Reg Hammond

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National Digital Strategy

• Reg Hammond
• Manager
• IT and Telecommunications Policy
• Ministry of Economic Development

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Hands Up
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Growth
Growth
Growth
Growth
Growth
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Growth and Innovation Framework
ICT, Biotech, Creative Industries
SECTOR FOCUS
FOCUS ON GROWTH
Innovation
Infrastructure
Skills and talent
Global connection
FOUNDATION
Globally connected economy
Modern cohesive society
Solid RD and innovation framework
Stable macroeconomic framework
Sound environmental management
Open and competitive microeconomy
Highly skilled population
Healthy population
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Growth But not at any cost

• Environment
• Future Generations
• Social Cost
• Community Family
• Cultural Cost
• National Identity
• Etc, Etc, Etc.

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Yeah MP3 Right?
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Digital Strategy Key Objectives

• Achieving horizontal
• transfer of ICT
• technologies to
• achieve productivity
• across the economy

• Using ICT as an
• enabler to close the
• digital divide and
• support rural, low income and marginalised
• communities

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So Whats New?
Proposed Focus Shift
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Creating the Conditions Realising the Benefits
Sustainable Growth
Infrastructure
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Creating the Conditions

CONNECTION
CONFIDENCE
CONTENT

• Pipes and wires
• Processing power
• ICT sector focus 1999-2004
• NEW
• Building Broadband
• Advanced Networks

• Access to ICT
• Skills and capability
• Community empowerment
• NEW
• Confidence and security on-line

• Potential high value sector
• Massive resources currently off-line
• NEW
• Boost ICT demand

Extending deepening
Stronger focus
New Focus
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History Why Broadband is Important
Connection

• The Long, Wide Road to Transformation

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Why Content Is Important

• All New Zealanders will be able to access,
  contribute and create more value from
  information.
• National content strategy
• Information infomediaries

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Entertainment
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New Zealand On-Line
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I had muesli for breakfast Id better put my hand
up
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Health Care
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Research Education
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Confidence

• All New Zealanders will have the confidence and
  capability to use ICT in an environment that is
  safe and secure.

• Expand existing
• ICT training
• Provide technical
• support for
• communities

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Digital Strategy(using them together makes the
difference)
Broadband Infrastructure
Community Support
Demand Aggregation
Content
Growth
Safety Security
Better Information
Business Applications
e Government
Skills Talent
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• People these days just expect to be entertained
  the whole time - they just cant use their
  imagination any more. Did Pericles need visuals?
  Did Martin Luther King go I have a dream!
  (click) Im going to goooo to the top of the
  Mountain (click)??

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Creating the Conditions Realising the Benefits
Sustainable Growth
Infrastructure
reg.hammond_at_med.govt.nz