CSIR Innovation Leadership and Learning Academy (CILLA): workshop
Science, Technology and Innovation
01 August 2006
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SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
1 August 2006
CSIR INNOVATION LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING ACADEMY (CILLA): WORKSHOP
Chairperson: Mr E Ngcobo (ANC)
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CILLA Course Outline
The CSIR Innovation Leadership And Learning Academy (CILLA) workshop, running
from 1 to 7 August was aimed at equipping the Committee with additional
expertise to meaningfully engage with role players on science, technology and
innovation issues and assist in the Committee's oversight of science, technology
and innovation institutions and programmes. Special emphasis was given to
research and innovation management at government and industry level.
The CSIR delegation comprised Mr Awie Vlok (Manager: Research and Development,
CSIR), Prof Andre Buys (course convener Department of Engineering and
Technology Management, University of Pretoria), Dr Dave Walwyn (Group Manager
Research and Development, CSIR), Prof Joe Amadi-Echendu (Department of
Engineering and Technology Management, UP) and Dr Mohammed Jeenah (Research
Support and Development, UP).
The course would cover issues related to:
-the impact of technology and innovation on the society and the economy;
-the national research and development system and policy;
-the national system of innovation (as it relates to human resources, funding
and performance);
-innovation strategies as well as
-intellectual and indigenous capital, public good and commercialisation.
In voicing their expectations of the course Members said that they hoped that
the course would be interactive, would lead to noticeable insights and would
also speak to broader economic and societal issues such as the Accelerated
Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA), poverty alleviation and how
innovation and research could be commercialised so as to create revenue. The
course should also make mention of how science and technology impacted on women
and youth, how innovation could be engendered and how its macro-economic impact
could be maximised.
Prof Buys pointed out that the course would not make a substantial contribution
towards the course work covered in a post-graduate diploma or degree programme
partly because it was difficult to develop an entry level course, which could
accommodate participants from diverse areas of expertise. The Chairperson
reminded the presenters that the Committee had requested the course to be
structured in such a way that members would be able to proceed to the next
level of study if they wished to. Prof Buys would investigate the matter to
determine whether this would be possible.
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