AI GROUPCOLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCHERS AND MANUFACTURERS

Professor Kevin Hall, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)

8 August 2017

WELCOME TO THE

UNIVERSITY

1.0 OVERVIEW• Collaborative Opportunities

• Integrated Innovation Network (I2N)

• Williamtown Hub – launching November

• Three76 Hub – will give you an idea of what to expect

• What’s happening overseas?

• Questions

Why Research and

Innovation

• A National priority)

• Drives reputation (local, national and globally)

• Attracts top educators and researchers, Attracts international students

• Adds value to the student experience

• Adds value to local business and industry both direct and

indirect

• From large multi-nationals to SME’s to start-ups

• Drives the regional economy

NEW FUTURES 2025 VISIONDriving global and regional impact

“Together with our partners in business, industry and government we will exploit new knowledge to deliver innovation and impact across our regions and the world”

Work with partners to facilitate regional development

Engage with business, industry and government to deliver innovation and impact

Exploit new knowledge to create start-ups, new business and new jobs

Background – The Sector

Part of the Problem

Part of the Solution

National Response to Research

and Innovation Challenges

• National Innovation and Science Agenda

• Innovation and Science Australia

• Medical Research Futures Fund

• Industry Growth Centres

• Global Engagement Platform

• Impact and Engagement Measures

NeW Futures Themes 2017

Delivering Impact in 2017

• Establish at FOUR UON Global Impact Clusters• Establish an Integrated Innovation Network (I2N)• UON Business and Industry Connect• Research Advantage• UON Innovation Hubs• UON Engaged PhD• SAGE Implementation• Doctoral Training Centres• Global Partner of Choice• Physical and Virtual Infrastructure

UON Innovation Record (source – AusIndustry)

COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNTITIES

• Many ways to engage

• UON No 1 in Australia for Innovation Connections

• NSW State Government Tech Vouchers

• AusIndustry Accelerating Commercialisation

• UNITE Program – Pilot in 2016, expanded program in 2017

I2N

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NSW GOVERNMENTBBI FUNDING

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Questions?

HIP2019

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WILLIAMTOWN HUB

WILLIAMTOWN HUB

WILLIAMTOWN HUB

Williamtown Hub WILLIAMTOWN HUB

Williamtown Hub WILLIAMTOWN HUB

THREE76 HUBA COMMUNITY OF INNOVATORS• Co-working space - 20 desks + 10 hotdesks

• Capability building events and workshops

• Currently 16 members – mix of local startups, students (undergrad and postgrad), researchers, corporates

• VR, robotics, health, security, engineering and IoTwith

• Event capacity – 20/workshop, 40/seated, 60/cocktail

• 42 events so far in 2017

• 900+ attendees

• Startup Stories, Innovation Central, Lean Startup Workshops (LSW), Club Collider, Pitch Nights

• LSW – NPS of 50

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Introduction

FIRESIDE CHATS

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Innovation Journey – Business Know How

NSW Back to Business Week

FUNDING ADVICE

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CSIRO On Prime Info Session and Researcher Networking

IP WORKSHOPS

STARTUP STORIES – THURSDAYS

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HIP Comms Workshop

Also: RSG, PR, GradSchool, Law School,

Liftango – user testing

ALUMNI MENTOR NETWORKS

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Workshops

HIP Comms Workshop

Also: RSG, PR, GradSchool, Law School,

UX TESTING

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INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS

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INTERNATIONAL DELEGATIONS

Innovation – Medium

size enterprise

PROFESSOR PAUL DASTOOR

• International commercialisation

• Developed a saliva based test of glucose levels, which could potentially make blood tests a thing of the past

• Licensed to IQ3 Corp. Ltd

• same technology is also being adapted to build a new generation of sensors for a range of industry sectors from health to mining and safety.

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Innovation – Start-up

HiveUAV

HiveUAV™ combines unmanned aerial vehicles and automated docking stations toenable agriculture, industry and emergency services to better monitor remote locations.

• University of Newcastle researcher based

• Now have an office in San Francisco and raise a significant amount of capital from US based VC’s.

Innovation –

Large

multinational

PROFESSOR KEVIN GALVIN, REFLUX CLASSIFIER• International commercialisation

• Reflux classifier: industrial machine that separates fine particles from water using a system of inclined channels to recover valuable material, generating both environmental and cost benefits

• Developed in collaboration with commercial partner Ludowici, (Now FLSmidth)

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Commercialisation Revenue in Australia

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Income

Queensland 9.8%

Sydney 3.8%

Adelaide 2.1%

Monash 2.0%

Newcastle 1.8%

UNSW 1.8%

Melbourne 0.9%

UWA 0.3%

ANU 0.05%

Let’s make a deal

Let’s see what is available

THE VIEW FROM ABROADCzech Republic, May 2016

• Czech Technical University

Samoa, January 2017

• Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program

Korea, March 2017

• Korea Institute of Energy & Resources

Germany, June 2017

• Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety & Energy

Technology

• Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy & Energy System

Technology

• Aachen University Centre for Mining Technology

• Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems

• University of Stuttgart

• Hohenheim University (Agriculture)

• Kalsruhe University (Energy Systems)

May 2017, Canada/US

• MaRs Discovery District

• Waterloo - Communitech (Waterloo) and University of

Waterloo, Waterloo Accelerator, Google and Open

Text

• Pittsburgh - University of Pittsburgh – VP Innovation,

Carnegie Melon, Institute for Integrated Innovation,

School of Entrepreneurship and Gates Institution

THE VIEW FROM ABROADMay 2017, Canada/US

• MaRs Discovery District

• Waterloo - Communitech (Waterloo) and University of

Waterloo, Waterloo Accelerator, Google and Open Text

• Pittsburgh - University of Pittsburgh – VP Innovation,

Carnegie Melon, Institute for Integrated Innovation,

School of Entrepreneurship and Gates Institution