Commercialisation Workshop - apply now!

Published 30 October 06 03:48 PM | robyn.owens 
Each year the Graduate Research School, in collaboration with the University's Office of Industry and Innovation, puts on a Commercialisation Workshop Retreat. It's held at the Yanchep Club Capricorn Resort over two days, so you get to spend the night there and enjoy the resort. This year it is on November 30th and December 1st. It costs $50 to register, but the rest of your costs, including accomodation and meals, are subsidized by the University.

It's a great way to find out about Intellectual Property, Spin-off Companies, and how to commercialize research ideas. Topics covered include:
  • UWA’s IP Policies on Research Commercialisation
  • IP Protection - What is it and Why is it Important?
  • Importance of ‘Identifying the Opportunity’
  • Development of a Business Plan
  • Sources of Finance for Commercialisation
  • Break out sessions on ‘What’s the Commercial Potential of my Research?’
  • Case Study Presentations
Even if you don't think you will commercialize the research you are currently doing, these are great skills to pick up as part of your research training. Get a bunch of friends together and apply now - applications close this Friday, November 3rd.
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# robyn.owens said on November 8, 2006 10:51 AM:
In the end there weren't enough registrants to run this workshop this year so it was cancelled. However, we are about to announce a new set of Commonwealth Government scholarships, called Commercialisation Training Scholarships, which will give you 6 additional months of scholarship at APA rates and the opportunity to get a Graduate Certificate in Research Commercialisation. Applications will be called for soon - check the Scholarships website at http://www.scholarships.uwa.edu.au for details.

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About robyn.owens

I started my academic life doing a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics at UWA before going to Oxford to complete an MSc and a DPhil, also in Mathematics. I then spent three years in Paris at l'Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, continuing research in mathematical analysis and going to lots of movies before returning to UWA to work as a research mathematician. I have lectured in Maths and Computer Science at UWA, as well as for short periods at Berkeley, The University of Canterbury in Christchurch, and Prince Songkla University in Thailand. My research has focussed on computer vision, including feature detection in images, 3D shape measurement, image understanding, and representation.