 Message from the Premier of Western Australia, Hon Alan J Carpenter MLA
As Premier and Minister for State Development of Australia’s most trade and export-oriented State, I welcome Western Australia’s participation in the Advance network.
With high rates of economic growth consistently above the national average, Western Australia is experiencing a massive and historic economic expansion that’s creating significant numbers of new jobs and business opportunities.
The State’s leading industries and growing capabilities are all strongly linked to the drivers and shapers of global economic development, and that complementary connection points to long-term success in developing our economy.
While Western Australia is well known for it’s huge mineral and petroleum base, both of which are experiencing unprecedented demand, we are building on that base by developing knowledge industries of the future that will diversify the State’s economy and prolong the expansion. [More...]
Message from Doug Partington - USA Director, Western Australian Trade and Investment Office
The Western Australian Trade and Investment Office recently appointed Doug Partington as Director of their American office. Doug takes over the role from David Doepel who has accepted a Perth-based position with the Western Australian government.
Since taking over as Director of the Western Australian Trade and Investment Office in America I’ve been amazed by how many great Western Australians I’ve met and how big an impact their talents and businesses are having here in the US.
In my former role as Manager of the Americas Desk at the Department of Industry and Resources in Perth I was aware of many of these WA success stories, often assisting West Australians as they prepared to enter the US marketplace.
Now I get the opportunity to help West Australians do business in America – in America.
I’m not sure there could be a better fit for an Australian/American who has spent the past few years entrenched in the workings of WA’s exciting industry and resources sector…and now gets to use that knowledge on the other side of the world, in his other ‘home’. [More...]
Western Australian Government Overseas Offices
USA
Howard Hughes Center
6080 Center Drive, 6th floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA
Phone: +1 310 216 2827
EUROPE
5th Floor Australia Centre
Corner Strand and Melbourne Place
London WC2B 4LG
United Kingdom
Phone: + 442 072 402 881
CHINA
Shanghai Representative Office
Room 2208, CITIC Square
1168 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 200041
China
Phone: 86 21 5292 5899
For a complete list, click here
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LA screening puts WA talent on show
WA talent took to the big screen in Beverly Hills recently, creating quite a buzz amongst local talent agents and film makers. The screening of Aussie film “The Black Balloon” also provided a big night of ‘firsts’ for many of those involved. [More...]
WA companies help LA ports go 'green'
WA firms have a unique opportunity to help America’s largest port become more energy efficient. The recently opened San Pedro Bay Port Technologies Development Center is designed to be a gateway for companies with sustainable energy solutions. [More...]
Curtin ranked in distance MBA top 10
CURTIN University of Technology is the only Australian outfit to feature in the first ranking of distance MBA programs by the Economist magazine. Curtin's online MBA came fourth in the ranking, behind offerings from Britain's Warwick Business School, the IE Business School of Spain and the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. [More...]
UPCOMING EVENTS
BIO 2008 Sundowner Networking Event
Hosted by Prof. Lyn Beazley, Chief Scientist of Western Australia
5.30pm - 7.00pm, Wednesday June 18
Bondi - Australian Bar and Restaurant
333 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
RSVP essential please email your name, organisation and email to biotech@doir.wa.gov.au.
RECENT EVENTS
 Eskimo Joe Tour of the USA
January 16 to February 1, 2008
Their chart-topping and multi-award winning album Black Fingernails Red Wine was released on September 24, 2007 in the US. Eskimo Joe is poised to conquer US shores with their tour de force pop-rock album that propelled the band to massive national acclaim in Australia. [More...]
PAST EVENTS
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Dr John Cullity – Senior Director, Business Development, sanofi aventis pharmaceuticals
John’s current position as head of Business Development for the world’s third largest pharmaceuticals company may seem a long way from the lush grounds of the University of Western Australia – but his successes are in keeping with his family’s history of innovation and achievement. When John Cullity began his medical degree at UWA he joined the five generations of his family to have attended the University. He attributes much of his success – and the contributions other Cullity’s have made across a diverse range of fields including law, medicine, viticulture and forestry - to the excellence of the education they received at UWA.
John’s career has taken him – literally – around the world. He has lived and worked in China, India, Kenya, Bolivia, the UK and, since 1997, the United States. His resume includes positions with The World Bank, WHO and global consultancy firm, AT Kearney.
Along the way he has completed an MBA from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, a medical specialist degree from the Royal College of Physicians (UK) and an MSc (Econs) from London School of Economics.
John sits on the board of Advance and UWA America. [More...]
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