This document outlines the agenda and goals of a consultation meeting regarding how the Northern Rivers region of Australia can capitalize on opportunities in the digital economy, with a focus on health and aged care. The meeting aims to discuss how digital technologies enabled by the National Broadband Network can help deliver better health and aged care services, increase efficiencies, and improve lives. Examples of digital health initiatives are provided. The group will identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and discuss priority areas for the health and aged care sector going forward. Attendees are encouraged to document ideas on how the digital economy could impact households, businesses, infrastructure, teleworking, education and government services in the Northern Rivers region.

2. Digital Economy Strategy
Consultation: Health and
Aged Care

3. Why are we here?
• Introduction – Fergal Coleman
• To discuss the digital economy and how Northern
Rivers can grasp the opportunities
• It’s not a meeting about the NBN – the NBN is one
(important) enabler
• It’s about information, discussion and ongoing
involvement
• We want your ideas and thoughts

4. We have already started
• www.digitalnorthernrivers.com.au
• Diagnostic: www.digitaleconomy.net.au
• Twitter: @digital_nr #digitaleconomy
• Get involved, contribute and stay up to date

5. Agenda
• Introductions (5 min)
• Overview of the NBN (15 min)
• The digital economy (10 min)
• Health and aged care – some examples (5 min)
• What the digital economy means for the region? (40 mins)
• How can aged care and health service providers:
• Deliver better service to it’s customers and community
• Get efficiencies in their organisations(40 mins)
• Next steps (5 mins)

6. What does the NBN mean?
• Faster… much, much, faster
The NBN will provide 93 per cent of households broadband speeds of
up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps), or about 28 times faster than
most people experience today. The remaining premises (seven per
cent) will be connected via a combination of wireless and satellite
technologies providing peak speeds of at least 12 Mbps.
• More reliable
• Ubiquitous

7. Speed Comparison
http://www.nbntasmania.com.au/index.php?Doo=PageView&id=273

8. NBN is a wholesaler
Pricing: http://www.bit.com.au/Guide/312738,nbn-prices-the-
cheapest-plans-from-14-providers-compared.aspx

9. SLIDE TITLE
Google Fiber
here, and
Singapore
building this

10. We Need to Get Up to Speed

11. The NBN is not the Digital Economy
The Digital Economy is what we decide to develop using the NBN:
It involves innovation and change: new skills, new processes, new
business models

12. The Digital Economy is about better lives!
The eight National 'Digital Economy Goals' focus on the areas of:
• Online participation by Australian households (Digital Divide)
• Online engagement by Australian businesses and not-for-profit
organisations
• Smart management of our environment and infrastructure
• Improved health and aged care
• Expanded online education
• Increased teleworking
• Improved online government service delivery and engagement
• Greater digital engagement in regional Australia.

13. Examples and new models
• Households: Kansas City – 6 HD movies being streamed in one house!
Digital champions, Digital divide
• Shoes of Prey, Freelancer.com.au
• Smart farms – UNSW Armidale, foodtraders.com.au
• Health and Aged Care (next)
• Education: Coursera.org, khanacademy.com,
• Increased teleworking - My company! (Anglesea, Docklands, Mumbai,
Dublin)
• Data.gov.au, Gov2.0, Livingkingston.com.au, virtual libraries
• Big Data, 3D printing

14. Examples: Health and aged care
• Lower Murray Medicare Local (Mildura)
• Fruit Ninja – NBN centre
• Cancer treatment for outback patients from
Townsville (2- 3 chemotherapy sessions are
remote)

15. Examples: Health and aged care
• Edisse.com

16. Health3.0 @ Northern Rivers
1. What can we do to deliver better health and aged care
in Northern Rivers?
• Strengths – identify our strengths?
• Weaknesses – identify weaknesses
• Opportunities – what are they and how can we maximise
them
• Threats – what are they and how can we minimise them?
What three things should the sector prioritise?

17. Digital Northern Rivers
1. More broadly what are the opportunities and the
challenges?
Consider specific to Northern Rivers under the 6 areas below
• For households and community (society) in Northern Rivers
• For business and not for profits
• Smart management of environment and infrastructure
• Teleworking
• Government Services
• Education
• Discuss and document

18. Next Steps
• We will document the outcomes from today
• We will follow up with further questions?
• A draft will be made available for comment
• Stay involved, promote and engage with us at
www.digitalnorthernrivers.com.au