This document discusses the role of innovation in sustainable regional development, using Central Queensland as a case study. It proposes that CQUniversity can act as a hub to bring together regional stakeholders like industry, government and community leaders to collaborate on innovation projects. This regional collaborative would establish an open innovation pipeline to identify, fund and implement ideas that deliver social, economic and environmental benefits for the region. The collaborative aims to strengthen linkages between these groups, build regional capacity, and influence policy, demonstrating a new model for universities to facilitate regional development through innovation.
Presentation delivered by Prof Mike danson to the STUC's Decent Work, Dignified Lives Conference on 15 October. Presentation considers history of regional development institutions, imperatives for change and distinct nature of Scottish institutions.
How to build foresight into policy makingNoel Hatch
Uncertainty and complexity define our today and tomorrow. Systems and organisations need a real understanding of the potential futures in order to make the most fit for purpose choices today.
School of International Futures recently worked with GOS to showcase how different governments use foresight and futures techniques. This includes a framework that sets out the key features of effective cross-government foresight work and how organisations and systems can build a resilient approach to incorporating.
We will present the framework, give chance for questions and then support you to consider implications in your own system
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-policy-amp-strategy-network-31019071129
Presentation delivered by Prof Mike danson to the STUC's Decent Work, Dignified Lives Conference on 15 October. Presentation considers history of regional development institutions, imperatives for change and distinct nature of Scottish institutions.
How to build foresight into policy makingNoel Hatch
Uncertainty and complexity define our today and tomorrow. Systems and organisations need a real understanding of the potential futures in order to make the most fit for purpose choices today.
School of International Futures recently worked with GOS to showcase how different governments use foresight and futures techniques. This includes a framework that sets out the key features of effective cross-government foresight work and how organisations and systems can build a resilient approach to incorporating.
We will present the framework, give chance for questions and then support you to consider implications in your own system
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-policy-amp-strategy-network-31019071129
A comparative analysis mainly based on DAC peer reviews. Presentation given by Geert Laporte at the European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, 28 May 2013
The WakaNZ three-day workshop explored what a preferred future might look like in a post-Treaty settlement New Zealand on Thursday, 14 July 2016.
Fiona Ross, Chief Operating Officer at New Zealand Treasury, presented to the 36 participants on Tuesday, 22 November 2017.
TalentNZ Workshop at the NZ Community Boards Conference - 15 and 16 May 2015McGuinness Institute
We recently ran a TalentNZ session at the New Zealand Community Boards Conference in the Bay of Islands (15 and 16 May 2015). The theme of the Conference was ‘Influencing Change’, and it brought together local community board members, mayors, councillors, council staff and other persons who are interested in making a difference in their communities from throughout the country. Our session discussed the role of strategy and why a focus on creating a place where talent wants to live will deliver optimal outcomes for New Zealand. During the session we gave participants five worksheets to further develop their thinking around creating a talent-based economy in their communities. These worksheets are available on our website www.mcguinnessinstitute.org
For more on TalentNZ please see: www.talentnz.org
For more on the McGuinness Institute see: www.mcguinnessinstitute.org
Achieving Impact Through Knowledge Management and Communication in the Hindu ...Olivier Serrat
Access to timely and high-quality research outputs and knowledge products of ICIMOD by member countries and the wider regional and global community will inform, promote, and accelerate learning about and solutions to the challenges facing mountains ecosystems and their people. As a learning, knowledge, and enabling center for mountains, knowledge management and communication must be at the center of everything ICIMOD does.
Ramping Up Information and Communications Technology for DevelopmentOlivier Serrat
ADB's ICTD Team Work Plan, 2016–2017 aims to identify ICT options in ADB's operations, diversify ICT portfolios in ADB's operations, develop ADB's capacity for ICT operations, and leverage knowledge partnerships in ICT.
The Institute hosted an evening workshop with Patron Todd Krieble and Master of Public Policy student Danijela Tavich to build on the ideas discussed in the draft Think Piece 27 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand: A case for change? and Working Paper 2017/11 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand Schools. Additional feedback is welcome.
This document is meant to spark conversations and stimulate thinking around the mission-oriented framework, including the fundamentals about "mission": evolution, concept and some lessons. This deck also serves the purpose of systematising questions from Camden Council, step-by-step implementation recommendations and case studies.
Mr Asaf Tszachor's presentation on the Capital Approach for Sustainability at the seminar "For the Next Generations" in Helsinki Finland on 8 June 2016. The event was jointly organized by the Committee for the Future of the Parliament of Finland, the Prime Minister's Office, the National Foresight Network and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
A comparative analysis mainly based on DAC peer reviews. Presentation given by Geert Laporte at the European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, 28 May 2013
The WakaNZ three-day workshop explored what a preferred future might look like in a post-Treaty settlement New Zealand on Thursday, 14 July 2016.
