Commercialisation Pathways Advisory Group (CPAG)
The Commercialisation Pathways Advisory Group (CPAG):
- provides advice to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) on the interpretation, application and review of University policies and procedures as they relate to commercialisation, and conflicts of interest relating to intellectual property,
- conducts commercialisation pathway reviews and provides advice to Level 3 Authorised Officers, including consideration of requests for the assignment of UQ IP to the originator,
- provides advice on the management options for interests of individual staff involved in commercialisation, including in relation to secondary employment, and
- generates templates and other tools for use in functions involving commercialisation.
Category | Role | Name | Unit/Affiliation |
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Ex officio | Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) - Chair | Professor Rachel Parker | Office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor |
Ex officio | Director, Research Partnerships | Mr Isaac Coonan | Research Partnerships |
Ex officio | Chief Executive Officer, UniQuest | Dr Dean Moss | UniQuest |
Ex officio | Faculty Executive Dean | Professor Andrew Griffiths | Faculty of Business, Economics and Law |
Ex officio | Faculty Executive Dean | Professor Sue Harrison | Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology |
Ex officio | Institute Director | Professor Alan Rowan | Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology |
Ex officio | Institute Director | Professor Rick Valenta | Sustainable Minerals Institute |
Ex officio | Senior Director, UniQuest | Dr Craig Belcher | UniQuest |
Ex officio | Executive Director, Research Office | Dr Jodi Clyde-Smith | Research Office |
Ex officio | Senior Workplace Relations Consultant | Mr Doug Nairn | Reward & Workplace Relations |
Observer | Legal Services (Research and Intellectual Property) | Ms Elise Neilson | Legal Services |
Observer | General Counsel, UniQuest | Ms Jane Malloch | UniQuest |
Secretariat | Secretariat | Mrs Megan Craig Mr Mark Witham | Office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) |
The 2025 meeting dates for the Commercialisation Pathways Advisory Group are:
- Monday, February 17
- Monday, March 17
- Tuesday, April 22
- Monday, May 19
- Monday, June 23
- Monday, July 21
- Monday, August 18
- Monday, September 15
- Monday, October 20
- Monday, November 17
- Monday, December 8
To contact the Commericalisation Pathways Advisory Group, please email: cpag@uq.edu.au
For confidential matters, please email: pvcr@research.uq.edu.au