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Experts Exchange provides academics, researchers and post-graduate researchers who are engaged in commercial projects, contract research and consulting the opportunity to network with UQ colleagues and exchange ideas and business cards.

Date:   Thursday, 16 September 2010

Time:   4pm - 6pm

Venue: Innes Rooms, Level 4, Student Union Complex, (UQ Union Building #21)

RSVP:  click here to register, by 2 September 2010

Enquiries:  Ben Hogan, 3365 4037

2010 program:

4:00pm   Arrival refreshments

4:10pm   Welcome

Professor Max Lu, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Professor Lu will provide an overview of UQ's guidelines for evidencing research engagement within the framework of academic achievement.

Wilma James, Operations Manager, Consulting & Research, UniQuest

Wilma willl give an overview of the mechanisms, including grants, that facilitate industry engagement.

Will Kershaw, Business Development Manager, Consulting & Research, UniQuest

Will will speak from personal experience about his consulting experiences as a researcher and what benefits can be achieved.

4:50pm   Panel of experts providing answers to questions relating to IP management and publication, building work group revenues and contacts, and why companies seek academic consultants:

Dr Andrew Sneddon, Director, UQ Culture & Heritage Unit, School of Social Science

Professor Peter Dux, Head of School of Civil Engineering

Scott Visser, Business Manager, Consulting & Research, UniQuest