Medical research conference fosters innovation

NFMRI’s second annual conference, ‘Supporting Biomedical Innovations: Getting Innovations on the Right Track’, will take place in October 2016 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Queensland.

With increasing health needs both domestically and globally, the commercialisation of health and medical innovations presents a significant opportunity for both social and private investors, philanthropists and the medical research and development sector itself.

The conference will focus on exploring strategies and solutions to help build, support and grow the biomedical innovation sector in Australia. It will bring together local and international experts to explore four key themes focused around how private and social investments in medical research, together with different strategies and bold actions, can lead to the advancement of innovations. The program will also examine how to increase Australia’s capability and capacity to deliver results, while growing the local economy. This includes building a culture and funding ecosystem where industry, government, academia, venture capital and philanthropy converge to support innovations from beginning to end. Delegates will leave the conference with a better understanding of how to improve collaborations and how to build relationships between research and industry.

The four key themes that will be explored at the event include thinking differently and being bold, leading by example, building innovation in Australia and partnerships and strategies for impact.

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