Business-Research Connect: Innovating with Cooperative Research Centres

The CRC Association, in collaboration with Innovate Australia, invites businesses looking to improve their competitive advantage to learn how the CRC Program can solve their innovation needs.

In this free one-and-a-half-hour workshop, you will hear from leaders in the CRC community at all stages of the CRC lifecycle about how they created science and technology innovations through collaborating with the business and research community.

About the CRC Program and CRC-Project subprogram

The Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program supports industry-led collaborations between industry and researchers. In its 29-year history, it has proven to be an effective model to address R&D challenges with commercial outcomes.

Since the Program’s inception, the Commonwealth has invested more than $4.8 billion in 225 CRCs and more than 100 CRC-Projects, with partners investing over $14.3 billion. This has returned billions to businesses and the Australian people through new technology and services.

With the introduction of the CRC-Project subprogram in 2016, accessing government funds is even easier for small and medium businesses. Up to 3 million dollars is available to a project that will bring new products or services to market through collaboration with Australia’s world-class research institutes.

Who should attend

· Businesses wanting to innovate and increase their competitive advantage

· CTOs and CFOs

· Innovation managers

Presenters

Dr Tony Peacock
CEO, CRC Association
'CRC & CRC-P(Project) Programs'

Chris Mendes
CTO at The Yield

Silvia Pfeiffer
CEO and Co-founder, Coviu

Victor Pantano
CEO, Digital Health CRC

Thank you to KPMG for supporting the event.