Why is place so important to innovation systems? (27/06/22)

Macquarie University Incubator is excited to host an event with Visiting Entrepreneur Roxanne Varza who will be sharing how she sees place influencing innovation ecosystems and how this has played a role in shaping the world’s largest startup campus STATION F located in Paris.

Link to event: https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/why-is-place-so-important-to-innovation-systems

In addition, attendees will also be hearing from a panel of representatives from leading innovation precincts.

The panel will be moderated by Susan Moylan-Coombs and delve into how they see place having an influence on their innovation districts, how they are developing or have grown, and what influence their location has on their DNA.

Visiting entrepreneur

• Roxanne Varza – Director, STATION F

Panel

• Annie Parker – Executive Director, Tech Central, Greater Cities Commission
• Don Wright – Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Western Sydney University
• Melissa Ryan – Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Macquarie University

Panel moderator

• Susan Moylan-Coombs – Founder and Director, The Gaimaragal Group