Professors Robertson and Smith presented on ‘Managing knowledge bases and technological upgrading in low and medium technology industries at the ANZAM Conference, Sydney on 5 - 7 December, 2007.
Professors Hess and Adams presented on ‘Training the next generation of local government managers' at the ANZAM Conference, Sydney on 5 - 7 December, 2007.
Doug Fraser, in conjunction with Hilary Haugstetter from the AMC, conducted a workshop at the ANZAM conference on the topic ‘Does today's PhD process work for late- and mid-career candidates?' in Sydney on 4 - 7 December, 2007.
Professors West and Adams presented to the Local Government Forum in Launceston on 29 November 2007. Professor West presented on 'Innovation and Regional Development', while Professor Adams presented ‘Regional Competitiveness and Innovation'.
Paul L. Robertson delivered a seminar 'Industrial Districts: A Framework for Open Innovation?' at Bocconi University, Milan, on 12 October, 2007.
Professor Smith was the rapporteur for the Conference on ‘Role and Dynamics of Corporate R&D', at the European Commission Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain 8 - 9 October, 2007.
Professor Hess contributed to a workshop for RHD candidates on ‘Publishing material from your thesis' at the School of International Management, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany, 28 September, 2007.
Professor Adams presented to the Institute of Public Administration National Conference: ‘Building Stronger Communities' in Perth, Western Australia on 19 September, 2007.
Associate Professor English presented a research seminar on Innovation and Commercialisation at the Tasmanian ICT Centre on 18 September, 2007.
Professor Adams presented to Emerging Leaders in Local Government at the Cradle Coast Campus in Burnie on September 6 - 7, 2007.
Dr Susan Nelle presented on "Food Strategy in Australia" to the AgriBusiness Conference held by Fundacion Chile, in Santiago, Chile on 16 August, 2007. At the same conference, Professor Smith presented a paper on "Innovation and Growth in Resource Based Economies". They also led a workshop on "Centres of Excellence and the Food Sector: Guidelines for a Chilean Strategy" at Fundacion Chile on 17 August, 2007.
Professor Adams presented the annual Dorothy Pearce Address to the Tasmanian Council of Social Services in Hobart on 16 August 2007.
Professor Smith presented to the Tasmanian Innovation Advisory Board at the Department of Economic Development on 10 August 2007, providing an overview of AIRC activities.
Professor West presented to the Economic Development Senior Management Group on 6 August 2007 on the topic of ‘An Innovation Strategy for Tasmania'.
Professor West gave the Introductory Keynote Address at the Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference entitled ‘Innovation and the Australian Wine Industry: Lessons from Innovation Economics, in Adelaide on 29 July, 2007.
Professor West presented at the Information System Seminar on the topic ‘How Innovation Really Happens: Lessons from Innovation Studies' 20 July, 2007.
Professor West presented to the Tasmanian Young Leaders Program on 20 July 2007 on the topic of ‘Strategy and Leadership - why are new ideas so rarely transformed into practice?' The full day workshop was held in the AIRC's offices, and presenters also included the Minister for Education, David Bartlett, and Michael Field.
Professor Hess presented a paper on ‘The Future of the ITIC', to the Tasmanian Information Technology Industry Council, Hobart, July 2007.
Professor Adams presented ‘New Relations between Government and Community' to the Australian and New Zealand School of Government annual conference in Canberra on 28 June, 2007.
Professor West presented to and facilitated the National Food Industry Strategy annual Innovators' Forum in Queensland on 7 - 8 June, 2007. The keynote address was entitled ‘Why Worry About an Innovation System'.
Associate Professor English participated in BioVision Tasmania 2007-2015: Tasmania's Biotechnology Strategy launched by The Hon Paul Lennon on 4 June 2007.
Professor West presented a seminar/workshop for the Talking Heads series on 4 June, 2007 which involved an analysis of a Harvard Business School case study ‘Judah Folkman and the war on Cancer' (West, Sagar and Shiya, 4 June 2004) before looking at the leadership and organisational practices at UTAS.
Associate Professor English presented a research seminar on the ‘Innovation Development Early Assessment System' to the Antarctic CRC at the University of Tasmania on 21 May, 2007.
Professors Hess and Smith took part in the meeting of the ‘Our Economy Task Force' organised by the Department of Economic Development on 14 May 2007.
Professor West presented to the Australian Future Summit in Melbourne on "Innovation Challenges in Australian Higher Education", 10 May, 2007. His remarks led coverage of the event in The Australian newspaper.
Professor Adams presented on ‘Emerging Leaders in Local Government' to the Local Government Association of Tasmania Annual Conference on April 30, 2007.
Professor Adams presented on public sector reform to ‘Gain the Edge' Institute of Public Administration, Victoria on April 25, 2007.
Professor West presented to the Young Presidents Organisation in Melbourne on "Innovation and the De-Maturing of the Global Food System", 23 April 2007.
Professor West presented to the School of Government seminar on ‘Innovation: What We Know and What to Do With Our Knowledge', 20 April, 2007.
Professor West gave the Opening Address to the Young Engineers Australia Annual Convention, "Lessons from Innovation Studies and Australia's Policy Challenges", on 17 April, 2007.
Eric Iversen gave a presentation on "IPRs and Norwegian enterprises: diversification of innovative efforts in Norwegian firms" at a Research Seminar, AIRC, 16 April, 2007.
Professor West presented to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia Business Leaders Forum, on the topic ‘Elements of an Innovation Strategy for Australia,' on 30 March, 2007.
Professor Adams gave the keynote presentation (via videoconference) ‘Use of web 2.0 technologies for social innovation' to the European Public Sectors Leaders Forum on 30 March, 2007.
Professor Adams gave the keynote address ‘Strategies for Community Building' to the Queensland Council of Social Services on 26 March, 2007.
Professor West presented to the Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development Forum on the topic, ‘What is an Innovation Strategy?' on 5 March 2007.
Professor Adams was the guest speaker at the Northern Tasmania Leaders Luncheon on February 22, 2007: ‘Regional Innovation Systems'.
Professor Adams presented ‘Community Building Strategies in Australia' to the Institute of Public Administration in Western Australia on January 25, 2007.
