Comment: a new start for
business people everywhere
Business Strategy Group launched
The
new SCI Business Strategy Group was publicly launched with
a gala champagne evening in London on 30 November 2004. Sir
Tom McKillop, Chief Executive of AstraZeneca and current SCI
World President, delivered the keynote address on the topic:
‘Can innovation reverse declining European competitiveness?’
The Business Strategy Group programme for 2005 includes a
wide range of international meetings. Evening seminars and
single and multi-day conferences are planned, and will focus
on issues of interest to people working in business functions
in the science-based industries. Topics include: ‘How
I made marketing strategy work for my company’; ‘How
I stimulated innovation in my large and bureaucratic organisation’;
‘How I registered for a patent’; ‘How I successfully
implemented a merger between two large and contrasting organisations
(and how my competitor failed miserably!)’; ‘How
I got funding for my great business idea and today am a millionaire’;
and ‘How I created a successful university spin-out’,
among others.
The Business Strategy Group has already stimulated an immense
amount of interest from within the SCI Membership and beyond.
We hope that it will create a niche for those of you whose
jobs and interests are no longer about hands-on science, but
instead focus on strategy and management. The Group is new
and there are still many opportunities for you to get involved
— it is guaranteed to be the best way to network and
raise your profile in your industry.
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