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ABA participates in a number of seminars and
conferences to raise public awareness and share
information on existing and potential, local and
international broadcasting regulatory
arrangements. A full list of conferences and seminars attended by ABA staff during the year is listed in the ABA's annual report. Unless files are marked as Rich Text Files (RTF) the below links are to Portable Document Format (PDF) files Topic areas:
ABA AND BROADCASTING INFORMATION Broadcasting, co-regulation and the public good presented by Gareth Grainger, ABA Deputy Chairman at the 1999 Graham Spry memorial lecture on 28 October in Canada. Download the English version RTF (268k/58p) or view the PDF (178k/58p), download the French version RTF (278k/42p) or view the PDF (188k/42p) Sorry seems to be the hardest word, says Professor David Flint, ABA Chairman, in his address to the Sydney Institute, 25 May 1999. Download the RTF (54k/19p) or view the PDF (74k/19p) ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint gave the opening address at the ABA reception (16k/3p), Leena Hotel, Hobart, March 1999. Supervision of broadcasting and telecommunications - an international comparsion the Australian experience (83k/27p) presented by Gareth Grainger, ABA Deputy Chairman and Associate Member Australian Communications Authority at the communications 2000 - innovation and responsibility in the information society - Bertelsmann foundation in Gutersloh, Germany, in September 1998 ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint spoke at the annual conference (33k/15p) of the Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters, Melbourne, Australia in September 1998. The greatest thing that can happen to this state is when we get rid of the media (28k/6p) a paper presented by ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint at the ABA Brisbane reception in June 1998. Communications Media Law Association (CAMLA), ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint presented a paper at the Luncheon seminar, November 1997. ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint presented a paper at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) annual conference (34k/6p) held at Bond University on the Gold Coast, November 1997. ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint spoke about freedom of the press (34k/8p) at the Country Press Association conference, Tattersall's Club, Sydney in November 1997. ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint gave the opening address at the ABA reception, Sheraton Towers Hotel, Melbourne, November 1997. ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint spoke at the IIR conference, Australian Broadcasting Summit, November 1997. The media and the constitution, presented by ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint at the Samuel Griffith Society, Perth in October 1997. The new ABA board (25k/4p) a speech presented by ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint at the ABA reception for him in October 1997. Broadcasting regulation in Australia 1992-1997 - A five year report card on the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (76k/16p), presented by ABA Deputy Chairman, Mr Gareth Grainger at a conference presented by Communications law centre, Clayton Utz in association with Communication and Media Law Association (CAMLA), in October 1997. Defining the media industry under the Broadcasting Act (43k/11p), a paper presented by former ABA Chairman, Mr Peter Webb at the AIC conference at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney, in May 1997. Keynote address by former ABA Chairman, Mr Peter Webb to the Radio Content Conference held by the Australian Performing Rights Association in Sydney, in May 1997. Welcoming remarks by ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint at the Australian Broadcasting Authority's Broadcasting Planning Seminar, Canberra in February 1998. Welcoming remarks by former ABA Chairman, Mr Peter Webb at the Australian Broadcasting Authority's Broadcasting Planning Seminar, Canberra in February 1997. Papers from both conference at available for purchase through the publications section of this site. Community radio and the digital challenge presented by Giles Tanner, ABA General Manager at the ABA's planning Broadcasting Seminar, Canberra in November 1999. Download the RTF (3m/12p) or view the PDF (86k/12p) Choosing a digital television standard - An Australian perspective presented by Director, Technology, Mr Robert Greeney at the International Symposium in Montreux, Switzerland in June 1999. Download the RTF (607k/8p) or view the PDF (57k/8p) Digital broadcasting - the wedge widens (35k/10p) presented by ABA General Manager, Mr Giles Tanner at the Communications research forum, Sydney, Australia in September 1998. The transition to digital television - settling the rules (36k/6p) presented by ABA Member, Mr Michael Gordon-Smith at the IBC Digital Broadcasting Conference, Sydney, Australia in July 1998. 