International business leaders are again featured in this new Leaders series. These high-profile luncheons alternate between Melbourne and Sydney. The new series will focus on the following countries:
· Aug. 2008 – 5 (S), 19 (M): United States — with US State Department
· Sept. 2008 – 3 (M), 23(S): India — with Australia India Business Council
· Oct. 2008 – 1 (M), 10 (S): UAE — with Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry
· Nov. 2008 – 6 (M), 7 (S): United Kingdom — with UK Trade and Industry & British Chamber
· Feb. 2009 – 4 (M), 11(S): France — with French Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
· Mar. 2009 – 4 (M), 11(S): China — with Australia China Business Council
Registration is now open for the USA session:
5th August 2008 – Deloitte, Grosvenor Place, Level 9, 225 George Street, Sydney
· Hutch Ranck, CEO, DuPont Asia Pacific & Chair, BCA Education, Skills & Innovation Taskforce
· Peter Westfield, Chair, Australian Innovation Festival
· Judith Fergin, US Consul General, Sydney
· David Collett, CEO, Palamedia
19th August 2008 – Deloitte, Level 14, 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
· Steve Vamos, Vice President, Microsoft Corp. & Chair, Society for knowledge Economics
· Evan Thornley, Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation & Founder, LookSmart
· Edgard Kagan, Counsellor, US Embassy, Canberra
· Philip Cookson, CEO, Philology Limited
To attend, contact info@ausinnovation.org