Nicolle Kelly

Executive Director, Innovation

Department of Innovation, Tourism Industry Development and the Commonwealth Games

Advance Queensland

Small Business Innovation Research

Information Exchange day

Inspire Discover Connect Invest Grow

Introduction to Advance Queensland

• Adapting international best practice

• Co-designed

• Innovation = Economic Growth = jobs

2,600+ innovators

driving 11,000 jobs

2nd highest number of

startups in Australia$174 million

leveraged

SO FAR:

Inspire Discover Connect Invest Grow

Inspire Queenslanders to engage

with science and technology, be

entrepreneurial and take their

ideas to the world.

Advance Queensland Agenda

• Chief Entrepreneur

• Young Starters/Startup Events &

Activities

• Startup Catalyst

• Founders’ Fellowships

• Myriad

Inspire Discover Connect Invest Grow

Discover new solutions to improve

everyday lives in Queensland through

programs that foster current and future

talent and enable researchers and

Industry to solve global challenges.

Advance Queensland Agenda

• Research Fellowships

• STEM skills

• Aboriginal & Torres Strait

Islander PhD Scholarships

• PhD Scholarships

Inspire Discover Connect Invest Grow

Connect Queenslanders to world-leading

local and international innovators

through programs that encourage

collaboration and build the

entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Advance Queensland Agenda

• The Precinct

• Advancing Regional

Innovation Program

• Hot DesQ

• Knowledge Transfer

Partnerships

• MIT Bootcamp

Inspire Discover Connect Invest Grow

Invest in Queensland innovation through

programs to encourage seed funding,

venture capital and deal-flow, and foster

emerging industries.

Advance Queensland Agenda

• Ignite Ideas Fund

• Data 61

• Biofutures Commercialisation

Program

• Regional Angel Investors

Support Program.

Inspire Discover Connect Invest Grow

Grow the competitiveness of our

businesses, industries and regions

through programs to accelerate growth

and unlock new markets and

opportunities.

Advance Queensland Agenda

• Platform Technologies

Program

• Industry Accelerators

• Growing Queensland’s

Companies

• Dubai South

• Small Business Innovation

Research

Advance Queensland

The Small Business Innovation Research program

SBIR Program

The Advance Queensland Small Business Innovation

Research (SBIR) program is an innovative

procurement initiative aimed at solving complex

Queensland Government challenges whilst supporting

the commercialisation of ideas in the private sector.

The program is based on international best practice

and draws on the well-established experience of

equivalent UK and USA programs.

• Funding provided by Queensland Government to

support innovators solving complex challenges

• The support allows innovators to help develop and test

their ideas – this may then be procured by Queensland

Government

• A share in up to $250,000 to undertake Feasibility testing

• A share in up to $500,00 to undertake Proof of Concept

testing

SBIR Program

SBIR Timeframes

• 27 March – Applications Opened

• 18 April – Information Exchange Day

• 29 May – Applications close: 2.00pm (AEST)

• Early July- Solution presentation day (for shortlisted

applications)

• July - Feasibility Stage Commences: up to 6 months

• January/February - Proof of Concept Stage Commences:

up to 12 months

Please note timeframes are indicative only and may be subject to change

Intellectual Property

You, the innovator, will own any IP created

Collaboration and Networking

• Space dedicated on Advance Queensland website to act as networking catalyst:

• https://advance.qld.gov.au/sbir/

• Voluntary – enter your details

• Opportunity today after Q&A session to network

• If you opted in – event attendee list will be distributed

Application Submissions

• Applications close 2.00pm AEST, Tuesday 29 May 2018

• Applications are submitted via the ‘Apply now’ box,

located at the bottom of the challenge page:

• Eligible applications will be assessed by an evaluation

panel formed by the challenge owner.

https://advance.qld.gov.au/small-business/sbir/

Professor Louise Cullen

Snr Staff Specialist

Department of Emergency Medicine

Metro North Hospital and Health Service

Advance Queensland

Small Business Innovation Research

Information Exchange day

Metro North Hospital and Health Service

Optimising medication use in

the Emergency Department

Dr Louise Cullen

Emergency Physician

Background

Decision density

Value-

based

Health

Care

Change

Key Issues

Adaptive

Communication and messaging

Pyxis

Existing information communications technology (ICT)

• Patient Administration Systems (PAS)

• Electronic Prescription Medication Administration (EPMA), based on DXC

Technologies’ Medchart v9

• Integrated electronic Medical Record (ieMR)

• QH’s implementation of Cerner PharmNet and PowerChart

• Contemporary Microsoft browsers and/or mobile apps

http://www.wildchina.com/

Thank you for listening

Q&A Session

Please note: We will attempt to answer all questions within the allotted Q&A time slot,

however any questions which aren’t answered on the day can be emailed to

SBIR@dsiti.qld.gov.au whom will work with the challenge owner to provide an answer.

Question and answers will be provided on the challenge page found at:

https://advance.qld.gov.au/small-business/sbir.aspx

Collaboration and Networking

Please follow SBIR Team members to the networking space