twitpic.com - Getting set up at NIACE event - follow #digifuture for the Towards a Digital Future conference

Here's the programme:

10:30 Welcome and introduction to the day
Rachel Thomson, Senior Programme Director (Campaigns), NIACE

10:38 Amplifying today’s conversations
Amanda Gore, Amplified Networks

10:40 Keynote address: The three pillars of digital participation (inclusion, skills and media literacy): How to get those not engaged in the digital revolution to join in
Stewart Purvis, Chair, Consortium of Stakeholders for the promotion of Digital Participation

10:50 Keynote address: The benefits of Digital Inclusion
Graham Walker, Director of Policy, Office of the Champion for Digital Inclusion.

11:00 Keynote address: Digital Life Skills
Stuart Edwards, Deputy Director, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

11:10 Keynote address: Digital Inclusion and Participation - unlocking media literacy
Tanya Hudson, Head of Media Literacy, BBC

11:20 Round table discussion session to raise questions for panel

11:30 Tea/coffee break

12:00 Input from case study presenters

1. Prison Radio - Engaging a Captive Audience
Paula Rogers, Head of Prison Radio, National Offender Management Service (NOMS)

2. Using Digital Film in the Community
Dr Ian McCormick, Community Film Director, ICFILM

3. The Museums, Libraries and Archives’ relationship with the media
Natasha Innocent, Senior Policy Adviser Learning and Skills, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)

12:40 Lunch

13:40 Welcome back from the Chair

13:45 Knowledge Café
Participants have the opportunity to visit all three case studies, ask questions and share their own experience

15:20 Action planning and questions from the floor

.@neilolivier #digitfuture video, audio and live blog will all be available at www.amplified09.com

twitpic.com - Everyone take your seats... #digifuture getting going

Digital inclusion is modern equivalent as access to postal service- Rachel Thompson, NIACE #digifuture

Stuart Purvis from Ofcom talking about the "Best kept secret in Digital Britain" The Three Pillars of Digital Participation #digifuture

Great to see @johnpopham for a coffee & a catch-up! Enjoy #digifuture (great hashtag, by the way) :)

Rt @johnpopham: The Three Pillars are "Digital Inclusion", "Digital Life Skills" and "Digital Literacy" #digifuture

You can see @Brian_Condon liveblogging the first #digifuture keynote address at bit.ly

Digital Outreach programme through the voluntary & community sector, being trialled in the South West Region #digifuture

great video about silver surfers - "lots of pleasure, work friendship all transmitted through this machine, who would hesitate?" #digifuture

I'm now liveblogging the #digifuture second session 'the benefits of digital inclusion' at bit.ly

Graham Walker, Director of Policy, Office of Digi Inclusion Champion talking about @marthalanefox's meeting with Prime Minister #digifuture

if each of 10mill people who have never been online had 1 contact with gov online per year we would save £1bn per year - #digifuture

big benefits to individuals in terms of skills- worldwide people with IT skills earn on average 10% more #digifuture

If each of 10m people who've never been online had 1 contact/yr with gov online we'd save £1bn p.a. #digifuture via @johnpopham @amandagore

Digital Inclusion needs to be mainstreamed into Social Care policiy: Graham Walker at #digifuture

Rt; @amandagore Three pillars of digital participation: inclusion, digital life skills, digital literacy, Stewart Purvis #digifuture

Third liveblog by @warriorgrrl_ going up now at bit.ly 'digital life skills' #digifuture

'a learning revolution depends on people being able to access things digitally - online basics should be accredited' BIS #digifuture

Online Basics will piloted in up to 70 centres in Barnsley, Oldham, Gloucester, Devon and London #digifuture #yam

Stuart Edwards of BIS referencing Totally Online Barnsley #digifuture #digibarns