Past events 2006

• 5 September 2006 : Pub@Hub
  The Innovation Hub was pleased to host a Pub@Hub with the acclaimed Competitive Intelligence Specialist, Marié-Luce Muller of IBIS. The presentation focused on the use of CI within the Telecommunications Sector and provided a list of critical success factors to ensure a strategically effective CI unit. View the presentation.
  
  
• 4 July 2006: Pub@Hub
  In collaboration with the CSIR, this Pub@Hub featured a lecture by the acclaimed geoscientist Prof George Philander who spoke about "Why Global Warming is Controversial". He also touched on related topics such as high performance computing for oceanographic modeling.
  
  
• 30 May 2006: Modfin Financial and Accounting Seminar
  This seminar in the "Modfin series" dealt with "Payroll Matters". This series provides practical financial advice, support, tips and mentorship to the fast-growing companies that make up the Hub community.
  
  
• 18 May 2006: THE TRIPLE P WORKSHOP SERIES – "The power of symbols: Redefine your success symbols and redefine your path. New challenges for success"
  We all need markers and milestones as indicators or symbols of our progress. Without these markers we get lost. This workshop focused on: Changing our success symbols and changing our life.
  
  
• 4 May 2006: P•O•W•E•R Breakfast
  Alan Burger and Michael Campbell shared their experiences in developing new technologies and taking their companies to the next level. Both Infoslips and Oxyrane where awarded as the "Most Promising Emerging Technology Top 100 Enterprises".
  
  
• 20 April 2006: GroupWiseR EMEA Tour 2006 visited South Africa
  The GroupWiseR EMEA Tour 2006 in South Africa offered a full day of useful sessions about GroupWise at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria.
  
  
• 20 April 2006: THE TRIPLE P WORKSHOP SERIES – "Going for Gold: Developing the self-image of success"
  Success is a condition that we create for ourselves. We set our own limits and boundaries for success and prosperity. This workshop focused on: What is real success?
  
  
• 12 April 2006: Maxum Break Through graduation event
  The Maxum Business Incubator at The Innovation Hub celebrated the graduation of the first seven companies from their incubation programme. Successful entrepreneurs and new business leaders testified to business growth, highlights and lessons learnt.
  
  
• 7 April 2006: BioFORUM "Omics Cocktails" event
  BioForum under the umbrella of BioPAD held their first annual stakeholder engagement platform at the Innovation Hub. The event was themed "Omics Cocktails" under the topic "Proteomics: Getting the most out of your 2D gels", and presented by Prof Peter Morse Larsen and Dr Stephen Fey, Centre for Proteomics Analysis, Denmark.
  
  
• 1 April 2006: Open Source Technology Fair
  An Open Source Technology Fair was held at The Innovation Hub and was presented by Linux Holdings and the Innovation Hub. The fair showcased Open Source Technologies aimed at the small, medium and enterprise business sector.
  
  
• 28 March 2006: ESASTAP Country Focus Seminar: "Opportunities for Partnership with the Netherlands"
  ESASTAP presented a series of "Country Focus Seminars" to present opportunities with partnerships with Member States of the European Union within the context of the Framework Programmes. The first seminar was focused on the Netherlands and featured keynote speaker, Dr Lucas Beekman, the former Dutch FP6 National Contact Point for sustainable development.
  
  
• 28 March 2006: Women, Science and Technology Seminar
  The CSIR Defence, Peace, Safety and Security (CSIR DPSS) Crime Prevention Group (CPG) hosted a seminar entitled: Women, Science and Technology: "Role of science and technology in making South Africa safe for women and children", in support of the 16 Days of Activism against violence against women and children (2006).
  
  
• 23 March 2006: Enablis Exposé PS
  Enablis held their Exposé on innovative IT products for the Public Sector at The Innovation Hub. The programme was action-packed and included a keynote address by Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
  
  
• 16 March 2006: Dutch Embassy Business Event with Telematica Institute and Meraka Institute
  In association with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Pretoria, all members of the Hub community were invited to attend a joint business event of the Telematica Institute and the Meraka Institute. This late afternoon programme was aimed particularly at entrepreneurs who are interested in South African/Dutch business co-operation or expanding their international business to the Dutch market. The central focus of this event was ICT innovation - more particularly, mobile services and applications for e-Health. In the Dutch context, this area is being covered by consortia of ICT service developers and providers, telecom operators, health insurance companies, hospitals, rehabilitation centres and community health service centres.
  
