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University strategies. La Trobe commissioned a review of Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation in 2011 and the outcomes of this review have largely been implemented. A draft Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation Strategy has been developed and externally reviewed by international consultancy company Battelle. The strategy, yet to be formally ratified, commits the University to better resourcing for commercialisation including patent filings, review of existing and emerging intellectual property, greater support for 'proof of concept' and commercialisation applications, and increasing leverage from the University’s Research and Development Park over a 10 year planning horizon. Reviews have commenced of existing products and technologies to ascertain market potential and stage of development that will inform future investments by the University. Resourcing to support researchers and commercialisation was doubled during 2012 and further increases in resources are planned for both 2013 and 2014. A pilot six month commercialisation training program has been completed in the Faculty of Health Sciences and a suite of commercialisation workshops for staff has been developed. As a multi-campus university with a strong regional base in Victoria and in northern Melbourne where urban growth is one of the fastest in Australia, La Trobe has a unique role to play in productivity and innovation, including knowledge transfer and commercialisation. We act as a major leader in Melbourne’s north and in regional communities and play an increasingly central role in the economic well-being and social vibrancy of those regions. Substantial investment has been made in building the University’s capacity to respond to the needs and demands of the regions in which we work. The University has a strong user-driven focus to research and extremely strong links into the communities with which we work. The University has collaborated with State and Commonwealth Governments in the designation of the Northern Biosciences Precinct. The Precinct draws on the Centre for AgriBioscience, a joint venture between La Trobe and the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, and the University’s Research and Development Park. The emerging Northern Biosciences Precinct is a major initiative, based around La Trobe fields of research that are rated at ERA 5 which will drive significant investment and business activity in the north of Melbourne. Future Ready sets out key goals to incubate new businesses in Melbourne’s north, to increase the number of partnerships regionally, and with TAFE Institutes, and to redevelop the La Trobe hospital site (Bundoora) as a commercially sustainable hub. In the regions the Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Freshwater Research Centre and the La Trobe Rural Health School, together with our campus and research presence, bring innovation and productivity to regional areas and businesses. Mechanisms are in place to promote regional engagement including Regional Advisory boards which provide linkages between regional communities, business and the University, and active involvement in NORTHLink, a business network and regional development partnership representing Melbourne's northern region. The designation of five university-wide Research Focus Areas (RFAs) will facilitate resourcing and concentration of research into cross-disciplinary areas that are aimed at addressing the most pressing national or international issues facing communities in the coming decades. These RFAs will facilitate the development of stronger, 'game-changing' partnerships with business in particular. The University continues to be engaged with research partnering activities including government and Innovative Research Universities group trade missions and through the La Trobe China Small Grants Program. The Research Plan (2013-2017), together with Faculty Research Operational Plans, identify the priority actions that will be implemented to increase research quality and quantity Particular strategies are:

University strategies. La Trobe commissioned Engagement is embedded across each of the four major objectives in the UTS Strategic Plan 2009- 2018. As the centre of realizing our vision to be a review world leading university of Knowledge Transfer technology the plan call for UTS to build “enduring relationships with the professions, industry and Commercialisation our communities” Specific strategies are focused on “creating whole of UTS external engagement capabilities that build UTS’s reputation for being ‘good to do business with” and ”strengthening cross cultural experiences within the university community to develop global relationships” and for “developing high quality international research links with targeted universities and research groups” and “developing multifaceted strategic partnerships to leverage UTS research strengths.” To support industry collaborations and partnerships locally and engage end-users in 2011 research activities Industry Advisory Boards have been established for the Vice Chancellor and for each of the seven Faculties at UTS. These Boards comprise senior representatives from industry, government, academe, and the outcomes community to assist UTS and each Faculty/Centre in shaping UTS’s research and learning and teaching