About the Eidos InstituteEidos InstituteEI_bf086374-9923-11e3-aefd-5a07362f28afEidos is a network of partners dedicated to developing ideas through collaboration to improve economic and social outcomes in the public interest. It works by applying shared intelligence to public policy challenges and building partnerships between universities, governments, businesses and other social partners. Eidos has been described as a public policy think tank encouraging the use of evidence and research expertise in public policy.Professor Bruce MuirheadProfessor Muirhead is the founding Chief Executive Officer of Eidos Institute. The Eidos Institute was a recent recipient of an Australian Business Innovation Award (2010 & 2012), Australian Business Award for Community Contribution (2012) and a Lord Mayor’s Innovation Award (2011).He has more than 25 years experience in building partnerships between the public and private sector, focusing on the connections between economic, public and social innovation in the development of community capacity at local and global levels. Professor Muirhead was an invited participant to the Prime Minister’s Australia 2020 Summit. In 2004 Professor Muirhead was acknowledged by the Australian Government as leading one of ten national projects (alongside the Sydney Olympics and the response to the Bali bombings), for creating large-scale collaboration to respond to Australia’s priority challenges in social and economic impact.Over the past few years he has been invited to speak on collaborative innovation at conferences in the USA, South Africa, Europe and UK.He has contributed to a number of international committees and boards including International Editor for SAGE Publications.Eidos Senior Executive CouncilProfessor Caroline McMillenProfessor Kerry CoxProfessor Brian O’ConnellProfessor Cheryl de la ReyDr Theuns EloffProfessor Ramesh BharuthramProfessor Nicholas SaundersProfessor Linda KristjansonProfessor John Finlay-JonesProfessor Jill TrewhellaProfessor Sandra HardingProfessor Ned PankhurstProfessor Hilary WinchesterEidos Board of DirectorsIlenna CopleyNarelle KennedyRobert BeerworthCraig RoelofszLindley EdwardsDr Jim VargheseTom BentleyE. Professor Colin PowerJohn GoddardEidos AssociatesIan MackieH. Professor Dr Wal TaylorDr Ken KingEidos Operations StaffJacque CromptonDr Madeline Fowler Daniel Batkin_bf0864be-9923-11e3-aefd-5a07362f28afTo develop ideas through collaboration to improve economic and social outcomes in the public interest._bf086568-9923-11e3-aefd-5a07362f28afShared IntelligenceApply shared intelligence to public policy challenges and building partnerships between universities, governments, businesses and other social partners._bf0865fe-9923-11e3-aefd-5a07362f28afUniversities Governments Businesses Social PartnersEidos is grounded in the expertise and disciplines of university research. It works across a wide range of partners and locations by developing projects which enable the sharing of knowledge and expertise and encourage new ways of solving major public policy challenges. Eidos's long term goal is to encourage collaborative solutions to major public policy challenges through the application of shared intelligence, evidence and research expertise.ConnectionsConnect university members with a wider community of policymaking and partner organisations_bf086694-9923-11e3-aefd-5a07362f28afUniversity MembersPolicymakers Partner OrganisationsIt achieves this goal by connecting together its unique network of university members with a wider community of policymaking and partner organisations and developing projects and tools which apply their distributed expertise to concrete public policy challenges.2014-02-19http://www.eidos.org.au/who-we-are/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net