FORECAST:CLOUDY, WITHDISRUPTIVEPERIODS.

IM JAMESI RUN A STARTUP INCUBATOR ON CAMPUS(AN EDITOR OF HONI SOIT 2012) INCUBATE 2012-2013 Startup founders

WILLIAM GIBSONThe future isalready here its just notevenly distributed.

You either get it oryou dont. Understanding how to best utilise new technologies is key for politicians and governments.

ECUADORIAN EMBASSY PATROLLING COSTS:4.5 MILLION

WHAT IF THAT MONEY WAS SPENT ONNEW TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS FOR:POLITICS 2.0OR TRANSPARENCY 2.0 1.0 (more later)

DISRUPTORS1. BIG DATA2. DISTRIBUTED ANALYSIS3. DECENTRALISED REPORTING4. NETWORKS OF SCALE5. DIGITAL LEAKS Key trends that are fuelling political accountability in the 21 Century

TAX HAVENLEAKS80 JOURNALISTS INVOLVEDLEAKED TO ONE AUSTRALIAN REPORTERSLOW JOURNALISM = INVESTIGATIVEJOURNALISMThe recent Tax Haven leak is a global collaboration of journalists over many months.

WEIBO300 MILLION USERSOFTEN GETS AROUND CHINASCENSORSHIPSTATE NEWS LAGS BEHIND

WIKILEAKSSHUTDOWNHUNDREDS OF MIRROR SERVERSUP WITHIN DAYS

AUSSIEDISRUPTION

AUSSIEDISRUPTORS1. OPENAUSTRALIA FOUNDATION TOOLS:OPENAUS, RIGHTTOKNOW, PLANNINGALERTS2. GETUP3. WIKILEAKS (FOUNDERS)

ACCESSNOW.ORGINTERNET FREEDOM ADVOCACY ANDTECHNICAL ADVISORY

BINUSMARTPHONE INTHE CLOUD

Natural Language Processing:Future PotentialNO CARBON TAX UNDER AGOVERNMENT I LEADFEB 2011"I AM MAKING SOMECHANGES....WORK WITHTHE PARLIAMENTAUSTRALIANS VOTED FOROCT 2011 NLP technologies will allow computers to understand language not just keywords.

CONTRIBUTIONS Googles goal: Not just data access but wisdom from knowledge. Reject disruption or embrace it Social media fuelled mis-information is just as dangerous as information itself What if USA released the footage themselves of the chopper?

POLICIES FORDISRUPTION Privacy for the individual Restricted information ow for groups Transparency for governments and organisationsGovernments need to create robust policies that allow for technological disruption.

PLATFORM IDEA

COLLABORATIVEPLATFORMfor journalistsEASILY START STORIESDECENTRALISED ANALYSISCROWD SOURCED FUNDING (BASED ONTOPICS)

A UTOPIANWORLD OFTRANSPARENCY? Will there be complete transparency in the far future? Probably not.

TRUTH IS OUTTHERE Its just not evenlydistributed.

Disruptivetechnologies willmake this happen.