Professional Seminars

Topic: Social Enterprise

Date: 16 November 2009, Monday
Registration: 4.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Presentation: 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Presented by: Professor Noel Lindsay



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For registration, please email Ms Angelina Law at angelinalaw@naaec.com.sg
or call 6738 2910.
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Synopsis

Today’s market place for the social venture is overcrowded with competing causes and worthwhile social initiatives seeking sponsorship, grants and the community dollar. Funding good ideas in the social sector is becoming more and more difficult. Innovation and entrepreneurship is now emerging as an imperative for the social sector to seek new ways of sustaining and growing dynamic social and not-for-profit enterprises that support and deliver positive social change to our communities. 

The Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) at The University of Adelaide offers a post-graduate university qualification focussed on the social sector, the Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation. This session will be presented by the Centre's Director, Prof. Noel Lindsay and will provide information about this leading-edge ECIC program, designed for those working in and starting new ventures that are truly mission centred social enterprises.

About The Speaker

At 16, Noel Lindsay dropped out of school to start his first business which initially succeeded but then failed.  Learning from this failure prompted him to complete his high school education and enter University.  After completing his PhD in Commerce at The University of Queensland, Noel co-founded and developed businesses in Australia, South Africa, and Malaysia.  He also worked in corporate insolvency and then private equity as a Director of a successful venture capital firm that invested $1m-$3m in growth-oriented entrepreneurial ventures. 

As Professor of Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation and Director of the (ECIC) at The University of Adelaide, he leads a team that teaches and undertakes research in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation, technology commercialisation, and project management.  Noel is a Fellow of, and holds a Practicing Certificate with, CPA Australia.  He also is an Affiliate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.