Global Indian and Australian Leaders Drive Change at the Advance Emerging Leaders Summit in New Delhi.
Leading Australian Diaspora Organization Announces Key Outcomes from Summit
6 May,2010, New Delhi: Advance has announced key outcomes from its Emerging Leaders Summit where influential and emerging leaders from India and Australia joined forces in a day long ideas dialogue to strengthen the relationship between India and Australia. The outcomes of the Advance Emerging Leaders Summit will be tabled in the form of recommendations to the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Kevin Rudd MP.
The Summit explored the role India and Australia can play together in redesigning entrepreneurial ecosystems; meeting the region’s future water and renewable energy challenges; the urbanisation of cities; fostering 21st century global citizenship; re-writing the book on banking; the impact of mega-events; and high quality international education.
“The idea was to explore ways to further build bridges between India and Australia and enhance people to people networks to recommend best practice creative partnership strategies to enhance economic and cultural ties between the two countries.” said Serafina Maiorano, Chief Executive Officer, Advance.
Select Summit recommendations include:
· At the high end of education, Australia’s leading universities can look to India with a very flexible and creative approach. This includes initiatives to partner for research and development, and consider India as a market for their faculties to broaden their exposure and experience through teaching exchange programs. Additionally, Summit recommendations pointed towards ways in which Australian universities could look to partner with new upcoming universities in India
· Australian institutions have the opportunity to deepen their marketing efforts by investing in and developing their alumni networks and engage in exchange programs, including internships
· To find synergies in what Australia is good at and what India needs. For example in the field of agriculture: Australian agricultural processes are very advanced in food processing. This is important as it can significantly help Indian farmers prolong shelf life for their produce.
* India is a very entrepreneurial culture, especially its new generation. Australia should look beyond the big names of business and industry in India and partner with young companies to build innovation programmes.
· Travel and tourism agencies can look at short and long term programmes to leverage the upcoming Indian Commonwealth Games. The ‘Incredible India’ campaign should build on the experience of the games, to foster greater understanding of India in Australia.
· Region-specific solutions for the varied geologic conditions in India should not be adopted as umbrella solutions across the “many Indias”. Far reaching solutions are not feasible in India’s tremendous diversity, area specific solutions are required.
· Create opportunities for introduction for energy conservation and recycling from a young age, learn from the examples of WWF’s Water Schools in India, introduce the same concepts to Australian rural communities.
· Improve Australia’s brand equity in the mind of the Indian population. It should evolve from perceptions of a nation known for beer and cricket to a country of innovation.
· Greater support to build an infrastructure to foster exchange and networking of the Australian Diaspora in India for dissemination of information through online and mobile communications.
· Revamp Australian government support for SME’s for setting up businesses in India
The Advance Emerging Leaders Summit coincided with the Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean’s visit to India this week. High Commissioner Varghese and Minister Crean earlier hosted a reception to mark the opening of the Advance Summit.
The Advance Emerging Leaders Summit was organized by Advance, Australia’s leading global ‘people to people’ network of Australians and alumni abroad. More than 24,000 thought leaders and influencers are members of Advance, spread across 80 countries with extensive industry networks and strong relationships with global business, government and academia.
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Indian speakers included:
Tarun Das, Former Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and President Aspen Institute, India; Neelam Deo, Diplomat, Former Consul General of India in New York; Indrani Bagchi, Senior Editor, The Times of India; Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Foreign Editor, The Hindustan Times; Pramath Raj Sinha, Founding Dean, Indian School of Business & Managing Director, 9.9 Mediaworx; Kelly Raj, Education Counsellor, Australian High Commission, New Delhi; Shoba Purushothaman, Entrepreneur; Gaurav Gupta, Associate Partner, Dalberg Asia; Ravi Singh, CEO, WWF India; Rajeev Palakshappa, Consultant, The Climate Group; Pranav Khot, Project Co-ordinator, Event Knowledge Services (EKS); Dhruv Chitgopekar, Head – North India, KWAN Marketing Entertainment Solutions; Bhairavi Jani, Director, SCA Group of Companies; Subhas DeGamia, CEO, ANZ India; Pradeep K Dadhich, Senior Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute; Margaret Khursigara, Joint Country Manager, Pinpoint India; Vikram Sharma, CEO & Founder, IndESCO; Manit Rastogi, Founder and Director, Morphogenisis Design.
Australian speakers and discussion leaders included; Howard Ronaldson, Secretary, Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Government of Victoria, Australia; Bruce Hawker, Managing Director, Hawker Britton; Rory Medcalf, Program Director, International Security, Lowy Institute; Rohit Manchanda, Director Trade & Investment India, NSW Government; George Eby Mathew, author, “India’s Innovation Blueprint: How the Largest Democracy is Becoming an Innovation Superpower” and Principal Business Consultant, Infosys; Mohan Krishnamoorthy, CEO, IITB-Monash Research Academy; Chris Ziguras, Associate Professor, RMIT University; Geoffrey Conaghan, Commissioner to India, Victorian Government; Craig McLatchey, CEO, Event Knowledge Services (EKS); Neville Roach AO, Member of the Indian Prime Minister’s Global Advisory Council of Overseas Indians; Gerard Lee, General Manager India & South Asia, Qantas Airways Limited; John Webb, Deputy Director, Australia India Institute; Maureen Welch, Director, Asia Education Foundation; Khimji Vaghjiani, CEO, Solar-Gem; Peter Flavel, Global Head of Private Banking, Standard Chartered Bank; Elizabeth Hill, Political Economy, The University of Sydney; David Savage, Managing Director, Leighton International Limited; John Atchley, Fulbright Scholar, United States India Educational Foundation.
About Advance
Advance is a dynamic and diverse global community of Australians and alumni abroad committed to gathering the one million Australians abroad to advance Australia.
As the leading global ‘people-to-people’ network of Australians and aslumni abroad, we have a global reach of 80 countries, with offices in New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong and London.
With a growing membership of over 24,000 Australians and alumni in key global cities around the world, a strong commitment to business volunteerism, our extensive industry, government, corporate and academic networks in the US, Asia, UK, EMEA and Australia, we galvanise our talent pool for the economic, cultural and social advancement of Australia. Our members and non-Australian friends represent extensive networks, spheres of influence in key overseas markets.
Advance embodies the best of Australia and Australians – dynamic, professional, innovative, cross cultural, competitive, global thinking, fun and the ‘can do’ attitude for which we are admired.
Advance Highlights
* Advance Patron is the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Kevin Rudd
* Founded in 2002 as a not-for profit entity in the US, established in the UK and Hong Kong.
* Largest and highly valued global network of senior Australian expatriates, alumni and mentors
* Membership of over 24,000 – both Australians and Friends of Australia.
* Reach to 80 countries including Australia’s largest markets, US, China, India and Japan.
* Eight (8) global industry networks including financial services, green tech, life sciences, social entrepreneurship, creative industries, and academic and research
* Successful delivery of fully integrated overseas programs to accelerate the successful commercialisation of Australian innovation with a track record of bringing results
* Successful in partnering with Australian government agencies, institutions and accessing private sector investments
* Successful delivery of leading global Summits such as the Advance Global 100 Summit held at the Sydney Opera House in 2006 and the Advance Asia 50 Summit in Shanghai in 2009.
* Successful delivery /promotion of over 100 events worldwide annually.
* Global advisory board consisting of Australian captains of industry around the globe.
A detailed agenda, list of speakers and related Summit information is available at:
http://www.advance.org/advanceindiasummit/
Researched by Maninder