agenda. Members of this review have largely been implementedthe Vice Chancellor’s Industry Advisory Board include major corporations such as IBM, Google, Arup, CBA, Animal Logic, Deloitte, Cochlear, Telstra, Microsoft and the ABC. A draft Knowledge Transfer For example, UTS is working with its established partner Cochlear to provide research expertise in the area of biofilms. This research collaboration has recently resulted in the appointment of the first ever Cochlear Research Fellow at UTS. UTS is also working on new models of external engagement to build integrated, multi-year strategic partnerships with key industry partners. Currently UTS is working with CBA on a five year, $5M partnership. Similar models are in development with other major corporations such as Lend Lease, Arup and Commercialisation Strategy has been developed and externally reviewed by international consultancy company BattelleDeloitte. The strategyUTS: Engage seminar series provides an opportunity to showcase UTS research strengths and priorities to an invited audience of industry partners and potential investors. The UTSpotlight is another series of free public lectures/panel discussions designed to engage with alumni, yet industry and government partners. Thought leaders from major global and local organisations join UTS to be formally ratifieddiscuss global challenges and share their thoughts on the future. The last speaker in the series was Xxx Xxx Xxxxxxx-Lee, commits founder of the University World Wide Web, who spoke to better resourcing a live audience of over 2,000 in Sydney, while Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, CEO of the West Kowloon Cultural Precinct spoke to an audience of 500 alumni and friends in Hong Kong. Events are webcast and recorded for commercialisation including patent filings, review of existing and emerging intellectual property, greater support for 'proof of concept' and commercialisation applications, and increasing leverage from downloading or podcasts. UTS Shopfront continues to promote the University’s Research support for community engagement and Development Park over a 10 year planning horizon. Reviews have commenced of existing products and technologies to ascertain market potential and stage of development that will inform future investments was short-listed in 2012 by the UniversityTalloires Network for the international MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship. Resourcing to support researchers and commercialisation was doubled during 2012 and further increases in resources are planned for both 2013 and 2014. A pilot six month commercialisation training program has been completed This places Shopfront in the Faculty of Health Sciences and a suite of commercialisation workshops top six programs for staff has been developedglobal best practice in community engagement. As a multiIn 2012 thirty-campus university five community- student projects were completed across four faculties. Projects included: research with a strong regional base in Victoria and in northern Melbourne where urban growth is one of the fastest South Sea Islanders in Australia, La Trobe design for domestic violence prevention, campaign design for Anti-Slavery Australia, business planning for a seedling social enterprise, user needs analysis, development of governance structure, website planning and implementation, development of design collateral, accessibility assessments for a disability organisations, information history and promotional writing. Shopfront also launched UTS new social leaders program SO(u)L with more than 500 students actively enrolled in 2013. In 2012 UTS SO(u)L volunteers worked on community projects with a broad range of organisations including: AIME, Black Dog, Children's Festival, Chinese Lion Dance, Cystic Fibrosis NSW, Girl Guides Crossroad, Oxfam, Red Cross, St Xxxxx Ambulance, Spark, The Xxxxx Family, Special Children Centre (working with disabled kids), Starlight Foundation, Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning (SAIL), Sydney Story Factory, Youth Entertainment Reference Group and Wayside Chapel. At the International level UTS has launched a unique role new engagement model to play build significant partnerships in productivity Asia and innovationglobally through its innovative flagship Key Technology Partnership Program (KTP). These institutionally supported partnerships are designed to build significant and strategic research and research training collaborations including dual PHD programs. Launched in 2010 UTS has established KTP’s in China with Sun Yat Sen University in Guangzhou, including knowledge transfer Shanghai University, Beijing Institute of Technology, and commercialisationHuazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan. We act as a major leader In 2012 joint research centres were also established in MelbourneChina with the Chinese Academy of Science, Tsinghua University and Shanghai Xxxx Xxxx University. In 2012 KTP’s north were established in India with the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, JNU and XXXX Universities in regional communities New Delhi and play an increasingly central role the Tata Institute of Social Science in Mumbai. Key Technology partnerships are currently being concluded in Europe with TU Delft/Eindhoven in the economic well-being and social vibrancy Netherlands, Royal Swedish Institute of those