Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Overview

October, 2011

We • Are a non-profit Community Centre at UNSW

founded in 2007, whose main activity is outreach and

community engagement

• Aim to become globally recognized as the Asia-

Pacific’s leading centre for teaching, learning, and

research about innovation and entrepreneurship

Our community • Students at UNSW

– Undergraduate & postgraduate

• Researchers at UNSW

– Postgraduate and faculty

• Beyond UNSW

– Entrepreneurs, industry & alumni

Education

Research

Outreach

Competitions

Community Engagement Academics Students

Industry &

Alumni

• Innovation &

entrepreneurship

Research (owned by

researchers, promoted

by CIE)

• Research participants

(recruited by CIE)

• Research partners

(introduced by CIE)

• Meet the

Entrepreneur (co-

owned by CIE and

E&Y)

• Guest speakers

(coordinated by

CIE)

• Competition judges

(coordinated by

CIE)

• Mentors

(coordinated by

CIE)

• Blog posts (written

by CIE and guests)

• Peter Farrell Cup

(owned by CIE)

• Social

Entrepreneurship

Competition (owned

by CSI, supported by

CIE)

• Social Innovation

Competition (owned

by CSCS, ,

supported by CIE)

• Innovator’s Brown

Bag Lunch (co-

owned by CIE and

NSi)

• Diploma in Innovation

Management, across

faculties (owned by

S&E, administered by

CIE)

• Internships (promoted

and coordinated by

CIE)

• AGSM, MTIM, MComm,

MBT (owned by ASB,

promoted by CIE)

For students at UNSW

• Diploma in Innovation Management (Code 3451)

– Launched in 2001, revised in 2011

• Now open to all undergraduates

– Innovative work placement opportunities

For students at UNSW • Peter Farrell Cup

– 11 years running

– Networking, Workshops

– Cash & in-kind prizes

For anyone at UNSW

• UNSW Innovators Brown Bag Lunch

– New Bi-weekly meet-up to help anyone at

UNSW develop their ideas

• In partnership with NewSouth Innovations

Beyond UNSW

• Meet the Entrepreneur

– Semi-Annual panel talk for industry, alumni and

entrepreneurs

• In partnership with

For researchers at UNSW

• Disseminate research findings

• Find research participants (and assistants)

• Facilitate industry partnerships

Example activities • Administration of the Diploma in Innovation Management

– 131 currently enrolled, representing 60 degree programs

• Assistance with STRE2010 (core course in Diploma)

– 200+ students/year in 45 teams with 75 mentors

• Host of the Peter Farrell Cup

– 20 teams/year, 1st place (GoCatch) went on to take

2nd place at John Heine Challenge and 1st at Tech23

• Co-host of Meet the Entrepreneur (w/ E&Y)

– ~100/event and climbing

• Research

– Promotion on blog, association in ResPubs

Future opportunities • Student Consulting

– Market research, business planning

• Co-location of student ventures

– In partnership with co-working facility (e.g. fishburners.org)

• Competitions

– Case study competition

• Outreach

– Workshops and seminars (on campus, at co-working space, online)

We are • Director: Martin Bliemel

• Manager: Linda Glave

• Industry Advisory Committee: Peter Farrell (Chair), Alec Cameron, Peter

Kazacos, David Laming, Michael Quinn, James Stevens, Gary Zamel

• Management Board: Alec Cameron, Wallace Bridge, Anne Simmons,

Jennifer Harris, Rosemary Sinclair

• Donors and Sponsors:

• Associated Societies:

We are funded entirely by donations • Donations

– Online: www.cie.unsw.edu.au

– Larger amounts possible. Greater presence in our marketing materials

– Contact Linda Glave, 9385-9730

• Scholarships for Diploma students

– $10,000/student over 2 years

– Contact ASB External Relations

• In-kind contributions possible, too

– Incl. prizes for competition winners

– Contact Linda Glave, 9385-9730

Contact

Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Australian School of Business | The University of New South Wales

Level 5, East Wing | ASB Building | UNSW Sydney 2052

Tel: +61 (2) 9385 9730

Web: www.cie.unsw.edu.au

Email: cie@unsw.edu.au

http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=all_cie_unsw (daily email digest of headlines and events, sent ~noon)

@cieunsw (headlines)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Centre-for-Innovation-Entrepreneurship/187722841299461 (facebook)

https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cie@unsw.edu.au (RSS feed of events)

http://feeds.feedburner.com/all_cie_unsw?format=xml (RSS feed of headlines and events)

Newsletter (incl. invitations to Meet The Entrepreneur)