Conference

Women in Innovation, Research and Technology

Ways of turning technologies into business opportunities Defining of innovative approaches and yielding positive results

26-27 July 2012, Hackle Brooke Conference Centre, Johannesburg

Overview Women in Innovation Research and Technology is a premier conference that challenges women to think big, audacious and beyond conventional solutions. At the conference women across generations are set to participate in the reinvention of our economic future in the areas of technology, research, leadership and social change. Innovation, research and technology are the means to a more sustainable future. The key catalyst to innovation is the human spirit we invite spirited people to the conference to explore the imaginative and creative ways we can impact our economic reality, to discuss and define how women can be active participants in the innovation economy. What delegates will discuss at this event Who and where are women researchers and innovators? How to bank technology and research ideas for innovative ways to build a more sustainable economy? How to encourage more innovative women around the region whose work is impacting our lives at micro or macro -economic levels? What breakthroughs do we need for creating a new, innovation economy? Developing next generation researchers: how can this be achieved? Who are the key people? Retention factors and hindrances? What are the critical new issues in the marketing of technology based solutions? Whats new in, IP and technology transfer strategies and legal matters of concern? Best practices of innovating business models and value creation

Key sessions Insight into the Technology Innovation Agency Strategies To Develop Women In Research In Higher Education Intellectual Property Rights Management in the Open Innovation System Entrepreneurial Innovation and Sustainability Knowledge Management for Innovation and Research Development Key Challenges In Integrating Technology Foresight Institutionalisation of Innovation Through People Economic Innovation and Research Next Generation of Women Researchers Who should attend? Research Managers Business Innovation Managers University Research Managers Public Sector Innovation Managers Technology Managers ICT Managers Business Process Managers Research Policy Managers Transformation Managers Empowerment Managers Economic Development Managers Research and Innovation Fund Managers Intellectual Property Managers Product Development Managers

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Speakers & Thought Leaders Dr. Michaela Vrey, Director, Centre for Material and Process Dr. Margaret Khios, General Manager, Special Projects, TechDr. Lynette M Molefe, Managing Director, Telemedicine Africa Dr. Rachael Jesika Singh, Research Developer, University of Dr Robin Drennan, Director of Research Development, UniverDr. Ivor Sarakinsky, Graduate School of Public Management,
University of Witwatersrand Dr. Kerry Faul, Director: Regulatory and Compliance, National Intellectual Property Management Office. Teryl Schroenn, Chief Executive Officer, Accsys Henra Mayer, Chief Executive Officer, Innocentrix Jeanette Morwane, Managing Director, Innospark Keolebogile Modise, General Manager, Enterprise Support, Gauteng Enterprise Propeller Dina Biaggio, Specialist Intellectual Property Attorney, Spoor and Fisher Adrian Schofield, Applied Research Manager, Joburg School of Software Engineering, University of Witwatersrand sity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Limpopo nology Innovation Agency Synthesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

through people Testing a survey on accessing, evaluating and developing breakthrough innovation talent Teryl Schroenn, Chief Executive Officer, Accsys 10:15-10:30 Refreshment break 10:30-11:15 Insight into the Technology Innovation Agency Technology innovation value chain Role of TIA Approach to building the culture of innovation Dr. Margaret Khios, General Manager, Special Projects,
Technology Innovation Agency

11:15-12:00 Role of Innovation in Building Competitive Economic Development Building innovation Systems Building local assets and competencies to support regional development Role of women in regional development Benefits of using innovation to drive regional development. Jeanette Morwane, Managing Director, Innospark 12:00-13:00 How Can New Technologies Be Turned Into Business Opportunities: What Are The Key Challenges In Integrating Technology Foresight And Business Model Generation? Technologys role in business Yesterdays experience the tools of the trade Todays reality new tunes or new instruments? Foresight second sight or the crystal ball? Inspiration into perspiration ideas into action Looping the loop the feedback process Adrian Schofield, Applied Research Manager, Joburg School of Software Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand 13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch break 14:00 -15:00 Entrepreneurial Innovations and Sustainability Innovation manifests itself through entrepreneursindividuals with the foresight and fortitude to tackle todays problems from a fresh perspective. In order for innovative start-ups and Early Stage companies to grow into full-blown sus-