Fiona Ross, Chief Operating Officer at New Zealand Treasury, presented to the 36 participants on Tuesday, 22 November 2017.
TalentNZ Workshop at the NZ Community Boards Conference - 15 and 16 May 2015McGuinness Institute
We recently ran a TalentNZ session at the New Zealand Community Boards Conference in the Bay of Islands (15 and 16 May 2015). The theme of the Conference was ‘Influencing Change’, and it brought together local community board members, mayors, councillors, council staff and other persons who are interested in making a difference in their communities from throughout the country. Our session discussed the role of strategy and why a focus on creating a place where talent wants to live will deliver optimal outcomes for New Zealand. During the session we gave participants five worksheets to further develop their thinking around creating a talent-based economy in their communities. These worksheets are available on our website www.mcguinnessinstitute.org
For more on TalentNZ please see: www.talentnz.org
For more on the McGuinness Institute see: www.mcguinnessinstitute.org
Achieving Impact Through Knowledge Management and Communication in the Hindu ...Olivier Serrat
Access to timely and high-quality research outputs and knowledge products of ICIMOD by member countries and the wider regional and global community will inform, promote, and accelerate learning about and solutions to the challenges facing mountains ecosystems and their people. As a learning, knowledge, and enabling center for mountains, knowledge management and communication must be at the center of everything ICIMOD does.
Ramping Up Information and Communications Technology for DevelopmentOlivier Serrat
ADB's ICTD Team Work Plan, 2016–2017 aims to identify ICT options in ADB's operations, diversify ICT portfolios in ADB's operations, develop ADB's capacity for ICT operations, and leverage knowledge partnerships in ICT.
The Institute hosted an evening workshop with Patron Todd Krieble and Master of Public Policy student Danijela Tavich to build on the ideas discussed in the draft Think Piece 27 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand: A case for change? and Working Paper 2017/11 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand Schools. Additional feedback is welcome.
This document is meant to spark conversations and stimulate thinking around the mission-oriented framework, including the fundamentals about "mission": evolution, concept and some lessons. This deck also serves the purpose of systematising questions from Camden Council, step-by-step implementation recommendations and case studies.
Mr Asaf Tszachor's presentation on the Capital Approach for Sustainability at the seminar "For the Next Generations" in Helsinki Finland on 8 June 2016. The event was jointly organized by the Committee for the Future of the Parliament of Finland, the Prime Minister's Office, the National Foresight Network and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra.
Slides for the EUA webinar on The Role of Universities in Regional Innovation: the case of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) - 26 October 2016
Presentation by ESRC at Interface workshop, 23rd June 2011, about ESRC's strategic priorities, maximising impact and knowledge exchange funding and support available from ESRC
011 - That’s the way to do it? Results launch from two pan-European studies: ...djhutch
Presentation given by Catherine Teeling and Lee Woods (Portsmouth School of Architecture, School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Portsmouth) at UPEN workshop - Climate change and the Solent: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Developing Regional Innovation Ecosystems through RIS3, Horizon 2020 and Euro...VLC/CAMPUS
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UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
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Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
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Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
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Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
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As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
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Regional Development-Susan Kinnear, Ian Ogden
1. Driving sustainable regional development through innovation – a role for CQUniversity …an overview of the CQ Innovation Prospectus EIDOS, Brisbane 28th September 2011 Susan Kinnear (Senior researcher, CQUniversity) and Ian Ogden (Innovative Regions Facilitator , DIISR – Central Queensland)
2. Some key themes … What role has innovation to play in sustainable regional development ? What role do regions play in innovation ? How can ISRD be best described, measured, predicted ? How can non-traditional innovation outcomes be assessed ? How can regional stakeholders be brought together under the ISRD umbrella ? What is the role of regional universities in the Innovation and SRD agendas? What is the CQ context – past, present and future?
3. The CQ Innovation Accord (2010) … a regional agreement and commitment to foster innovation in all aspects of regional and development and progress Signed by 150 regional leaders from industry, government and community – establishing CQ as a leading region in ‘systemic’ (rather than firm-by-firm) innovation
4. The follow-through …2011 A comprehensive body of work aimed at identifying and realising the potential for innovation to intersect with regional development in CQ
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6. Innovation may be driven through structural reform (e.g., CQUni dual sector bid) as well as through specific actions that harmonise industry needs and educational outcomes(e.g. WIL)
9. Debrief conclusions The pace and nature of regional development in CQ is uneven (e.g., coastal centres to the exclusion of western communities; booming resources industries cf declining agriculture, tourism and services). Current, traditional metrics are inadequate to capture regional innovation (no patents in the Central West since 1994!) Innovation can be pursued by pursuing greater collaborative linkages … novel partnerships that draw together players from diverse and seemingly unrelated backgrounds
10. The policy implications – a need for integration Innovation Australia's innovation policy is entering a phase of renewal and refocus – ‘colllaboration and connectedness’ A shift in nature from technological, to scientific, to systemic The introduction of regional innovation systems Innovation policy paradigms are moving toward a holistic interpretation of ‘innovation’… introducing the possibility of overlap with many other policy areas
11. The policy implications – a need for integration Sustainability Regional areas as natural and logical ‘entities’ by which environmental issues can be tackled. Regional Australia as the ‘proving ground’ for low-carbon, alternative energy industries Sustainability (simultaneously social, economic and environmental) gives regions a bright future
12. The policy implications – a need for integration Regional development A phase of renewal and refocus - a dynamic space Australia's regions essential in delivering national goals Regionals face (and deal with) major challenges: food, water and energy security; land use conflicts; climate change; the low-carbon transition; managing multi-speed economies ….and they do so with less resources Most policy developed and delivered from a siloed 'solutions' focus (not converging 'issues' focus) Regional governance must shift to a paradigm of true regional value and action (collaboration and connectedness?)
