> To view these details online see: > http://www.smartnet.co.nz/knowledgewave.htm > > An open invite to the Christchurch knowledge community: > > Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and SmartNet are pleased > to announce that a free live broadcast of the Catching the Knowledge Wave > conference will take place at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of > Technology this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. > > The Catching the Knowledge Wave conference is taking place in Auckland > from August 1-3 and will be broadcast to a live audience on SKY > Television's digital service on channel 25. The full programme is listed > on the Catching the Knowledge Wave website > http://www.knowledgewave.org.nz/skypromo.pdf > > SKY will broadcast three days of intense debate, analysis and commentary > as 30 of the world's leading experts from government, business and > academic backgrounds join 420 New Zealand participants in the conference > to be co-chaired by the Prime Minister Helen Clark and the Vice-Chancellor > of the University of Auckland, Dr John Hood. > > Times/ Venues for free live broadcast at Christchurch Polytechnic > Institute of Technology > > CPIT is offering the free live SKY broadcast at the times and venues > listed below. There is no need to book, although space will be allocated > on a first in first served basis. Enter CPIT via the Madras St main > entrance. Metered carparking is available in the CPIT carpark at this > entrance. Please enter the main CPIT building and go to the Welcome Desk > to collect a registration card. You will be directed to either the > lmagitech Theatre or the Library which are both located inside this main > building. > > CPIT, Imagitech Theatre, Madras St entrance (capacity: 60 people) > Thursday 2 August: 7.25am - 8.30am > Economic Imperatives and Global Opportunities: > David Teece, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley > Craig Venter, CEO Celera Genomics (via Satellite) > Friday 3 August: 7.30am - 8.30am > Case Study 1: FINLAND: Jorma Routti > Case Study 2: IRELAND: Sean Dorgan > Case Study 3: ISRAEL: Gerlon Meltzer > > CPIT Library, Madras St entrance > Collect a set of headphones from the Checkout Desk on production of your > registration card. > The Watching Wall has a maximum of 9 people. > > The CPIT library will be open at the following times. NB: The SKY > broadcast will be on during all of these hours. > Wednesday 1 August:1.30pm - 9.00pm > Thursday 2 August: 9am - 6.00pm > Friday 3 August: 9am - 5pm > NB: The SKY broadcast will be on during all of these hours. For session > details see: http://www.knowledgewave.org.nz/skypromo.pdf > > About Catching the Knowledge Wave: > The conference is designed to develop goals and action plans that will > enable New Zealand to become a more prosperous and socially cohesive > knowledge-based society. > The University of Auckland Vice-Chancellor, Dr John Hood, welcomed the SKY > broadcast agreement as a major boost to the conference's ability to reach > a wide New Zealand audience. > "This affords us the opportunity to open up the conference to a much > bigger audience than we could possibly have physically catered for. > Through SKY, viewers will be participating in what we hope will be a > watershed event." > "Our aim is to encourage all New Zealanders to think about how we can > achieve the better economic performance we urgently need to deliver > greater prosperity. The conference will be considering what we need to do > as a nation to find our own solutions to the important questions facing > us. These include how we can achieve economic growth, build on our talent > base, create new jobs through new knowledge and achieve a more socially > cohesive society - all without sacrificing our environment." > "These are important issues for New Zealand and the broadcast will make a > major contribution to raising awareness of them and of the choices for > action that are available to us." > SKY's Chief Executive, John Fellet, said SKY was pleased to be able to > contribute to improved communication of an important national initiative. > "This will be a unique event in New Zealand television history and we are > designing our coverage to enable New Zealanders to get involved. They will > be able to watch great minds in live action and have their say by > contributing to the broadcast through the Internet", said Mr Fellet. > Included in the speaker line-up are Professor Michael Porter, of the > Harvard Business School, who returns to New Zealand to outline > opportunities for New Zealand's emerging knowledge-intensive industries, > Sean Dorgan, Chief Executive of Ireland's Industrial Development Agency, > the Hon. Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia, Sally > Shelton-Colby, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD, Lord Robert Winston, > best known for his research in reproductive medicine and famous for his > television series The Human Body, Brigadier General George Yeo, > Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry, Dr Robin Batterham, Chief > Scientist, Australia, Horace 'Woody' Brock, a leading American economist, > Nitin Desai, UN Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs, and Nobel > laureate Dr Y T Lee from Taiwan. > For more on Catching the Knowledge Wave see the official website > <http://www.knowledgewave.org.nz> > > Kind Regards > Sandra Lukey > SmartNet > _________________________________________ > Lukey Training/SmartNet > Mancan House, 236 Manchester Street. > P O Box 13-577, CHRISTCHURCH > Phone: (03) 3667-874 Fax: (03) 3667-807 > Lukey Training Resources: <http://www.lukey.co.nz/> > SmartNet workshops: <http://www.smartnet.co.nz/> > _________________________________________ > "The ability to learn faster and deeper than your competitors > may be the only sustainable competitive advantage." 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