gemaker’s submission to the Productivity Commission’s 5-yearly Inquiry into Australia’s Productivity Performance
Introduction The gemaker team welcomes the opportunity to examine key drivers of national productivity and submit our suggestions for consideration in the Commission’s 5-yearly report to the Treasurer. gemaker Pty Ltd provides expert advice, services and training in research commercialisation and technology transfer. Our senior team members average more than 20 years’ experience in this […]
Celebrating a humble research giant who studied tiny forces
Dr Ulrich Senff was many things: a German immigrant who loved cooking, soccer, poetry, music and beer, an early school leaver who acquired a PhD and my beloved stepfather. What I didn’t discover until after he died earlier this month, aged 70, is that Ulrich’s research in quantum chemistry is internationally renowned because it enabled […]
A 10-year-old gem that helps others to shine
Gems, in fact, are a species of mineral flowers; they are the blossoms of the dark, hard mine; and what they want in perfume, they make up in durability Harriet Beecher Stowe Growing gemaker since 2011 has involved some dark days and lots of hard work for me and my team, so we don’t always […]
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Meet the chemistry superheroes fast-tracking innovation, showcasing Australian technology to the world. If you could create a perfect company during a global pandemic, it would look a lot like EpiChem, a wholly owned subsidiary of PharmAust (ASX:PAA). “We’re all about accelerating the commercialisation of cutting edge, disruptive, novel technologies,” CEO Colin La Galia says. Put […]
International Women’s Day 2021: The Women in STEM
In celebration of IWD 2021, we take a look at three of our amazing clients and how each of these women began their journey into STEM. Katrina Sealey Head of Research Data and Software AAO Macquarie University 1. What inspired you to get into astronomy? From a young age I was always fascinated by the […]
Icing on the cake for investors
In the perennially competitive world of start-up finance innovative Australian companies should be embracing every opportunity to enhance their appeal to potential investors and show they are serious about building their businesses. One surprisingly under-utilised and underrated way of doing this is for companies to qualify themselves as an Early Stage Innovation Company (ESIC). Since […]
SCOPR survey only tells part of the research commercialisation story
This week, Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia released its first Survey of Commercial Outcomes from Public Research (SCOPR). Based on data collected and analysed by gemaker from 34 Australian and 15 New Zealand universities and research organisations, SCOPR benchmarks how the research sector is currently engaging with industry to ensure research makes it out of the lab […]
Media focus on innovators’ role in Australia’s recovery
Who do we need in a crisis? Resilient, creative people who embrace challenges as opportunities, see lateral possibilities others miss, and blaze a trail towards a brighter future with persistent hard work – people like our innovative clients in research and industry. Since 2011, gemaker has been advising, assisting and championing Australian innovators with significant […]
A better world through education, unity and action
As a country, we are in the unfortunate position of witnessing first-hand what climate change is doing to our home, plants and animals. If we continue with ‘business as usual’ we are condemning our children and children around the world to a future with more severe and devastating storms, food shortages as the plants and […]
A challenge-based innovation program could fund your R&D
A growing number of increasingly diverse, challenge-based innovation programs are creating win-win opportunities for business, research and government to work together to solve real-world problems.