The Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC), a division of QMI Solutions, provides innovation and collaboration services that help organisations grow. Nationally, we work with entrepreneurs, businesses, research organisations and governments to identify opportunities to convert ideas or intellectual property into successful business outcomes. Using our networks and experience, we deliver services to achieve that by establishing partnerships, improving skills, and providing commercialisation advice.

We are also an advocate for commercialisation, and assist government with policy initiatives and thought leadership in the innovation space.

Our innovation and commercialisation services include:

• facilitation of collaboration along the value chain, for instance between research organisations and SMEs, or governments and industry (intermediary services)
• commercialisation project management services to achieve and manage technology transfer or brokerage of intellectual property.
• strategic advice around IP management and commercialisation
• market research and opportunity analysis
• professional development programs to increase commercialisation skills and successes.

Ph 1300 364 739
www.ausicom.com

QUT is a leading Australian university of technology with a global outlook.

High-quality degree courses with real-world lecturers and outstanding facilities prepare graduates for professional success.

Researchers collaborate across traditional boundaries to solve important problems in partnership with industry and the community.

QUT is home to a growing number of national research centres and university research institutes that attract significant government, corporate and philanthropic support.

QUT has campuses at Gardens Point in the city, Kelvin Grove and Caboolture and plays an important part in the civic life of Brisbane and South East Queensland.

The university is culturally diverse with staff and students from around the globe and a growing number of Indigenous Australian students.

QUT has 40,000 students, including 6,800 international students from more than 100 countries.  QUT students also have the opportunity to study at one of the University’s many partner institutions around the world. 

Ph (07) 3138 2817
www.qut.edu.au

CSIRO is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse R&D organisations in the world. For more than 80 years, CSIRO has been a trusted provider of breakthrough science for clients ranging from well-known multi-nationals to Australian SMEs.

With 6,500 staff working from sites across the nation and around the globe and an annual budget of over $900m, CSIRO is uniquely positioned to provide the multidisciplinary R&D expertise necessary to tackle today’s complex challenges. CSIRO research delivers solutions for agribusiness, energy and transport, environment and natural resources, health, information technology, telecommunications, manufacturing and mineral resources.

Ph 1300 363 400
www.csiro.au

Hynes Lawyers is a specialist law firm with offices in Brisbane and Sydney.

Over the past decade, we have established a reputation for our expertise in the law, the calibre of our team and the way we work – building relationships with our clients and delivering results. It’s a reputation we’re proud of and motivates and inspires us to go the extra distance for our clients.

• Our specialist industry focus groups include:
• Aged care and retirement living
• Information communication and technology
• Management rights and strata communities
• Mining and resources
• Recoveries and insolvency
• Research and development

Our in-depth understanding of our specialist industry groups allows us to partner with our clients, becoming a part of their team, not just their legal provider. We pride ourselves on being different and are at the forefront of our industry groups – an achievement we are proud of.

Ph (07) 3828 5555
www.hyneslawyers.com.au

The Advanced Manufacturing CRC (AMCRC) aims to set the standard in innovation creation, practice and education. Through our industry and research collaborations we are working to foster the creation of intellectual property in next generation technologies, products and processes.

The AMCRC is part of the Cooperative Research Centres Program where, with funding from the Australian Government, researchers and industries are brought together to develop lasting innovative solutions. With an emphasis on delivering economic, environmental and social benefits, the CRC program combines leading research capabilities with invaluable industry knowledge and intellectual property.

The AMCRC plays a vital role in the development and delivery of cutting edge technologies and a highly skilled workforce to keep Australian manufacturing industries globally competitive and sustainable.

Ph 03 3214 4780
www.amcrc.com.au

Brisbane Marketing’s Investment Attraction division is the city’s experienced and world class inward investment agency that plays a strategic role in facilitating business and attracting Foreign Direct Investment to Brisbane.

Brisbane Marketing was awarded the ‘Best City Agency Worldwide’ by London based consultancy GDP Global Development in 2008/09 and ‘World’s Best Performing Investment Promotion Agency’ in 2007/2008.

Brisbane offers investors opportunities across a broad range of sectors:

• Clean technologies and renewable energy
• Digital Industries
• Food and Beverage Processing
• Infrastructure
• Innovative Manufacturing
• Logistics & Distribution
• Mining & Technology Services
• Life Sciences

Our dedicated and experienced team strives to deliver excellence and works with investors to determine how Brisbane best fits with their future business growth strategy in the Asia Pacific region by providing critical introductions, extensive networks to private sectors, government and academia, talent and labour analysis, property solutions and advice regarding grants and incentives.

Ph (07) 3006 6234
www.investinbrisbane.com.au

Innovation is at the core of Business Acumen Magazine.

Business Acumen Magazine has been Queensland’s largest circulating business magazine since its inception in February 2004 and now Business Acumen is growing its readership nationally.  Business Acumen’s support for the Innovation Series has been a key part of the publication’s commitment and drive in encouraging innovation in business in Queensland and, now, throughout Australia.  We congratulate the Innovation Series on its timely – and vital-expansion to Sydney and Melbourne, where we believe it will continue to energise business innovation just as it has in Queensland for many years.

Business innovators and decision makers turn to Business Acumen’s print magazine and online information services – including the new enhanced digital Acumen Magazine – to seek better ways to do business and to avail new business opportunities. 

Many of Queensland and Australia’s world-class innovations in fields as diverse as nantechnology, computer software, engineering, green technology, bio-science, aerospace, design and sociology are explored and re-visited through Business Acumen’s iconic Innovation section.  It is this focus – which an eye for commercialisation opportunities – that sets Business Acumen magazine apart in its promotion of Australian business innovation.

Ph 07 3613 9611
www.businessacumen.biz

At Vision6 we are passionate about all things e-messaging. We empower thousands of businesses to achieve great marketing results via our easy-to-use, powerful e-messaging platform.

Using Vision6 you can send email marketing and sms campaigns, manage your databases, conduct surveys and even integrate social media into your e-messaging mix.

We also contribute to the marketing community by writing whitepapers, providing free training, producing the Email Marketing Metrics Report and organising Australia's only email marketing summit (EMSA).

Ph 07 3257 3906
www.vision6.com.au

Digital Glare is a multimedia studio that helps businesses to communicate in print and online. With offices in Brisbane and Sri Lanka, Digital Glare provides stunning graphic design, website development, email campaign design, copywriting, and cost-effective offshore printing.

Established by a founding member of Australian email and SMS marketing software company, Vision 6, Digital Glare is also a Vision 6 reseller and a preferred email campaign designer for Vision 6 clients.

Ph 1300 889 946
www.digitalglare.com.au