The recommendations were put together at the Technologists in Public Interest (TIPI) Summit.

Held during May and July 2006, the summit was aimed at building practical frameworks on how the IT industry could move forward and included members of the ICT Industry Workgroup (which represents nine industry associations in Queensland) and the state's ICT Minister Chris Cummins.

An estimated 85 percent of those participating in the ICT workshops believe IT workers would benefit from being grouped into logical specializations (such as engineering).

Around 77 percent supported establishing a defined education and experience framework for the ICT industry and strong support was shown for establishing a peak governance or compliance body for the ICT industry, with 65 percent favoring a local body similar to the Queensland College of Teachers and 80 percent nominating a national body similar to the Law Council of Australia.

The complete findings of the TIPI summit will be delivered as a "national statement to the governments of Australia".