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7:30am |
Arrival, Breakfast and Networking |
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7:45am |
Welcome and Housekeeping by Dr Kerstin Oberprieler, MC |
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7:50am |
Welcome to Country by Violet Sheridan
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7:55am |
Welcome and Introduction of the Minister by Jane O'Dwyer, CEO, Cooperative Research Australia
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8:00am |
Scene Setting Address by Hon Ed Husic MP, Minister for Industry and Science |
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8:16am |
Opposition Remarks by Hon Paul Fletcher MP, Shadow Minister Science, Arts, Government Services and the Digital Economy |
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8:22am |
Future Made in Australia by Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, Assistant Minister for Future Made in Australia |
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8:30am |
Scene Setting - Fostering a New Australian Business Model by Catherine Livingstone AC, NIPF Co-Patron and Chancellor of the University of Technology Sydney |
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8:40am |
Session 1: Risk Sharing Can Australia grow its risk appetite and tolerance across the system? How might we foster risk sharing and protect Australia from lost IP through nondilutive funding and regulatory settings to support enterprises through the fragile stages of translation then commercialisation? |
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9:10am |
Scribed table discussions addressing focused questions |
| 9:40am | Morning Tea |
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10:00am |
Session 2: Addressing the Missing Middle: Attracting Investment and Government as a Demanding Customer What is still needed to address the missing middle? What approaches might Australia take to attract international R&D investment? Can we incentivise investment in Australian capability and emerging enterprises? Can our governments become demanding customers? |
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10:30am |
Scribed table discussions addressing focused questions |
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11:00am |
Session 3: An Australian Business Model Identify the characteristics of Australian innovation and our areas of competitive advantage, and grow our unique innovation culture though celebration of success, learning from failure and telling our national story. If what got us here won’t get us to where we want to go, what is the Australian business model of the future? |
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11:30am |
Scribed table discussions addressing focused questions |
| 12:00pm | Lunch | |
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12:10pm |
Final comments by David Thodey AO, NIPF Co-Patron and Chancellor of the University of Sydney |
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12:20pm |
Introduction of Ralph Slatyer Address on Science and Society by Patricia Kelly PSM, Chair, Cooperative Research Australia |
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12:25pm |
2024 Ralph Slatyer Address on Science and Society by Dr Cathy Foley AO, Chief Scientist of Australia |
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12:55pm |
Wrap up and thank you by Jane O'Dwyer, CEO and Patricia Kelly, Chair of CRA |
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1:00pm |
Event concludes |
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