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UTS Startup 06
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About Startup 06
Startup06 is a conference hosted by UTS Research and Innovation Office focusing upon creating new companies and university spinoffs.
Date: Friday 6th October 2006
Location: University Hall, Building 4, UTS
Corner Harris St & Thomas St Ultimo.
Cost: Free with pre-registration.
Startup06 will concentrate upon practical solutions in helping to create new companies and alternate commercialisation models for research institutions.
The topics to be discussed include: "how to create an entrepreneurial culture", funding sources, exit strategies and looking big without any capital.
The conference is open to anyone interested in successful new venture creation. There will be people from government, industry, academia and the general public. Most of the audience will be from universities as either researchers or commercialisation managers. Other research organisations such as CSIRO will also be there.
A range of financiers are attending, including representatives of superannuation funds, Venture Capitalists and 'high net worth' individuals who have an interest in investing in high growth companies.
Program
- 9.00 Opening and Welcome from Dr Shanny Dyer UTS
- 9.30 Tanya Plibersek MP - Formal opening
- 9.45 Grant Kearney - IXC - No one can do it alone
- 10.00 Alan Aaron - Technology Venture Partners - What VCs want
- 10.30 Dr Howard Carr - Murdoch Westscheme Enterprise Partnership - Engagement via IP Commercialisation
- 11.00 Coffee
- 11.15 Victor Bivell Australian Venture Capital Journal - History of VCs
- 11.45 DSRD / AusIndustry - What the government can do for you
- 12.30 Lunch
- 1.30 HypoMon case study - AiMedic
- 2.00 Richard Hayes - Raleigh Holdings International -"The Magic Escalator" - Alternative commericalisation model
- 2.30 Ruth Mead -Women on Boards - Getting quality people cheap
- 3.00 Business pitching
- * AusUni - Sea Urchin aquaculture project - Access MQ
- * SenSen Networks - Video Centric Monitoring and Operations - UTS
- * mikolaj.cx micropayments system Mikolaj Habryn
- * 3D mouse - Cylo
- * Magic Wand - Cosmetic lasers - Lighthouse Technologies
- 3.30 Coffee / networking
- 4.00 Panel discussion
- 4.30 Close