Business Intelligence Breakfast Workshop Series

2007 Workshops

We offered the following workshops during 2007:

Workshop 1: International Intellectual Property

Workshop 2: Private Equity

Workshop 3: Carbon Trading & Climate Change

Workshop 4: Leadership

Workshop 5: Expanding Successfully into Australia

Workshop 1: International Intellectual Property

Global commercialisation of IP - turning intangible property into tangible rewards:

	Is it as easy as it looks?
	Key factors in transforming IP into a valuable business.
	The world is a big place – where to start?
	The ‘unforeseen’ challenges that the old hands know about.
	How to leverage relationships with global companies without losing control.
	Commercialisation and protection strategies.

Speakers

Phil Norman
Managing Director
Nortek Management Services
Limited

Greg Cross
Chief Executive
Cross Ventures

Andy Hamilton
Chief Executive
The Icehouse

Workshop 2: Private Equity

Increasingly M & A deals are driven by private equity players, causing bouyant enterprise values and opportunities for business owners and managers:

	What is the private equity model and how does it add value?
	What are the features that private equity looks for?
	Dealing successfully with private equity firms.
	Private equity - what's in it for management?
	Private vs public ownership.
	What does the future hold? Is this a bubble or a paradigm shift?

Speakers

Geoff Brown
Head of Market Products
NZX

Mark Averill
Partner, CF Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Kerry McIntosh
New Zealand Operating Partner
Ironbridge Capital Limited

Workshop 3: Carbon Trading & Climate Change

What has it got to do with the real world of business? Why business people have no option other than to understand what is happening. From customer preference to governmental regulation - real change is afoot.

	What do you need to know and how it will affect you.
	What are the immediate practical implications, obligations and/or requirements for business?.
	How to make money in difficult times. What are the less obvious opportunities?
	Real costs, threats and opportunities.
	What will the future hold?

Speakers

Rob White
Chief Executive
The New Zealand Wine
Company

Keith Turner
Chief Executive
Meridian Energy

Brent Layton
Chief Executive
NZIER

Workshop 4: Leadership

Ross Perot said "People cannot be managed. Inventories can be managed, but people must be led". Effective leadership is the perennial challenge of a successful business.

	The value of excellent business leadership.
	Principles of outstanding modern leadership.
	Transforming an average team into a top performing team.
	Keys to leading people from different generations.

Speakers

Dr Lester Levy
Chief Executive of Excelerator & Adjunct Professor of Leadership at the University of Auckland Business School

Sarah Trotman
Small Business Sector
Specialist

Nick Main
Chairman
Deloitte

Workshop 5: Expanding Successfully into Australia

The well trodden expansion path to Australia is littered with unexpected failures - from corporates to SMEs. Avoid the pitfalls by understanding what makes Australia such a different place to do business.

	What are the key surprises?
	How is Australian business culture different? How do you bridge the gap?
	Understanding the different regulatory framework.
	What are the common issues with setting up in Australia?

Speakers

Gerard Kennedy
Principal
MacPherson +
Kelly, Australia

John Crawford
Director, Australia/ Pacific New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

Michael Sutherland
Advisor
Fordham Wealth
Australia

Mark Cowsill
Managing Director
Frucor Beverages Limited