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Trevor Barr

Trevor Barr is Professor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University and Program Manager, CRC Smart Internet Technology. His four major books have each been standard references in university media and telecommunications courses for many years and influential in policy formulation.

He has been employed as a senior adviser or consultant by a number of government and industry bodies, including the Commission for the Future, Telstra, and Ericsson Australia. He was the inaugural Director of the Australian Electronics Development Centre, an initiative of the Commonwealth and Victorian governments to develop small and medium sized companies in information based industries.

The Sydney Morning Herald has chosen him as one of the 20 influential thinkers about major future issues facing Australia.