regions. Substantial investment has been made in building the University’s capacity to respond to the needs and demands of the regions in which we work. The University has a strong user-driven focus to research and extremely strong links into the communities with which we work. The University has collaborated with State and Commonwealth Governments in the designation of the Northern Biosciences Precinct. The Precinct draws on the Centre for AgriBioscience, a joint venture between La Trobe and the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, and the University’s Research and Development Park. The emerging Northern Biosciences Precinct is a major initiative, based around La Trobe fields of research that are rated at ERA 5 which will drive significant investment and business activity in the north of Melbourne. Future Ready sets out key goals to incubate new businesses in Melbourne’s north, to increase the number of partnerships regionallyTechnology (KTH), and with TAFE InstitutesLeeds and Dundee Universities in UK. Negotiations are currently underway in North America to roll out four KTPS in the US and Canada over the next 18 months. UTS is also providing significant opportunities for its students to study in Asia through its International Studies, Global Exchange and BUiLD (UTS’s Global Leadership Program) mobility program’s. UTS has set an ambitious target for global mobility to redevelop reach 25% by 2020. Currently UTS leads the La Trobe hospital site sector in student mobility at 16%. In 2012 UTS sent almost 800 students abroad with 70% travelling to Asia. UTS funds its International Studies students to spend one year studying Chinese and Japanese in country. UTS has also developed a range of innovative short term programs for its students in Asia including a Bollywood Directors Shadowing program and a Micro Financing Program in India as well as an internship program in China. In addition to its funding of one year international studies degree programs, UTS also provides more than $700,000 in annual mobility funding to its students with the majority of funding allocated to Asia. In 2012 UTS for the first time sent a group of 15 indigenous students on a BUiLD program to New Zealand to study. The Xx Xxxx Xxxx Wing Scholarships Endowment fund of $5M received from Xx Xxxx Xxxx Wing in 2012 will provide an additional $250,000 each year in perpetuity for scholarships for UTS students to study in China and vice versa. UTS also applies annually to DIISRTE for additional funding to support the exchange of undergraduates students through the ISEP (BundooraInternational Student Exchange Program) as a commercially sustainable hub(including Xxxxxx Kong) Program. In 2012, UTS received $230,000 through the ISEP program funding 46 UTS students with $5,000 scholarships. In the regions first round of the Xxxxxxnew Asia Bound grants in 2013 UTS has applied for 51 projects under the scheme. UTS is working to actively encourage philanthropy and industry investment. With a target of $5.5 million for 2013 and expanded professional team, UTS has recently established a range of new initiatives including: an Indigenous Scholarships Endowment fund established in 2012; Creating Futures, UTS’s bequest society was launched in March 2013 with over $4 million in notified bequests to date; bi-Xxxxxxx Freshwater Research Centre annual appeals to alumni and friends to build a pipeline of support into the La Trobe Rural Health Schoolfuture; UTS Luminaries Program (outstanding alumni) Fund established to secure regular gift pledges from high-achieving alumni; capital campaigns established to secure corporate support for new buildings and spaces at UTS; new campaigns launched to raise funds for elite sports and public art. UTS is also working actively to improve the quality of engagement locally, together with our campus regionally, nationally and research presenceinternationally. Alumni networks have been established and reunions held in Hong Kong, bring innovation Shanghai, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Ho Chi Min City, Singapore and productivity to regional areas and businesses. Mechanisms are in place to promote regional engagement including Regional Advisory boards which provide linkages between regional communities, business and the University, and active involvement in NORTHLink, a business network and regional development partnership representing Melbourne's northern regionLondon. The designation of five university-wide Research Focus Areas (RFAs) will facilitate resourcing UTS alumni magazine Tower is now available in online and concentration of research into cross-disciplinary areas that are aimed at addressing iPad app formats, expanding reach and virtual engagement to our alumni network in Australia and throughout the most pressing national or international issues facing communities in the coming decades. These RFAs will facilitate the development of stronger, 'game-changing' partnerships with business in particular. The University continues to be engaged with research partnering activities including government and Innovative Research Universities group trade missions and through the La Trobe China Small Grants Program. The Research Plan (2013-2017), together with Faculty Research Operational Plans, identify the priority actions that will be implemented to increase research quality and quantity Particular strategies are:world.

