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Technology Transfer Officer: Greg
Dutkowski
Aim
To rapidly transfer the technology arising from research conducted at
the Centre to the industrial partners and other end users, in a
form that
can be applied
Approach
Deliver what industry needs by:
- Developing a research program in cooperation with industry to satisfy
key needs of industry
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Involving
industry in research so industry has ownership
- Using
industry to guide research within Research Programs through Program
Coordinating Committees
- Having
agreed outcomes from each research project (deliverables)
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Having
agreed time for completion of each deliverable
- Having
agreed means to transfer that outcome (project technology
transfer plans)
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Having
an agreed timetable for technology transfer (Calendar of events)
- Developing technology transfer packages for discipline areas where a
sufficient body of new information exists. The technology
transfer package
is then taken to clients by the research scientists in that
discipline
area.
Methods of technology transfer
- Training of graduates who will be employed by the industry
- Flash
sheets (Hot Off the Seedbed, Beyond the Black Stump, Pest Off),
which
present a brief outline of the scientific outcome as soon as it
is obtained
- Technical reports and journal publications
- Personal visits by CRC staff
- Seminars, field days, workshops at locations convenient to clients
- Groups
of seminars in a particular discipline area, which are taken to
clients
- A
calendar
of events is used to inform all staff and clients of events
- A Web
site provides a publication database for the life of the CRC
Context
We seek to improve the effectiveness of CRC technology transfer by
translating
research results into an operational context by providing operational
prescriptions and economic evaluation.
Client surveys
Client surveys are conducted to assess success of technology transfer.
They are conducted:
- Each year (March) for all clients
- After
each event to determine the level of satisfaction for that event
only
These
surveys
are used to refocus and improve the quality of the program.
A partnership with industry
Application for the Award for Technology Transfer at the
CRC Association's 2002 Conference
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