The Event

"WICKED PROBLEMS, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES!
Leadership and courage for volatile times"

Ci2012 Program

Master Classes & Deep Conversations – Wednesday November 28
Conference Day 1 – Thursday November 29
Gala Dinner
Conference Day 2 – Friday November 30

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You may attend one or more Master Classes, the Gala Dinner, a Deep Conversation or two etc. We recommend immersing yourself in the entire event.

ALL EVENTS INCLUDING DEEP CONVERSATIONS, MASTER CLASSES AND THE GALA DINNER MAY BE BOOKED SEPARATELY ON THE REGISTRATION FORM (Register now).

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28 November: Master Classes and Deep Conversations

Morning Master Classes
9.00am - 12.00pm (including morning refreshments)

Creating a Culture of Innovation

Scott Anthony

The Change Lab: solving complex social problems through design thinking

Leigh Gassner & Steve Atkinson

Who Killed Creativity? …and how to get it back

Andrew & Gaia Grant

A Killer Innovations Approach to Marketing Your Business

Tim Reid

Powerful Strategies To Access Your Strength And Resilience To Avoid Following The Crowd!

Charles Kovess

Lunchtime Deep Conversation
12.15pm - 2.15pm

Geoff Mulgan (UK),
Adam Kahane (Canada),
Thomas Frey (USA),
Scott Anthony (Singapore),
Beverley O’Connor (moderator)

Getting Unstuck: Using innovation to create change in large organizations and government

Geoff Mulgan (UK)

Chief Executive of NESTA, the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

Adam Kahane (Canada)

Partner in Reos Partners, Innovation in Complex Social Systems.

Dr Thomas Frey (USA)

Executive Director and Senior Futurist at DaVinci Institute

Scott Anthony (Singapore)

Managing Director of Innosight Asia-Pacific, expert on disruptive innovation

Beverley O’Connor

Journalist and Broadcaster; Presenter at ABC; Columnist for Herald Sun

Afternoon Master Classes
2.30pm - 5.30pm (including afternoon refreshments)

Strategic Diagnosis and Actions

Professor Richard Rumelt

Innovate like the heavyweights – proven stuff, no fluff

Dr Amantha Imber

Solving wicked problems in the workplace

Tim Dalmau and Jill Tideman

Wicked Problems Need Wicked Stories

Gabrielle Dolan and Yamini Naidu

Deep Conversation
with Supper
7.00pm - 9.30pm

Susan Greenfield (UK),
Michael T Jones (USA),
Prof Nadia Rosenthal (UK),
Dr Iain McGilchrist (UK),
Jason Drew (South Africa),
Robyn Williams (moderator)

Now to Next: How will Science and Technology help solve our wicked problems?

Baroness Susan Greenfield (UK)

Scientist, writer, broadcaster, Director of the Institute for the Future of the Mind

Dr Iain McGilchrist (UK)

Author: The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

Professor Nadia Rosenthal (UK)

Leader in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine

Michael T. Jones (USA)

Chief Technology Advocate, Google

Jason Drew (South Africa)

International business leader; Serial entrepreneur

Robyn Williams

Science Journalist; Author and Presenter at ABC

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29 November: Creative Innovation 2012 - DAY ONE

8.45am: The Official Opening of Ci2012 with VIPs, speakers and politicians etc.

Following this, each session over the two days will involve keynote speakers, a scholarship winner (60 seconds) and will be followed by Q & A/debate with audience.