Making Links 2007 Keynote speakers announced Making Links is pleased to announce Danny Butt and Dr Christine Satchell as keynote speakers at the Making Links conference October 30th - 31st. Danny Butt is a consultant in new media, culture, and development based in Aotearoa New Zealand. In his presentation Danny will outline some of the ways that community-based practitioners can avoid some of the pitfalls of new technology in planning and evaluating their projects. Dr Christine Satchell currently works at the University of Melbourne's Interaction Design Group. Christine will discuss emerging technology trends such as Web 2.0 with a particular focus on strategies non-profit and community organisations can employ to interact with youth and young people for social change and community action. You can view Danny and Christine’s abstracts at: http://www.makinglinks.org.au/news/detail.chtml?filename_num=168129 Abstracts still being accepted Don’t forget, the deadline for abstracts is COB Monday July 30th. See http://www.makinglinks.org.au/papers.shtml for suggestions and submission guidelines. Registrations are open Register now to take advantage of our generous earlybird rate. http:// www.makinglinks.org.au/registration.shtml Making Links 2007 acknowledges the support of Bronze Sponsor The Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology Making Links 2007 is organised by: Jill Sergeant, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) (Conference Chair) Marcus Foth, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) (Academic Program Chair) Simon Gee, CommunIT, Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA) Jonathan Hallett (Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University of Technology) Liz Landray, Infoxchange Australia Liliana Ruti, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) Juan Salazar, Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Western Sydney (UWS) -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/