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2011 ECIC Alumni End of Year Event

The ECIC Alumni end of year event was a great success with many people networking and reconnecting over a bit of Christmas cheer.
Our guest speaker was Richard Turner, CEO of Zen Home Energy Systems and Cleantech Entrepreneur of the Year (2010). Many thanks to Richard for a his insights into the path of a successful start […]

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eSmart21 seeking sales and marketing assistance

eSMART21, an ECIC ThIncLab incubator business, is seeking sales and marketing assistance for one of their overseas business partner’s products and services for the Australian geographic region. The product is a GPS based fleet management solution, which comes with hardware, software and firmware and details can be found at www.trinetrawireless.com. eSmart21 are looking for a final year student or alumni intern who can help with planning […]

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ECIC & Alumni End of Year Event

Dear ECIC and eChallenge alumni and friends,
The ECIC’s Director, Professor Noel Lindsay and ECIC’s Alumni President, Mr Simon Williams are delighted to invite you to the ECIC and Alumni End of Year Event on Thursday 1 December 2011.
This year’s Cocktail Event will include Guest Speakers;

Mr Richard Turner, CEO of ZEN Home Energy Systems – ‘The […]

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Adelaide Thinkers in Residence Event

Adelaide Thinkers in Residence
Playing the Long Game: balancing the needs of the future against the ever-demanding present
Societies are focused on the now. We are faster, busier, more distracted. The pace of technology and information is blinding. Business needs short-term results. Planning beyond electoral cycles is harder and harder.

Date:
Wednesday, 05 October 2011

Venue:
Adelaide Convention Centre, Hall E, […]

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ECIC and PechaKucha

Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit-chat”, PechaKucha Night is a global non-profit creative, ideas sharing phenomenon, with events now being held in more than 430 cities across the world! Described as ‘like the internet in reverse’, PechaKucha Night’s provide designers and creatives from all walks of life with a live […]

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Unzip Your Mind: Free Presentation by Creativity Guru Dr YKK

Yew Kam Keong, Ph.D (Dr YKK) Chief Mind Unzipper, international speaker, trainer and best-selling author!
This presentation will be of interest especially to Entrepreneurial, Marketing, Engineering and Malaysian Students.
Dr YKK is acknowledged by the Australian Government as a Distinguished Talent on Creativity and Innovation. A Malaysian with an international recognition, Dr YKK is the only person […]

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Adelaide Thinker in Residence: Professor Göran Roos Final Lecture

What does the future hold for manufacturing in South Australia?
In his final public lecture, Göran Roos will discuss the state of our manufacturing industry and what we have to do to strengthen or change, not only to survive but to thrive!
Date:      Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Time:      5.30pm for 6.00pm start (ends 7.30pm)
Venue:   Adelaide Town Hall, King William […]

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ECIC adds to ‘The Conversation’

Allan O’Connor was approached last week to contribute to the Group of Eight Universities media website, ‘The Conversation’. The request was to pick up on the theme of the decline in the manufacturing sector. Allan’s article focussed on the role of universities in facilitating economic development. The article has stimulated some comment. See what Allan says by […]

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LEAPIN Opening Doors: Smartphone room check-in a top 2011 travel trend

Smartphone room check-in was recently voted a top emerging travel trend for 2011 in a survey by Corporate Traveller, part of  the Flight Centre Limited group of businesses. Ahead of the game, ZEN eChallenge alumni LEAPIN have just launched a trial of Australia’s first smartphone room check-in system in a Gold Coast resort.
If you know anyone […]

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Festivals: Relevant to entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship reflections from the UK. From early June through until late August the ECIC Academic Director for post graduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs, Allan O’Connor, will be on study leave. During his time away (mainly at the University of Edinburgh, UK), he will from time to time post observations, challenges, new insights and reflections encountered […]

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