Agenda
PLENARY SESSION
9:00 Welcome to Country
Aunty Joan Bell
9:10 Opening remarks from the Chair
Dr Zoe Terpenning, Director, Strategy & Precincts, UNSW
9:20 International Keynote | Life on MaRS – from small affair to best-selling show
Cory Mulvihill, Chief of Staff, MaRS Discovery District
9:45 Keynote Panel | Unpacking effective precinct governance
- What are the steps to take to set a collective vision for growth and common goals?
- Who sits at the table?
- Learnings from different governance structures and how they are managed
- Financing – working toward sustainable models
- What is the role of different players in the precinct?
Moderator: Brooke Griffin, Executive Director, Randwick Heath and Innovation Precinct
Andrew Nash, Chief Scientific Officer, CSL
Professor Robyn Ward, Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
Kim Sutherland, Acting Deputy Secretary, Clinical Innovation and Research and Chief Executive, Agency for Clinical Innovation, NSW Health
10:30 Networking Break
11:00 Keynote Panel | Alternative financial and operating models for future precincts and health hubs
- The challenges with securing the funding to achieve your ambitions
- In this finance constrained environment, how do we get to best practice models?
- How can we ensure sustainable operating models for future precincts and health hubs with the right support services and asset management to last the test of time
- How can we help ourselves with a range of different models?
Liz Curran, Executive General Manager Health, Downer
Di Mantell, CEO Celsus, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Paul Crowe, Chief Investment Officer, Plenary
Moderator: Lisa Altman, Director of Strategy, Innovation and Improvement, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
11:45 Keynote Panel | Private sector perspectives on research and innovation within precincts
- What benefits do private sector organisations see in health and innovation precincts and what attracts companies them?
- Where is there investment opportunity?
- What might drive more big pharma and big med tech to set up accelerators here?
- What does it take to build more effective industry partnerships which have real impact?
- Innovation and translation – how can we do it better and what impact might that have on increasing industry engagement in precincts and driving outcomes?
Dr Iris Depaz, Country Medical Lead, Sanofi Australia & New Zealand
Nicola Ware, CEO, Ramsay Hospital Research Foundation & Head of Research, Innovation & Integrated Care, Ramsay Health Care
Alex Belcastro, Senior Vice President, Developments and Precincts, Northwest Healthcare Properties
Moderator: Hediyeh Vahdat, Managing Director, Lineaire Projects
12:30 Networking Lunch
AFTERNOON TRACKS
Track 1 | 1:30pm – 3pm
Track Moderator: Melanie Schmidtke, Director, Northern Adelaide Health and Wellbeing Partnership
1:30 Case Study | Tonsley Innovation District’s bottom up approach
- Finding that collective vision
- Achieving alignment through trust
- Facilitating partnerships
Philipp Dautel, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Renewal SA
2:00 Transforming healthcare precincts: Enhancing safety and sustainability at night
- Can we go beyond basics to create safer, more engaging night-time spaces?
- What challenges exist in improving safety for vulnerable groups in precincts?
- Why is user experience crucial in precinct safety design?
- What can the RHIP project teach us about creating safer, inclusive precincts?
- How do we embed and make lasting changes to current process for better outcomes?
Sophie Forbat, Placemaking Curator & Producer, Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct
Rebecca Cadorin, NSW Lighting Leader, Arup
2:30 PANEL | Developing a community first precinct strategy
- How do we configure a precinct around local community and ensuring it meets the needs of the demographics of the area?
- Exploring the factors which influence health and wellbeing i.e. education, health, housing
- Aboriginal perspectives and early stage involvement
- What sort of new approaches can be explored which shift the way communities engage with both public spaces and health facilities?
- Learnings from good examples of collaboration and cross-government or cross agency approaches
Jaymee Beveridge, Vice-President (Indigenous Strategy & Engagement), University of Wollongong
Sam Shepherd, Founder & Director, BellRinger
Eleni Naude, Lead – Health Advisory and Infrastructure, Lineaire Projects
Moderator: Melanie Schmidtke, Director, Northern Adelaide Health and Wellbeing Partnership
Track 2 | 1:30pm – 3pm
Track Chair: Anita van De Meer, Chief Innovation Officer, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research
1:30 Fireside Chat | Case Study of a Mature Precinct
- The experience of a mature precinct compared with emerging precincts
- Light touch but effective governance structures
- Unpacking how impact is achieved
- Formalising collaboration
- Partnerships stretching beyond physical precinct borders
Anna McFadgen, Chief Executive Officer, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
Shona Blair, Precinct Director, St Vincent’s Sydney Health Innovation Precinct
2:00 Fireside Chat | The State of Play in the Hospital Sector – Do Precincts Provide an Advantage?
