We organised a number of events during 2007 aimed at engaging with the broader Australian community on Web 2.0-related issues. These included Australia’s first blogger conference, and the ‘Democracy 2.0: YouTube and MySpace’ forum (Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 4 September 2007). This brought together experts and members of the public to discuss how Web 2.0 technologies were being used by political figures in the run-up to the Australian general election. The forum received considerable media attention; guest speakers were interviewed by Brisbane MX and local ABC radio. Speakers at the forum included Professor Terry Flew, Elliott Bledsoe, Jessica Coates, Nic Suzor, Professor Brian Fitzgerald, Professor Paul Draper and Professor Greg Hearn.