Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalising the local, localising the Global
Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani is a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar. She talks about how art and culture create a country’s identity and allow every country to share its unique identity with the wider world. She says: “We don’t want to be all the same, but we […]
Cath Dwyer: Community and Media Collaboration for Digital Storytelling
First there were the broadcasters, then there was peer-to-peer media sharing. ABC Open sits where the two converge: a conduit for the flow of stories and ideas between the ‘active audience’ and the National Broadcaster. After one year, and thousands of contributions from regional Australia, Cath Dwyer has presented the case for community participation in […]
Arnoud Raskin: Boost your Street Skills
According to Arnoud Raskin we need ‘Happy Streetwise people’. He connects his 15 year experience with homeless children and living on the street with social-economic trends. Todays crisis does not make things easier. Still there is room for paradigm shifts and a focus on new opportunities.
Ben Heywood: Patients Like Me
Inspired by his brother Stephen’s battle with ALS, Ben Heywood set out with his brother Jamie, and long-time friend Jeff Cole to enable patients to share their health data so that they can achieve the best possible outcomes.
Diane Bell: The Manifesto for the River Murray
In this talk, academic, advocate, activist and anthropologist Diane Bell enlightens us with her insights on the perils of negotiating for freshwater flows for Lakes Alexandrina and Albert, the Murray Mouth and the Coorong, the pursuit of solutions reflecting sound science, ethics and equity and the Murray Mouth Manifesto.