- What are the current challenges of private & public hospital operators?
- What are the benefits for public and private hospital operators locating in a healthcare precinct?
- How do they better work together to maximise those benefits?
Matt Hanrahan, Chief Executive, Healthe Care
Teresa Anderson, Chief Executive, Sydney Local Health District
Richard Roos, Co-Head, Australia and New Zealand, Northwest Healthcare Properties Management
2:30 PANEL | Precincts without borders – Exploring the impacts of Digital Transformation
- How does the emergence of new technologies impact what is provided at the precinct and how do we embed this emerging tech into our precincts of the future?
- What are the impacts of virtual care and telehealth on the way we conceive of a precinct?
- Does a precinct have to include everything in one physical site?
- How are precincts thinking about this?
Moderator: Hediyeh Vahdat, Managing Director, Lineaire Projects
Mitchell Burger, Director Strategy, Architecture, Innovation and Research, Sydney Local Health District
Dr Salim Memon, Medical Director – Strategy, Transformation and Major Capital, Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service
3:00 Afternoon Networking Break
GOVERNANCE ROUNDTABLES 3:30PM-5:30PM
Join the interactive Brainstorming Roundtables for more intimate, interactive discussion and knowledge sharing.
At the end of the hour, each table will briefly present a summary of key findings and discussions points to the room at large.
Governance Roundtables Host: Andrew Hoyne, Founder & Principal, Hoyne
AGENDA SESSION A: 3:30-4:30pm
Industry RT1 | Effectively engaging with government
- What does government look for to invest in precincts? How do they make these decisions?
- How can industry present their opportunities in a way that meets government criteria and speaks to their need?
- What sort of data and detail is government looking for?
Anne O’Neill, Acting Executive Director, Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Medical Research
Professor Kevin Pfleger, Director Biomedical and Health Innovation, The University of Western Australia and the Western Australian Life Sciences Innovation Hub
The Hon Gabrielle Upton FAICD, Former NSW Government Minister, Advisory Board, ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology
Industry RT2 | Industry partnerships and securing private investment
- At what stage should industry be invited to the table and why?
- How do we effectively balance public/private investments, interests and relationships?
- What de-risks the proposition for a corporate client?
- What sort of businesses should smaller precincts be looking for?
- Identifying roles and responsibilities
- What can be put in place to enable trusting relationships between businesses, researchers, educators and the community?
Lance Chia, Director, Investment & Innovation, Liverpool Innovation Precinct
Leisl Harris, Executive Director, Urban Development, Economic Development Queensland
Industry RT3 | Direction setting, vision alignment and finding a focus
- How of you get multiple partners to fund the same things
- Ambition and setting expectations
- Who gets invited to the table, when and why? Should more stakeholders be involved at an earlier stage?
Mark Ames, General Manager, Connect Macquarie Park Innovation District
Melanie Schmidtke, Director, Northern Adelaide Health and Wellbeing Partnership
Peter Livanes, General Manager – Health South Australia, Downer
AGENDA SESSION B: 4:30-5:30pm
Industry RT4 | Unlocking investment and opportunities between Local Government and the private sector
- How does Local Government unlock opportunities and attract investment in their LGA? How do they make these decisions?
- What does the private sector bring in response to the opportunities provided by Local Government?
- What do private investors look for from their Local Government partner?
- Precinct partnerships – honest conversations about concerns and how ambitions can be achieved?
Rebecca Grasso, Director, City Futures, Campbelltown City Council
Taya Kirris, Senior Bid and Development Manager, Northwest Healthcare Properties
Charles Wheeler, Vice President Site Development, GenesisCare
Industry RT5 | Funding precinct activity
- How can you get funding allocated to precinct activity?
- How do you work toward a sustainable model of governance with independent revenue streams?