University strategies. La Trobe commissioned CQUniversity has embarked on a review strategy to create a ‘research resurgence’ across the University through a stepped change in its research profile. CQUniversity aims to be ranked in the top 25 Australian universities for overall performance and amongst the top universities for performance in specific areas of Knowledge Transfer industry-related research, population health intervention research, and Commercialisation in 2011 and the outcomes of this review have largely been implemented. A draft Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation Strategy has been developed and externally reviewed by international consultancy company Battelleinnovative education research. The strategy, yet to be formally ratified, commits the University to better resourcing for commercialisation including patent filings, review of existing and emerging intellectual property, greater support for 'proof of concept' and commercialisation applications, and increasing leverage from the University’s Research priority areas have substantial regional relevance and Development Park over a 10 year planning horizon. Reviews have commenced of existing products include engineering, food production systems and technologies to ascertain market potential and stage of development that will inform future investments by the University. Resourcing to support researchers and commercialisation was doubled during 2012 and further increases in resources are planned for both 2013 and 2014. A pilot six month commercialisation training program has been completed in the Faculty of Health Sciences and a suite of commercialisation workshops for staff has been developed. As a multi-campus university with a strong regional base in Victoria and in northern Melbourne where urban growth is one of the fastest in Australia, La Trobe has a unique role to play in productivity and innovation, including knowledge transfer and commercialisation. We act as a major leader in Melbourne’s north and in regional communities and play an increasingly central role in the economic well-being and social vibrancy of those regions. Substantial investment has been made in building the University’s capacity to respond to the needs and demands of the regions in which we workhealth fields. The University has undertaken a strong user-driven review of the Division of Academic and Research to ensure that its activities are strategic and meet future needs of its students, stakeholders and communities and well as rejuvenate this space. Also the 2012 Enterprise Agreement has developed five academic categories of employment that focus to and target academic staff in the research and extremely strong links teaching spectrum of activities. CQUniversity exhibited the greatest improvement between ERA2010 and ERA2012 across all universities. In the ERA 2012 assessment, three 2-digit and four 4-digit fields of research were deemed to be at or well above World Standard, with two 2-digit and three 4-digit fields of research at the highest ERA rank. These rankings will allow more staff to concentrate their energies into those research spaces. As well the communities University will be directing strategic research in Schools to the areas of ERA strengths. In 2012 CQUniversity was awarded with more than $2 million by the ARC and NHMRC to lead and participate in collaborative research projects that will improve the health of Australian adults and children through developing methods to increase physical activity; improve split work–rest cycles in shift workers; increase natural disaster preparedness and survival through animal attachment, and establish an Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander Researchers’ Network which we workaims to establish a significant cohort of skilled, qualified Indigenous researchers. The long-term Research and Innovation vision for CQUniversity is to be a leading Australian university for research achievements and industry partnerships in its priority areas of research. The University will be known for its expertise in and contribution to innovations for and solutions to the issues that confront community health and social viability, particularly in rural and regional areas; engineering particularly rail engineering; natural resource management and resources industries including food and water security; and education across the range of higher education delivery modes, particularly distance education. The University has collaborated focused its research efforts to increase the scale of research and support trans- disciplinary collaborations through its research-oriented institutes and centres – the Institute for Resource Industries and Sustainability; the Institute for Health and Social Science Research; the Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre; and most recently, the Appleton Institute in South Australia. These key institutes and centres inform the targeted recruitment of high-profile research teams and form the basis for internal researcher development. The Appleton Institute was established at the beginning of 2012 with State the recruitment of the University’s first Engaged Research Chair. