Past MBA Alumni Webinars
MBA Alumni webinar series
The MBA alumni webinar series aims to provide topical and engaging content, allowing our alumni community to remain connected and learn from one another.
If you missed any of our webinars you can view them below.
Breaking the banks – an introduction to DeFi
Ryan has a passion for using innovative technology to solves problems with a technical focus on blockchain, crypto, security and digital infrastructure. In this webinar Ryan explores the emerging Decentralised Finance (DeFi) crypto sector, the financial products and services being created, the risks and opportunities, and what the future may hold as DeFi scales and matures.
Tips and pitfalls on investing and buying properties in Cambodia
Foreign investment activity in Cambodia has grown by more than 800 per cent in the past decade. Multinational firms relocating their workforce to set up operations in the capital, Phnom Penh, have fuelled a need for suitable housing and piqued the interest of property investors. In this webinar Josef TEO - Senior Marketing Director, ERA Realty explores the tips and pitfalls on investing and buying properties in Cambodia.
Small steps to BIG changes
Author, global leader and motivational speaker Kenneth Kwan, (BE Mech 2003 – Adel), our final MBA Alumni webinar presenter for 2020, discussed strategies on becoming more engaged at work, taking quick actions to create more success and develop possibility thinking. When you keep winning small, you are encouraged to take more steps forward. Winning itself is highly motivational and builds your self-belief over time.
Innovating with Design Thinking
Innovation has become a key differentiator for organisations worldwide and an essential component of delivering unique customer experiences. This webinar, presented by Dr Andrew MacDonald enable participants to begin the journey of innovating using Design Thinking tools and concepts to determine what structure will be required to monitor and assess innovation projects.
Knowledge Management in the Age of Disruption
Business as we know it today, will be technologically disrupted over the next few years, however experience is that many organisations are treating this transition as a technical change without adapting their knowledge and learning systems. In this webinar David Pender examined some of the other, but even more important issues that need to consider. View the webinar now to hear about these important issues.
How do machines learn?
Dr Zygmunt Szpak, Senior Research Associate at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning was the guest speaker for the second MBA Alumni webinar. An expert in machine learning, Dr Szpak provided an intuitive insight into how a machine 'learns' and why this 'learning' capability is transforming the traditional notion of computing. Please view webinar recording and download PowerPoint slides below:
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency in 2020
Tuesday evening, 16 June 2020 our very own Adelaide MBA Alumni Committee Member Ryan Kris guided us through Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency in 2020, examining the current state of Bitcoin and crypto capital markets and looked at the explosive growth of stable-coins and their economic importance. Please view webinar recording and download PowerPoint slides below: