Ballarat Innovation Festival
Where good ideas come to life
May 5 - 16 2009
Don't miss this opportunity to grow your business.
Dinnervation
Thursday 14th May 2009
Valuing Innovation in Business Strategy
Hosted by comedian Dave O'Neil, Dinnervation 2009 promises to be a night of insightful, thought-provoking and engaging addresses from two of Australia's leading innovation campaigners intertwined with some light-hearted relief from one of Victoria's most popular entertainers.
Providing insight into how your business can embrace innovation to further communication and development will be Dr Terry Cutler and Peter Williams.
A consultant and strategy advisor to the information and communications technology sector, Cutler & Company principal Dr Cutler has written numerous influential reports and papers on the digital economy and innovation and spearheaded key initiatives in promoting venture capital and industry innovation.
Voted by his peers and staff as the most inspirational partner at Deloitte Digital, Peter Williams is one of Australia's leading thinkers and practitioners in the area of innovation, technology commercialisation and all things online. He is an expert at "Turning ideas into $$$ - Getting ideas to market fast" - ideas he will share with you at Dinnervation.
Book your seat at Dinnervation NOW!
Date: Thursday 14 May 2009
Time: 6.30pm – 11.00pm
Cost: $85 (includes 3 course dinner, drinks at bar prices)
Venue: Mercure Ballarat Hotel and Convention Centre, Main Road, Ballarat
Bookings: Premier PR
ph: 5333 4426
email: rsvp@premierpr.com.au
Bisnet Social Networking for Business Communications
Date: Tuesday 5 May 2009
Time: 7.00am – 8.30am
Cost: $25
Venue: The Alexandria, Level 1, 30 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
The director of marketing and communications company T-Garage, William Saxton, can help you understand and harness the power of social networking for your business communications. William's marketing expertise stretches over 25 years in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector both in Australia and overseas where he worked with high profile brands and companies such as Arnott's, Cadbury, Coke, Goodman Fielder and Mars confectionery.
Since discovering the power of social networking, William has devoted many years to researching the phenomena and developing innovative tools and systems for businesses to use social networking to engage existing customers and find new ones. Don't miss the opportunity to find out how to prepare your business for the next wave of communication.
Bookings: Debra Thomson
ph: 5320 5905
email: debra.thomson@rdv.vic.gov.au
Victorian eHealth Network Forum
Date: Monday 11 May 2009 (note rescheduled date)
Time: 10.00am for 10.30am - 12noon - speaking event
12noon - 1.00pm – networking over a light lunch
1.00pm - 1.30pm (optional) – briefing on Ballarat’s Technology Park
Venue: Greenhill Enterprise Centre, University of Ballarat Technology Park, University Drive,
Mt Helen (for maps and directions go to www.ubtp.com.au/cb_pages/where.php)
Cost: No charge. As this is an invitation only event, please advise us if you would like an additional person invited to the forum.
To continue our interest in the formation of a Victorian eHealth Network, Multimedia Victoria (Victorian Government) is holding a third eHealth forum for a highly targeted and select group of participants from business, university, government and research institutions.
The forum will be held in Ballarat at the University of Ballarat in the Greenhill Enterprise Centre (GEC) and is sponsored by IBM. It will include a speaking event and networking over lunch with an optional overview of University of Ballarat Technology Park facilities.
Guest speakers at the forum include:
- Annette Hicks, Health Industry Lead, Software Group, IBM Australia/New Zealand
Topic: The Future of eHealth From an IBM Perspective.
- David Ryan, Executive Officer/CIO, Grampians Rural Health Alliance
Topic: Innovation in the Clever Country. Why it's necessary.
- Anthony Schreenan, Industry Development Officer, City of Ballarat
Topic: ehealth in Ballarat
It is expected that a Victorian eHealth Network, once formally established, will have a primary information technology (health applications) focus and will be set up to benefit smaller businesses, as well as multinationals and research/post-secondary institutions. The network will support information exchange, ideas, peer-to-peer networking, skills/recruitment, product/service showcasing, collaborative opportunities, research knowledge exchange, export support, trade fair support and a government information channel on eHealth.
Bookings:
Rsvp: Wednesday 6 May 2009
Victorian eHealth Network members please send reply email to ehealth@mmv.vic.gov.au. New Victorian eHealth Network members register online at www.mmv.vic.gov.au/ehealthnetwork
VIC 1000 Ballarat Awards
Date: Monday 11 May 2009
Time: 7pm – 8pm (Please arrive by 6:45 pm)
Cost: Free
Venue: Trench Room, Ballarat Town Hall, Sturt Street, Ballarat
This event will be an opportunity to publicly acknowledge and reward the efforts and enthusiasm of businesses that participated in the VIC 1000 Ballarat Sustainable Business Management Programme. Prizes will be awarded to participants across four categories: environmental, cultural, economic and social. The region’s overall winner will also be announced.
The programme is supported by the Victorian Government Sustainability Fund and the City of Ballarat, and presented by Village Green Environmental Solutions. More than 120 Ballarat businesses participated, taking part in workshops, assessments and training to learn how to reduce their operating costs and environmental impacts. Annual savings of more than one million litres of water and 300 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions have been achieved.
Bookings Brett Munckton
ph: 9017 5017
email: brett@villagegreen.com.au
Tapping into Technology to Grow your Business
AI Group Industry Breakfast and Workplace Tours
Date: Wednesday 13 May 2009
Time: 7.30amfor 7.45am breakfast > 8.30am to 9.30am site tour
Cost: $30
Venue: Neighbourhood Cable Conference Centre, Greenhill Enterprise Centre, Ballarat Technology Park, University Drive, Mt Helen.
