UWS IP Evaluation Panel September 2012

 

Some of the most innovative minds at University of Western Sydney (UWS) were seen at this year’s second IP Evaluation Panel, which was held on the 7^th September with great success. These talented researchers, both staff and students, were able to present their ideas to a well rounded panel of experts in the hopes of securing protection and/or funding for their research. This panel assesses the commercial potential of ground-breaking research coming out of the University, with the aim of assisting any exciting research to progress from “idea” to “reality”.

 

This panel saw a range of presentations from the School of Science and Health covering topics as diverse as chromatography, nerve repair and regeneration and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The panel were also treated to a presentation by Richard Meagher from the School of Social Sciences and Psychology; an emerging area of commercial interest and a key center of research here at UWS.

 

We were fortunate to again have the expertise of UWS academics and industry to evaluate our research potential. This latest panel stimulated very robust discussion of the exciting technologies and ideas. The  diverse backgrounds of the panelists allowed for comprehensive understanding, analysis and recommendations. Our thanks to the dynamic panel members of the day Richard Gerstenberg (ManSysCo), Daniel McKinley (Philips Ormon Fitzpatrick), Anthony Ujhazy (UW Consulting), Prof Andre Van Schaik (UWS MARCS Institute), Prof Roger Dean (UWS MARCS Institute), Prof Clive Smallman (UWS School of Business), Gar Jones (UWS Research Services), Peter Malecki (UWS Commercial Lawyer), Prof Deborah Sweeney (Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Dr Kathryn Sunn (UWSI Chair).

 

This blog will keep you up to date with progress of the inventions as they continue along the exciting path to commercialisation. If you are interested in licensing or development opportunities with these or other UWS inventions please refer to our web site: UWS Innovation  or contact us on ip@uws.edu.au.

 

Our next IP Evaluation Panel will be held on Friday 16^th of November 2012.