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My specialised expertise is in Cyber Security for SME's.

My Corporate Advisory Practice is involved in an Intermediary capacity in Valuing and Selling SME's.

I would like to talk to anyone interested in the above topics.

CQUniversity's nation-wide and strong regional footprint, especially in Northern Australia, enables translational research and applied industry outcomes. A young and ambitious university with a strong cohort of early career researchers and over 300 HDR students, CQU is keen to forge partnerships in the areas of Agriculture, Environmental Science, Psychological and Cognitive Services, Nursing, Medical and Health Services, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, and Education - areas in which it is ranked as delivering research 'above' or 'well above' world standard.

Since 2010 our strategy to become more research-intensive has seen a 40% increase in nationally competitive grants and a 62% increase in total research income.

Our Manager for Strategic Partnerships, Josh Ariens, and his team are eager to listen, liaise and assist in brokering industry and cross-institutional collaborations across our range of research capability.

Dr David Pearson is an Associate Professor at Central Queensland University and adjunct Professor at University of Canberra. He is the Education, Training and Behavioural Change Program Leader in the recently announced Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre.

Dr Pearson has an international research profile in applied management and marketing seeking environmental sustainability within consumer society. His expertise is in encouraging consumers to make considered choices, such as dietary options to improve health and contribute to a more environmentally sustainable global food system. In addition, he has considerable leadership achievements in tertiary education, a broad portfolio of curriculum development for high-level tertiary subjects as well as significant engagements with industry, government and charity sectors. This is built upon over 25 years of professional experience that includes a successful career in industry.

Research/innovation interests: In a communication context (I am a science communicator for CRC CARE): contaminated site assessment, management and remediation/clean-up. Also agricultural research, esp. in developing countries.

People/organisations to meet with: Communication professionals (or anybody interested in communication practice) from environmental consultancies, contaminated site owners (e.g. mining/resources companies; industrial chemical producers; local/state/federal government), public & private research organisations.

The above may like to meet with me to swap ideas about how to best communicate science/commercialisation/innovation to a range of target audiences.

My interests are as follows:

Research collaboration; Commercialisation; Intellectual property; Stakeholder/industry engagement; Science communication; Student experience and future career; CRC application; Tax incentives. 

I would like to meet with people with expertise and experience in these areas.

I have significant experience in research management, stakeholder engagement and management, science communication, event (conference/workshop/seminar/webinar) management, IP management and research commercialisation. I would be happy to share my experiences with colleagues attending the conference.

Research/innovation interests: contaminated site assessment, management and remediation/clean-up (this encompasses national policies and guidelines, measurement and analysis, risk assessment, and clean-up technologies); mine site rehabilitation.

People/organisations to meet with: Environmental consulting professionals/companies; senior state & federal government officials (esp. from departments of environment, innovation, industry and defence); contaminated site owners (e.g. mining/resources companies; industrial chemical producers; property developers; local/state/federal government).

The above may like to meet with me because CRC CARE is a national leader in developing approaches and technologies for cost-effectively managing and remediating contaminated sites. Government officials may also be interested in our policy research, which has influenced national guidelines on the assessment and management of contaminated sites.

Gut microbiome environmental interactions

Public health focused innovation

Environmental Health

Cell therapy manufacturing and therapeutic development

Company growth strategies

CRC management issues

Opportunity to learn about other CRC PhD programs
Communicating for impact
Identifying and reviewing research priorities
Delivering outcomes and last impact for end-users

Looking to learn from people who have been working in the CRC space for a period of time. What works well, what are the challenges.

We are a new CRC focussing on northern Australian agriculture, food and tropical health, with an overlay of indigenous business opportunities and research within the aforementioned spaces.

I'm interested in what other CRC's are doing and how we can potentially work together to share networks, experiences and knowledge.

I have worked primarily in the northern beef industry so am particularly interested in meeting people from the medical proession who can share insights into what is needed in the northern health space.

A particular passion of mine is accountabilitiy and impact delivery to the communities we work within.

In the first year of the new Soil CRC, we are interested in talking with potential investors and partners who would like to know more about the Soil CRC, what it is doing for Australian farmers, and what it can do for your organisation or business.

Setting up new CRC Operations (commercialisation; IP; research, students, partners). To learn about about the Soil CRC.

Communicating with rural stakeholders and agribusinesses. Setting up Communications for a new CRC. 

To be completed

Science communication
Early detection of diseases
Online cognitive assessments
Alzheimer's disease
Brain health
Remote and unsupervised access to health technology
Research commercialisation
Health and research policy

I want to meet:
Businesses and/or investors interested in improving health technology
Scientists working in government positions_
People with a passion for improving health outcomes

Meet with me because:
I'm interested in health technology_
I'm a researcher with industry and consultancy experience
I have an interesting outcome from my PhD you might want to hear more about!

The CRC for Mental Health is developing objective biomarker-based tools (diagnostics, screening tests etc) to support clinical decisions in mental health practice, with a particular focus on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.

We are interested in meeting with diagnostics companies that wish to acquire new technologies and companies that wish to use such tools to facilitate clinical development programs for new therapies.