Budget cash to link researchers and business

A budget experiment to create the “missing link” between business and public sector research has been welcomed as an antidote to a weakness in Australian innovation. Bruce Grey provides comment to Peter Roberts, Australian Financial Review.  Click here to read more.  

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2012 INNOVATIVITY®

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Next program:  Melbourne, 20, 21, 26 & 27 June.   Contact jacqui.martin@amcrc.com.au to register your interest.  Places are limited for this event.  2012 INNOVATIVITY® PRICING   Early bird registration*   non-member member   $2650 + GST $2385 + GST   Standard registration   non-member member   $2950 + …

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More manufacturing aid likely

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The federal government is expected to provide further support for embattle manufacturing industries in tomorro’s budget, prompting key figures in teh sector to call for future research grants to be more closely tied to commercial outcomes. Bruce Grey provides comment to Damon Kitney, The Australian.  …

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A message from Bruce Grey

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I spoke at the Ad Fab conference in Wollongong this week. This area is suffering with the loss of over 800 jobs at the Bluescope steel facilities. And yet as one door closes another opens. The University of Wollongong has an impressive Innovation Precinct just …

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DRIVING MANUFACTURING SUCCESS THROUGH INNOVATIVITY

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Australia is a world leader in pure and applied research. The challenge for our manufacturers is to similarly improve their performance as innovators. Where manufacturing was once focused on outputs, today it is about science and technology, energy efficiency and sustainability. In recognizing the challenges …

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A SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP: VR TEK GLOBAL, CSIRO, VCAMM AND DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

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End of life tyres are a huge problem, posing risks to the environment, human health and public amenity. Traditionally these tyres have been used as landfill or recycled into low value derivatives such as heating oil. But innovators, Michael Vainer and Boris Rozenblit have developed …

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PhD introduction: Nikolas Patsikatheodorou, RMIT University

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Nikolas Patsikatheodorou’s research is on the effects of nano-sunscreens on skin and could potentially, lead to better and more protective formulations. On a scholarship funded by the AMCRC, his PhD at RMIT University, is looking at the impact of nanoparticles found in sunscreens, like zinc …

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