Industry Workshop

Connect YOUR Research with Industry

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You are invited to a workshop to learn how to connect your research with industry. Learn from four industry leaders as they share their insights and experiences with you on issues such as how to identify market opportunities, spinoffs versus technology licensing, the importance of patenting, business plans and venture capital, mentoring, etc. A valuable opportunity not to be missed.

The workshop is included for registered delegates to the Congress at no extra cost and limited numbers are available so you are encouraged to book now.

Date: Sunday 09 December 2012
Registration: John Niland Scientia Building
Time:

1330 hrs Registration
1400 – 1700 hrs Workshop

Presenters Include:

1400 hrs Welcome by Professor Mary O’Kane , NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer.
Session Chaired by Professor Ben Eggleton
1415 hrs Dr Milton Chang, US based Entrepreneur
1455 hrs Dr Simon Poole, Sydney based Photonics Entrepreneur
1520 hrs Prof John Harvey, NZ based Entrepreneur and Physics Professor
1545 hrs

A/Prof Jim Patrick, Senior Vice President, Chief Scientist, Cochlear Pty Ltd
 

To register your attendance at the workshop, you will need to book using the online registration form. If you have already registered for the Congress please re-enter your registration using your personalised password and select Industry Workshop under Program Options.

For new registrations, please visit the Congress website.   

 

Milton Chang Photo
Dr Milton Chang

US based Entrepreneur

Milton Chang is managing director of Incubic Management and is the author of Toward Entrepreneurship (www.miltonchang.com).  He was president of Newport and New Focus, which he took public. He is currently director of MBio Diagnostics and Aurrion, spends time advising companies and mentoring entrepreneurs, and writes a monthly business column for the Laser Focus World. Chang is currently a member of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies and a Trustee of the California Institute of Technology.

Simon Poole Photo
Dr Simon Poole

Sydney based Photonics Entrepreneur

Dr. Simon Poole is an engineer/entrepreneur with over 30 years experience in photonics in research, academia and industry. He obtained his PhD from Southampton University in 1987 and was a member of the team that invented the Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) in 1985. In 1988 he moved to Australia and founded the Optical Fiber Technology Centre (OFTC) and subsequently Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre (APCRC) at the University of Sydney where he was director of the Sydney Node from 1991 to 1995. The APCRC grew to over 150 researchers and led to 15 start-ups which raised a total of over $250m in Venture Capital funding.

John Harvey Photo
Professor John Harvey

NZ based Entrepreneur and Physics Professor

John Harvey is a professor of Physics at the University of Auckland, and he is an internationally-recognized scientist in the fields of physics and optical communications. He is also the founder and Chief Executive Officer for Southern Photonics Ltd., an Auckland-based photonics company. Southern Photonics is the leading photonics technology company in New Zealand, specialising in Test and Measurement equipment in the fields of coherent modulation communication technologies and short laser pulse characterisation.

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A/Prof Jim Patrick
DEng, BSc, MSc, FIEAust, CPE (Biomed), FTSE

Senior Vice President, Chief Scientist, Cochlear Pty Ltd

Jim Patrick is responsible for the global research portfolio of projects that feed into the commercial development stream. One of the original researchers involved with the cochlear implant program in Melbourne from 1975, Jim has worked in a number of senior managerial positions at Cochlear since its inception in 1981.


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