ACERE 2022 –Industry Entrepreneurship Forum: 11 February 2022 – 9 am to 12.30 pm
Hybrid mode – at Swinburne University of Technology and online for those who cannot travel
Purpose of the Forum
An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is broadly defined as the environment that affects the success of entrepreneurs/intrapreneurs inclusive of support organisations such as businesses, venture capitalists, universities, public sector agencies and processes that occur inside the ecosystem (Mason and Brown, 2014).
The purpose of the Industry Entrepreneurship Forum is twofold. Firstly, to explore the lessons learned by intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs during COVID-19 and discuss the challenges and opportunities moving forward. Secondly, to explore the nexus between entrepreneurial ecosystems and the commercialization of university research.
Forum Programme
- 9.00 – 9.30 – Opening – Senior Swinburne Executive
- 9.30-10.15 Panel 1 – Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship in a COVID-19 Reconfigured Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
- Chair: David Knowles, Partner and Executive Director at Pitcher Partners Melbourne
- Panellists – Intrepreneurs to be confirmed
- 10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break
- 10.3 -11.00 Keynote: Phil Bouchard, TrustedPeer, US based – “Interview Results from 700 Directors of University Entrepreneurship Centers, Economic Development Centers and Corporate Intrapreneurship Programs.”
- 11.00 – 11.45 Panel 2 – Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Commercialisation of University Research
- Chair: Dr Elaine Saunders, Managing Director at Bingarra Scale-Up Solutions
- Panellists – Entrepreneurs to be confirmed
- 11.45-12.00 Wrap-up and Close
- 12.00 – 12.30 Networking
Forum Organising Committee:
Professor Milé Terziovski, SUT
Professor Martin Obschonka, QUT
Dr. Rui Torres de Oliveira, QUT
Dr Richard Laferriere,
Daniel Ritlewski, SUT
Alex Kaiser, SUT
Dr Aron Perenyi, SUT