The University of Ballarat Technology Park is home to some of Ballarat’s most creative and innovative businesses. Find out how you can tap into the available expertise, innovation and technology development initiatives at the Park.
This industry breakfast, sponsored by AusIndustry, will highlight the diverse range of businesses at the Technology Park and give participants the opportunity to see first hand how the Park can work with local businesses on a range of levels. Keynote speaker, Elizabeth Lewis-Gray, Gekko Systems, will demonstrate how innovation can be used to grow your business.
Bookings: Kay Macaulay, Regional Manager, Australian Industry Group
ph: 5331 7688
email: kaym@aigroup.asn.au
Innovation in Renewable Energies Expert Panel
Date: Wednesday 13 May 2009
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Cost: Free
Venue: Neighbourhood Cable Conference Room, Greenhill Enterprise Centre, University of Ballarat Technology Park, University Drive, Mt Helen
Discuss how governments will achieve an energy economy that supports a sustainable future in the areas of industrial and domestic consumption, environment, resource conservation, security, social equity and public acceptance.
Bookings: Marianne Drake
ph: 5327 9893
email: m.drake@ballarat.edu.au
UB Technology Park Innovation Showcase
Date: Wednesday 13 May 2009
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Cost: Free
Venue: Neighbourhood Cable Conference Room, Greenhill Enterprise Centre, University of Ballarat Technology Park, University Drive, Mt Helen
Why are ICT businesses locating in increasing numbers at the University of Ballarat Technology Park (UBTP)? Gather new knowledge and insight by joining UBTP tenants such as Advanced VTOL Technologies, Argus Connect, Aviarc, Grampians Rural Health Alliance, IBM, Lateral Plains and Uniti to understand more about the innovative environment in which they operate.
Bookings: Marianne Drake
ph: 5327 9893
email: m.drake@ballarat.edu.au
Regional Innovations in Cyber Safety Twilight Forum
Date: Wednesday 13 May 2009
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Cost: Free
Venue: Neighbourhood Cable Conference Room, Greenhill Enterprise Centre, University of Ballarat Technology Park, University Drive, Mt Helen
Help put the spotlight on innovative regional solutions to cyber safety issues relating to children and young people. Panel members from industry, education and academia will introduce a variety of practical tools and approaches to address this topical issue.
Bookings: Helen Thompson
ph: 5327 9418
email: h.thompson@ballarat.edu.au
Commerce Ballarat and Design Victoria
Date: Monday 11 May
Time: 12 noon – 2.00pm
Cost: Free
Venue: Oscar's function room, 18 Doveton Street South, Ballarat
Join intellectual property lawyer Trevor Choy and owner of Melbourne manufacturing company LED Technologies Tony Ottobre at this practical and insightful seminar. For more information visit www.commerceballarat.com.au
Bookings: Kara Johnston
ph: 5333 3233
email: rsvp@commerceballarat.com.au
Australian Computer Society Victorian Branch 2009 Conference
Greening ICT towards Sustainability
Date: Friday 15 & Saturday 16 May 2009
Time: 8.00am registration for 9.15am start on Friday. Conference concludes 4.00pm Saturday
Cost: $395 ACS Members – $645 Non Members
Venue: Novotel Forest Resort, 1500 Midland Hwy, Creswick Victoria 3363
Join us as we investigate how ICT Professionals can be more environmentally sensitive in the use of computing and how we can mitigate risks. Hear Symantec’s presentation on Green IT: The Colour of Money, how Intel is helping in Green ICT, how emissions trading schemes or carbon trading will impact on ICT, hear about ‘cloud computing’ and how ICT is helping solve water management issues.
Contribute your experience and knowledge to the symposiums which will feature discussion on a range of topics including The Carbon Footprint and Virtual IT Environments. ACS also offers several excellent professional development opportunities such as Do More with Less - Lean Techniques for IT Professionals, VirtualWorlds, The Green Business Analyst and Learning to Lower Costs and Carbon Emissions with ICT.
This is the number one event for ACS Victoria in 2009 so don’t miss the chance to mix with your peers, share experiences and relax in a superb environmentally-friendly environment.
Bookings: Ksenija Catic
ph: (03) 9690 8000
email: acsvicevents@acs.org.au
or visit www.acs.org.au/vic/2009conference
Ballarat GIG Get into Games
Date: Friday 15 & Saturday 16 May
Time: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Cost: Free to all students – $5 per person or $10 per family
Venue: Ballarat Mining Exchange, Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
Ballarat GIG highlights the potential career options within the games industry and promotes it as a legitimate and viable career option. The event will also show the potential business opportunities within the Ballarat region to Australian game developers.
Ballarat GIG will include presentations and activities that strongly represent the game development industry and education sector. This will provide attendees with information regarding potential career paths in game development during the Friday session, with a more interactive entertainment focus for the general public on Saturday.
Bookings: Martin Wilkes
ph: 0421 568 434
email: martin.wilkes@addictiveagency.com.au or visit www.ballaratgig.com
Business Essentials ’09 Bullet Proof Your Business
Date: Friday 29 May
Time: Breakfast 7.00am to 9.00am – Expo 10.00am to 2.00pm
Cost: Free Venue > Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre, 613 Main Road, Ballarat
Telstra will host a breakfast with guest speaker Andrew Griffiths. Andrew is author of the “101 Business Building Books” series and has published eight books. Andrew is inspired by a desire to see others reach their full potential and is known for his ability to entertain, inspire and energise. Telstra will also be running an expo showcasing the latest technology and products available to businesses.
Bookings Eileen Kearney
ph: 0429 600 312
email: Eileen.Kearney@team.telstra.com
How to book
Bookings are required for all events. To register, simply contact the telephone number or email address indicated for each event. Visit City of Ballarat’s Economic Development Unit’s website for more information and updates at www.businessballarat.com.