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7:20am |
Registration Opens Breakfast and Networking |
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7:45am |
Welcome and Housekeeping: Dr Alfred Chidembo, MC |
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7:50am |
Welcome to Country: Violet Sheridan |
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8:00am |
Welcome and Introduction of Minister: Jane O’Dwyer, CEO, CRA
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8:05am |
Ministerial Address: Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry and Innovation, Minister for Science
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8:35am |
Opposition Remarks: Hon Alex Hawke MP |
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8:45am |
Session 1: Turning Missions to Markets What are the levers that reliably translate priorities (SERD, National Reconstruction priorities, NRF focus areas, sector roadmaps) into investable, scalable outcomes? What actions can the participants in our innovation system take to make change happen now? |
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9:15am |
Scribed table discussions |
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9:45am |
Session 2: Policymakers Panel: Coordinating the System Whole-of-government coherence: aligning policy, programs, procurement and people. What might a post-SERD environment look like? |
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10:15am |
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10:45am |
Session 3: Innovation as a Driver of Productivity Gain Identify the characteristics of Australian innovation and our areas of competitive advantage and grow our unique innovation culture as a driver of productivity. Covering translation, utilisation, absorbative capacity, and workforce, this panel session will examine what we can do now to unlock an Australian business model of the future? |
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11:15am |
Scribed table discussions |
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11:45am |
Wrap up: Patricia Kelly, Chair of CRA |
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11:50am |
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12:20pm |
Patricia Kelly, Chair of CRA, introduces Professor Chennupati Jagadish |
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12:25pm |
Ralph Slatyer Address on Science and Society Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish, President, Australian Academy of Science |
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12:50pm |
Questions from the floor |
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1:15pm |
Wrap up and thank you. Event Concludes/Networking |