WA Spotlight on Global Biopharma: Innovation, Competition and Geopolitics

August’s WA Sector Spotlight event, delivered in collaboration with the U.S. Consulate Perth, will feature global policy and innovation expert Stephen Ezell, Vice President for Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and Director of ITIF’s Center for Life Sciences Innovation in Washington.

Stephen will explore what drives the world’s leading life sciences innovation ecosystems and what WA can learn from global leaders in research translation, commercialisation, investment attraction and industry.

The presentation will be followed by a fireside chat with Dr Tracey Wilkinson, Director Stakeholder Engagement at the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub. Together, they will discuss what these global trends mean for Australia and Western Australia, the opportunities and challenges facing local innovators, and how the WA sector can position itself in an increasingly competitive international environment.

The WA Spotlight Series is an event series hosted by the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub, bringing together representatives from across WA’s biomedical innovation sector. Each event offers an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and hear the stories and successes of local biomedical organisations and leaders. Formalities will be followed by networking over light refreshments.

Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, and Director, Center for Life Sciences Innovation

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Stephen Ezell is vice president for global innovation policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and director of ITIF’s Center for Life Sciences Innovation. He also leads the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance. His areas of expertise include science and technology policy, international competitiveness, trade, and manufacturing.

Ezell is the coauthor of Innovating in a Service-Driven Economy: Insights, Application, and Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) and Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale, 2012).

Ezell came to ITIF from Peer Insight, an innovation research and consulting firm he cofounded in 2003 to study the practice of innovation in service industries. At Peer Insight, Ezell led the Global Service Innovation Consortium, published multiple research papers on service innovation, and researched national service innovation policies being implemented by governments worldwide.

Prior to forming Peer Insight, Ezell worked in the New Service Development group at the NASDAQ Stock Market, where he spearheaded the creation of the NASDAQ Market Intelligence Desk and the NASDAQ Corporate Services Network, services for NASDAQ-listed corporations. Previously, Ezell cofounded two successful innovation ventures, the high-tech services firm Brivo Systems and Lynx Capital, a boutique investment bank.

Ezell holds a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with an honors certificate from Georgetown’s Landegger International Business Diplomacy program.

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Nellie Valentine at nelle.valentine@auscelerate.org

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