When: Sydney, Nov 18th, Melbourne Nov. 19th and Perth, Nov. 20th from 6 to 7.30 pm.

For more information on the venues, and to register please visit our events webpage: www.events.ie.edu

IE Associate Professor Balvinder Singh Powar will be holding a series of workshops in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney to discuss his experience in the Innovative & Disruptive Commercial Space sector through his company BOOSTER Space Industries, the entrepreneurial challenge of setting up a business in an unproven & pioneering industry and how soft skills are fundamental to success.

At the heart of these sessions will be Innovation as an Attitude for Success at both a personal and company level by adopting creative approaches and using the power of soft skills as a value creating differentiator in an ever competitive and uniform world.

Balvinder will touch on aspects of his core specialist areas to create an active, fun, lively and useful session where people can openly debate various topics.

The classes will focus on innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership/soft skills and how we can inspire each other to take responsibility and dream BIG.

Balvinder is English of Indian origin, resident in Madrid, Spain.  He is a Business & Finance graduate who also studied a Masters in Mediation from the University of London. He has extensive experience leading business, social, cultural, media and technology projects in Spain and internationally. His main skills include creative & strategic input, business development & senior management, team leadership, relationship management and business mediation.

Balvinder is passionate about the importance of building strong and effective teams and enabling  projects which push boundaries. He is a strong advocate of self empowerment and pro-activeness to achieve one´s goals, with his favourite quote being that of Mohatma Gandhi: “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Currently, he is a Board Member and Director at BOOSTER Space Industries, an innovative international Sub-Orbital Space/Aerospace project and consultancy with important stakeholders in Spain, Europe and the US. He is an Associate Professor at IE Business School, giving sessions on  Leadership, Team Management and Motivation, Conflict Resolution Skills, Entrepreneurship and the New Commercial Space Industry.

You can see an IE “The Other Side” Interview with him here:  http://theotherside.blogs.ie.edu/tag/balvinderpowar/

About the author

Irina Deneanu is the Associate Director for Asia Pacific at IE. She is originally from Romania, passionate about education, executive coaching, social innovation and sustainability. Ms Deneanu is an advocate for Women Initiatives and she is an IE Alumna, holding a Global MBA degree. She is coaching professionals from around the world and helps them develop their professional careers and education.