Torrens University Australia

So, uh, there are still tickets available for that, so get along to that one.

Uh, down to Sydney, Torrens University Australia, the Sydney City campus in Surry Hills, is having DevFest Sydney on.

They've got a really cool banner on the top of that page.

It, it's, yeah, a very Sydney-esque-

Next one on the list is Sydney.

DevFest 2026 is happening at Torrens University, which is in Surrey Hills.

I don't know how to pronounce that.

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Hello and welcome to the Leadership Podcast series by UIIN.

For this episode, Balcan Orozbaeva, Director of Research and Training at UIIN, spoke with Professor Alex Subic, Vice-Chancellor and CEO of Torrens University Australia, about how university leaders can align purpose, authority, rewards and external engagement to create the conditions for innovation.

Welcome everyone, good morning, good afternoon.

Today we will be talking about entrepreneurial leadership.

And I love that.

I mean, Jim, for real, I love the fact that you use so many analogies that people are able to relate in their own lives that are not economists, that have no intention of being economists, that will never ever get a master's degree from Torrens University in sustainable economics or anything like that.

They will simply go to work every day, come home, bounce their kid on their knee, and hope for the best.

And the education that you provide, and hopefully that we do here as well, will hopefully give people some insights into the world in which they live that maybe they don't hear elsewhere.