  
• 16 March 2006: THE TRIPLE P WORKSHOP SERIES – "Einstein. E=mc². The alchemy of life, leadership and management"
  Affectivity and productivity are the result of how we utilize our potential in all areas of life. We expect every effort that we put our mind to will necessarily deliver the expected results. Sometimes it turns out that way and sometimes it doesn't. Somewhere along the way we can loose momentum and be less effective than expected. We get less than we put in and not more. So, how can we guarantee a successful outcome? By utilizing Einstein’s now widely known E=mc² we can identify a path that can guarantee us excellent results. The alchemists of old tried to change base metals, copper and lead into gold. The same principals are today used to change basic human potentials into the "gold' of life.
  
  
• 15 March 2005: Forum Event
  This "Forum Event" - a seriously educational "partnered" business and networking opportunity - was presented in collaboration with the SABS Design Institute at The Innovation Hub campus. The event featured international guest speaker, Eric Anderson, Professor of Industrial Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. Eric has been visiting South Africa as a guest adjudicator of the 2006 SABS disa South African Design Excellence Awards. At our event he shared personal notes on industrial design in the USA. Prof. Anderson is regarded as one of the most prominent African American design educators in the United States today.
  
  
• 13 March 2006: "Framework on Intellectual Property from Publicly-Funded Research" Workshop
  This workshop was hosted in the Auditorium of The Innovation Hub by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to consult on the "Framework for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) arising through Publicly Financed Research", as the basis for appropriate regulations and/or legislation to be drafted.
  
  
• 8 March 2006: Modfin Financial and Accounting Seminar
  The fifth seminar in the "Modfin series" was held exclusively for Hub tenants and members of The Innovation Hub's INNOV8 "intelligent community" courtesy of leading financial services company, Modfin Systems (Pty) Ltd, one of The Innovation Hub's "Knowledge Partners". This seminar dealt with "Basic Labour Law". This series provides practical financial advice, support, tips and mentorship to the fast-growing companies that make up the Hub community. View the presentation.
  
  
• 28 February 2006: SABTIA Stakeholder Networking Breakfast
  The South African Business and Technology Incubation Association (SABTIA) held a Stakeholder Networking Breakfast at The Innovation Hub. The aim of the workshop was to highlight Gauteng’s Local Economic Development Plan, its vision of SME development and the impact that incubators could make. The Sedichem Incubator had been identified as a case study, as it references how municipalities and incubation instruments can complement each other and work towards mutual goals. View the following presentations: Gauteng’s Economic Development Plans | Sedichem - a work in progress
  
  
• 23 February 2006: P•O•W•E•R Breakfast
  This P•O•W•E•R Breakfast focused on "Internationalising your High-Tech Business". Representatives from the high-tech US states of Florida and Illinois talked about some practical ways that they can assist a company to take the first step into their respective markets through activities such as trade missions. The programme featured Tongila Manly of Enterprise Florida, who presented information on an upcoming high-tech trade mission to Florida focusing specifically on ICT, biotechnology, food and beverage and medical products companies; as well as Monica Stewart of the Illinois Trade Office, who discussed opportunities for biotech-related companies in an upcoming trade mission to Chicago Biotech 2006. View the presentations made by Enterprise Florida and the State of Illinois - Africa Trade and Investment Office.
  
  
• 16 February 2006: THE TRIPLE P WORKSHOP SERIES - "The DNA of success: Do you have it and how to develop it?"
  The aim of this morning workshop, which took place in the auditorium of The Innovation Hub, was to understand DNA and develop the seven levels of success, and to identify the stumbling blocks and pitfalls of success. For information about upcoming events in this series, please contact: Dr Brenda Hattingh at Power Intelligence via e-mail: workshops@powerintelligence.net or at tel/fax: 012 548 3599, cell: 082 558 8400.
  
  
• 1 February 2006: Modfin Basic Tax Principles Seminar
  The fourth seminar in the "Modfin series" was held exclusively for Hub tenants and members of The Innovation Hub's INNOV8 "intelligent community" courtesy of leading financial services company, Modfin Systems (Pty) Ltd, one of The Innovation Hub's "Knowledge Partners". This seminar dealt with "Basic Tax Principles". This series provides practical financial advice, support, tips and mentorship to the fast-growing companies that make up the Hub community. View the presentation.