MTP Connection

Issue Three: 30 August 2016

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Meet our new executive team 

We are delighted to announce the appointment of three General Managers (GM’s) this week.

Timed with the call for feedback on the draft Sector Competitiveness Plan, the three new GMs will play a significant role in kick-starting the growth agenda for the sector.

CEO Sue MacLeman said she was excited to have attracted such an experienced and enthusiastic executive team to bring the MTPConnect mandate to life.

“These roles form the pillars of what we seek to achieve at MTPConnect - facilitating collaboration through new initiatives, driving education and up-skilling the sector, developing the right environment for growth and commercial outcomes,” Ms MacLeman said. 

The General Managers will commence in their roles on 5 September 2016.

For more information, see the press release here. 

Last chance to enter our Project Fund Program

With the MTP sector on the cusp of realising its full commercial potential, MTPConnect is kick-starting collaborative, industry-led projects through a dollar-for-dollar matched Project Fund Program.

Over the next four years, we want to invest in big, bold ideas to improve the productivity, competitiveness and innovative capacity of the MTP sector. We want to deliver results on a national scale that have sector-wide impact, including for SMEs.

We are looking for consortia large and small to creatively address some of the barriers to growth, as outlined in our 10-year Sector Competitiveness Plan, to share in a funding pool of $15.6 million.

Expressions of Interest (EOI) in the form of 10-page proposals are sought by 31 August 2016 with funds granted 30 September 2016. This is your chance to collaborate and help take the MTP sector to the next level.

For more information, you can download the Project Guidelines and Expression of Interest form here:

Questions and EOI applications should be directed to Elizabeth Stares, MTPConnect Chief Operating Officer.

Events

Our MTPConnect ‘Collaborating for a competitive Australia’ roadshow tour has continued, with recent networking events in Sydney and Brisbane.

On Wednesday the 3rd of August, CEO Sue MacLeman and Non Executive Director Dr Nick Cerneaz, were joined by Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner, to introduce the draft Sector Competitiveness Plan. The audience were also treated to special presentations from the University of Sydney research community. Associate Professor Xiaoke Yi from the Institute of Photonics and Optical Science shared how she is developing a non-invasive sensing technique for glucose monitoring in people with diabetes that is highly accurate, fast, low-cost, pain-free and risk-free. Associate Professor Colin Dunstan also showed us how the Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Research Unit is partnering with industry to advance 3D printed bioceramic bone implants towards clinical trial.

Our roadshow tour continued the following week in Brisbane, with events at the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology. We were joined by Dr Chris Hart, Founder and Director of Oventus Medical Pty Ltd. He spoke about the collaborations the company undertook with CSIRO and Waterfall Group, to help develop and commercialise a suite of revolutionary oral devices that treat sleep apnoea.

Stay tuned! Our roadshow will soon be coming to Canberra and Perth.

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