World internet meeting, July 2007

In July 2007 the Institute for Social Research and CCI jointly hosted the annual World Internet Project 2007 partners' meeting at the Melbourne Museum over three days (July 10-12). The 22 members in attendance represented 12 countries; in addition to the members, speakers and CCI and ISR staff, they were joined by representatives of Multimedia Victoria and the Department of Communications and Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA).

The meeting was a great success, and attracted significant coverage in The Age newspaper, which published some of our interim findings from the survey.

The main outcome for the project was an agreement to consolidate findings for those partners who conducted a survey in 2007 and to prepare an international report to be published in the first half of 2008. The international report will provide a unique comparative resource for researchers, policymakers and practitioners interested in understanding the global dynamics of internet adoption and use.