A Crash Course in Creativity
Free Public Lecture
This event is part of the Menzies Oration Series
Dr Tina Seelig of Stanford University, has spent 20 years understanding how people become more creative, allowing them to come up with more effective ideas and solutions. For the University of Melbourne 2020 Menzies Oration, Dr Seelig will not only explain how you can become more creative, she will demonstrate it by drawing from the experiences of 80 Melbournians from all walks of life who attended her creative thinking workshop just two days before the oration. Join us in this interactive session to hear from a master in the field of creativity as she shares her thoughts on the importance of creativity and innovation, as well as chairing a live pitching process where the audience will vote on the workshop teams’ responses to the secret challenge given two days before.
Established in 1991, the Menzies Oration on Higher Education at the University of Melbourne honours the late Sir Robert Menzies, whose contribution to the development of universities is among his most remembered achievements as Australian Prime Minister.
Presenter
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Dr Tina Seelig, Stanford UniversityDr Tina Seelig
Stanford University
Tina Seelig is Professor of Practice in Stanford University’s Department of Management Science and Engineering, and is a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. She teaches courses in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) and leads three fellowship programs in the School of Engineering that are focused on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Seelig earned her PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford Medical School, and has been a management consultant, entrepreneur, and author of 17 books, including Insight Out (2016), inGenius (2012), and What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 (2009). She is the recipient of the Gordon Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, the Olympus Innovation Award, and the Silicon Valley Visionary Award.
