Inaugural NHSC IP Conference Success

On 1^st April 2009 the National Health Sciences Centre Ltd presented its ‘Inaugural ACT Health Industries IP Management and Commercialisation Conference’ at The Canberra Hospital, Garran, Canberra, ACT. Attendees came from all over Australia including Western Australia, Queensland, ACT, Victoria and South Australia as well as ACT. There was broad representation from Industry, Government departments involved in IP commercialisation, Departments of Health, Hospitals, Research Institutes, Universities and Service Providers.

The National Health Sciences Centre Ltd would like to thank all the sponsors for their generous support.

Mr Mark Cormack, Chief Executive of ACT Health welcomed attendees and opened the Conference.

The theme for Session One was ‘The Why, When, Where and What of Intellectual Property’. The International Keynote speaker was Dr Christopher Ball from Imprimatur Capital Limited, London, England who presented on ‘Investing in and Taking Medical Inventions to Market’. Professsor Steven Boyages, Chief Executive of Sydney West Area Health Service presented ‘The Role of Innovation in Improving Patient Care at Sydney West Area Health Service.’ Professor Tim Hirst, CEO of ANU Connect Ventures covered ‘Biotech Investing – Risks, Rewards and the ACT.’

The Second Session was all about ‘IP Management and Commercialisation in Public Health’, and presentations included: