CK Haun
Director, Woldwide Developer Technical Services, Apple Computer Inc.

C.K. Haun started in the Apple community in 1979, and released his first commercial product in 1980. He spent the '80s writing education and development tools, and software for the Macintosh. He joined Apple in the late '80s as an engineer in the Developer Technical Support section, and moved to managing various DTS teams in the early '90s. In 1994 he moved to the Apple System Software organisation. He was the chief engineer for the Mac OS 8 project, designed the NetBoot system for Mac OS and was part of the team that defined the core of Mac OS X. In 1998 Haun re-joined the Developer Relations team as Director of Worldwide Developer Technical services. His team is responsible for focusing on key developers, assisting them with development efforts and providing rich technical content to Apple's developer website to support the more than 100,000 Macintosh developers worldwide.


Frank Casanova
Worldwide Director, QuickTime Product Marketing, Apple Computer, Inc.

Apple has nurtured some colourful characters over the years, but perhaps none as original as Frank Casanova. As much as anyone else, Frank is responsible for putting the power into a long line of high-end Apple boxes that are beloved by legions of desktop publishers, artists and media authors. After a short stint away from Apple, Frank returned in late 1998 as the Worldwide Director of QuickTime Product Marketing. In this role, Frank leads all QuickTime product marketing efforts. QuickTime has matured to be both the de facto and ISO standard for digital video. In his address, Frank will discuss why QuickTime remains one of the leading platforms for CD and DVD-ROM development for video professionals, and give an update on the latest exciting QuickTime developments.

Rick Bennett
Senior Lecturer, College of Fine Arts (COFA), University of New South Wales
Founder, The Omnium Project

Having originally studied Fine Arts and subsequently spending 8 years working in the Film/TV industry in the UK, Rick has taught at The University of New South Wales for the last 10 years within the School of Design Studies. In recent years his duties have undergone dramatic change from coordinator of the first year Bachelor of Design program to directing significant research into the Internet and possibilities it holds for collaborating across distance for design professionals and students alike. Rick completed a Master of Higher Education (UNSW) in 1998 in which his studies led him to investigate the current teaching practice of design studio subjects and in turn future possibilities. His current research is considerate of the advances made within digital technology and the apparent changes in the requirements of contemporary students in relation to their own needs and those of today's design professions.

In 1998 he founded The Omnium Project, an interesting initiative for online collaborative design. His work in this area led to him being awarded the first UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence Using Educational Technology in 2001. Today, Rick continues to develop interesting advances in online creative interaction between distanced individuals by offering a range of collaborative international online projects across disciplines of graphic design, science, fashion and music using Omnium's unique user-interface/software and approach to collaborative design.

The Omnium Project can be viewed in detail at: http://www.omnium.unsw.edu.au/