Program of Events

2009

Thursday April 2nd

Keynote Address

Professor Robert Burgelman
Stanford Graduate School of Business

The Innovation Imperatives

Moderator

Professor Robert Burgelman

Speakers

Eric Drok
CEO, ING Direct

Joe Skryznski
Founding Partner, Managing Director, CHAMP

Steve Vamos
Former CEO, Microsoft

Innovating Internationally

Moderator

Professor Chris Styles

Speakers

Lloyd Downey
Trade Consultant

Keith Stanley
Former CEO, Stella Travel

Vikesh Mehta
General Manager, Wipro Technologies, India

Creativity in Innovation

Moderator

Professor Dan Lovallo

Speakers

Megan Brownlow
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tania Chambers
CEO, NSW Film and Television Office

Dr Evian Gordon
CEO, Brain Resource Company

Anton Rosenberg
Managing Director, Claymore Capital

Friday April 3rd

Panel Discussions

National Innovation System Perspectives: Is there a role for government in innovation?

Moderator

Professor Bruce McKern

Speakers

Dr Thomas Barlow
Thomas Barlow Advisory Services

Dr Isaac Shariv
Director, Sydnovate, University of Sydney

Professor Ron Johnston
Australian Centre for Innovation and International Competitiveness

Professor Robert Kneller
Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo

Research Panels

Educating Innovators

Chair and discussant

Peter Bryant

Presentations

Commercialising University Research: The case of Kinacia Pty Ltd
Sam Burshtein, Macquarie University

Solving the Creativity and Innovation Problem in Higher Education
Rod O'Donnell, UTS

Does Education Compensate for the Absence of Social Capital experienced by Indigenous Entrepreneurs?
Dennis Foley, University of Newcastle

Realising Opportunities

Chair and discussant

J. Hanns Pichler

Presentations

Innovation: The key to Market Success
Roger LaSalle, Matrix Thinking

Early Life Influences and ongoing training in the Development of Innovation & Entrepreneurial Skills and Interests’
Jolyon Bone, Macquarie University

Entrepreneurship & Innovation - Core capability or mere aspiration?
Matthew Ayres, AMP Limited

Questioning Orthodoxies in Entrepreneurship

Chair and discussant

John Hearn

Presentations

An Illustrative Case of International Entreprepreneurship: Biovite Australia Pty Ltd
Yanto Chandra, University of Amsterdam; Chris Styles, The University of Sydney & Ian Wilkinson, UNSW

Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Case of Ayudhya Allianz C.P
Vladimir Pucik, IMD-Lausanne & Tatiana Zalan, University of South Australia

A Health Audit for Social Entrepreneurship Sustaining Innovation in The Aged Care Industry
Murray Gillin, Swinburne University & Lois Hazelton, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship

Panel Discussion

Emerging Market's Perspectives on Entrepreneurship: India & China

Moderator

Professor Sid Gray

Speakers

Professor Zhongming Wang
Dean of Business Faculty, Zhejiang University, Director of the Entrepreneurship Institute, China

Professor Gang Zhang
Zhejiang University, China

Professor K Kumar
IIMB, India