- Exploring funding models through planning settings such as levies/taxes/land
- What is being achieved as a collective of institutions? How did the precinct drive that i.e. the networking, the efficiencies etc?
- Exploring examples of good financial models
Vanessa Campbell, Precinct Director, Suburban Rail Loop Authority
Phil Callaghan, Director Operations, Melbourne Connect
Mariella Smids, Deputy Director, Precincts and Government, Monash University
Industry RT6 | Healthcare property valuations
- A confluence of change has made property valuations more challenging in the last few quarters
- With large capitalization rate movements, rising debt costs and construction price escalation adding to rents, are we headed for a pause in development and unhappy sellers?
- Precincts are said to be more resilient assets, is this true?
- What are the benefits of being in precincts for owners and occupiers from a value perspective?
Cameron Ramsay, Vice President, Capital Transactions, Northwest Healthcare Properties
Simon Quinn, Senior Director, Head of Alternative Investments – Australia, JLL
David Bruce-Clarke, National Senior Director, Alternatives – Valuations & Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield
5:30 Networking Drinks
7:00 PRECINCTS NETWORKING DINNER
DAY TWO | 7 December 2023
09:00 Opening remarks from Chair
Professor Susan Morton, Director, Research Institute for Innovative Solutions for Wellbeing and Health (INSIGHT), University of Technology Sydney
09:10 INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE | Turbocharge innovation in lifescience: the power of public-private ecosystems at MIND – Milano Innovation District
Stefano Minini, Project Director – MIND Milano Innovation District, Lendlease
9:35 Keynote Panel | Research and innovation – Driving outcomes and charting a course for future impact
- How can we bridge the gap between research and healthcare in Australia?
- Shifting mindsets and cultures – where have we come from and where are we going?
- Collaboration and partnerships – how do we get this right and better leverage outstanding examples of research that change policy or practice?
Anne O’Neill, Acting Executive Director, Office for Health and Medical Research, NSW Medical Research
Professor Julie Cairney, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Enterprise), University of Sydney
Prof Jason Kovacic, Executive Director, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Dr Joy Francisco, Chief Commercial Officer, Sydney Local Health District
Moderator: Dr Adam Walczak, Director Innovation, Hunter New England Local Health District and Deputy Director, John Hunter Health & Innovation Precinct
10:20 Fireside Chat | Innovation in mental health investments
Joanne Levin, Chief Executive Officer, iMH (Integrated Mental Health)
Dr Andrew Wilson, Group Lead – Chief Executive Amplar Health, Medibank
Moderator: Joanna Green, Principal, Hive Legal
10:50 Networking Break
11:20 Keynote Panel | Placemaking and embedding sustainability in precincts
- What makes a good place?
- How do we make precincts an integrated part of our community?
- What sort of sustainability strategies should be embraced and what impact might this have on investment?
- New technologies and strategies to improve connectivity, mobility and sustainability within communities
- How do we create efficiencies in precincts?
Moderator: Alison Huynh, Architect, Bates Smart
Di Dixon, State Project Lead Lot Fourteen, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, SA
Cate Cowlishaw, Regional Managing Principal, HDR
Enrico Zara, Global Decarbonisation Leader, Arup
Brooke Griffin, Executive Director, Randwick Heath and Innovation Precinct
12:00 Keynote Panel | What are governments looking for from precincts?
- What do successful precincts look like to government?
- What role do governments believe private sector have to play?
- What does effective engagement with government on precinct strategy look like?
Moderator: Liza Noonan, Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Investment NSW
Paul Emmett, Executive Director Infrastructure Planning and Delivery, Health Capital Division, Queensland Health
Andrew Dolling, Executive Director – Science and Innovation, WA Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Caithleen Jones, Director, Arden Precinct, Strategy & Precincts, Department of Transport & Planning
12:45 Networking Lunch
CONNECTING ECOSYSTEMS ROUNDTABLES
Join the interactive Brainstorming Roundtables for more intimate, interactive discussion and knowledge sharing.
At the end of the hour, each table will briefly present a summary of key findings and discussions points to the room at large.
Governance Roundtables Host: Associate Professor Tam C. Nguyen, Deputy Director Research, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
AGENDA SESSION A: 1:45-2:45pm
Industry RT1 | Innovation & research translation
- What are the models and options for driving connections between entrepreneurs and researchers, clinicians, industry?
