QLD Regional Engagement Forum:
Smart Progress

A one-day forum held on the Sunshine Coast on 23rd April 2004, brought together the parliamentary secretary for the Department of State Development and Innovation, post-secondary education leaders, industry leaders and community representatives.

The forum focussed on inter alia, the benefits that the University of the Sunshine Coast brings to the region, the urgency of creating high value jobs and developing a knowledge based sector in the region and throughout the state, how demographics and lifestyle issues impact on a region's options, and initiatives underway in other Qld regional areas.

view brochure (83KB pdf)

Presentations

Linda Lavarch - State Development & Innovation (31KB pdf)

Professor William Lovegrove - What Universities have to offer (15KB pdf)

Colin Graham - Innovation Centre, Sunshine Coast (146KB pdf)

Steve Huff - Innovation on the Coast (453KB pdf)

Professor Robert Miles - Practical Issues in fostering Regional Engagement (199KB pdf)

Craig Humphrey - Making a difference (44KB pdf)

John Russell - Russell Mineral Equipment P/L (564KB pdf)

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