I was given the privilege a few weeks back to speak on behalf of Monash University IT department to prospective students and found myself reflecting on what uni life was for me and more importantly what it will be for them.

As I began to form my thoughts of what an IT students might be and accomplish I was struck by how pivotal these young adults would be in our future.

If we are to achieve and have the internet of things, big data, connected cars and cities, 3D printers and the list goes on, then we can only do this through the brilliant minds and hands of those in the audience and to this end I challenged them not to see themselves as IT professionals, but rather to consider themselves as Life Architects, taking, interpreting and building the world’s digital dreams.

To see how this would work we went through a series of careers including teachers, travel agents and doctors to see how integral technology is to them and what they need Life Architects to build for them, so that they can achieve in their chosen profession.

Such a great bunch of kids and the most wonderful thing is that after meeting them I am so confident and excited about the future and can’t wait to see the impact this group will have on our future world.

Take a look at the event video

and here’s my presentation – to watch it click on the Start Prezi symbol in the middle of the box below, give it a minute and then use the arrow keys to navigate around

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