For the last 3 days I have been at the Australian Institute of Company Directors conference held near Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It has been a remarkable conference and I have come away with many new friends and lots of insight.
One of the things that impressed me most is how much information there is to know about the various industries that make up Australia's economy and how connected it is to the world. Just like everywhere else, the focus on topics of importance like globalization, climate change, and technology were foremost in people's minds.
I had the chance to moderate a session with Ian Pearson, a well known futurist who was linked in via live video from Ipswitch in the UK. Also I tremendously enjoyed the Richard Scase, another leading futurist from the UK who was there in person. There were other sessions that were just as informative to me on Climate Change, Culture and lots of other topics.
Today I also was on a panel entitled 'Technology Prophecies for the Future' where we discussed and debated a wide variety of topics, which was moderated by Helen Dalley, one of Australia's most respected journalists. It was fun and energizing and I was honored to be part of the whole event.
I also shot some Qik video of a behind-the-scenes tour of the Underwater World, which was near the venue. You can find all the links to things I spoke about on my del.icio.us bookmark named 'AICD' which you can access by clicking here, or by typing the address http://del.icio.us/kwalsh/AICD into your web browser.
Thank you to everyone I met for the warm Aussie welcome, and the tremendous dialog. Definitely this was a first class event and I hope to come again.
