Past Events

2021

Build Brains Better: Science-Inspired Investing for Brain Health and Skills for the Future (Wednesday, 11th November 2021)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• Build Brains Better: Science-Inspired Investing for Brain Health and Skills for the Future
  Associate Professor Harris A. Eyre
  

Societies on the Brink: Understanding the Dynamics of Partisanship and Polarisation (Thursday 30 September 2021)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• Societies on the Brink: Understanding the Dynamics of Partisanship and Polarisation
  Professor Axel Bruns
  Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice, School of Communication, QUT

The Future Workforce: A Real-World Perspective on the Future of Safety, Productivity, Health and Well-being (Wednesday 23rd June 2021)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• The Future Workforce: A Real-World Perspective on the Future of Safety, Productivity, Health and Well-being
  Dr Rob McCartney
  Specialist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

2020

Artificial Intelligence and The Smart City (Thursday, 25 June 2020)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• Artificial Intelligence & the Smart City
  Associate Professor Tan Yigitcanlar
  Associate Professor, QUT Science and Engineering Faculty, School of Built Environment

Business unusual: Communicating and trusting in a COVID-19 world (Wednesday, 1 April 2020)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• Business unusual: Communicating and trusting in a COVID-19 world
  Associate Professor Amisha Mehta
  Associate Professor, QUT Business School, Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
  Catherine Batch
  Corporate Educator , QUTeX

Frugal Innovation for the Resource and Energy Industries: Developing and Deploying New Technologies During the Lean Times (Thursday, 3 December 2020)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• Frugal Innovation for the Resource and Energy Industries: Developing and Deploying New Technologies During the Lean Times
  Professor Robert Perrons
  Business School, Management, QUT

Navigating The Future of Digital Transformation Risk (Thursday, 3 September 2020)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• Navigating The Future of Digital Transformation Risk
  Dr Shari Read
  Corporate Edcuator, QUTeX
  Professor Mal Thatcher
  Professor of Practice , QUTeX

Real World Conversation - The Law and Ethics of AI (Thursday, 20th February 2020)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• Real World Conversation - The Law and Ethics of AI
  Professor Dan Hunter
  Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, QUT

The Future of Learning: The Impact of The Pandemic (Thursday, 14 May 2020)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• The Future of Learning
  Professor Susan Danby
  School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education at QUT, and Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Faculty of Education at QUT.
  Professor Simone White
  Associate Dean (International and Engagement) in the Faculty of Education at QUT. , Faculty of Education at QUT.

2018

Real World Conversation - Changing Roles - The Impact of Technology on Work (Tuesday, 13th March 2018)

• Real World Futures - A Regional Perspective
  Dr Graham Fraine
  Chief Strategy Officer, Business Performance, Sunshine State Council
  Ms Jeanette Allom-Hill
  Group Executive, Business Performance, Sunshine State Council
• Technology at work - The future of employment
  Associate Professor Michael Osborne
  Dyson Associate Professor in Machine Learning and Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Program on Technology and Employment, University of Oxford

Real World Futures 2018 - Disruptive Influences - And What To Do With Them - The Adaption Factor (Tuesday, 16th October 2018)

• Videos of the event are available on YouTube
• Adapting Our Work
  Dr Sue Keay
  Chief Operating Officer, Australian Center for Robotic Vision, QUT
• Adapting Business For A Digital World
  Mr Steve Johnston
  Group Chief Financial Officer, Suncorp Group
• Adapting Our Thinking
  Ms Sally-Ann Williams
  Engineering and Outreach Manager, Google Australia
• Photos of this event are available on Flickr
• Adapting Our Work
  Professor Paula McDonald
  Professor of Work & Organisation, QUT Business School
• Adapting for Opportunity
  Professor Michael Rosemann
  Executive Director of Corporate Engagement, Division of International & Development, QUT
• Adapting Life
  Mr Matthew Ames
  Engineer and Director
• Adapting How We Learn
  Professor Margaret Sheil
  Vice-Chancellor & President, QUT
• Adapting Business For A Digital World
  Mr Gavin Smith
  Chairman and President, Robert Bosch Australia

2017

Real World Conversation - Connected Cities, Connected People (Wednesday, 30th August 2017)

• Smart Cities and IoT
  Dr Monique Mann
  Lecturer, School of Justice, Faculty of Law, QUT
• Data Trading in the Connected City
  Professor Michael Rosemann
  Executive Director, Corporate Enagement, International & Development Office, QUT
• Connected Cities
  Professor Margaret Petty
  Head of School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT
• SmartCities
  Professor Laurie Buys
  Professor Social Change, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT
• Connected Cities
  Ms Camilla Roberts
  Senior Digital & Data Consultant, Institue for Future Environments, QUT

Real World Conversation - The Secret Energy of Entrepreneurs (Wednesday, 17th May 2017)

• The Secret Energy of Entrepreneurs
  Mr Wayne Gerard
  CEO & Co-Founder RedEye and Director, StartupAUS
• Entrepreneurs - How Special Are They?
  Professor Per Davidsson
  Director, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, QUT
• Real World Futures - The Secret Energy of Entrepreneurs
  Ingrid Rodriguez
  CEO & Founder, Eikonic
• ClipChamp - What We Do
  Mr Alexander Dreliling
  CEO & Co-founder, ClipChamp Pty Ltd

Real World Futures 2017 - Disruptive Influences - And What To Do With Them (Tuesday, 17th October 2017)

• Mobile is Eating The World
  Mr Stephen Scheeler
  Special Advisor, PwC Australia
• Learning for the Mid-Century
  Professor Suzi Derbyshire
  Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching), QUT
• Creating an Innovation Ecosystem
  Ms Pip Marlow
  CEO Customer Marketplace, Suncorp
• The Personalisation of Healthcare
  Dr Phuong Pham
  Head of Strategy & Policy, Telstra Health
• Sporting Disruption
  Mr Nick Vanzetti
  Managing Director, ESL Australia
• QUT eSports
  Mr Michael Trotter
  Founder, QUT eSports
  Mr Dylan Poulus
  Founder , QUT eSports

Workplace 2030 - The Skills You Need and How to Get Them (Tuesday, 14th March 2017)

• Tomorrow's Digitally Enabled Workforce
  Dr Stefan Hajkowicz
  Principal Research Scientist, Data61, CSIRO
• 8 Trends Shaping The Future Workforce
  Shane Rodgers
  General Manager, GoodStart Early Learning
• Learning To Be Future Capable
  Dr Ruth Bridgstock
  Australian National Senior Teaching Fellow

2016

Connections (Wednesday, 16th March 2016)

• Your Service, Their Way...changing the way you connect with your customers
  Rod Mewing
  
• Pleased To Tweet You, Don't Forget My Game
  Steele Tallon
  

Disruptive Influences - And What To Do With Them (Wednesday, 19th October 2016)

• Only Humans Need Apply
  President's Distinguished Professor Thomas Davenport
  , Babson College, Harvard
• The CBA Innovation Lab
  Tiziana Bianco
  Head of Innovation, Commonwealth Bank
• QUT Thinking Patterns for the Digital Age
  Professor Suzi Derbyshire
  , QUT
  Professor Michael Rosemann
  , QUT
• Skills and Capabilities for Australian Enterprise Innovation
  Distinguished Professor Stuart Cunningham
  , QUT Digital Media and Communication
• Redefining Student-Industry Partnership
  Rachel Treasure
  President, QUT Starters
• Digital Economy at QUT Disruptive Influences
  Professor Marek Kowalkiewcz
  Chair, PwC
• Concept Safety Systems Disruptive Influences and what to do with them?
  John Hummelstad
  
• The New Work Order
  Jan Owen
  CEO, Young Australians
• Disruptive Influences
  David Thodey
  Chair, CSIRO
• Ask Izzy
  David Spriggs
  CEO, Infoxchange
• Reinventing An Australian Icon
  Christine Corbett
  Chief Customer Service Officer, Australian Post
• The RNA
  Brendan Christou
  CEO, RNA

How To Make Ideas Bloom Breakfast (Wednesday, 18th March 2016)

• Digital Media and Communication Skills and Capabilities for Australian Enterprise Innovation
  Distinguished Professor Stuart Cunningham
  , QUT
• How to Make Ideas Bloom - An Aurizon Perspective
  Steve Mann
  , Aurizon
• Think Different Anyday
  Ryan Liddle
  
• Have You Unlocked Your Innovative Potential?
  Henri Burgers
  , QUT Business School
• A glossary to QUT's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Groups
  QUT's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group
  

Real World Futures - Dining Disrupted

• Tropical Pulses for Queensland
  Professor Sagadevan Mundree
  Director, Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities Institute for Future Environments, QUT

2015

Managing the Future Workforce (Tuesday, 5th May 2015)

• The Future Workforce: Characteristics, Choices and Consequences
  Professor Paul Thompson
  
• The 6 Steps to Building a Remarkable Workplace
  Mandy Johnson
  
• Media Industry case study
  David Fagan
  
• Managing People for Success Now and into the Future
  Professor Rowena Barrett
  

The Age of Entrepreneurship (Tuesday 17th November 2015)

• Fact Sheet
  The Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research
  
• Senior Entrepreneurs
  Rebecca Wilson
  
• The Age of Entrepreneurship
  Associate Professor Paul Steffens
  

The Future of Working (Tuesday, 24th March 2015)

• Robotics & Agri-Intelligence
  Professor Tristan Perez
  
• Local Changes, Global Impact
  Professor Michael Rosemann
  
• Medical & Health Robotics @ QUT
  Jonanthan Roberts
  
• The Future of Manual Labour
  Grant Galvin
  
• The Future of Talent Management
  Andrea Tjoeng
  
• Technology at Work: The Future of Employment
  Associate Professor Michael Osborne