Our Current Open Discussion

Do South African organisations employ the required strategic intelligence to ensure innovation success?

In September 2011, Innocentrix and Digital Bridges conducted an opinion poll on the organisational innovation management approaches employed by South African organisations and obtained the opinions of senior innovation leaders in some of South Africa’s most respected organisations on the topic.

| February 20th, 2012 | Continued

Our Current Open Discussion

inSAINe Breakfast Event with Gift Nkuna – 24 February 2012

Join us at the first SAINe event for 2012 which promises to be unique and inspiring.
Author, entrepreneur and creator of the game SuperPreneur, Gift Nkuna, will showcase his game and bring out the inner entrepreneur in you!

| February 9th, 2012 | Continued

Our Current Open Discussion

Gauteng Innovation Competition launched with prize money of R1m – Deadline extended to 7 March

The Gauteng Innovation Competition, launched mid December is looking for innovative solutions to improve local government service delivery in the province. The competition, with prize money of R1 million, invites entries in the two themes of mobile and green technology.

| January 26th, 2012 | Continued

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Regional Innovation System Framework for the Western Cape

South Africa and the Western Cape have large potential to enhance its economic performance via recognizing the role the innovation system can play through the strategic governance of available resources. The first step will be in recognizing the role government, industry and academia can play in enhancing current innovative activity and bolstering opportunities for new innovative sectors in the economy. The Green Economy is a prime example, with numerous opportunities.

February 21st, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued

COMPANIES DON’T INNOVATE, PEOPLE DO – By Jac Spies

Inventive behavior is usually stifled within legacy organizations resisting change, because of the emotional safe and warm feeling in the cloak of “that’s how we have been doing it the last hundred years”.

February 20th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued

Regional Innovation Forum – Eastern Cape Innovation Strategy

The Regional Innovation Forum would like to alert you to the following workshops being organised by INNOVATE Eastern Cape, an entity of the Department of Economic Development Environmental Affairs and Tourism:
Eastern Cape Innovation Strategy Public Participation Workshops

February 20th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued

Enhancing quality and productivity: A workshop by SARIMA (20% discount to SAINe members)

The Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) is hosting a workshop on Enhancing quality and productivity: Project management for research managers in scientific research laboratories and institutes in partnership with the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and The AURUM Institute (AURUM).

February 9th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued

TED 2013 Auditions are here! The Young.The wise. The undiscovered.

More than half of the speakers at TED2013 will be selected through an ambitious experiment in crowdsourcing: the TED Worldwide Auditions.

February 9th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Invitation to Innov8 Themed “Optimising Benefits from SKA”- 08 Feb 2012

Innov8 with The Innovation Hub
8th February 2012 (17h00 –19h00) at The Innovation Hub Conference Venue
‘Optimising benefits from SKA – Discussion with the Experts’

February 6th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Gauteng Branch Meeting 8 February 2012 Brand Talk with Bheki Yende

How to Brand your Invention What to do and what not to do.
This event is free to all SAINe members.
Please rsvp to info@iii.org.za by 6 February if you would like to attend.

February 2nd, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued

Climate Change Leadership Awards

Have you entered or nominated someone for the Climate Change Leadership Awards? Do it! Let’s change the world together: ccla.co.za

January 25th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued

Keeping the COFISA Communities Alive – Leveraging for success in business incubation.. by Dr Jill Sawers

In the global drive to create employment opportunities and work for all, as well as an increasing recognition of the role that small companies play in developing much needed innovative products, services and business models, there is increasing recognition of the important role that business incubation programmes can play as intermediaries.

January 24th, 2012 | | 2 comments | Continued

10 000 Women

10 000 Women is a five-year investment by Goldman Sachs to provide 10 000 undeserved women around the world with a business and management education. In South Africa 10 000 women is managed and delivered by the Gordon institute of Business Science (GIBS) the business school of the University of Pretoria.

January 17th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued

Keeping the COFISA Communities Alive – An alternative perspective on science parks, by Dr Neville Comins

How badly do we need a new generation of Innovation Intermediaries in South Africa?

I encourage you to comment and start a constructive and dynamic discussion on this critical topic.

January 16th, 2012 | | 0 comments | Continued

SAINe Members: Online Video Marketing Workshop Freebee!

IntelliLAB is offering a free digital media presentation course to get all presenters up to speed. The next short course we will be offering is on: Monday 23 January @ 09:00 – 13:00

January 13th, 2012 | | 4 comments | Continued