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AIRG ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009
“Picking Winners”
22 - 24 February 2009, Rendezvous Hotel, Melbourne
This conference topic applies to the conduct of successful Industrial Research & Development, as well as to Innovation and Commercialisation, generally. The meeting had a primary focus on the impact of “Picking Winners” in an Australasian context. The AIRG realises it simply is not enough just to find the right things to work on, because “picking winners” is as much about how the work will be performed, and what is to be done with the successful research outcomes. Therefore, members of the AIRG are of the view that all of the elements need to be considered with respect to “picking winners” if, ultimately, success is to be achieved
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AIRG ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008
“Innovation Through Technology – Achieving Outcomes”
25th - 26th February 2008 at Quay West in Melbourne
In the 21st Century, globalization and the rise of the “new economies” has created a business environment in which a focus of innovation across all business functions is a key factor in the creation of competitive advantage. Innovation has become the major driving force in economic growth and social development and this has not been limited to the traditional developed nations. Technology is changing rapidly and new products are emerging from new competitors in new economies and in this fast-changing environment product lifetimes are shorter and new technology is rapidly copied or superseded. Increasingly sophisticated customers now have more choice and expect their suppliers to show a high degree of innovation in all aspects of their business as well as in their products.
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AIRG ANNUAL MEETING 2007
“Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Decade”
18-20th February 2007, Quay West Hotel in Melbourne
Australia faces a changing world – economically, technologically, socially and environmentally. We see the rapid growth in the Asian economies especially in China and India and the decline in manufacturing in western countries and the rapid development of new technologies. The baby-boomers who have powered the world over the past 40-50 years are reaching retirement age presenting the demands of a large elderly population and the loss of considerable skills and knowledge from the workforce. Finally, we have the changing climate presenting potential threats to large regions of the planet. Charles Darwin said that the species that survive are not necessarily the strongest or the fastest but the ones that are most adaptable to change. This changing world represents a significant challenge for Australia and we must use our R&D expertise across all sectors to demonstrate our ingenuity and adaptability and to seize the opportunities to remain competitive and prosperous. Within the context of the overall theme, speakers from Australia, Europe and Asia covered the key issues of the changing economic balance in the world with the rising influence of China and India, the changes in demographics especially through the retirement of the ageing baby-boomers and the need to provide the skilled workforce for the 21st century and finally, the effects of climate change and the effects it will have on Australian industry. Speakers included the noted corporate philosopher, Richard Hames, the Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University, Professor Glyn Davis and the vice-president of EIRMA Professor Dietmar Theis.
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