OVERALL EVENT DESCRIPTION
An opportunity to profile Australian Innovation and Investment potential to US business and industry executives. The event will include four separate but interrelated sessions—morning, luncheon, afternoon and end-of-day networking. Examples of Australian innovation in business & industry, science & technology and research & education will be showcased throughout the day with the focus on Australia’s wide range of innovative talent and capabilities representing attractive opportunities for investments and reinvestments in Australia by U.S. companies.
MORNING SESSION — States’ Innovation Competition
G’DAY USA INNOVATION DAY: A SHOOT OUT
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Registration 9.30am
At the second annual Innovation Shoot Out, witness six Australian State finalists prove that their company’s cutting edge innovation has what it takes to make it in the US market.
Consider their pitches, meet the competitors and enjoy a rare opportunity to network with Australian State & Federal government representatives working in the area of innovation and investment.
Don’t miss out on your best opportunity to hear first hand about the most compelling and competetive innovative new companies in Australia without leaving the city.
Moderator
Reena Jana – Innovation Dept. Editor, Business Week
Judges Include
Carol Coletta – President & CEO, CEOs for Cities, Host & Producer, radio show Smart City
John Glanville – General Parnter, The Athenaeum Fund & Athenaeum Capital Partners
David B. Lerner – Director, New Ventures, Columbia University Science & Technology Ventures
RSVP innovation@advance.org (required)
Competing State Finalists
New South Wales – Fermiscan, www.fermiscan.com.au
Queensland – Biolytix, www.biolytix.com
South Australia – Rising Sun Research, www.risingsunresearch.com
Tasmania – The Learning Edge International, www.thelearningedge.com.au
Victoria – Ceram Polymerik, www.cerampolymerik.com
Western Australia – Cool Energy Limited (The Cryocell Technology), www.coolenergy.com.au
Audience
200 guests including Australian State & Federal Government representatives working in the area of innovation and investment. Australian & American professionals interested in new business opportunities.
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INNOVATION LUNCHEON —“Australia: Leading Source Of World Class Innovation”— Directed by Invest Australia Moderator and panel of senior
business/industry executives representing U.S. companies already
invested in Australia which have an Australian R&D, engineering, product
development and/or technical support center as part of their worldwide
operations which can be showcased at the Luncheon.
Open Forum and Keynote Address
Explore through a vibrant Open Forum and Case
Studies how other senior R&D executives from US
companies have worked successfully within the
Australian innovation system. To understand more about
this unique environment, the session will include a
Keynote Address focussing on how Australia’s
innovation system has produced extraordinary results
and a presentation discussing Research and Business
collaboration within Australia’s National Science Agency.
The Luncheon will include a panel moderated by Ms.
Reena Jana, Business Week Innovation Department
Editor. The following senior executives from major US
companies will discuss the benefits and advantages of
having Australian investments in R&D, engineering and product development across multiple industries.
Luncheon Speakers
MR. PAUL ALLINSON -
Vice President,
Chevron Energy Technology Company
MR. DAN KITTLE -
Senior Vice President,
R&D Agro Sciences,
The Dow Chemical Company
MR. DAVID NORTON -
Group Chairman,
Worldwide Commercial Operations,
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Services
MR. DON WINTER -
Vice President of Technology and
Engineering,
Boeing Phantom Works
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AFTERNOON SESSION — Australia’s R&D/Innovation Ecosystem — Directed by CSIRO
Focus on Australia’s government-private sector collaborative research, technology development and university research programs and systems, collectively representing the research/education ecosystem which continuously nurtures the breadth and depth of the country’s research and innovation leadership across a wide range of scientific, business and industry applications.
Speakers
DR. W JAMES PEACOCK -
Australia’s Chief Scientist,
Keynote Address, Australia’s Innovation
Environment
DR. ANDREW JOHNSON -
CSIRO,
Research and Business Collaboration in
Australia’s National Science Agency
Industry Case Studies
MR. DON WINTER -
Vice President Engineering and
Information Technology,
Boeing Phantom Works
DR. STEVE MELLER -
Head of Global Bioscience,
Business Development, Procter & Gamble
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AFTERNOON SESSION — Directed by Australian National University
Hosted by The Australian National University (ANU), The Energy of Asia offers an integrated,
cross-disciplinary perspective on the science, economics and politics of energy needs of Asia in the 21st century. A panel of scholars, ranging from economists to renewable energy experts, examines Asia's choices - particularly China's - from a fresh, down-under vantage point and identifies emerging political and energy options for the region.
Australia’s leading research university, ANU has achieved international recognition in a range of fields. In energy research, ANU has developed a portfolio of possible solutions to climate change. In the study of Asia, ANU has an unsurpassed tradition of multi-disciplinary research.
INNOVATION DAY COCKTAIL RECEPTION
— Directed and
managed by Advance
5:30 - 8:00 pm |
Hilton Room, Waldorf Astoria
The Second Annual Innovation Day Cocktail Reception will close the much anticipated Innovation Day held during G’day USA in January 2008.
Join us for the opportunity to network with Australian professionals working in New York and gain an insight into studying, working or doing business Down Under over a glass of great Australian wine.
Special Guest Speaker
Marc Newson, Qantas’ Creative Director & 2006 Designer of the Year
Marc Newson is one of the most influential designers in the world today. His association with Qantas began with the design of the award winning Skybed Business sleeper seat in 2004. As Qantas Creative Director, Marc now oversees all Qantas product development including the interiors of new aircraft, onboard product and lounges. Newson is also Adjunct Professor in Design at Sydney College of the Arts and in 2006 was named Designer of the Year at the prestigious annual Design Miami event.
Audience
300 guests including Australian State & Federal Government representatives; Advance Members (leading Australian professionals) & their guests; and American professionals and businesses interested in doing business in Australia.
Event contact
Penny Mapp, Advance – penny@advance.org or T 212 682 2885 x 13
RSVP: winemixer@advance.org
Invited guests include
- Invest Australia and guests
- CSIRO and guests
- State Government partners and guests
- Advance Members (leading Australian professionals) and their American colleagues
- Sponsors and guests
Speakers
- Standard & Poor’s – A sponsor of the event, James Nicholls will speak in reference to Vista Research and in in particular will be promoting their Society of Industry Leaders – a carefully selected global network of industry professionals and thought leaders http://www.vistaresearch.com/html/about_sil.jsp
- NSW State Government – A sponsor of the event, visiting Minister, the Hon. Kristina Keneally MP, is an American and a member of NSW Parliament, she will speak as an “Ambassador” for Sydney http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf
- Australian National University – A sponsor of G’day USA, the Vice Chancellor, Ian Chubb, will speak on behalf of all the States in reference to the Australian education system.
- Marc Newson – Qantas’ Creative Director, Designer of the Year 2006, to speak as ourkeynote guest speaker
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