How to Market Agentware:  Software Engineering Australia's model for Rapid Technology Deployment

Peter Wallis
Software Engineering Australia

Friday, 24th September 1999
0930 - 1100

Rooms 1 & 2, 7th floor
Storey Hall, RMIT
Swanston Street, Melbourne.

Abstract:

A core business of Software Engineering Australia (SEA) is ``to improve the business of software'' by, among other things, ``fostering innovation'' (ref the SEA vision statement).  It is not enough for scientists to put the information out there, technology uptake must be driven.

The SEA Agent Project is funded by a grant from the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts as a test-case for Rapid Technology Diffusion.  The hope is that SEA can fulfil a new role facilitating communication between science and industry and hence the transfer of ideas into applications.  In one sense this new role can be seen as a marketing role.

At this presentation the SEA model for marketing Agent Technology will be presented and interested parties will be asked to think about how they would like to be involved in the process.

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Peter Wallis, Manager, Software Engineering Australia Agent Hub
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