Commercialising Intellectual Property with UniQuest

The UQCCR Industry & Commercialisation sub-committee invites you to hear from David Markwell who will provide an introduction and overview to commercialising intellectual property with UniQuest including:

• Why UQ researchers should engage with UniQuest to commercialise their research
• Managing intellectual property to help your research achieve impact
• Overview of the commercialisation process and working with UniQuest
• Commercialisation pathways, including licenses, options, assignments and start-ups
• Industry engagement opportunities for researchers through UniQuest and UQ

About the Speaker

David Markwell is a Director of Commercialisation in Life-Sciences at UniQuest and is based at UQCCR on Mondays and Wednesday (office on level 8 of UQCCR). Email: d.markwell@uniquest.com.au

In his role David works closely with UQ researchers in identifying, protecting, and commercialising intellectual property through licensing and start-ups.  He is an Intellectual Property and Commercialisation professional with over 13 years’ experience in commercialising research outcomes from publicly funded research organisations, across a broad range of technology fields and industry segments.  David has led and closed technology transfer deals, managed diverse IP portfolios, and developed and executed commercialisation strategies for a broad range of research innovations.