Tuesday, 15 February 2011 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
IXC Australia in conjunction with Freehills are holding a Innovation Through Collaboration seminar in Melbourne on the 15 February from 12 noon to 2pm [lunch is included].
Below is the link, to RSVP to this invitation please click on the link within the invite.
We would love to see you at this seminar and hope you are able to attend.
https://register.freehills.com/rs/vm.ashx?ct=24F76D15D5E00AEDC1D180ADD028991DD4BE7BB3D38714DD4CF371647BF8D90DDD78037
Invitation
Andrew Rumble
Innovation Through Collaboration | |
Freehills and InnovationXchange invite you to a lunchtime seminar designed to offer an insight into collaborative innovation and the associated benefits and challenges. We hope that you can join us. |
DateTuesday 15 February 2011 Time12.00pm registration until 2.00pm close VenueFreehills
Level 42
101 Collins St, Melbourne | RSVP by Wednesday 8 February 2011To reply to this invitation click here If you have been forwarded this email click hereto respond |
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Speaker Information |
| Dr Darren Coomber, CEO, InnovationXChangeDarren Coomber is the CEO of the InnovationXChange in Australia and an IXC Senior Intermediary.
Darren has a broad background in scientific research, commercialisation and consultancy in both the public and private sectors. His technical background includes a PhD in Chemistry and experience ranging from theoretical electrochemistry through to paediatric pain management. Darren’s passion for collaboration has come from his first-hand knowledge of taking innovations to market through collaborations across disciplines, companies and borders. |
| Sarah Pearson, DPhil (Oxon), working with the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Innovation and Advancement at the Australian National UniversitySarah has driven open, closed and connected approaches to strategic innovation initiatives in industry, academia and government. She has successfully applied these approaches as Open Innovation Champion at Cadbury plc; as an academic with patented bio-technology; and to the development of long-term innovation planning for the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council.
As inaugural Open Innovation Champion at Cadbury plc Sarah was responsible for the development and implementation of Cadbury’s Open Innovation strategy, as well as growing an international team and rolling out the new approach throughout the global Cadbury R&D group.
Until recently, Sarah was the Director of Science in the Office of the Chief Scientist. The major focus of her work was on supporting the work of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC).
Sarah currently works with the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Innovation and Advancement at the Australian National University on special innovation projects. |
| Marita Batty, Senior Associate, FreehillsMarita is a senior associate at Freehills specialising in all aspects of intellectual property law. Marita regularly advises clients on the commercialisation, protection and management of intellectual property rights and has drafted and negotiated a wide range of intellectual property, R&D and technology commercialisation agreements. Marita has acted for clients in a range of industries, including the healthcare and biotechnology sectors. |
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If you are a solicitor who holds a NSW, Vic, Qld or WA practising certificate and if this particular educational activity is relevant to your professional development and the practice of law, you may wish to claim one unit/point for each hour of attendance (excluding refreshment breaks). |
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