380 --> 00:29:32,700 debt were able to have legal assistance 734 00:29:30,299 --> 00:29:34,620 to put together our submission 735 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:37,679 and not my debt was a movement led by 736 00:29:34,620 --> 00:29:39,600 women mostly in Regional communities and 737 00:29:37,679 --> 00:29:41,760 it's a lesson in not underestimating 738 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,159 women especially when given digital 739 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,480 tools to amplify and accelerate their 740 00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:47,399 abilities 741 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,860 one of the volunteers who we can only 742 00:29:47,399 --> 00:29:52,080 refer to as Kay because she's concerned 743 00:29:49,860 --> 00:29:53,700 about government retaliation has 744 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:56,220 personally helped thousands of people 745 00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:58,440 and with her amazing work combined with 746 00:29:56,220 --> 00:30:00,539 our community manager and strategist Amy 747 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:03,360 Patterson our submission to the Royal 748 00:30:00,539 --> 00:30:05,580 commission reads like a handbook in into 749 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:08,179 digital movement building and it's a 750 00:30:05,580 --> 00:30:08,179 really great read 751 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:14,059 so with the remaining time I'm going to 752 00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:17,039 talk to you about what I'm doing now 753 00:30:14,059 --> 00:30:18,779 because I think it's an area that's one 754 00:30:17,039 --> 00:30:22,100 of the greatest Technical and people 755 00:30:18,779 --> 00:30:22,100 challenges of our time 756 00:30:28,799 --> 00:30:34,440 so I've ended up with an AG tech company 757 00:30:31,940 --> 00:30:35,820 and I ended up with an AG tech company 758 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:38,159 and with an app 759 00:30:35,820 --> 00:30:40,320 and I got into Apps because I started 760 00:30:38,159 --> 00:30:42,960 working on a digital identity app at a 761 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:46,020 time when gdpr was coming in blockchain 762 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:47,700 was hot and that was about four or so 763 00:30:46,020 --> 00:30:49,559 years ago now but it is really 764 00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:52,200 interesting how far the public has come 765 00:30:49,559 --> 00:30:55,140 on their attitudes towards privacy and 766 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:57,240 data in that time obviously Big Data 767 00:30:55,140 --> 00:30:58,500 links and public inconvenience certainly 768 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:01,580 help 769 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,580 but now I'm in this 770 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:09,020 so now I'm in this specialized area of 771 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,020 AG 772 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:16,740 and what we do is grow things in a 773 00:31:14,220 --> 00:31:18,480 straight line and agriculture kind of 774 00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:20,520 boils down to this if it's not animals 775 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,200 we're not talking about animals but 776 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:26,100 everything we grow is either in a 777 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:28,440 paddock or in a line like a robe 778 00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:30,419 um and so I enter the AG Tech AG Tech 779 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:32,760 Community and there's there's not a lot 780 00:31:30,419 --> 00:31:34,679 of tech in it it's really been a 781 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:37,440 community that we've had to work on to 782 00:31:34,679 --> 00:31:39,179 build up and to develop but this app had 783 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,159 a really great idea and the great idea 784 00:31:39,179 --> 00:31:43,559 was to put Precision farming into the 785 00:31:41,159 --> 00:31:45,419 hands of farmers bring in data so they 786 00:31:43,559 --> 00:31:47,580 could make localized decisions on what 787 00:31:45,419 --> 00:31:49,919 to put on their crops and where and then 788 00:31:47,580 --> 00:31:52,440 the app turns into a tracking app on the 789 00:31:49,919 --> 00:31:54,240 phone GPS because there are millions of 790 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,500 tractors in the world with no technology 791 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,899 at all 792 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:59,940 I take on the CTO role and I get this 793 00:31:57,899 --> 00:32:02,640 app built we get it built really well 794 00:31:59,940 --> 00:32:05,760 it's got an amazing back end it's lean 795 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:08,220 it's smart it uses map box sophisticated 796 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:10,679 data sharing that looks easy it's 797 00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:11,820 actually pretty hot but no one can use 798 00:32:10,679 --> 00:32:14,880 it 799 00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:16,500 because none of this none of the none of 800 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,840 the rows none of this digital 801 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:20,340 infrastructure has been mapped so while 802 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,380 we've been mapping all of these other 803 00:32:20,340 --> 00:32:24,840 things like using openstreetmaps and all 804 00:32:22,380 --> 00:32:27,720 of these other mapping projects no one's 805 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:30,179 been mapping foundational information 806 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:32,700 that farmers need and need to be able to 807 00:32:30,179 --> 00:32:34,740 grow food and so without that digital 808 00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:38,159 mapping there's