The Impact of the National Broadband Network on Higher Education and Research
The NBN Will Transform Higher Education and Research.
The ubiquitous nature as well as increased performance of the network will create opportunities and challenges.
The NBN is not an end in itself. It is the applications and services that the NBN enables that will transform the Economy including higher education.
Those institutions that understand the impacts on existing business process and service delivery models will be best placed to reap the benefits.
The NBN will enable new virtual Higher Education models.
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James Vidler's Biography
James Vidler is the Associate Director of Continuity Services at the University of Newcastle. James has worked at the University of Newcastle since 2006 and has held positions as the Information Security Manger and the Associate Director of Infrastructure Services. In 2010 James was granted 12 months leave to undertake a role with Regional Development Australia that was aimed at presenting the Hunter and Central Coast as priority roll-out regions for the National Broadband Network. Upon his return to the University this year James was responsible for the creation of the University's submission to the federal Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications inquiry in to the capacity of the National Broadband Network to contribute to, amongst other things, Higher Education and Research. Prior to Joining the University in 2006 James was employed in the field of Information Security. He held positions with Telstra, ECard and as the National Security Manager for Giesecke and Devrient, Australia's pre-eminent payment card manufacturer and personaliser.
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