- What are the ways in which innovation is sparked and diffused throughout a health innovation system?
- What can we learn from strong examples and what has it meant for researchers/ industry/
startups/clinicians? - How do you put innovation into health services? How do you ensure it is mutually beneficial?
- What are the biggest hurdles to making this happen?
- How do we actually convert this collaboration into real products and services?
Melissa Ryan, Director Incubation & Entrepreneurship, Macquarie University
Dr Katja Beitat, Head of Health Tech, Cicada Innovations
Professor Susan Morton, Director, Research Institute for Innovative Solutions for Wellbeing and Health (INSIGHT), University of Technology Sydney
Industry RT2 | Collaboration between precincts
- What are the opportunities for collaboration across precincts here in Australia and internationally?
- How can we be more interconnected?
- How does each entity need to re-engineer themselves to do partnerships?
- What learnings can we take from established models of collaboration and partnerships?
- How can we drive a “Team Australia” approach?
Craig Rowsell, Director, Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct
Mark Ames, General Manager, Connect Macquarie Park Innovation District
Matthew Proft, Director, Precincts, University of Technology Sydney
Industry RT3 | Getting the physical assets right with place-based design
- How do we create a vibrant place and ensure the built environment is fit for purpose?
- How do you put the right structures in place to create connections and facilitate collaboration?
- How is the precinct evolving in line with the community?
- How do people actually utilise and engage in the place?
- What should be the role of landlord or property company – can we leverage their skills/experience?
- Learnings from strong examples
Steve Dolores, Senior Development Manager, Urban Development, Economic Development Queensland
Sophie Forbat, Placemaking Curator & Producer, Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct
Graeme Spencer, Education & Science Principal, HDR
Tom Payne, Place Strategy Director, Hoyne
AGENDA SESSION B: 2:45-3:45pm
Industry RT4 | Precinct Data
- How do we better manage and mine our data as precincts?
- How to we better collect, manage, secure and share it?
- How can we more effectively push data into research institutes to make it more seamless?
- How can we better incentivise or reward clinicians to engage with the university and share data?
- How can we provide more structured data access?
Steve Woodyatt, Chief Executive Officer, Datarwe
Associate Professor Omid Kavehei, Deputy Head of School – School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Sydney
Simone Mitchell, Partner, Minter Ellison
Industry RT5 | Delivering strong networking assets
- What are the economic benefits of strong networking assets?
- What are the mechanisms for seeding and solidifying relationships?
- What do effective concierge type services look like?
- Creating a really easy to use “front door”
- How do we get mentoring working properly?
- How do we facilitate bringing these groups together?
- How can we reduce the cost of connection?
Philipp Dautel, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Renewal SA
Jo Close, Director Stakeholder Engagement for SA, MTP Connect
Dr Adam Walczak, Director Innovation, Hunter New England Local Health District and Deputy Director, John Hunter Health & Innovation Precinct
Industry RT6 | Talent attraction and retention
- What are the strategies to attract, retain and grow talent?
- How do you attract the best people to companies and organisations? How do places and precincts have an impact?
- Housing accessibility / affordability within precincts
- How do you build an ecosystem of other talented people to drive momentum in quality human capital?
- What can health precincts take from the National Medical Workforce Strategy e.g. internship places, training etc?
Tamara Lee, Director of Future Workforce, NSW Ministry of Health
Louise Gillespie, Associate Director, NSW Innovation and Productivity Council, Investment NSW
3:45 CLOSING KEYNOTE PANEL | Measuring success in a precinct
- How can you best capture and measure outcomes of what your precinct does?
- What are the best metrics? Patents? Economic output in high value sectors?
- Research translating into new medicine / diagnostics / treatments – how do we measure success here?
- How do you ensure your assets are high performing assets?
- How do you measure the value to health from precinct activity?
- Learning from best practice
Moderator: Dr Adam Walczak, Director Innovation, Hunter New England Local Health District and Deputy Director, John Hunter Health & Innovation Precinct
Louise Gillespie, Associate Director, NSW Innovation and Productivity Council, Investment NSW
Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, Director of Research at TD School, UTS
Cory Mulvihill, Chief of Staff, MaRS Discovery District
4:30 EVENT CONCLUDES