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29 May 2007慶祝澳台新媒體藝術交流酒會
澳大利亞商工辦事處 代表 華適文 (Mr Steve Waters) 致詞稿
President Huang, Distinguished guests from Australia and Taiwan: It is my great pleasure to welcome all our guests here tonight to celebrate the significant educational and cultural exchanges between Australia and Taiwan in the area of new media art.
今晚非常榮幸邀請各位貴賓，和我們一起慶祝澳洲和台灣，在新媒體藝術的重要教育和文化交流。
New Media Arts play an important role in both Australia and Taiwan. In Australia a recent study of digital content showed its value to the Australian economy was placed at 3.5% of GDP, or approximately NT$525 billion involving 300,000 jobs. While in Taiwan it is valued at NT$340 billion, and has grown at an average rate of 15% for the past three years. New Media Arts are key elements of digital content, therefore these exchanges make a valuable contribution to the development in this sector for both Australia and Taiwan.
數位產業的發展在澳台兩地都有驚人的發展，新媒體藝術又是數位內容很重要的元素，因此透過澳台兩地大學的交流，是很重要的一步。
Many of you are aware that the 2007 Taiwan and Australia New Media Arts Symposium and Exhibition were launched in the National Taiwan University of the Arts on Monday. I wish to acknowledge the joint efforts of the National Taiwan University of the Arts, The Australian National University and Griffith University in coordinating these exchanges, as well as the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canberra and Australian Education International in Taipei for their commitment in making this possible.
I am particularly happy to see President Huang here. As a major driving force of these exchanges, no matter what hats he has been put on, he has never given up his love for Australia & Taiwan art exchanges. Dr Huang initiated the first large-scale cultural exchange project back in 1994, and the art exchanges between Australia and Taiwan have never stopped since then.
除了感謝促成此次交流的相關單位，我想特別感謝黃光男校長，不論他是校長、或是美術館館長，他不斷支持澳台的藝術交流，從1994年第一次大規模的澳台當代藝術交流展到現在，一直都沒有中斷。
We all know that technology connects people across the borders, so do art and education. Both Australia and Taiwan share complementary strength in our economic success and technological ingenuity. Australia’s high-quality education is a great asset that Taiwanese people could utilise. I hope the symposium resulted in fruitful outcome, and the exhibition provides an excellent opportunity to showcase the talents of Australian and Taiwanese artists to many people in Taiwan, laying the good foundations for future collaborative projects between Australia and Taiwan in art, technology and industry.
澳洲和台灣在經濟和科技的發展上非常可以互補，澳洲的高品質教育也是台灣能應用的優勢。希望台澳新媒體藝術論壇，能實質促成雙方訊息的交流，並能有更多台灣民眾接觸到兩地藝術家的精彩作品，為澳台藝術、科技、產業界的交流打下良好的基礎。
In conclusion, I would like to thank you all for coming tonight and wish the symposium participants all the best with your future collaborations. I hope you enjoy the new media music proudly brought to you by outstanding Taiwanese musicians and the interactive new technology sponsored by EPSON. Thank you.
今晚我想特別感謝林強等音樂創作者的演出，和EPSON公司提供的互動新科技，讓我們今晚的酒會非常地Hi-tech. 謝謝。