| 8:30 |
Registration, coffee & networking
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| 9:00 |
Welcome remarks from the Chair
Professor Adam Graycar, Dean, Australian National Institute
for Public Policy
Australian National University
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| LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE |
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| 9:15 |
Building partnerships to facilitate innovation
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What stronger partnerships between policy and research
mean for Australia’s innovation agenda
- How DIISR is fostering stronger linkages between the APS
and academia
- DIISR’s work with the Australian National University
Anne Baly, Head of Research
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
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| 10:00 |
Bridging the gap between policy & research – a view
from the interface
- The role of the ARC and what’s being done to build
Australia’s research capacity and foster collaboration
between sectors
- The National Competitive Grants Program and the
Excellence for Research in Australia Initiative –
mechanisms to enhance collaboration.
- A perspective on building successful partnerships between
researchers and policy makers
Professor Margaret Sheil, Chief Executive Officer
Australian Research Council
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| 10:45 |
Morning Tea & COFFEE
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| 11:15 |
Ensuring supply meets demand – the Australian
National Institute for Public Policy
- The purpose of the Australian National Institute of Public
Policy (ANIPP) – identifying the demand for research and
matching it with supply
- Can academics deliver real world product?
- Learning from overseas experiences – what can work
here?
- What the establishment of the ANIPP will mean for
commonwealth public servants and researchers alike
Professor Adam Graycar, Dean, Australian National Institute
for Public Policy
Australian National University
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| 12:00 |
Bridging the gap between policy & research: Not for the
faint-hearted?
- Understanding each other’s mindsets and language
- What both sides can do to bridge the gap
- Examples of effective working relationships and
partnerships
Dr. Wendy Jarvie, Visiting Professor, School of Business
University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence
Force Academy
Former Deputy Secretary
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations
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| 12:45 |
NETWORKING LUNCH
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| 1:45 |
Linking policy & research in the health sector
- The role of the National Health and Medical Research
Council
- What’s currently being done to build stronger linkages
between policy and researchers – lessons for other sectors
- A look to the future – bringing research, clinicians and
policy makers together
Professor Warwick Anderson, Chief Executive Officer
National Health and Medical Research Council
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| WORKING MORE EFFECTIVELY TOGETHER |
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| 2:30 |
Afternoon Tea & Networking
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| 3:00 |
Balancing in-house & outsourced research & translating
it effectively into policy
- How DAFF conducts its research – the role of ABARE, BRS
and external researchers
- Getting the balance right between in-house and
outsourced research
- How DAFF ensures information translates effectively from
researchers to policy makers
- Centralising the internal research function – bringing
together BRS and ABRE to ensure a more integrated
product
Phillip Glyde, Executive Director
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
(ABARE)
Deputy Secretary
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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| 3:45 |
Landscaping the policy / research nexus
- The importance of ensuring policy relevant research
- The Department of Communities model of research
management – utilising the strategic goals of the
organisation to develop focussed collaborative and
commissioned research that strengthens the policy and
program evidence bases
- A case study of the model’s application
Dr. Kate Liley, Manager, Evidence and Modelling Unit,
Strategy, Policy and Performance
Department of Communities, QLD
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| 4:30 |
Building successful relationships – insights from the
academic sector
- About the Social Policy Research Centre
- What academic and research institutions can do to build
successful working relationships with policy practitioners
(and vice versa)
- The importance of communicating priorities and creating a
dialogue
Professor Illan Katz, Director, Social Policy Research Centre
University of New South Wales
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| 5:15 |
CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS & END OF DAY ONE
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