Pat Mowbray remembered at Futureworld’s Gala Dinner
Futureworld is having its Evergreen Gala Dinner on Friday 18th June at 6.30pm Kembla Grange Race Course, Bert Lillye Room. Illawarra’s Eco-Innovation award will be presented on the night. This year the award is in memory of Dr Pat Mowbray, an outstanding ambassador for Futureworld.
Tickets: $97; Conc: $55; Table of 10: $900 R.S.V.P: jodie@futureworld.org.au. For more on Futureworld go to: www.futureworld.org.au
Green Skills Training at the TAFE
The Illawarra TAFE is running free workshops and courses during 2010 on environmentally sustainable work practices for employees and managers.
For more details contact: Kerri Leadbitter; TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute; 4229 0343 or 0421462268 or kerri.leadbitter@tafensw.edu.au
Illawarra Innovation Festival
A showcase of Innovative Businesses – free of charge
The focus of the 2010 Illawarra Innovation Festival is a showcase of Illawarra's Innovative Businesses. We have been searching for businesses of all types that are involved in innovation. This innovation can take many forms; anything from creating a new piece of technology, to developing an original approach to opening up a new market. Many local businesses have been nominated.
Guest speaker will be Miranda Bond, Director, Inika Cosmetics. Miranda will share her experiences in establishing Inika in 2006 and the innovation she applied to be business which has helped her establish a very successful business.
Tuesday 8th June; 5.30pm – 7.00pm; Villa D’oro Function Centre; Flinders Street, Wollongong.
RSVP at www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au/events
Q & A Business Expo 2010
With the Q&A Business Expo 2010 less than one month away, the Illawarra Business Chamber is encouraging business people to register to attend workshops to secure their space on the day. The workshops will provide attendees with tangible tool and tricks to implement into their business.
For more information on Q&A 2010, please contact Branka Zugnoni on 42294722.
Below is a snap shot of the topics at Q&A 2010.
Realise Your Online Growth Potential - by Australian Business Marketing Services
Speaker: Vanessa Tsui, Australian Business Marketing Services
Do you want to create new business opportunities and reach millions of potential customers? Are you gathering market intelligence online or utilising web technologies to increase your competitive advantage?
Converting Calls into Customers - by Yellow Pages
Speaker: Melinda Osborne, Yellow Pages
Buying habits have changed in recent years and shopping by phone (and online) is part of the Australian way of life. Because of this, it is important to maximise the telephone as an effective sales tool.
Securing Your Network- by IT&T Pty Ltd
Speaker: Jamie Oliver, D-Link Australia
How secure is your network? How do you know if someone right this minute is not stealing your vital information?
Which Little Piggy got to Market? - Getting your Good and Services to Market... A Supply Chain Approach- by TAFE NSW- Illawarra Institute
This workshop will benefit any business that is involved in getting products or services to market.
Factory of the Future
A direct-digital manufacturing event - the first of its kind in Australia - will be held at CSIRO Lindfield on Thursday 24 June 2010. Presenters include two renowned international guests, Terry Wohlers from the US and Stefan Ritt from MTT Technologies Germany, as well as Dr Mahnaz Jahedi from CSIRO and Bill Bardsley from Frontline.
It will explore how Australian companies can capitalise on the next industrial revolution. Technologies like selective laser melting and cold spray could be applied to custom consumer products, aerospace, telecommunications, medical, defence, electronics, automotive, dentistry, arts and entertainment.
For more information and registration, please click on: http://www.arrk.com.au/article.asp?section=&ContentID=Factory%20of%20the%20future
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