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Commonwealth Governments his team of approximately 30 researchers represent the most dynamic sleep and fatigue focused research group in Australia and join an already existing research capability on fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) and drive-in/drive-out (DIDO) work-related safety issues. Demonstration of its research excellence is seen in receiving an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) and an ARC Discovery Project Grant in its first year of operation, despite the challenge of institutional relocation. It should be noted that this group was recruited after the ERA2012 census date, but will substantially contribute to ERA2015 in Psychology and Sociology fields of research. The second Engaged Research Chair appointment was Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, the Director of the Institute for Health and Social Science Research. As part of its growth agenda, and in recognition of local needs, CQUniversity identified the need for strong linkages between its allied health teaching programs and relevant research. More than 30% of academic staff in the designation health disciplines are currently research active. This priority area for enhancing CQUniversity’s research profile and performance led to the successful bid for the Health Collaborative Research Network (Health CRN) with University of the Northern Biosciences PrecinctQueensland, Queensland University of Technology and Xxxxxx University. These collaborative partnerships have already provided incentives for CQUniversity staff to increase research activity, participate in collaborations and access special assets at partner institutions. The Precinct draws activities under the Health CRN have included staff exchanges and secondments to and from the partner institutions to establish collaborative relationships; mentoring and other support for postdoctoral and early career researchers; appointment of professorial research fellows to build research capacity and performance; and a variety of initiatives for enhanced training and development of HDR students and supervisors. The CRN is proving a very successful capacity- building model. Engineering research has focused on rail engineering, electrical engineering and network systems. Expertise in rail engineering is focused on heavy-haul trains, an issue of increasing relevance to Australia and the Central Queensland region. This research quality is demonstrated by our continued engagement with both Rail CRC iterations, the Rail Innovation Australia spin-off company, and long-established relationships with end-users, and by Category 2 and 3 income streams. The University has secured Queensland State government funding for heavy-haul draft gear units for $960k over three years and recently commenced a research program in the power engineering space focusing on electricity distribution systems. The Centre for Intelligent Networked Systems (CINS) achieved an ERA2012 rank of 5 in Mathematic Sciences (01) and Applied Mathematics (0102) – one of only two universities in Australia to achieve a ranking of 5, or well above world standard, for its research output in Applied Mathematics. The CINS focuses on the research and development of intelligent networked control systems and the contribution and application of computational intelligence, networks, data mining and agent-based systems to such systems. Led by Professor Xxxx-Xxxx Xxx, the University has made a range of adjunct appointments with several Chinese universities, developed a number of international research partnerships, and developed a mentoring and research training relationship in this field with a number of universities internationally. CQUniversity has recently developed the Tropical Energy and Engineering Alliance with Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx University to align efforts with significant LNG developments. CQUniversity has a diverse focus on natural resource management and resources industries, largely focused on food security, water security and biosecurity and based in the Centre for AgriBioscience, a joint venture between La Trobe Plant and Water Science and the Victorian Department Centre for environmental management, but also aligned with the re- invigoration of Primary Industriesthe Bachelor of Science degree. A sustained research focus on precision land management for animal and plant production systems achieved an ERA2012 rank of 5 in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (07) and Agriculture, Land and Farm Management (0701). Environmental Management improved its ERA2012 ranking to 2 (below World Standard), but further investments are required to comprehensively lift the research activity to world-class assessment. Recent successes have included an Australian Coal Association Research Program on improving mine site management through biological tools to detect the effect of mining on aquatic ecosystems specific to Central Queensland and a Queensland State government fellowship to establish a biological foundation for seagrass rehabilitation and restoration in the face of industrial expansion in ports. CQUniversity has established the Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Research Partnership with Xxxxxxxx University and the University of Queensland to xxxxxx collaboration and increase depth of research in marine and coastal ecology. Lastly, CQUniversity is focused on improving its approach to and research on scholarship of education across the range of higher education delivery modes, particularly distance education. The Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre (LTERC) has been established, with special interest