Manufacturing, innovation and failure

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04 October 2010Australia's manufacturing sector is trying to recalibrate, to move into new cutting-edge industries, but innovation is only part of the equation.

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Dr John Kapeleris
Deputy CEO, Australian Institute for Commercialisation

Professor Xungai Wang
Director, Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University

Professor Ian Boyd
Director, Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication

Michael Jones
Chief Technology Advocate, Google

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