Tech Transfer Talk

In our discussion with Ed Fish, Vice President and General Manager at Bay State Milling, we hear about some of his experiences and reflections on the post-deal journey and moving from a licensing deal to an operating business. This podcast follows on from our discussion around business accountability and the need for driving technologies to sustainable returns. In the context of tech transfer bein...

In our discussion with David Mitchell, former CEO of the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, and more recently the founder of Find My EV , and currently the advanced manufacturing adviser for Katalis in Jakarta, we dive into the importance of relationships, how these contrast with transactions and the systemic challenges in the tertiary sector that creates tech transfer challenges for...

In a podcast recorded a few years ago, I chatted with Allison Haitz, currently Biotechnology Programme Director at Givaudan about R&D, technology transfer and commercialisation. These were originally released in three parts exploring the issues of R &D culture and clock speeds  (Part 1),  Management, leadership and balance  (Part 2) and E quilibrium, academics and policies  (Part 3). We are taking...

In our discussion with Stephen Angus, of Snowy Advisory, we hear about some of his experiences and reflections on the importance of accountability in innovation and we explore a new role for companies actively investing and undertaking innovation – the CVO. This podcast is particularly timely in our view. Innovation, as a word, is arguably becoming tired, misplaced and misused in a range of govern...

In the second of our two part series with Paul Bryan, formerly of Chevron, US DOE, SANDIA and now with Origin Materials, we hear about some of his experiences and reflections on the role of feedstock, its implications on refinery processes, and the role of (US) federal policy in the emerging biobased economy.

In the first of two episodes with Paul Bryan, formerly of Chevron, Sandia National Laboratories, and the US Department of Energy (DOE), we hear about some of his experiences and reflections on the role of feedstock and its importance in the emerging biobased economy. Paul also reflects on technology transfer opportunities and pathways from his many decades of engineering research experience. In ou...

Lindsay Adler, recently retired from CSIRO, shares some of his experiences and reflections in building research and commercial partnerships, and the benefit of his many decades experience in commercialising ag & food technologies around the world. In our conversation, we touch on the importance of enduring relationships, team based tech transfer and partner performance management.

In this episode with David Moore, recent doctoral student and former General Manager of Hort Innovation Australia Limited, we explore some of his experiences and reflections in dealing with the research and innovation communities, getting perspectives on how innovation has been historically undertaken in Australian agriculture, and thoughts on how to improve outcomes from investments made across t...

The podcast that discusses the many facets of technology transfer with industry leaders

Rosanna DeMarco offers perspectives on how a major corporation looks at the innovation landscape and what it seeks in its partnerships. We explore with Rosanna some perspectives on know-how, including relationships with clients, and samples and prototypes that can support the value creation process.

Ray Miller shares the story from concept to market for one of the first of the modern industrial biopolymers – 1,3 propanediol.

We discuss industrial biotech tech transfer, from bench to scale, experiences at the interface of research and the private sector and the opportunities for industrial biotech in the circular economy.

We discuss the current drivers and pathways to scale the increasing interest in new forms of protein for consumers.