14. Where does that leave ‘innovative’ regions …? There is a need to utilise regional capital and coordinate the innovation, regional development and sustainability agendas (regional coordination) Cross-disciplinary innovation is a likely enabler of maximum regional value (multidisciplinary approach) There is a need to develop and adopt new metrics – (to provide the evidence base for determining the benefit of policy integration… what is the best return for federal govt spend?)(research and its applications) A role for regional universities… ?
15. A role for regional universities (CQUni) Consider the key objectives of DoRA: Increase regional productivity, economic development & diversification Regional Leadership and representation Improve regional service delivery Improve return on federal investment spend Coordinate across tiers of govt and across portfolios Now consider: Teaching learning, research and innovation, engagement, advocacy, regional citizenship…. a large organisational footprint… a multidisciplinary organisational focus
16. Partnering with SME‘s (CQUni case study) SME's occupy a critical role in the Aust economy (46% GDP 2006) Little is known about regional SME's beyond baseline counts HE has a poor record of engagement with SME's SME'sare willing to partner but struggle with costs, resources and entry points Multiple benefits apparent for Uni's and SME's More work needs to done to define the value proposition for both; tailored strategies needed
19. Eco–innovation case studies Envirolink Solar Power group – innovation through community connectedness Rocky's Own Transport Co – innovation in emissions tracking and measurement through research collaboration (CQUni) Precision Agriculture – innovation in primary industry Zerogen – innovation and insights into low carbon coal technology ….but what is the role of these in wider regional development strategy and planning?
20. Local Government snapshots Poor appetite for focus on regional innovation Low evidence of connectedness with economic actors Regional aspirations…. but local focus Under-resourced Great potential as innovative 'place managers'
21. Innovation in Strategic Regional Planning Innovative regions have prerequisites: a critical mass of people and organisations to create leading edge knowledge transfer; the presence of people and organisations who set the standard for industry; the existence of an extensive set of pilot/demonstration projects – experimentation to develop real-world improvements; and a demonstrated, active participation and presence in the knowledge economy. Momentum can be gained by: Building up consensus Analysing (negotiating and communicating) regional potential Defining priorities and action planning
22. Establishing a regional collaborative… Principles: Not to duplicate or replicate Recognise the free market as the 'doer' Focus on tangible outcomes Shared investment, shared benefit, shared risk Agglomeration of supply and demand (human capital) through collaboration and connectedness Playing to the strength of every participant
23. The model for the future (2012) national objectives : regional value The CQRegional Collaborative will establish a structural mechanism by which innovation can be used to deliver sustainable regional development in Central Queensland (piloted from “Innovation Central” at the CQUni Research and Innovation Precinct, Rockhampton)
24. A new approach to regional development through collaborative decision-making and investment Innovation Central Pipeline Assessment and support …and given the necessary support to succeed … assessed using a standardised regional development tool Where the flow of ideas, issues and/or information… …is captured through an accessible regional entry point … developed collaboratively through open innovation
Due to time constraints this presentation can only provide an introduction to selected pieces of this work. We would be happy to supply copies of the remaining papers etc. 30 Seconds
Definitions of innovation hang on the creation of 'new value' (however 'value' is a subjective term)In practice innovation policy relates mainly to economic valueNew value in one context can mean losses in anotherThe nature of innovation and our understanding of it is changing fastPolicy paradigms are moving to holistic considerations – introducing possibilities for integration and overlap with many other areasGlobal RD policy is a dynamic space. Australia's innovation policy is entering a phase of renewal and refocus
Staff benefits:collaboration and multidisciplinary projectsstrong applied/translational focus accelerated ARC linkage successfield-testing: support for course development
A template for interactionSupporting innovation in regional business and industryRecognising the value of regional universitiesStrengthening the relevance of RDA committeesRespecting the roles of existing regional entitiesAllowing regional development to deliver national benefits