Day One 08:00-08:30 Registration and Morning Refreshments 08:30-08:45 Welcome Remarks and Introductions 08:45- 09:30 Which Knowledge Management Practices Should Be Adopted In Order To Promote Effective Innovation And Research Management? What are the future drivers of Innovation? Who are the drivers? Dr Robin Drennan, Director of Research Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

09:30-10:15 How Do We Institutionalize Innovation Through People? The primary research question is what roles do talent development and talent management practices play in institutionalizing breakthrough innovation capability? The management processes associated with radical or breakthrough innovation Efforts to develop a better understanding of challenges and solutions to institutionalizing innovation

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tainable business-changers, they need the support of business leaders and supporting organisations. Innovations that advance womens economic resilience support women in overcoming entreprenual barriers and produce a more equitable flow of financial and non-financial opportunities and benefits. These innovations include products and services such as microfinance, including credit, savings and insurance; legal and social strategies to increase womens access to productive assets and viable employment opportunities Keolebogile Modise, General Manager, Enterprise Support,
Gauteng Enterprise Propeller

15:00-15:15 Afternoon refreshments 15:15-16:30 Innovating Business Models and Value Creation Thinking business model innovation = thinking value creation = achieving value maximisation. Companies that traditionally have invested funding in discovery-oriented research have been re-thinking their willingness to sustain those investments because they often fail to capture value from new technology. Research and technology managers must expand their perspectives, to find the right business model, or the architecture of the revenue, in order to create the required business value Presenter will examine methods required for systematic development processes and the tools used to simulate and evaluate business models Henra Mayer, Chief Executive Officer, Innocentrix Day Two 08:00-08:30 Registration and Morning Refreshments 08:30-08:45 Recap of Proceedings 08:45-09:30 How Should Small-Medium High Technology Firms Apply the Principles of Open Innovation? How can new technologies be turned into business opportunities What are the key challenges in integrating technology and business innovation? Dr. Lynette M Molefe, Managing Director, Telemedicine Africa

09:30-10:30 Strategies to Develop Women in Research in Higher Education Challenges: Personal level Institutional level Male dominance Innovation: Writing groups Research academy Collective research by women Technology making research possible, accessible and easier Mentoring of future women researchers. Conclusion: Women in Higher Education changing the research scenario of the future Dr. Rachael Jesika Singh - University of Limpopo 10:30-11:00 Refreshment break 11:00-11:45 Research Contracts, Commercialisation and Intellectual Property The effect of the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act: Sharing benefits derived from the exploitation of contract intellectual property. The effect of publication of contract intellectual property and Liability, including warranties and indemnities with respect to claims arising out of the use or exploitation of contract intellectual property. Owning contract intellectual property Licensing contract intellectual property Commercialisation Dina Biagio, Specialist intellectual property attorney, Spoor and
Fisher

11:45- 12:45 Intellectual Property Rights Management in the Open Innovation System Is the Intellectual Property generated in many research institutions managed as an asset? Why should intellectual property generated with public funding be managed as an asset? Over the years innovation and research has chiefly been limited to in-house Research and Development (R&D) in what is called Closed Innovation (CI) and patents have proved to be excellent means of protecting the ideas of many innovative businesses until commercialisation or industrialization.

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With the more robust Open Innovation concept in practice, how should patents be managed in an open innovation system? Dr. Kerry Faul, Director: Regulatory and Compliance, National
Intellectual Property Management Office

12:45-13:45 Networking Lunch Break 13:45-14:45 Challenging Women To Save The Planet: Why Green Economy Research and Development? Researchers should demonstrate leadership in environmental management beyond compliance - not just implementing end of pipe solutions to achieve environmental standards but seeking to design or implement new processes or technologies which avoid waste generation in the first instance; reuse/ recycle wastes to achieve higher value products, and reduce consumption of water, energy and materials. Scientists, researchers and engineers, have a responsibility to challenge business as usual. Moreover, the communitys expectation has increased beyond local environmental management towards more sustainable outcomes over the long term, which include, social and economic considerations on a local scale. This presentation discusses a systems approach to engineering more sustainable solutions. Dr. Ivor Sarakinsky, Graduate School of Public Management,
Wits University

14:45-15:00 Refreshment break 15:00-15:45 Next Generation of Women Researchers How to identify, mentor and retain the next generation of researchers Maximising the impact of research unit on policy and practice Developing a research leader and innovation stars Fostering partnerships and collaboration with external entities Dr. Michaela Vrey, Director, Centre for Material and Process
Synthesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

15:45 Summary and end of conference

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