Overview

The workshop will look at how sustainable development and the circular bioeconomy have become a new source of entrepreneurial opportunities for biobased based businesses. While the insights from this course will help you understand the concepts of sustainable entrepreneurship and the key drivers for its realisation, the focus will be on developing the entrepreneurial skills and mindset needed to realise new sustainable business opportunities and to manage and grow these opportunities into real business ventures.

Over the course of the three-day workshop, you will gain hands-on experience of the entrepreneurial process by working in teams to ideate, validate and prototype a new business idea. You will discover the strategies and implement proven methodologies to identify market opportunities and design an innovative and sustainable business model. You will also learn about human-centred design and understand how to apply an entrepreneurial mindset to promote innovation and sustainability in a large or small business. At the end of the workshop, you will have the required skill set to identify and pursue new business ideas in your company and be empowered to pitch these opportunities to senior management.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Understand the concept of sustainable entrepreneurship and identify the key drivers to realise sustainable business opportunities.
• Demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset to identify new business opportunities based on the principles of sustainability.
• Apply an entrepreneurial framework to generate, prototype and validate sustainable product ideas.
• Integrate sustainability into your business models.
• Understand the value of human-centred design and entrepreneurial thinking for sustainable product innovation and development.

Agenda

Why attend?

Are you passionate about learning more about sustainable development and the key drivers to realise sustainable business opportunities? Are you interested in developing an entrepreneurial mindset and understand the value of human-centred design and entrepreneurial thinking for sustainable product innovation and development? Then this course if for you.

Through case studies, guest speakers, and sustainable entrepreneurship/ intrapreneurship concept development, presentation and feedback, this interactive workshop will give you a broad understanding of the many ways in which to apply an entrepreneurial framework to generate, prototype and validate sustainable product and business ideas.

Presenters

	Richie Young, Expert Facilitator Richie Young is an educational designer and facilitator with a passion for promoting innovative education. He has worked in the higher education sector for over six years across a range of disciplines, including Engineering, Business and Arts, and is currently completing his PhD in History. In these roles, Richie developed and applied a range of creative approaches to design modern and engaging learning experiences. While working at BioPRIA, Monash University, he designed and managed the new Master of Bioproduct Manufacturing Engineering – the first fully online master’s program in the Faculty of Engineering. Richie is also experienced at facilitating workshops on entrepreneurship and design thinking.
	Associate Professor Warren Batchelor, Deputy Director, Bioresource Processing Research Institute of Australia (BIOPRIA) Associate Professor Warren Batchelor is the Deputy Director of BioPRIA, Co-Director of the Bioprocessing Advanced Manufacturing Initiative and works in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer. He is an expert on paper as a nonwoven cellulose fibre material, including the relationships between sheet properties and internal structure, and is the Chairman of the Tappi Paper Physics Committee, the peak committee for the field.
	Gitanjali Bedi, Senior Learning Coordinator / Lecturer, Sustainable Development Education, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University Gitanjali is passionate about transformative education, sustainable development and the potential for entrepreneurial business to transform into a force for positive impact on the planet. Gitanjali works with Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University as a lecturer and senior learning coordinator. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the Business School; Sustainability Practice and Organisations (BEX3150) and core unit in the Master of Global Business - Sustainable Business and Innovation (BEX5810). Gitanjali has worked all over the world with organisations including United Nations Development Program, corporates, governments, not-for-profits and academia to build the transformative change and leadership capacities of people, organisations and business to create positive impact.
	Dr Rebecca Yee, Director of Biofuels Innovation and Research Fellow, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne With her dynamic and energetic personality, Rebecca steers the BFI Team through a clear strategy for investor returns and business growth. Rebecca holds a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering and has a long hands-on experience with setting up a biofuel plant. As an energy consultant, her interests revolve around creating a sustainable and eco-friendly business models and helping other companies to grow in a sustainable manner.
	Rod Heath, Capability Manager, Monash Food Innovation Centre Senior executive experience spanning chocolate, everyday food, sport, toys, alcohol and health. Multinationals to SME's. (Kraft, Cadbury Schweppes, Funtastic, Heritage Chocolates, CUB). Held a diverse range of cross functional roles with the core being in Marketing, New Product Development (over 300 innovations launched), Sales and Business turn around. Long history of engaging and inspiring people to do the best they can for the businesses they work for, and themselves. Bachelor of Business (Marketing).
	Howard Burvill, Industry Consultant Howard Burvill BAppSc, MBA, has been part of the Pulp, Paper, Packaging and Forest industry since 1983. He worked for Australian Newsprint Mills/Fletcher Challenge Paper/Norske Skog in various technical, sales and management roles at the Boyer Mill, Albury Mill, Tasman Mill and Sittingbourne Mill. He also held regional and global technical and R&D roles in the Sydney and Oslo offices. Howard moved into a consultant role in 2009 and had various projects related to our industry with APPITA, FWPA, Visy and Government bodies reviewing our industry. He left the industry for a short time taking on a senior technical manager role supporting the Medical, Science and Pharmaceutical Industries. He is currently working in our industry as a consultant on various projects related to biomass processing, pulp and paper manufacturing improvements, safe systems of work and business feasibility studies.

Accommodation

Accommodation options located nearby the BioPRIA Monash University.

Gateway on Monash
630 Blackburn Road,
Notting Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Australia, 3168.
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Fax: (61-3) 9561 7544
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Mannix College
22a Wellington Road
Clayton, Victoria, 3168
T: (03) 9905 0990
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http://www.mannix.monash.edu/gryphon-house/

Clayton-Monash Motor Inn
1790 Princes Hwy, Clayton VIC 3168
Phone: (03) 9544 0911
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