AFR Innovation Summit

The Australian Financial Review is hosting an Innovation Summit on 17 to 18 August in Sydney. Its objective is to interrogate what needs to be done to create the capabilities, industries and mentalities Australia needs for the future.

Speakers include The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science; Dr Alan Finkel AO, Chief Scientist for Australia; Dr Larry Marshall, CEO, CSIRO; Bill Ferris AC, Chair, Innovation and Science Australia and many more.

Topics for discussion include:

• How can we build a new Australian culture of innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialisation?
• How can we better facilitate the translation of research into innovation?
• How do we incentivise efficient and high-value industry investment in R&D?
• How can we better incentivise collaboration – between industry and research providers, between industries, and between rival companies?
• How can ROI from research and innovation be measured?
• How can large firms transition their cultures and structures to be more agile, innovative and self-disrupting?
• How can we increase access to capital and lessen the risks associated with entrepreneurship?
• How should Australia go about developing and attracting the skills needed for a high-tech economy?

To view the agenda and to register, please follow this link: http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/government-policy-conference/afr-national-innovation-summit