Campaign for a national technology strategy underway

Saturday, December 15th 2007 at 3.05am The Shaping Scotland's Digital Future campaign got off to an excellent start this week with a lively debate at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall. Video highlights of the debate are available via the Sunday Herald. Presented with the perspectives of the heavyweight panel, a 120-strong audience appeared to broadly accept our call for the creation of a far-reaching national digital strategy for Scotland. The tone was informal but distinctly businesslike, and it quickly became clear that my concerns over Caledonia's lack of future planning are shared by many in the great geek diaspora. I'll be publishing transcripts and proposals for further events shortly, but the discussions ultimately identified three critical areas to be addressed by our proposed digital blueprint: Education, Innovation and Infrastructure. I'll publish my proposals for separate symposiums on each of these in the new year, but please do let me know if you've got any ideas or suggestions as to how we should move matters forward. Printer Friendly Comment