groups to enhance learning across the University. In early 2012 more than 30% of academic staff chose to align their focus with Teaching Scholarship, resulting in a need to substantively enhance support for learning and teaching scholarship. ERA2012 results (well below World Standard) are indicative of the legacy of previous years, but are also in alignment with the sector as a whole. Current investments, along with clearer strategies, have begun a resurgence in this arena. The Director of LTERC brings a focus on pedagogical research, specifically around evaluating the effectiveness of teaching aids (e.g. homework, textbooks, websites). With continued investments, research in this field will improve substantially over the next years. In this vein the University is discussing a formal alignment with the University of Sydney’s Centre for Research on Computer-Supported Learning and Cognition. How researchers connect across the university is through the videoconferencing system. Researchers are generally school-based and connect within the schools across this distributed campus system. With the appointment of the Xxxx of the Graduate School, the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Scienceaim is to connect both supervisors and RHD students across the university utilising its technology e.g. the Access Grid connecting multiple campuses, other institutions and the University’s Research and Development Park. The emerging Northern Biosciences Precinct is a major initiative, based around La Trobe fields of research that are rated at ERA 5 which will drive significant investment and business activity in the north of Melbourne. Future Ready sets out key goals to incubate new businesses in Melbourne’s north, to increase the number of partnerships regionally, and with TAFE Institutes, and to redevelop the La Trobe hospital site (Bundoora) as a commercially sustainable hub. In the regions the Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Freshwater Research Centre and the La Trobe Rural Health School, together with our campus and research presence, bring innovation and productivity to regional areas and businesses. Mechanisms are in place to promote regional engagement including Regional Advisory boards which provide linkages between regional communities, business and the University, and active involvement in NORTHLink, a business network and regional development partnership representing Melbourne's northern region. The designation of five university-wide Research Focus Areas (RFAs) will facilitate resourcing and concentration of research into cross-disciplinary areas that are aimed at addressing the most pressing national or international issues facing communities in the coming decades. These RFAs will facilitate the development of stronger, 'game-changing' partnerships with business in particular. The University continues to be engaged with research partnering activities including government and Innovative Research Universities group trade missions and through the La Trobe China Small Grants Program. The Research Plan (2013-2017), together with Faculty Research Operational Plans, identify the priority actions that will be implemented to increase research quality and quantity Particular strategies are:students together.

University strategies. La Trobe commissioned As noted in Part 1, Swinburne will focus research, development and deployment activities in five outcome areas: Future manufacturing: integrating materials and manufacturing technologies with design, automation and information technologies to create new business opportunities Sustainable futures: combining the engineering, social and environmental elements that address sustainability issues, informing public debate and influencing government policy Digital frontiers: changing the way people work, communicate and socialise through advances in information and communication technologies, business innovation and design Personal and societal well-being: improving health and psychological wellbeing, tackling quality of life and related social issues, and addressing the needs of socially disadvantaged groups and individuals Inspirational science and technology: capitalising on the University's strength in fundamental science and astrophysics to ignite the interest of the community and stimulate the next generation of leaders in science and technology While research capability will remain in faculties and research centres, a focus on outcomes will increase the impact of our research, facilitate knowledge transfer to industry, communities and other end-users, and improve the social and environmental dividend. In this context, commercialisation is viewed as a pathway from research output to industry and community impact. The effectiveness of this pathway will be enhanced by implementation of the recommendations of an external expert review of our commercialisation activities undertaken in 2012. We plan to: retain the core processes, capabilities and structure of Swinburne Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation in 2011 our intellectual property trust, Swinburne Ventures Limited (SVL) focus Swinburne Knowledge work on core activities: the IP management and the outcomes commercialisation process, industry engagement, and supporting culture change renew our commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship by ensuring that priority is placed on complementary activities such as entrepreneurial