A selection of international and local experts in clustering, disaster recovery and transformational change will present the latest information on these topics and will also be available live for Q&A. There also will be opportunities for exploring how clusters can collaborate with others to support businesses, regions and countries in building positive futures.
Join us online to hear from world experts in clustering and disaster recovery.
Discover how clusters are helping to navigate through unprecedented economic conditions
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SHOCK
Clusters - Understanding and Responding to Crisis
Session 1
Thursday, 30th April 2020
3pm AEST
(Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Duration : Approximately 2 Hours
Welcome Note - Merete Daniel Nielsen (President - TCI Network / Director - Cluster Excellence Denmark)
Dr Christian Ketels (Chairman - TCI Network Board of Advisors / Harvard Business School Visiting Executive)
Oceania Economist - Shamubeel Eaqub (Sense Partners NZ)
Merete Daniel Nielsen (President - TCI Network / Director - Cluster Excellence Denmark)
Tracy Scott-Rimington (Oceania Chair - TCI Network)
Moderator : Ifor Ffowcs-Williams (CEO – Cluster Navigators)
SURVIVE
Leadership in times of crisis and what it means for cluster and network leaders
Session 2
Thursday, 14th May 2020
9am AEST
(Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Duration : Approximately 2 Hours
Welcome Note
Eric McNulty (Associate Director and Program Faculty at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI))
Madeline Smith (Head of Strategy at the Innovation School, The Glasgow School of Art)
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams (CEO – Cluster Navigators)
Cluster Managers Panel
Emma Greenhatch (General Manager Food & Agribusiness Network)
Dr Colin McIvor (Cluster Manager at Subsea Innovation Cluster, Perth WA)
More panellists to come!
Moderator : Dr Nicola Watts (C 4 Impact)
TRANSFORM
Clusters and Transformational Change
Session 3
Thursday, 28th May 2020
2pm AEST
(Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Duration : Approximately 2 Hours
Welcome Note
Bill Greuel (CEO - Protein Industries Canada)
Kim Seagram (Chair - Fermen Tasmania)
Sergio Zaccaria - (Cluster Development Manager - METS Ignited, QLD)
Stephanie Thornton - (Cluster Manager - Australian Ocean Energy Group, AOEG )
Andrew Scott - (Executive Chairman,
Queensland Robotics)
Anne Moroney - (CEO Regional Development - RDA Barossa Gawler Light Adelaide Plains, SA)
Oral McGuire - (Chair - Noongar Land Enterprise, WA)
Dr Gary Saliba - (Director - Strategic Journeys)
Karen Cain- (CEO - Latrobe Valley Authority, Victoria)
Connecting global clusters to build a better tomorrow.
An opportunity to learn from global experts in clustering and disaster recovery including Harvard Professors and cluster practitioners combined with a local perspective with leading Australian academics and economists.
Whilst we can’t get together face-to-face, make the most of this webinar series to connect with like-minded individuals, focused on building positive futures for their industries and regions through clustering.
As the webinars will be interactive, join the conversation by asking questions of presenters in real time.