"A Recipe for Economic Survival for New Zealand".
Guest Speaker: Dr Andrew West, Head of Strategy for Seales Ltd and previously Chief Executive of AgResearch.
Using the same strategy that got us here is not going to get us somewhere else. But what will?
To date New Zealand has had a penchant for impatient, speculative, intra-generational investment. This strategy has had dismal consequences in terms of long-run, relative, economic performance, with a focus on capital, skills and research. Dr West proposes a series of policy changes that are likely to create a penchant for patient, productive and inter-generational investment.
Join us for an informative, thought provoking session.
About Dr Andrew West:
Dr Andrew West is Head of Strategy for Seales Ltd and was previously Chief Executive of AgResearch, New Zealand’s principal research organisation supporting the country’s dairy, meat and wool industries.
Prior to this he was Executive Chairman of the Tertiary Education Commission, the New Zealand Government’s funding & regulatory agent for every aspect of post-school education. In that role he oversaw the Commission’s establishment and its introduction of a radically new system for investing in university research, the Performance-Based Research Fund. Dr West has also been Chief Executive of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, the agency that sets educational standards and assesses all secondary school students’ academic performance, and Chief Executive of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, New Zealand’s principal research organisation in earth and planetary sciences.
In the 1990s Dr West led much of the New Zealand Government’s science reforms, designing and then overseeing the creation of both its Ministry and its Foundation for Science, and also its Crown Research Institutes. Dr West has a PhD in ecology and was for many years a research scientist, having published a range of scientific papers. Dr West has commercial interests in ICT and genetics companies
Date/Time:
Tuesday 14th September 2010, 12:00pm - 2.00pm
Venue:
SKYCITY Hamilton, 346 Victoria Street, Hamilton
Fee:
Waikato Chamber of Commerce and NZIM Members $45.00 incl
Affiliate Members - $55.00 incl
Non Members - $65.00 incl
Includes lunch
REGISTERING YOUR ATTENDANCE
To secure your place. All Bookings to be made by September 10th 2010
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