Inaugural Connect Program Workshop

The first workshop of our new Exciton Science Industry Connect Program will be held on Wednesday 14 October from 1.00pm to 4.30pm.

Please follow this link to register for the event: https://bit.ly/2FS6BuT

Joseph Dodd of CSIRO will facilitate the event on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Industry’s Innovation Connections initiative.

The theme of the workshop is: Establishing early collaboration for competitive advantage.

It will feature presentations by Paul Mulvaney, Jacek Jasieniak and Girish Lakhwani, as well as Josh Brown of BluGlass, Tim James, of RBA, Andrew Hind of Agilent and Lauren Macreadie and Thomas Maschmeyer, from University of Sydney.

We will be joined by Victoria's Lead Scientists Dr Amanda Caples and other representatives of both the research community and relevant industries.

Current Schedule

Part 1

13:00 - Introduction

13:05 - Amanda Caples - Research Delivers Economic Impact

13:20 - Joseph Dodd (CSIRO) - What makes a good industry collaboration project

13:35 - Q&A with Joseph Dodd

13:45 - Thomas Maschmeyer (Usyd) - Technology Translation - From the Lab to Commerciality

14:00 - Q&A with Thomas Maschmeyer

14:10 - Lauren Macreadie (USyd) - Bridging the “Valley of Death” towards research commercialisation

14:25 - Q&A with Lauren Macreadie



Part 2

14:35 - Paul Mulvaney (UoM) - Magnetica Silica Project for COVID-19 Testing Kits

14:50 - Timothy James (RBA) - Academia working with Industry: a view from both sides of the fence

15:05 - Q&A with Timothy James

15:15 - Girish Lakhwani (USyd) - Optics for Information Transfer 

15:30 - Josh Brown (BluGlass) - Pairing industry with academia to accelerate innovation

15:45 - Q&A with Josh Brown

15:55 - Andrew Hind (Agilent) - Research to commercial outcome: an industry perspective

16:10 - Q&A with Andrew Hind

16:20 - Jacek Jasieniak (Monash) - Engineering of Devices