Presentation Summary
Translating the benefits of Australia’s research sector into wider society - often referred to in health research as ‘the pathway from bench to bedside’ - is a key priority for Australia’s National Research Infrastructure Roadmap. Australia’s innovation sector relies heavily on collaboration between researchers, industry, business and government. However, connecting these groups is challenging, limiting the nation’s capacity to effectively collaborate and translate research on critical issues like healthcare and food security.
To accelerate opportunities for research translation, the Australian Federal Government's Department of Education funded the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) to deliver a project linking digital research, government and industry information. The project was co-designed with representatives from the Australian university, government and industry sectors and resulted in Research Link Australia (RLA): a dynamic new digital platform that bridges the information gap between these groups.
RLA can be used by any person or machine to search for information about Australian research activities, such as funded projects, researchers, organisations and the stakeholders involved. The platform harnesses digital technologies to support research discoveries to be translated into real-world products and helps industry find research collaborators to enhance their R&D capabilities.
This presentation will introduce RLA and demonstrate the ways in which the higher education and technology sector can harness its power, creating opportunities to translate research into industry outcomes that benefit our society, environment and economy.
Meet the Speakers
Dr Lyle Winton
Program Manager, Research Link Australia , Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)
Lyle Winton is ARDC's Program Manager for Research Link Australia. He has over 20 years of experience in research infrastructure having worked within universities and on state, national, and international initiatives. Lyle has a research background in experimental physics involving large-scale collaborations, with significant challenges in sharing knowledge, big data and large scale computing.
Dr Mingfang Wu
Product Manager , Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)
Mingfang Wu is ARDC's Product Manager for Research Link Australia. She has over 20 years of experience in information and data science and technology, and she is passionate about developing and delivering valued and enduring national data and information platforms.
