Rhodes University 8th Annual PD Rose Lecture 2024
Rhodes University 8th Annual PD Rose Lecture 2024.The annual public lecture is in honor of the first Biotechnology Professor at Rhodes, Prof Emeritus Peter Rose and through the years we have had the pleasure of various “movers and shakers” for example Toby Shapshak delivering exciting and challenging 40-60 min public lectures on a topical area related to their specific field of expertise typically around the topic of innovation.
Date: 24 July 2024 18:00 – 24 July 2024 19:30
Location: TBC
“Unleash your Inner Innovator”
“Every one of us has an innovator inside, the question is whether yours needs a wake up call, or simply a tune up so your ideas have greater impact. Come and find out. To explain a bit more, I plan a highly interactive hour covering the issue of “Unleash your inner innovator,” drawing parallels to how UNICEF’s work enables that, including with researchers in China and South Africa at RUBIC, with young social entrepreneurs through programmes like UPSHIFT, and through scaling up platforms like RapidPro that empower governments and others to compress time and get real time insights and take action. I will also cover the important bridging of research/invention across to innovation and applied research, where efforts of researchers and academia can really make a difference to people’s lives. And hopefully inspire everyone regardless of what work they do, that they can do more with their ideas, and that there is no limit to good ideas.”
Tanya Accone bio
Tanya Accone’s career has focused on helping international public and private sector organizations understand how to amplify their impact through the convergence of innovation, communication and technology.
Tanya manages the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Global Innovation Centre, which supports the scale up of proven innovations that deliver exponential change for millions of children and their communities in 194 countries. UNICEF’s innovation pipeline covers emerging future technologies, investment into startups for social good, and global adoption and adaptation.