Where's business as science re-sets strategy?

Tuesday, 26 October 2010, 9:56 am
Article: sticK

Science and innovation looks to re-set the next 20 years, but where’s industry?

(sticK - Oct. 26 2010 ) Last week’s conference on ‘Re-setting Science and Innovation for the next 20 years’ had a notable element missing – business.

Arranged by the NZ Association of Scientists in collaboration with Victoria University’s Institute of Policy Studies, the one day event had many of the great and good on the science and government side of things. But no business.

Apparently BusinessNZ, the main body now representing a majority of the manufacturers, had been invited, but couldn’t make it. There was no formal representation from the primary sectors or the ICT sector either.

Some of the discussions were about how science and industry often talk across each other. If ever there was a sad indictment of two trains being on different lines and timetables, was this it?

a rel="canonical" href=" http://sticknz.net/2010/10/26/science-and-innovation-looks-to-re-set-the-next-20-years-but-where%e2%80%99s-industry/ target="_blank">Click to read the rest of this story
http://sticknz.net/2010/10/26/science-and-innovation-looks-to-re-set-the-next-20-years-but-where%e2%80%99s-industry/

For sticK – science, technology, innovation & commercialisation KNOWLEDGE - is a new Wellington based news service concentrating on following the money from ideas to income. Contact editor Peter Kerr at peter.kerr055 @ gmail.com

© Scoop Media

Peter Kerr

Message maker

Writer, communicator, simplifier, storyteller.

Versed in the art and science of translating something complicated into an understandable message.

Contact Peter Kerr

• Email - peterk@punchline.biz
• Mobile - +64 21 0696 040
• Website - www.punchline.biz
• Twitter - @punchlinebiz
• Website - www.sticknz.net
• Linkedin