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A follow up from the first Youth Prosperity Forum conducted on 12 November 2013. The purpose of this forum is to review what has changed and agree on a way forward. Click here to view the Agenda Click here to view the Round Table presentation

Strategy Session storyline

Currently, the local youth unemployment rate stands between 17 and 18 per cent, compared to an overall local unemployment rate of 6.7 per cent. Join with business and government leaders, and some of Australia’s most knowledgeable researchers and leaders in championing these youth issues, as we put a spotlight on Sunshine Coast youth unemployment.

Reminder – What is the ‘ripple effect’? Used in this context – describes opportunities that may be created across industries as a result of building or operating the hospital and health precinct, e.g. supplying or servicing the actual hospitals or ancillary services or the people who are employed to provide the services.

Growth of the Middle Class in Asia – are there opportunities for the Sunshine Coast? Within a few years Asia will be the world’s largest producer and consumer of goods and services. An increasingly wealthy and mobile middle class is emerging in the Asia region, creating new opportunities. Demand will increase for a diverse range of goods and services, from health…

March Quarterly 2013 update and December 2012 updates.

Strategy Workshop – presentation storyline

This month’s Sunshine Coast Business Council forum identified six industry sectors that were poised to benefit significantly from the planned $2 billion university hospital and surrounding health precinct.

Objectives for the night: Share results of latest research, stimulate questions and discussion, opportunity to hear directly from our local and state representatives and continue the thinking, collaboration and the action.

Presentations: Ms Janelle Killick, Sunshine Coast-Wide Bay Health Services District Professor Mike Hefferan, USC Gunther De Graeve, Parsons Brinkerhoff