The Ideas Accelerator

Open Innovation Conference – April 2012

Louise — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:41:20 +0000

Enhance the Scope of your Creative Enterprise through Collaborative Innovation at the 6^th Annual Marcus Evans Open Innovation Conference.

Held in Philadelphia on April 16^th- 18^th 2012 and now in its 6^th year this conference will continue to attract Open Innovation professionals from North America’s leading companies as they discuss the benefits of collaborative innovation in action.

More than 14 hours of practical insight delivered by those at the forefront of Open Innovation for GE Capital, DuPont, Merck, Lockheed Martin, The Hershey Company and many more will cover a variety of innovation topics.

Growth funding in New Zealand…

Louise — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:30:23 +0000

Ministry for Science and Innovation have a system for identifying funding that maybe available to you. Just type into the search field to find your best funding match. Go to MSI now to find out more >>

Become a Social Entrepreneur!

Louise — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:13:20 +0000

So…what is a Social Entrepreneur? Social entrepreneurs are people who see unmet social needs and build new initiatives to address them. They run non-profits, social enterprises and social businesses.

Do you have an idea for social enterprise that will address grass roots issues within your community? Join the Social Entrepreneurship School – Commencing March 2012 – APPLY Now!

Happy Christmas & an Innovative 2012!

Louise — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:34:13 +0000

Thank you to all our supporters, friends and colleages for a truely fantastic year! We have made some good in-roads into developing an innovation industry and taking innovation into the mainstream.

For those of you that would like some truely inspirational holiday reading – don’t miss out on getting your copy of Idealog with lots of great innovation stories!

Have an very Happy Christmas and an Innovative 2012!

From oranges to high-tech economy – the Israeli incubator story

Louise — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:46:31 +0000

MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER, 9.45am for 10am start at the University of Auckland Business School, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland.

MSI and the University of Auckland are hosting Oren Gershtein who will answer the question that the rest of the world wants the secret to, ‘how did Israel go from growing oranges to have the largest number of high tech companies on the NASDAQ after Canada and the United States?’

Regster for this FREE EVENT RSVP to events@msi.govt.nz or go to the MSI events page for more information.

Sir Peter Gluckman on Innovation – The Pathway to Economic Prosperity

Louise — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:29:20 +0000

“A healthy and smart nation, needs knowledge to pervade every aspect of its activities and no society can meet its citizens objectives without greater economic prosperity”

Hear Sir Peter Gluckman talk about the development of an Innovation Eco-system. Sir Peter Gluckman is an international advocate for science and innovation, promoting the translation of discoveries in bio-medical research into improvements in long term health outcomes.

Don’t miss out for this FREE event, sign up now…
Monday 5th December
Auckland Convention Centre, Lower NZI Conference Rooms
5pm Registration, 5.30pm Start – 7.00pm: Len Brown and Sir Peter Gluckman, followed by Q&A.

Register for this free event by emailing; aucklandconversations@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

TCI Conference – 14th Annual Global Conference

Louise — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:05:57 +0000

TCI (Competitiveness Institute) are hosting their annual conference here in Auckland from the 28th November – 2nd December 2011

Don’t miss out, join practitioners, researchers, business leaders, cluster practitioners and policy-makers interested in competitiveness, innovation and economic development for this inspiring, global economic and commerce summit in Auckland.

The conference includes a gala dinner and other networking events between 28 November and 2 December 2011.

To register www.tci2011.com or email tciauckland@tcc.co.nzz, for further information: Pam Ford, Project Manager, Pam.Ford@aucklandnz.com

And the winner is….

Louise — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:22:50 +0000

Cameras flashed, glasses clinked and pink paperclip trophies were dished out as 250-plus gathered for the 2011 New Zealand Innovators Awards ceremony at the HP/Intel Winter Garden in Wynyard Quarter.

Previously known as the Bayer Innovators Awards, this year the competition pulled in 124 entries, which a team of evaluators from academia and business whittled down to 24 finalists.

Find out about our Winners!

Check out the Awards night…

What is an intrapreneur?

Louise — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:10:14 +0000

…find out at the intraprenuership summit 2011
International speaker, Dr Peter Gray, 3M and Felicity Lawrence, Director DOC share their thoughts on creating an innovative culture in the workplace. Join the conversation with our expert panel and discuss your challenges and the solutions that are working at the Ernst & Young Building – 15th November 2011, from 9.30am to 1.00pm

Innovation the 3M way – applying base technologies across market segements

Louise — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:06:38 +0000

Recently the Innovation Council hosted a tour and discussion at 3M. Michael Holderness our host organised a tour of their innovation centre and purpose built 5 star rated sustainable building; as well as a lively discussion about the practices and processes that they use at 3M and the products and services that they have developed.

What stood out for me most about this discussion was the shear number of products and services launched as a result of developing one piece of base technology and applying it to several market verticles.

In a recent article in the New Zealand Herald, Peter Lee – CEO of UniServices said; ”this country excels at knowledge-based innovation, which can be worth a lot of money even before it is developed into a finished product. Research and development, can be a lucrative business in its own right…corporations will pay for intellectual property,” he said.

So…our challenge New Zealand is to develop new products and services by finding new ways to apply technology across markets and sectors.

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