17/06/2004
Broadband roundtable debate comes to NI
The major series of 'New Statesman' UK roundtable debates on broadband access has arrived in Northern Ireland.
The debates explore the implications that broadband has for the economy, culture and society.
In opening the debate, which included influential business leaders, academics and community representatives, Enterprise Minister, Barry Gardiner, said: “It is Government’s aim that Northern Ireland, with 100% access, will be the leading broadband region in Europe by 2005. Northern Ireland will become better through broadband.
“We need to explore broadband’s implications and harness its potential. That is why today’s debate is so important. We need to ask how the public sector, businesses and academia can make better use of it.
"We need to ask how we can spread best practice. We need to see which aspects of social and cultural life will champion broadband. We need to see how broadband will strengthen rural communities by making community services more accessible."
The Northern Ireland debate was opened by Mr Gardiner at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Thursday.
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The debates explore the implications that broadband has for the economy, culture and society.
In opening the debate, which included influential business leaders, academics and community representatives, Enterprise Minister, Barry Gardiner, said: “It is Government’s aim that Northern Ireland, with 100% access, will be the leading broadband region in Europe by 2005. Northern Ireland will become better through broadband.
“We need to explore broadband’s implications and harness its potential. That is why today’s debate is so important. We need to ask how the public sector, businesses and academia can make better use of it.
"We need to ask how we can spread best practice. We need to see which aspects of social and cultural life will champion broadband. We need to see how broadband will strengthen rural communities by making community services more accessible."
The Northern Ireland debate was opened by Mr Gardiner at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on Thursday.
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