'Just as well Sentator Alston didn't!' presented by ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint at the IBC Digital Broadcasting Conference, Sydney, Australia in July 1998. ABA Member, Michael Gordon-Smith, discussed the ABA's role in digital television and issue surrounding its induction when he addressed the 'Digital Television Policy' conducted by the Media abd Telecommunications Policy Group at RMIT, Melbourne in February 1998. The future of digital television (33k/7p) was presented by former ABA Chairman, Mr Peter Webb, at a seminar held by the International Institute of Communications, Sydney at the offices of Allen Allen & Hemsly in August 1997. New digital technologies was presented by former ABA Chairman, Mr Peter Webb at the 1997 Australian cable and satellite television conference, Sydney in February 1997. Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting - Its Introduction for Television Broadcasting in Australia paper Presented to IIR Conference in 1996 by former ABA General Manager, Planning and Corporate Division, Mr Colin Knowles. Developing Digital Radio Broadcasting Services in Australia was presented by former ABA General Manager, Planning and Corporate Division, Mr Colin Knowles at the Digital Radio Broadcasting AES 6th Regional Convention, Melbourne in September 1996. Preparing the Groundwork for the Next Phase in the Media Revolution - Paving the way for Digital Broadcasting was presented to AIC Digital Broadcasting Conference, Sydney in March 1996 by former ABA General Manager, Planning and Corporate Division, Mr Colin Knowles. Digital technology - new business or product update? Digital television technology - new business opportunities created as a consequence of digital technology was presented by former ABA General Manager, Planning and Corporate Division, Mr Colin Knowles. A Co-regulatory scheme for Internet content: the Australian approach presented by Gareth Grainger, ABA Deputy Chairman at the Internet Content Summit, Policy panel, Munich in September 1999. It was also presented at the Council of Australian University directors of information technology annual meeting in September 1999. Download the RTF (85k/11p) or view the PDF (70k/11p) The future of communications regulation in a converding digital era - National coregulation and international cooperation ( 44k/18p) presented by Gareth Grainger, ABA Deputy Chairman at the Key Centre for Cultural and Media Studies Conference, Brisbane on 20 November 1998 Freedom of expression and regulation of information in Cyberspace content - issues concerning principles for cyberspace (153k/56p) presented by Gareth Grainger, ABA Deputy Chairman on at the UNESCO international congress infoethics ‘98: Ethical, Legal and Societal Challenges of Cyberspace And Expert Meeting on Cyberspace Law in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in September 1998 Regulation of content of the Internet - an Australian perspective at the 20th (51k/11p) presented by ABA Chairman, Professor David Flint Annual Pacific Telecommunications conference in Honolulu, in January 1998. Emerging Trends: Content Regulation in Australia and Some International Trends presented by ABA Manager, On-line Services, Ms Kaaren Koomen at an Ad Hoc Meeting of the Information, Computers and Communications Committee on International Cooperation for Content and Conduct on the Internet at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in July 1997. Defining the rapidly evolving media and broadcasting regime (50k/11p) presented by ABA Manager, On-line Services, Ms Kaaren Koomen at an AIC conference at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney, in May 1997. The Internet and Some International Regulatory Issues presented by ABA Manager, On-line Services, Ms Kaaren Koomen at the UNESCO InfoEthics Conference in Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco, in March 1997. Safe surfing for children: lessons for parents (77k/15p) presented by ABA Manager, Standards, Ms Lesley Osborne at the Children and ineractive multimedia: A place to play? conference at the University of NSW, in March 1997. Electronic Commerce Australia, National Conference presented by former ABA Chairman, Mr Peter Webb at the Hilton Hotel, Sydney, in November 1996. Free Speech in Australia presented by ABA Manager, On-line Services, Ms Kaaren Koomen to the Communications Law Centre Conference at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, in September 1996. Former ABA Chairman, Mr Peter Webb presented a paper at the AMIC 1996, Asian Mass Communications Research and Information Centre (AMIC) 25th Anniversary Conference in Singapore, in June 1996. Regulatory and legislative future of Australia's online economy and society at the 1996 Online Services Regulatory Forum, in April 1996. 1996 Online Services Regulatory Forum. Headbanging or Dancing - Youth And Music in Australia (19k/8p), a paper presented by Michael Gordon-Smith at the launch of the publication at the Basement, Sydney in February 1999 Children, television and new forms of media: Research from Australia, a paper presented by former ABA Director, Program Services Ms Debra Richards at the Young people and the media tomorrow: international forum of researchers, Paris in April 1997. TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAM CONTENT Flooding the World was presented by ABA Manager Standards, Ms Lesley Osborne at the Second World Summit on Television for Children, in London, March 1998. Deregulation and regulation of the pay TV industry presented by former ABA Member, Tim O'Keefe at the 1997 Australian cable and satellite television conference, Sydney in February 1997. Pay TV: access or excess, a paper presented by former ABA Chairman, Mr Peter Webb at the Department of Communications and the Arts in March 1996. 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