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