The University of Ballarat's multidisciplinary Project Team led an extensive consultation process to engage key stakeholders, State and Local Government, local businesses, established networks, ICT firms, local experts and members of the broader community in examining important trends, uncertainties and linkages to the future development and growth of Ballarat. Specific activities included regular communication through the local media, desktop research, web-based surveys, face-to-face interviews, panel events, workshops and briefings.

Over a period of approximately four months, members of the Project Team provided a diverse range of opportunities for organisations and individuals to reflect on how ICT 2030 could best provide a framework from which to develop ICT capacity, investment and employment opportunities critical to Ballarat's future. More than 220 individuals were directly engaged in considering the future through ICT 2030 activities, with the Ballarat ICT website (www.ballaratict.com.au) utilised as a key mechanism for information collection, collation and dissemination.