NATIONAL

INNOVATION POLICY
FORUM - MELBOURNE

Program

The Australian Innovation system - Policy Innovation to foster a new Australian Business Model

Forum 1, Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston St, Carlton VIC
21 February 2025 from 7:30 - 9:30 am

7:20am Registration Opens
7:30am
Breakfast and Networking
8:00am
Welcome, Jane O'Dwyer, CEO, CRA
8:05am

Scene Setting Address 

8:15am

Panel Discussion:  A Future Australian Business Model

A panel of experts will provoke discussion of what a future Australian business model could be to ensure the nation is able to prosper into the future. If what got us here won’t get us to where we want to go, what do we need to change and how do we do it? 

8:55am
Audience participation in scribed table discussions addressing a future Australian Business model.
9:25am
Wrap up
9:30am
Event Concludes

Melbourne Speakers

Russel Yardley

Chairman, Algonquin Investments

Vicki Stirling

CEO, The Startup Network

Michele J Allan AO

Chair, Wine Australia, Charles Sturt University, Defence Trusted Autonomous Systems, SmartSat CRC and 20 Degrees

Ian Christensen

CEO, iMove

Jane O'Dwyer​

CEO, Cooperative Research Australia​

Our 2024-2025 Partners for Melbourne

The 2024 National Innovation Policy Forum is sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources.