Research Translation Day

Programme

10.00am Opening

10.10am Keynote: “How to date before you get married”

By Adam Levine, Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins University

We often hear that relationships are essential for research translation. Though what happens when there is a good reason for researchers and practitioners to connect yet they do not already know each other? At moments like this, successful research translation requires understanding when strangers are willing to be collaborative. In this talk Adam will present new findings on this topic, show how he puts these findings into practice, and how others can do it themselves, along with challenges to avoid.

11.10am Interactive workshop: Research translation in our context

In recent times translating academic research so it can make practical contributions has become increasingly important. The “Catching the Knowledge Wave” conference held at the University of Auckland in 2001, which brought together the PM, business leaders and academics, was a prominent attempt to ignite such conversations. Last year, the Beehive recognised how this conference “helped build a platform for success in the digital age”.

This session chaired by Prof Robert MacCulloch will be a conversation on the progress to date. It will feature:

Geoff Whitcher, ONZM who was involved with the Knowledge Wave Conference in 2001 and ever since has been engaged in building bridges between academia and industry as well as in the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Basil Sharp, Professor of Energy Economics, Director of the Energy Centre and one of our country’s leading environmental economists.

Mike Hutcheson, “serial start-up guy”, formerly Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi and now at AUT.

Kambiz Maani, former Founding Chair in Systems Thinking & Complexity, the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia and Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, Massey Business School.

12.10pm Award celebration: New Zealand Business Research Translation Competition

The winners of the 2020/2021 Competition will be revealed and celebrated, and the prizes awarded in three categories: overall research, early career research, and Māori or Pacific research. We will hear what made the winning research translation articles stand out to the Judges and why translational research matters.

Judging Panel:

Susie McKenzie, MBIE Trade Remedies Analyst (Chair)

Bronwyn Croxson, Chief Economist, Ministry of Health

Michele Embling, Chair of the NZ External Reporting Board

Roger France, ONZM, chartered accountant with 20 years governance experience in a wide range of organisations

Justin Kennedy-Good, Director Ara Manawa at Auckland DHB

Jilnaught Wong, Honorary Professor of Accounting, University of Auckland

12.40pm Lunch and networking

1.30pm Panel discussion: Bringing evidence to public sector decision-making

Data, research, and business insights are often required to solve complex issues for more informed decision-making. The panel will present examples from transport and health where data, research and business insights have been used and discuss how this can inform decision-making. From these examples, we discuss social investment as both policy and process in terms of resource allocation and management control perspectives. The panellists are:

Joanne Leung, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Ministry of Transport with 20 year’s transport sector experience, including brief periods at the OECD in late 2014 and during 2018-19. Outside MOT, Joanne is heavily involved in GEN’s activities, including teaching the GEN’s Introduction to Cost Benefit Analysis course with Kirsten Jensen of the NZ Treasury.

Paul Rouse, Professor of Accounting and Finance at the University of Auckland. Paul’s research area is performance and productivity measurement with specialist applications to transport and health. Paul’s current research includes productivity modelling, case mix funding models, complexity, cost and performance in hospitals and revenue and cost management systems.

Matthew Parsons, Professor in Gerontology at the University of Waikato and the Waikato DHB with a strong working relationship with multiple health boards and having reviewed or supported implementation of services across many.

Please register by Friday 30 April for catering purposes.

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For further information, please contact Christiane Rupp c.rupp@auckland.ac.nz, phone 09 923 6615