Industry Engagement

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The Innovation-focused teams within the Office of Research and Innovation Services provide experienced development support and advice on commercialisation and intellectual property, patent management, new ventures and entrepreneurship, major commercial research partnerships, and new research business opportunities.

We partner with researchers, allied parts of the university and external entities to help create impact through commercial engagement. Our four key activities are:

·       Business Opportunity Development:

o   Industry, government and community engagement

o   Research project and partnership scoping 

o   Strategic support for proposal development

·       Partnerships:

o   Large-scale partnership development and commercial management

o   Industry collaboration for major research bids, e.g. CRC, ITRP, CRC-P

·       Commercialisation & IP:

o   Invention disclosures

o   Patent filing and management

o   IP marketing and licensing

·       New Ventures & Entrepreneurship:

o   New start-up assessment

o   New start-up advice and support

o   Investment advice and support

We work closely with the rest of the RIS teams and ANU Enterprise.

Our teams & contacts

NameContact details
General Enquiries 
(internal)
Dr Ed Bertram 
Head, Strategic Partnerships
  +61 2 6125 1328
Dr Kelly Farrell 
Head, Business Development
  +61 2 6125 3260
Hannah Gisz  
Business Development Manager, College of Science
   + 61 460 956 832, +61 2 6125 1861
Miranda Zvidza  
Business Development Manager, College of Science
  +61 460 429 005, +61 2 6197 0070
Dr Shannon Das  
Business Development Manager, College of Health and Medicine
   +61 2 6125 1890
Dr Don McCallum  
Business Development Manager, College of Asia Pacific
   +61 433 496 778
Dr Riya Palchaudhuri 
Commercial Development Manager, College of Health & Medicine
  +61 405 737 335
Viraj Agnihotri 
Commercial Development Manager, College of Engineering, Computing, and Cybernetics
   +61 2 6125 2176
Ewa Ziolkowska  
Stakeholder Relationship Manager
   +61 2 6125 9397
Di Huang  
Data Administrator, Commercialisation & IP
   +61 2 6125 7210
Sugandhika Mehta  
Research Commercialisation
   +61 2 6125 5375 
Zoe Bowman  
Strategic Partnerships Manager
  +61 488 553 393
Ashley Rogge  
ANU-ASD Co-Lab Partnership Manager
  +61 2 6125 5375 

Our teams & contacts

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