What Technology Parks Achieve for Universities

Proceedings of the Annual Conference

Executive Summary

Technology Parks & Incubators Australia Limited, is the peak industry group representing technology parks and incubators in Australia. The body was established to promote technology transfer, innovation and entrepreneurial growth in Australia, specifically through technology parks and incubators.

The Parks and Incubator members fulfil the criterion of promoting research and development activity by Park and Incubator tenants by forming alliances with research institutes such as universities and CSIRO.

Membership is open to eligible technology parks; incubators; those associated with parks or incubators, including tenants, universities and other research institutes; park/incubator developers; venture capital organisations; government agencies; consultants; and other interested people.

Objectives

Technology Parks & Incubators Australia Ltd aims to:

Facilitate and promote the role of technology parks and incubators in fostering technology transfer, innovation and enterprise growth in Australia.
Identify and achieve world best practice in technology park and incubator management to add value to tenant companies, park and incubator stakeholders and their customers.
Promote Australia as an international centre for research and development by technology based organisations.
Act as the public face of technology parks and incubators in Australia.

Technology Parks and Incubators Australia Limited holds an annual conference to address the current issues relating to technology parks and incubators. These conference proceedings are a compilation of the papers presented at the 2001 annual conference. The conference was held in Canberra, ACT at Old Parliament House on the 27th of March 2001. One hundred and one delegates attended the one day conference which was titled "What Technology Parks Achieve for Universities". There were sixteen conference speakers that addressed the main topics of the conference namely:

What technology parks achieve for universities;
What technology incubators achieve for universities; and
Perspectives on the BITS technology incubator programme.

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