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SEGRA 2012Advancing Industry - Academic Research Collaborations: getting your research funded
Dr Helen ThompsonUniversity of Ballarat and National Broadband Champion
Being a Regional University
• Make major contributions to regional economies and create regional jobs
• Key role in building regional growth and development through producing, retaining and attracting qualified people
• Play a lead role in regional innovation and business development
University of Ballarat Technology Park
Ballarat, has emerged as the most competitive location in Australia for the delivery of IT services
NBN services being rolled out across region
State government investment of $2.9 million confirmed paving the way for more investment and jobs in Ballarat
An additional 22 hectare site. Additional 11 buildings with room for 1500 employees
CBD Technology Park activities will open in July 2013
Major IBM announcement pending
Being a Regional University
• Enrich the social, cultural and environmental quality of life in regional communities
• Significant contributors to ‘closing the gap’
• Conduct research that matters• Demonstrate excellence in learning,
teaching and the student experience
Collaborative Research Network
As part of the UB Blueprint research strategy was re-aligned
CRN funding secured – a 3 year $16m project with $6m from the Australian Government
CRN Self Sustaining Regions Research and Innovation Initiative is focuses on the significant challenges that face regional areas and explores ways of strengthening regional well-being, health and social connectedness, and driving regional rejuvenation
RUN’s Objectives
1. To provide policy advice to government particularly about tertiary education and regional development;
2. To strengthen and to promote the contributions of regional universities to regional and national development; and,
3. To share best practice in educational delivery, training, research and organisational management.
RUN seeks development of a comprehensive new strategy, the Regional Development and Innovation Initiative, that recognises the role played by regional universities in facilitating and strengthening regional economic development.
RUN Research Collaboration
Research collaborations are beginning to emerge
• Sharing information and access to research infrastructure
• Exploring the potential for a shared response to research needs across Medicare Local Network
• Initiating collaborative research and engagement around Digital Rural Futures - Smart Farm, Smart Region
NBN enabled telehealth and 3D medicine
UB Secured state government funding via Broadband Enabled Innovation Program
Led by UB’s Associate Professor Andrew Stranieri - multiple partners
12 Sites in Victoria
• Tele-dentistry• Tele-psychiatry• Tele-oncology• Tele-wound• Tele-geriatrics
Centre for eCommerce and CommunicationsOffice of Deputy Vice Chancellor ResearchUniversity of Ballarat
Digital futures and eResearch
CeCC established in 1998 when dial up internet was being rolled out in regions
Organisational responsibilities expanded in 2012 to include digital futures, knowledge management and eResearch
Supporting UB and regional organisations in developing and implementing strategies to support effective use information communications technologies
Regional Strategic Planning
Not just building strategy but helping regional organisations to progress staged implementation• Assist with securing
funding,grant identification, writing
• Represent region and lead advocacy in many areas
• Early rollout region for the National Broadband Network
• Ballarat Smart 21 Intelligent Community of the Year
Visualising Victoria’s Groundwater
Smartly manage our environment utilising high speed broadband capabilities to capture, aggregate and spatially depict Victoria's groundwater systems for public access and sustainable development and management
Sport and Recreation Spatial
Bring data together around active participation, facilities and club data, population and health outcomes together to inform policy and practice
Dairy Innovation Australia
An online spatial application to visualise dairy production per region and dairy industry location. The data used in this prototype consisted of milk, protein and fat production levels for dairy producing regions.
Integrated Fire Management Planning
A knowledge database and data portal using web-based mapping to support strategic fire-risk planning using community, regional, state and commonwealth data
Central Highlands Digital Enterprise Program
Increase digital engagement via two year public awareness and skills development program
Deliver training and advice for SMEs. NFPs and cultural organisations
Approximately $1m secured to support 150 group session and 660 individual mentoring sessions
Strengthen established network capacity and foster local champions
National Telework Week
• Telework promotes flexible work practices and the use of the latest technologies to stay connected with colleagues, clients and managers
• UB signed on as partner• Established internal and
regional working groups• Workshops and forums with Jon
Dee and Tim Fawcett• Mapped location for over 1,000
UB staff to provide planning insights for the future
Eureka I’ve found it!
NBN enabled skills and education – funding being sought from other sources
Goal is to build regional capacity - digitise regional newspapers, historical collections and documents from Ballarat and beyond
Identify, describe and create digital repositories of collections of historical documents, maps, print resources, artefacts, images
Interlink with TROVE and other national, state and educational resources
Strongwill and serious games
Partnership with Hume Riverina Community Legal Services
Online visitors are led through a three stage game process to help make decisions about the content of their Will.
The game explores what would happen if they were to die without a Will, collects personal information and gives a summary of decisions.
Further information
ContactHelen Thompson
Director
Centre for eCommerce and Communications
Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research)
University of Ballarat
Email [email protected]
Web www.ballarat.edu.au and www.cecc.com.au