Hunter Innovation Festival 2015
The Hunter Innovation Festival has been an annual event since 2007 and in true innovation style there have been many iterations of how we have presented the festival. This year, in developing the festival theme, we have seen many exciting collaborations resulting in a diverse and stimulating program.
Collaboration is crucial to the success of any business. As businesses find diversification essential to their long-term sustainability, we are seeing more and more left of field collaborations taking place. Great examples are the increasing number of collaborations between fashion designers and big brands, including the successful partnership between Stella McCartney and adidas and closer to home, Peter Morrissey and Big W.
The events this year are collaborations between the University of Newcastle and Hunter TAFE, between New Institute and Newcastle NOW, between The Business Centre and Davies Collinson Cave.
The strategic partners, including Hunter Research Foundation, are cross promoting and sharing social media campaigns.
The theme for 2015 is Smart Ideas. Simple. Everything must start from an idea. And in our current evolutionary cycle, where technology is abundant and can be seen to be taking over so much of our lives, we remember that to be of optimum benefit, technology must engage with our humanity.
We invite you to join the Hunter Innovation Festival as thought leaders, transformers, game changers, ideators, disruptors, challengers or observers. The Hunter Innovation Festival will serve as a platform to exchange ideas about trends occurring on a global level and what is happening in our own arena. By keeping abreast with new ideas and technologies, and marrying those with our humanity, collectively we will be unstoppable in creating a vibrant city where opportunities are plentiful.
The Hunter Innovation Festival will run from 14 -17 July. Below is the list of events. Please visit www.hunterinnovation.biz for a full list of events and speakers
| Tuesday 14 July | |||
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Collaboration – Hunter |
Smart Ideas for a Smart City |
Watt Street Arc | 7.00am - 9:00am |
|
Newcastle Now and |
Smart Cities and The Internet of Everything |
Newcastle Panthers –The Friendship Room |
6.00pm - 8:00pm |
| Wednesday 15 July | |||
|
Three Minute Thesis |
3MT |
CT202 Callaghan Campus |
10.00am - 12:00pm |
| University of Newcastle | 50 years of Innovation in the Hunter |
The Conservatorium Foyer/Theatre |
7.00pm - 8:00pm |
| Thursday 16 July | |||
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The Business Centre,
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Design to Product – An Innovation Journey |
The Business Centre | 10.00am - 12:30pm |
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Collaboration – Hunter |
Breaking Through the Gender Barrier – Women in Facilitator – Melinda Smith |
Watt Street Arc | 5.30 - 8.30pm |
| Friday 17 July | |||
| Hunter Research Foundation | Hunter Economic Breakfast | Panthers | 7.00am - 9.00am |
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