Industry Partners Program Committee The Industry Partners Program (IPP) identifies and creates opportunities to engage CBNS research with industry and commercial stakeholders. The program recognises the diverse opportunities available to Centre members within and outside academia and explores methods to engage and showcase CBNS activities to end-users of bio-nano science and technology. The committee is chaired by CBNS CI Professor Kris Thurecht (UQ) and includes members from all nodes, including a PhD candidate and a Postdoctorate researcher. The committee was created in June 2019 and met quarterly to discuss and coordinate industry engagement activities, build networks, expand the mentoring program and support ongoing relationships and communication with industry and end-users.
IPP Industry Workshop
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The IPP Committee held their first activity, an industry workshop, in November 2019. The workshop objectives revolved around discussing some of the challenges and the opportunities of working in, and with industry and how to pursue a career in industry. Speakers were invited to talk about building successful research, careers and networks. CBNS was fortunate to have speakers from BioCurate, CSIRO, IP Australia, Pfizer and Starpharma representing industry, academia and government. Speakers enlightened members with their own diverse career stories. Held at Monash, the workshop drew CBNS members from all five nodes.
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