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ACHIEVING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A PATHWAY TO PRODUCTIVITY
Wednesday September 28, 2011
from 10:30am to 4pm
State Library of Queensland
Contributors and Presentations
Dr. David Wadley, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
PRESENTATION:Exploring Aspects of Sustainability in Regional Development
Associate Professor Paul Collits, Research Director of Economic Development and Enterprise Collaboration, Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development, University of Southern Queensland
PRESENTATION:Regional Policy in Australia – Decidedly a Work in Progress
Dr. Susan Kinnear, Leader of Sustainable Regional Development Programme, Centre for Environmental Management, CQUniversity Australia and Mr. Ian Ogden, Innovative Regions Facilitator (Central Qld), Innovative Regions Centre
PRESENTATION: Universities as drivers of innovation for regional development: engaging with business and industry for regional sustainability
Mr. Jamie Quinn, Managing Director of Jamie Quinn Consulting
PRESENTATION: Sustainable Australia
Dr. Luke Van der Laan, Mission Leader, Openness, Australian Digital Futures Institute, University of Southern Queensland
PRESENTATION: Regional Universities & Regional Development:Leadership transcending the HE ‘Flatlands’
Dr. Catherine Doherty, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship, Centre for Learning Innovation, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology
PRESENTATION: School markets and regional development: gamekeeping the middle class professional
Kate Charters, SEGRA convenor and Director of Executive Management Solutions
PRESENTATION:Regional Australia and the National Outlook
Conference Details
The issue of regional development is continuing to retain its position as a dominant feature of the current Australian political agenda. Economic, environmental and social challenges continue to present a diverse range of challenges which are in dire need of a coordinated approach from regional universities, industry and government within the current socio-economic climate.
Achieving regional productivity and development through innovation requires both a sound understanding of the key resources of the region and a willingness to look outside of traditional workforce and development opportunities and recognize the need for engagement with non-traditional industries such as the ICT, clean technology and health technology industries.
This Conference, as part of Eidos Institute’s National Conference Series aims to explore social and economic regional development through the lens of industry, government initiatives and evidence-based research. It will examine the ways in which those involved in aspects of regional development are able to harness capacity through innovation, the role in which regional universities have and will continue to play in future sustainable development and take account of the current political context within which these developments will occur.
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