题 目：The Importance of Basic Research 演讲人：澳大利亚国立大学校长Ian Chubb AC教授 时 间：5月25日(星期五)下午2：50—4：00 地 点：中科院研究生院玉泉路园区礼堂二层报告厅 In addition to Vice-Chancellor and president of the Australian National University, Chubb has served in various capacities on a number of peak bodies -- Higher Education Council and the National Board of Employment, Education and Training, the National Committee for Quality in Higher Education, as well as a Ministerial Task Force and the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council. In 2006, Professor Chubb was elected the President of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) for a two-year term. Long a believer in the value of public education, Chubb has been influential in the sphere of higher education for two decades. He is widely quoted as an authority on higher education in the media and is in much demand nationally and internationally as a speaker in higher education meetings and conferences. 主办单位：国际合作处
主 题：科技产业化：新西兰奥克兰大学的成经验历 演讲人：新西兰奥克兰大学校办企业国际合作总经理Ian Maxwell博士 时 间：5月25日(周五)上午10：10-11:40 地 点：研究生院玉泉路园区办公楼第一会议室 主 持：苏 刚 教务长 请各院、系及实验室负责人、科研人员准时与会；欢迎全校师生员工与会交流。副处、副高以上除正常工作外务必参加。 联系人：贾宝余(88256363) 研究生院文化建设委员办公室 2007年5月16日 嘉宾简历： Dr Ian Maxwell, who was born in New Zealand, is a graduate of Victoria University, New Zealand and the Australian National University, Australia. He has enjoyed a 25 year career with Shell International in both Europe and the US involving technology and new business development at the senior executive level. This also included developing research collaborations with top European Universities. He has some 80 publications in the fields of chemistry, catalysis and technology commercialization as well as 25 patents. He was also the founder and CEO of two successful high throughput technology start-up companies now based in the Netherlands. A total of $NZ 100 million was raised in Venture Capital from European and US investors to launch these new companies. In late 2003 he returned to New Zealand and joined Auckland UniServices Ltd, the commercial arm of the University of Auckland as General Manager Special Projects and External Relations. He is currently primarily focused on supporting the International growth strategy of UniServices.
Technical & Management : Strong technical competence balanced with sound business sense. Led multi functional teams and managed a number of regional and global R&D projects across multi categories such as beauty care and health care. Developed & introduced several products into market. Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving: Built strategic alliances in China . Managed comprehensive R&D collaboration and technology acquisition program in China. EffectiveCommunication & RelationBuilding: Excellent interpersonal and social skills. Communicate & work effectively with multi functional teams both internally and externally. Have track record in building and leveraging relations with academic, professional and governmental agencies. Organization Development : Built and led high performance project teams, including recruiting and training young scientists into the company. International Working Experience : Have considerable experience in international assignments. Have the ability, knowledge and experience to operate equally and effectively in Western and Eastern Cultures (native in Chinese, completely fluent in English).
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Microbiology (1992), King's College London, UK. Research: Dynamics of plasmid exchange in continuous-flow systems and mathematical mode l ling.
B.Sc., Botany (Honours, 1982 ), Zhongshan (Dr. San Yatsen) University, Guangzhou , China .
WORK EXPERIENCE
3. 2000 – present Senior Scientist & Project Leader, Health Care Research Center, Procter & Gamble (P&G), Ohio, U.S. Supervise and manage multi-functional project teams to develop novel drugs and products for treatment and/or prevention of respiratory and obesity diseases. Have considerable experience and knowledge in all aspects of product research and development, including drug discovery, technology evaluation and development, consumer & clinical studies, technical market support.
Work with several task force groups in the company to improve productivity, collaboration and culture of Health Care organization.
12. 1998 - 2. 2000 Senior Scientist/Manager, Research and Development Technical Center, P&G Far East Inc., Kobe, Japan . As a key player of global corporate R&D division, led a team to establish research & development collaboration, acquisition and new business development program in the Greater China region. This included identification and evaluation of advancement in sciences & technology, building strategic alliances in China. Managed a number of collaboration projects, covering multi categories and a wide range of scales. Built effective network and relation with a wide range of academic and professional institutions, and governmental organizations in China .
