The Forums Program
Threaded Message Boards Program
The threaded message board allows participants to post messages to the internet.
- Women in Regional, Rural and Remote Australia
- Women from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds
- Women Inter-networking
- Women's Organisations on-line
Online Chat Sessions Program
Online chat happens in real time. Participants were involved in live discussions.
- Chat 1: Welcome to Women's Online Week
- Chat 2: Women in Business
- Chat 3: Working and Shopping Online
- Chat 4: Women and IT Careers
- Chat 5: Young Women Online
Threaded Message Boards
Threaded Message Board 1: Women in Regional, Rural and Remote
Australia
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When: Begins 2pm Wednesday 27th
October, 1999
Topic: Key Themes on Women in Regional, Rural and Remote Australia Online - barriers and opportunities.
Guests: During the week guests will include:
- Wendy Craik, Chief Executive Officer, National Farmer's Federation;
- Helen Board, National Facilitator Regional and Rural Women's Unit, Department of Transport and Regional Services and
- Members of the Regional Women’s Advisory Council attending the Regional Australia Summit will take part in the discussion.
- Ms Cathy McGowan (chair),
- Mrs Jenny Hawkins
- Mrs Janice Richardson,
- Mrs Elaine McKeon,
- Miss Jenny Russell,
- Ms Sue Middleton,
- Ms Elspeth Radford,
- Ms Moira O’Brien,
- Mrs Margaret Smith AO
Presenters:
- Ann Prunty, Office Manager, Farmwide
- Monday 1 November
- 9am: Chris Capel, Senior Project Officer, Office of Rural Communities) Teleworking!
- During the day: Associate Professor Margaret Alson (Associate Director of Centre for Rural Social research, Charles Sturt University.)
Threaded Message Board 2: Women from Non-English Speaking
Backgrounds
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When: Begins 27th October, 1999
Topic: Key themes on Non-English Speaking Background Women Online - barriers and opportunities
Presenters:
Wednesday 27th October, 1999
- Larry Stillman, The Open Road Project, LOTE Group State Library of Victoria and VICNET
Thursday 28th October
- 10 am Maria Girdler (Macquarie Legal Centre, NSW)
Thursday 28th, Friday 29th October and Monday 1st November
- April Pham (Immigrant Women’s Speakout Assoc.)
Threaded Message Board 3: Women Inter-networking
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When: Tuesday 2 November, 1999
Topic: Australian women's email lists what are they and what difference are they making?
Presenters:
- Dr. Elizabeth Shannon (AUSFEM-POLNET Administrator)
- Jo Previte (WeLink Administrator)
Threaded Message Board 4: Women's Organisations On-line
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When: Tuesday 2 November, 1999
Topic: How to find women's organisations on-line, how can women's organisations use the internet.
Presenters:
- Glenda Carriere (Queensland University of Techonology, PHD researcher in the use of the internet by women’s organisation)
- Judi Cooper (Network Exchange of Women’s Services)
- Associate Professor Angela Scollary (Victoria University)
Online Chat Sessions Program
Online chat happens in real time. Participants could join a chat session together with a number of participants and engage in a lively discussion.
By The Hon. John Anderson MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Transport and Regional Development
27 Oct WOW! Theme: Welcome to Women's Online Week!
When: 11pm - 1pm Wednesday 27th October, 1999
Topic: Key themes of WOW, events and opportunities. What can women do online?
Chat facilitator: Judy Harrison, facilitator of Pamelas-list and Project Director, Australian Virtual Centre for Women and the Law
Guests Include:
- The Hon. Judith Troeth, Senator for Victoria (to open the chat)
- Dale Spender, Digital Style Pty Ltd, author of Nattering on the Net
- Kathy Bail, Deputy Editor Bulletin, Editor DIY Feminism
- Anne Moffatt, Director Technology Solutions Pty Ltd, founder of Females in Information Technology now Females Information Technology and Telecommunications
28 Oct WOW! Theme: Women in Business
When: 12.45pm - 2.45pm Thursday 28 October, 1999
Topic: Women using the internet for business: issues and challenges
Presenters:
- Rosie Simpson, Telstra, Communications Manager Rural and Remote
- Kitty Vigo, Director of Media and Interactive Multimedia, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne)
- Josie Arnold (Lecturer in Media, Literature and Film at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne)
Guests (and possible joint presentation):
- Associate Professor Leonie Daws (Director of the Centre for Policy and Leadership studies, Faculty of education, Queensland University of Technology)
- Ms Lyn Simpson (Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology)
- Ms Leanne Wood (Senior Research Assistant in the Communication Centre, Queensland University of Technology)
When: 3pm - 5pm Thursday 28 October, 1999
Topic: Have you shopped on-line? Examples, barriers and hesitancies.
Facilitator: Marian Tye
Presenters:
- Kara Ward (Internet Marketing Manager, Merrill Lynch (Australia) and extensive Internet shopper)
- Kitty Vigo (Director of Media and Interactive Multimedia, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne)
- Professor Joan Cooper (Head, School of Information Technology and Computer Science, University of Wollongong)
29 Oct WOW! Theme: Women and IT Careers
When: 10am-noon Friday 29th October, 1999
Topic: How to get started in an IT career, problems and issues women face in the IT industry
Presenters:
- Dr Supriya Singh (Senior Research Fellow, CIRCIT at RMIT)
Guests:
- Anne Moffatt (Director Technology Solutions Pty Ltd, Member Females in Information Technology and Telecommunications)
- Kara Ward (Internet Marketing Manager, Merrill Lynch (Australia) and extensive Internet shopper)
When: 2pm-4pm Sunday 31 October, 1999
Topic: What are young women doing on line, why and how?
Facilitator: Susan Meyer (Project Co-ordinator of Females in Information Technology and Telecommunications (FITT) mentoring program to support girls and women already in IT or wishing to enter IT, Steering Committee FITT, Member of IT Think Tank, to examine why girls are not taking up careers in computing)
Presenters:
- Juliette Mead (Information Technology Co-ordinator at the Primary School where she teaches, Member of Guides Australia Webteam)
Guests:
- Kathy Bail (Deputy Editor Bulletin, Editor DIY Feminism) (will drop in during the chat)
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