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  UAE Leaders Nov. 2008 

Speakers at the next Leaders events:

6th November '08 - Melbourne

Abdulqader Obaid Ali: Head, Ideas Arabia and Director, Dbai World...Professor Brett King: CEO, American Academy of Financial Management (Dubai)...Ravi Bhatia: CEO, Primus Telecom... Mike Anderson: Victorian President, Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry

7th November '08 - Sydney

Ahmed Fahour: CEO Australia, National Australia Bank... James Wakim: MD, Arab Bank Australia... Giam Swiegers: CEO, Deloitte Australia... Abdulqader Obaid Ali; Head, Ideas Arabia and Director, Dubai World.

Cost:    $120 per person, corporate tables available.Time: 12 - 2pm  Download Registration Form.

 

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  Newsletter  

 

The latest edition of the Australian Innovation Newsletter is now available. Click for August '08

 

Initiatives

  4th Leaders Series

 

This international series once again features prominent business leaders, and is held in both Melbourne (M) and Sydney (S).

US - August 2008 - 5 (S), 19 (M) with US State Department.

India - Sept. 2008 - 3 (M), 23 (S) with Australia India Business Council

UAE - Nov. 2008 - 6 (M), 7 (S)  with  Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce. 

France - Feb. 2009 - 4 (M), 11 (S) with  French Australian Chamber of Commerce.

China - Mar. 2009 - 4 (M), 11 (S) with Australia China Business Council. 

      

  2008 National Survey
 
Over 350 leading organisations participated in this inaugural survey (the questionnaire can be viewed at http://www.research-on-innovation.com), which identified patterns of innovation directly affecting entrepreneurial success in Australia. This survey comprehensively reviewed drivers of and barriers to best practice in innovation. here to access the 2008 National Innovation Survey Report. 

 

   AusInnovation Advisory

 

AusInnovation is Australia's pre-eminent innovation advisory and research group. We work with medium to large business to create sustainable innovation solutions. Go to our brochure for further details. 

 
 

  Innovation Festival

 

  

More than 330,000 people attended the 584 events in this year’s Festival, held from 26th April to 31st May 2008. Major highlights were the 17 associate innovation festivals and various National, State and Territory launches. Click here for Festival report, or on the brochure icon above for Festival programme. 

 

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