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The TBL Down Under Tour is presented to you by iinet with support from ACS, CSIRO, linux.conf.au 2013, University of New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney, University of Melbourne, NICTA, City of Sydney, Gold Coast City Council, Griffith University, Regional Australia, InternetNZ, Google, auDA and HotHouse. A big thank you also to supporting organisations dLUX and Partner & Prosper.

We have 8 events lined up including public lectures on a variety of topics in Sydney, Wellington, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Melbourne, and though tickets for all the public events sold out very early, we will announce any extra tickets 24 hours before each event if available, except for the Gold Coast who have a healthy waiting list to look after

Due to the incredible demand, we are also happy to announce that several of the events will be live streamed, so you can tune in wherever you are! Several groups have already planned to book out lecture rooms in Universities around Australia and New Zealand to tune into talks of interest. If you do this, please let us know so we can give a shout out to your event.

Remember, each public lecture has a different theme, so you may want to tune into more than one talk!

Check out the updated schedule of all events including what Sir Tim will be talking about at each, any updates and we’ll add the livestreaming details as we get them.

If you happen to tweet or use other social media about any of the events, please use #tbldownunder so we can say hi and have a good online discussion going throughout the tour. Be great to hear your feedback to Sir Tim’s ideas about the Web, open data, open internet and open government!

Just quickly, an enormous thank you to everyone who has been involved in bringing this together! The events coordinators have all worked exceptionally hard as have the wonderful sponsors. We hope you get the most of this special opportunity to hear from one of the most influential people of our time. It is a good time to reflect on the importance of the Web, which has touched us all and continues to shape the fabric of society as we know it.

After all, the Web has become the greatest enabler in history of a free, empowered, democratic and prosperous society.

It is worth noting, we and the event coordinators are not allowed to publish video footage from any of these events apart from the CSIRO event and Wellington lecture. iinet are also doing a special interview with Sir Tim featuring Simon Hackett, Stilgherrian and a mystery guest which will be available on their website.

So do make sure you tune in to the livestream where possible!

Cheers,
Pia and Jan

There are now public events happening in 5 cities but tickets to most events have largely sold out! This morning the Gold Coast opened up some tickets as did Melbourne. Sydney is completely sold out as is Wellington and Canberra.

You can book remaining tickets and get details on events at http://tbldownunder.org/

If any tickets open up due to cancellations, we will make them available next Tuesday morning the 29th from 9am, so if your favourite venue is already sold out, make sure you are ready on the 29th to hit refresh at 9am!

We hope to be able to record and/or livestream the public lectures and will advise on options on this blog by Monday 28th January at the latest, so don’t despair if you missed out!

Canberra event combined to facilitate Gold Coast and New Zealand

Due to the excellent opportunities of adding the Gold Coast and Wellington (NZ) to the tour, the Canberra public lecture had to be cancelled and our wonderful friends on the linux.conf.au organising committee offered to let the public lecture attendees come to his linux.conf.au keynote. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this creates however, in getting Sir Tim to the Gold Coast and to Wellington, we are getting more people involved in the tour and building more public and government excitement and commitment to open data, open Web and open government, particularly given the excellent related activities happening in both the Gold Coast and Wellington.

linux.conf.au attendees will of course see the talk already as it is a keynote at the week long Open Source conference, as will attendees who paid for Open Government miniconf only tickets.

For those who reserved free tickets to the “Canberra public lecture”, we have a mezzanine in the linux.conf.au lecture hall where you will sit for Sir Tim’s keynote. linux.conf.au attendees will sit in the main hall.

For those who already puchased tickets specifically to see Sir Tim, the linux.conf.au organisers can refund you and you can sit in the mezzanine with the other public lecture attendees, or you can keep your paid ticket and sit in the main hall area.

Please note that this event is fully booked and no further tickets will be made available.

Again, we apologise for any inconvenience, and hope you understand the additional public good value of getting Sir Tim to two additional locations. The tour is a very hectic but epic schedule.

Cheers,
Pia

Register your interest in a public event near you to secure a seat (Canberra, Melbourne or Sydney) at http://tbldownunder.eventbrite.com/. Numbers are strictly limited, so get in early and let your friends, family and colleagues know.

For those interested in a technical talk, there is also a keynote address being delivered at linux.conf.au in Canberra, which is free for conference attendees, or $100 for non conference attendees. Please find details on this option at lca2013.eventbrite.com.au.

We will be making full details on all events available in early January, and we look forward to seeing you there.

For immediate release

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web first visit in 15 years to Australia

3 Cities Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney

Tuesday 29th January to Wednesday 6th February 2013

About the Australian 3-City Tour

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is coming to Australia for the first time in over a decade from January 27th – February 5th on a three city tour. Sir Tim Berners-Lee Australia, 3-City Tour, will commence at Canberra and continue to Melbourne and Sydney.

This tour was initiated with a request from the Linux.conf.au to have Sir Tim Berners-Lee as the keynote presenter at their conference on Thursday 31st January 2013, in Canberra. This will be his first visit in over a decade and he is delighted to accept the invitation primarily because it will support the awareness of the Web throughout the community, business, government and the whole of society.

This is not your typical celebrity tour, it will consist of a series of events over 8 days comprising of private corporate events and public open-university hosted events which will be free to the public.

iiNet is proud to present Sir Tim Berners-Lee and with the additional support of a number of Consortium and Private Sponsors, this visit is now a reality and without whom this unique opportunity would not have been possible.

Details of the tour are at http://tbldownunder.org/

There is still one opportunity for a private event available, so please contact us if your organisation would be interested in a private event.

Quotes of Sir Tim Berners-Lee

‘The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past’.
‘Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves’. ‘You affect the world by what you browse’.

This tour is co-ordinated by Pia Waugh Open Government Expert and Partner&Prosper in collaboration
with Celebrity Speakers Ltd. For information about the tour and its events or media please contact:

Jan Bryson, Partner&Prosper
E: jan@partnerandprosper.com.au
P: 08 9443 3468, M: 0403 444 044