education and that Swinburne Knowledge works closely with other parts of this review have largely been implemented. A draft Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation Strategy has been developed and externally reviewed by international consultancy company Battelle. The strategy, yet to be formally ratified, commits the University to better resourcing for commercialisation including patent filings, review achieve its overall objectives. We are already seeing the benefits of existing and emerging intellectual property, greater support for 'proof engaging the commercial expertise of concept' the SVL Board in discussions on the potential development and commercialisation applicationspathways for research outputs prior to their formal disclosure as inventions. This has resulted in a more targeted approach to patent filing and early identification of potential licensees and investors. Programs to develop the innovation culture central to the 2020 Plan and to support a continuous improvement model for IP management include: internships offered by Swinburne Knowledge to PhD, MEI, MBA and increasing leverage from Masters students on a 3, 6 or 12 month basis establishment of the Swinburne Innovation Cup (in conjunction with the existing Swinburne Venture Cup) to raise the profile of commercialisation, develop the University’s Research 's research staff and Development Park over increase the potential deal flow delivery of an annual innovation program to equip research students and staff with the skills needed to manage and commercialise IP and to engage effectively with the wider community linking to relevant incubators, utilising Swinburne Knowledge capital as relevant As discussed in Part 3.3.2, a 10 year planning horizonkey component of our international engagement strategy is to establish strategic partnerships with highly-ranked universities in Asia-Pacific alliances that take advantage of our full education and research capability. Reviews have commenced The focus of existing products these alliances will be to increase both research intensity and technologies to ascertain market potential research impact by enhancing and stage of exploiting the development that will inform future investments by the University. Resourcing to support researchers and commercialisation was doubled during 2012 and further increases in resources are planned for both 2013 and 2014. A pilot six month commercialisation training program has been completed in the Faculty activities of Health Sciences and a suite of commercialisation workshops for staff has been developed. As a multi-campus university with a strong regional base in Victoria and in northern Melbourne where urban growth is one of the fastest in Australia, La Trobe has a unique role to play in productivity and innovation, including knowledge transfer and commercialisation. We act as a major leader in Melbourne’s north and in regional communities and play an increasingly central role in the economic well-being and social vibrancy of those regions. Substantial investment has been made in building the University’s capacity to respond to the needs and demands of the regions in which we work. The University has a strong user-driven focus to research and extremely strong links into the communities with which we work. The University has collaborated with State and Commonwealth Governments in the designation of the Northern Biosciences Precinct. The Precinct draws on the Centre for AgriBioscience, a joint venture between La Trobe and the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, and the University’s Research and Development Park. The emerging Northern Biosciences Precinct is a major initiative, based around La Trobe fields of research that are rated at ERA 5 which will drive significant investment and business activity in the north of Melbourne. Future Ready sets out key goals to incubate new businesses in Melbourne’s north, to increase the number of partnerships regionally, and with TAFE Institutes, and to redevelop the La Trobe hospital site (Bundoora) as a commercially sustainable hub. In the regions the Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Freshwater Research Centre and the La Trobe Rural Health School, together with our campus and research presence, bring innovation and productivity to regional areas and businesses. Mechanisms are in place to promote regional engagement including Regional Advisory boards which provide linkages between regional communities, business and the University, and active involvement in NORTHLink, a business network and regional development partnership representing Melbourne's northern region. The designation of five university-wide Research Focus Areas (RFAs) will facilitate resourcing and concentration of research into cross-disciplinary areas that are aimed at addressing the most pressing national or international issues facing communities in the coming decades. These RFAs will facilitate the development of stronger, 'game-changing' partnerships with business in particular. The University continues to be engaged with research partnering activities including government and Innovative Research Universities group trade missions and through the La Trobe China Small Grants Program. The Research Plan (2013-2017), together with Faculty Research Operational Plans, identify the priority actions that will be implemented to increase research quality and quantity Particular strategies are:partners.