Showing posts with label commercialising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commercialising. Show all posts

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Turning Opportunity Into Commercial Reality

Media Release
July 2010

Turning Opportunity Into Commercial Reality
Free Innovation Information Seminar for Businesses in Griffith

Date: Tuesday, 27th of July
Venue: Griffith Leagues Club


INNOVATION IN BUSINESS

Innovation is the competitive weapon of this century. Bringing ideas to market however, needs a solid systemised approach to the commercialisation process, for the idea to be fully realised.

Turning opportunity into Commercial Reality
will outline the steps to consider when commercialising your idea or service It will cover what elements are required to build value into your company, manage your intellectual property and strategies to effectively grow your business or build value into the business and getting it ready to sell. With state and federal sources now opening up to support innovation and early stage commercialisation, there are new avenues to consider for SME’s. This presentation will cover how this support could work for your company.

And with debt equity harder to come by these days for small business, many companies are looking at private equity.

Turning opportunity into Commercial Reality
will be presented by Dan Liszka, Sharon Adams, Peter Steer, Leon Skaliotis, Duncan Farquhar, Matthew Warnken, William Hird & Marion Heathcote.

The presentation will focus on how to:
Reduce the need to take on excessive levels of debt.
Eliminate the need to sell off your business’s controlling interest.
Establish a legally compliant capital raising vehicle.
Companies wishing to explore their financing options in the short or long term should attend.

A free consultation service will be available with both the NSW Innovation Advisory Service or the Visiting Patent Attorney on the following day, Wednesday, 28th of July from 9am to 4pm. To book appointments call 1300 411 417 or info@ausinvent.com.

The NSW Innovation Advisory Service
is supported by the NSW Government to provide practical support and assistance to start-up companies, inventors, innovators and small to medium enterprises through all stages of commercialisation.

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For further information or interview opportunities please contact:
Brianna Power
Affinity Marketing
P: 02 8006 5035
M: 0403 904 912
E: info@affinitymarketing.com.au


Presented by:

Dan Liszka - NSW Innovation Advisory Service -
Provide practical support and assistance to start-up companies, inventors, innovators and small to medium enterprises through all stages of commercialisation.

Sharon Adams - De Bortoli Wines -
Sharon has spent the last 10 years at De Bortoli Wines as the Quality Manager, developing and implementing the Integrated Risk Management System ensuring that all legal and ethical obligations along with quality and food safety requirements are being met.

Peter Steer - FlexTank -
Design, produce and market oxygen-permeable, polymer wine-maturation and storage tanks.

Leon Skaliotis - FT Technologies -
Is an Australian company that developed the Spinning Cone Column for the recovery and management of aroma and flavour. They are also the owners and manufacturer of the Centritherm® evaporator.

Duncan Farquhar - National Wine & Grape Industry Centre -
Has mapped Pathways to Innovation Outcomes for all research being conducted at the Centre.

Matthew Warnken - Crucible Carbon -
Has been leading consulting teams around start-up projects in resource recovery and renewable energy for the last decade.

William Hird & Marion Heathcote - Davies Collison Cave - Australia's leading Intellectual Property (IP) firm, specialising in the protection and enforcement of Patent, Trade Mark and Design Registrations.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Commercialising Ideas Online via Webinar

MEDIA RELEASE
June 2010

Commercialising Ideas
Online via Webinar


Thursday 10th June from 4:00pm-5.00pm

Business needs innovation. Bringing ideas to market however, needs a solid, systemized approach. Growing a business to build value or for sale can present challenges for companies with debt finance options greatly reduced.

Presented by the NSW Innovation Advisory Service (IAS), the seminar Commercialising Ideas will explore options for business to consider when commercialising their innovation and building their company for growth.

“Companies wishing to explore their financing options and have innovations that they wish to bring to the market place should attend” says Dan Liszka, CEO NSW Innovation Advisory Service. “Smart companies are always looking for ways to leverage innovation into growth,” he says.

Commercialising Ideas will be presented by Dan Liszka and Maryam Khajeh of Davies Collison Cave, Australia’s leading patent attorney firm.

The NSW Innovation Advisory Service is supported by the NSW State Government to provide assistance to innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs and small to medium enterprises to turn new ideas into viable products and new businesses.

To register for the webinar call 1300 411 417 or email info@ausinvent.com.



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For further information or interview opportunities please contact:

Brianna Power
Affinity Marketing
P: 02 8006 5035
M: 0403 904 912
E: info@affinitymarketing.com.au




NSW Innovation Advisory Service

AusInvent is the online service for the NSW Innovation Advisory Service.
The NSW Government http://www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au is committed to advancing innovation and facilitating the promotion and adoption of innovation in business. It supports the NSW Innovation Advisory Service to provide a range of professional services for innovators who are ready to take their ideas to the next stage. These activities are available for free as well as on a fee for service basis.

Industry &Investment NSW

Industry & Investment NSW has been established to assist in building a diversified state economy that creates jobs. We aim to attract investment to NSW and support innovative, sustainable and globally competitive industries through our strong technical knowledge and scientific capabilities. We do this through effective partnerships with our industry sectors and by linking them to our state's knowledge and skills capacity.

Davies Collison Cave
Davies Collison Cave is recognised locally and internationally as Australia's leading Intellectual Property (IP) firm, specialising in the protection and enforcement of Patent, Trade Mark and Design rights. Davies Collison Cave continues to be Australia's largest filer of Patents and Trade Marks and has been awarded the Australian Intellectual Property Firm of the Year for 2008 by UK Journal "Managing Intellectual Property", IP Specialist Firm of the Year 2009 by Australasian Legal Business and WORLDLeaders International IP Award 2009 for Excellence in Trade Mark Practice/Litigation in Private Practice (Asia Pacific)