nowhere to layer the 809 00:32:34,740 --> 00:32:40,559 data onto there's nowhere to layer the 810 00:32:38,159 --> 00:32:43,740 data and then there's no discussions 811 00:32:40,559 --> 00:32:46,140 about data so Growers are anxious about 812 00:32:43,740 --> 00:32:48,059 how their data is going to be used we 813 00:32:46,140 --> 00:32:50,340 haven't created any data licensing 814 00:32:48,059 --> 00:32:52,919 models that talk about data sovereignty 815 00:32:50,340 --> 00:32:54,960 who gets to own what what happens when 816 00:32:52,919 --> 00:32:57,000 it moves around how we do that with 817 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:59,399 consent 818 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:02,520 so it's been a real challenge in moving 819 00:32:59,399 --> 00:33:04,679 into an area with huge issues and a lack 820 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,360 of digital infrastructure and trying to 821 00:33:04,679 --> 00:33:08,760 figure out how to actually do anything 822 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:11,279 about it and get people to understand 823 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:13,140 that are not technical why these things 824 00:33:11,279 --> 00:33:16,200 are so important 825 00:33:13,140 --> 00:33:18,200 in most of regional Australia a farmers 826 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:21,480 experience with tech isn't great 827 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:23,460 ubiquitous connectivity is Elusive and 828 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,440 the advice they get is really complete 829 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:27,360 and they've all spent money on things 830 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:30,480 that don't work so why would they have 831 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:33,419 faith in other applications yet we in 832 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:36,179 this room know that data AI Federated 833 00:33:33,419 --> 00:33:38,399 learning is the way of the future and 834 00:33:36,179 --> 00:33:40,440 that these things could help farmers and 835 00:33:38,399 --> 00:33:42,299 the systems of people and organizations 836 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,940 that support them 837 00:33:42,299 --> 00:33:46,860 but that system is broken there's a lot 838 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:48,960 of money for ideas as long as those 839 00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:51,539 ideas come from universities and other 840 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:53,159 safe institutions and we all know how 841 00:33:51,539 --> 00:33:55,620 poorly they do at scale 842 00:33:53,159 --> 00:33:56,940 commercialization and action or maybe 843 00:33:55,620 --> 00:33:59,640 I'm just the only one that does I feel 844 00:33:56,940 --> 00:34:01,919 like everyone should know and it leaves 845 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:04,440 VCS but now we've got Silicon Valley 846 00:34:01,919 --> 00:34:07,260 Bank collapsing it's going to mean that 847 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:09,240 people become even more risk adverse and 848 00:34:07,260 --> 00:34:12,119 VCS are already out of their depth with 849 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:14,700 ag tag or with funding big complex ideas 850 00:34:12,119 --> 00:34:16,679 that matter give them a SAS product you 851 00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:18,240 can throw Google AdWords out set and 852 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:19,980 forget and make heaps of money and 853 00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:23,780 they're comfortable with that but big 854 00:34:19,980 --> 00:34:23,780 digital challenges no 855 00:34:26,339 --> 00:34:31,320 um so that's been a really interesting 856 00:34:28,260 --> 00:34:32,820 area to get into and it's really quite 857 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,679 scary 858 00:34:32,820 --> 00:34:36,240 um and so I'm going to leave you with my 859 00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:39,060 ask 860 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:41,520 um and my ask is what I want to leave 861 00:34:39,060 --> 00:34:43,440 you with and what I want you to do and 862 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:46,320 maybe start by going home on the weekend 863 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:48,599 and watching Mad Max and start to become 864 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:50,460 very concerned about the future of the 865 00:34:48,599 --> 00:34:52,020 world and where we're going in a few 866 00:34:50,460 --> 00:34:53,639 years 867 00:34:52,020 --> 00:34:56,099 those floods that we've stopped 868 00:34:53,639 --> 00:34:57,619 reporting on they've just dragged crops 869 00:34:56,099 --> 00:34:59,880 and interrupted the supply chain 870 00:34:57,619 --> 00:35:03,060 dramatic weather events are going to be 871 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:05,040 the norm with with rain or without 872 00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:07,500 and don't think that people in the 873 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:09,359 regions are taking care of things 874 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:12,180 Regional communities are struggling 875 00:35:09,359 --> 00:35:14,700 farmers are aging out young people are 876 00:35:12,180 --> 00:35:17,280 not returning so this is a global issue 877 00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:19,680 because food is a global issue and so 878 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:22,740 the hope is technology and technology 879 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:24,540 that technology makes things it makes 880 00:35:22,740 --> 00:35:27,119 things better it makes things more 881 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:28,680 interesting and it's fun so I'd like 882 00:35:27,119 --> 00:35:32,160 everyone here to think about what you 883 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:34,740 can build and share and get vocal your 884 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:36,900 political influence is significant so 885 00:35:34,740 --> 00:35:39,000 ask questions because if we don't have 886 00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:42,079 food security people are going to start 887 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,079 getting really annoyed 888 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:49,260 foreign 889 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:51,720 [Applause] 890 00:35:49,260 --> 00:35:54,119 I do have some time for questions if 891 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:57,380 anyone has any questions 892 00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:57,380 all the arrows in my talk 893 00:35:57,839 --> 00:36:01,339 yeah 894 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,339 um 895 00:36:07,020 --> 00:36:09,560 they should practice those 896 00:36:10,980 --> 00:36:16,200 yeah absolutely you should be caring 897 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:18,300 about the Privacy Act and the review of 898 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,280 reforms to the Privacy Act which is 899 00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:22,260 actually it is actually a good win and 900 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,900 do we have Justin here yeah 901 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:28,940 you are hello So Justin's the chair of 902 00:36:24,900 --> 00:36:28,940 EFA what is EFA 903 00:36:29,579 --> 00:36:34,800 so we can you can join EFA make calls 904 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:37,260 make some Make Some Noise about this I 905 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:40,680 mean I think I never want to be too 906 00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:42,480 optimistic about government but but we 907 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,920 do have a different government 908 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,599 um and so we could go into that 909 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,099 government with some hope and some 910 00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:49,800 optimism 911 00:36:47,099 --> 00:36:50,880 um and we've a review is a is a good 912 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,500 thing 913 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:55,560 um the community is really concerned 914 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:57,839 about privacy so it means that what the 915 00:36:55,560 --> 00:37:00,119 public is looking for is action and then 916 00:36:57,839 --> 00:37:02,040 what the politicians are looking for is 917 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:03,780 the technical response from this 918 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:07,380 community around the things that we we 919 00:37:03,780 --> 00:37:10,260 can do and we have always been an 920 00:37:07,380 --> 00:37:12,900 influential group when it comes to um to 921 00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:15,540 technology policy so don't don't let me 922 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:17,880 discourage you um because it is it is it 923 00:37:15,540 --> 00:37:21,000 is really important and I saw through it 924 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:24,300 my time with EFA the impact that this 925 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:27,500 community has made over many years 926 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,500 anything else yeah 927 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:35,839 I live about 928 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:35,839 the drive from 929 00:37:36,119 --> 00:37:41,720 what ideas will enforce around getting 930 00:37:41,820 --> 00:37:46,380 if not more technical startups but even 931 00:37:44,339 --> 00:37:47,940 a larger business to actually bring a 932 00:37:46,380 --> 00:37:50,820 little bit more 933 00:37:47,940 --> 00:37:53,280 work to the regions working remotely is 934 00:37:50,820 --> 00:37:55,760 probably been a big benefit for some 935 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,760 regions 936 00:37:58,980 --> 00:38:02,420 is there anything else anything 937 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,859 yeah one of the first I'd be asking for 938 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:10,020 it 939 00:38:06,859 --> 00:38:12,119 covered has the opportunity with covert 940 00:38:10,020 --> 00:38:13,859 to move and as things have moved online 941 00:38:12,119 --> 00:38:15,180 has done a few things one that's made 942 00:38:13,859 --> 00:38:16,920 people think about where we're living 943 00:38:15,180 --> 00:38:18,839 and what lifestyle looks like so people 944 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,280 have started moving to the regions it's 945 00:38:18,839 --> 00:38:22,260 actually putting huge pressure on 946 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,500 housing and other services in the region 947 00:38:22,260 --> 00:38:27,960 so people are trying to respond to that 948 00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:29,700 I sit on a board and as soon as there as 949 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,800 soon as it was clear that covert was an 950 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:34,800 issue I got everyone on that board to 951 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:36,240 move to video conferencing and some of 952 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,099 these are people that you would have to 953 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:41,820 drag them Kicking and Screaming to even 954 00:38:38,099 --> 00:38:43,380 consider this and they love it and now 955 00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:44,820 they get it because you can have 956 00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:47,160 meetings you know we've all been doing 957 00:38:44,820 --> 00:38:49,560 meetings and work and things online and 958 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:51,720 now that is understood throughout 959 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:54,540 Regional communities that that's an 960 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:59,040 effective way to work it it gets things 961 00:38:54,540 --> 00:39:00,599 done businesses realize that and policy 962 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,280 makers and people that were in cities 963 00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:04,140 and trying to deliver services or 964 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,420 monitor things were going in regions 965 00:39:04,140 --> 00:39:08,280 they had to talk to people in the 966 00:39:06,420 --> 00:39:10,380 regions so a lot of capacity building 967 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:12,119 also happened within leadership within 968 00:39:10,380 --> 00:39:14,280 the regions and that should be something 969 00:39:12,119 --> 00:39:16,140 that we we maintain 970 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,400 I think that there's a huge opportunity 971 00:39:16,140 --> 00:39:19,440 for 972 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,359 um even Main Street Renewal and 973 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,880 revitalization of how we think about 974 00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:26,099 Regional towns and one of the first 975 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,680 things is actually to start asking for 976 00:39:26,099 --> 00:39:30,480 that sort of space I've been looking for 977 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:32,700 a space in my Regional Community because 978 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:35,460 I want to put some young people in and 979 00:39:32,700 --> 00:39:38,460 get them mapping and their great 980 00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:41,700 entry-level tech jobs but every single 981 00:39:38,460 --> 00:39:44,040 building or Community Asset or anything 982 00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:46,920 that's useful it's just got a group of 983 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:50,520 over 65s in it and there's just there's 984 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:54,119 just no there's just no space but anyone 985 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:56,520 everyone you know having a job and being 986 00:39:54,119 --> 00:39:58,859 able to bring economy to the area and 987 00:39:56,520 --> 00:40:00,960 potential jobs to the area you have a 988 00:39:58,859 --> 00:40:04,740 huge amount of social capital and 989 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:06,359 influence over your councils and they 990 00:40:04,740 --> 00:40:07,859 only mainly hear from people that are 991 00:40:06,359 --> 00:40:09,660 complaining about the roads and the 992 00:40:07,859 --> 00:40:12,060 footpaths so give them something more 993 00:40:09,660 --> 00:40:14,220 interesting to think about and they are 994 00:40:12,060 --> 00:40:16,140 also really interesting grants and I 995 00:40:14,220 --> 00:40:18,119 I've been looking at Grants for a long 996 00:40:16,140 --> 00:40:19,980 time and a few years ago you just 997 00:40:18,119 --> 00:40:21,720 couldn't put anything digital into a 998 00:40:19,980 --> 00:40:23,160 grant it was just it was never going to 999 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:25,680 connect with someone that understood it 1000 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:29,220 in any way but that's really changing 1001 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:31,700 now and I'd really like to see openness 1002 00:40:29,220 --> 00:40:34,020 and sharing around around those things 1003 00:40:31,700 --> 00:40:36,900 one of the things that we found that we 1004 00:40:34,020 --> 00:40:39,960 had to do with with stuff with platform 1005 00:40:36,900 --> 00:40:42,359 and in the agriculture sector was I 1006 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:44,400 built a Drupal site called collabora 1007 00:40:42,359 --> 00:40:46,380 culture where we could just start to put 1008 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:49,740 collaborative information and open 1009 00:40:46,380 --> 00:40:52,079 information about things relating to 1010 00:40:49,740 --> 00:40:55,800 farming and AG Tech we set up a git 1011 00:40:52,079 --> 00:40:58,200 repository we created an open database 1012 00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:01,859 structure for managing this sort of 1013 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:04,260 mapping and rows so doing some of that 1014 00:41:01,859 --> 00:41:06,240 intentional infrastructure stuff and 1015 00:41:04,260 --> 00:41:08,220 applying those things that we do in open 1016 00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:10,500 source communities to some of those 1017 00:41:08,220 --> 00:41:12,900 Community challenges but doing it in an 1018 00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:15,000 open way and kind of pointing at how 1019 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:16,560 easy this stuff is because people in 1020 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,900 regions think things are very very 1021 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:21,240 difficult and we know that things are 1022 00:41:18,900 --> 00:41:23,520 actually really really easy and so it 1023 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:25,680 really helps them when they see the 1024 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:29,160 things that could be spun up quite 1025 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:31,980 quickly or used and tested quite quickly 1026 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:34,440 that's okay 1027 00:41:31,980 --> 00:41:36,660 anything else good 1028 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:40,500 morning thank you very much Lindsay for 1029 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:40,500 that presentation and 1030 00:41:41,850 --> 00:41:43,950 [Applause] 1031 00:41:43,170 --> 00:41:47,550 [Music] 1032 00:41:43,950 --> 00:41:47,550 [Applause] 1033 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:54,480 before you went away 1034 00:41:52,380 --> 00:41:56,579 a small token of our appreciation for 1035 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:58,820 you presenting this morning so thank you 1036 00:41:56,579 --> 00:41:58,820 very much 1037 00:41:58,980 --> 00:42:00,410 foreign 1038 00:42:00,190 --> 00:42:03,600 [Music] 1039 00:42:00,410 --> 00:42:03,600 [Applause]