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In 2005-06, more than 60 articles reporting research results and authored by BMRC scientists were published in international peer-reviewed journals and books. A further 90 were published as reports or conference papers. Scientists served on a wide range of national and international working groups and external advisory committees, while staff made more than 100 attendances at external conferences, workshops and symposia, both domestic and international, at which scientific results were presented. In addition, more than 50 overseas visits were made to meetings of international bodies and to other research institutions. Collaborations occurred with researchers in at least 10 Australian and 20 overseas universities, while significant local collaborations were undertaken with CSIRO, the Royal Australian Navy, the Western Australian Government, the Australian Greenhouse Office, and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. Overseas collaborations included scientists from US government agencies and national meteorological services in China, New Zealand, Japan, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and other Asian and Pacific countries. Planning for major international scientific experiments was also undertaken including for the Tropical Warm Pool – International Cloud Experiment, the largest meteorological field experiment staged in Australia, held in and around Darwin in January and February 2006. An important new collaboration is the Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS), which is a coupled climate and earth system simulator under development as a joint initiative of the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO in cooperation with the university community in Australia. A major indicator of the success of BMRC’s scientific programmes is the extent to which its research output enhances the operations and services of the bureau. BMRC undertakes the development of advanced systems (including regional and global models of the atmosphere and ocean) and techniques which, after thorough testing and evaluation, become the operational systems that provide the basis for the bureau’s services and products. Recent implementations include a new fire weather service, and continuing upgrades to modelling systems used for tropical prediction, ultraviolet alerts, thunderstorm forecast guidance, ocean forecasting, weather elements and the transport and dispersion of a wide range of airborne elements (including pollutants, volcanic ash, bushfire smoke, the foot and mouth disease virus, radioactive plumes and dust storms). More information about BMRC and its programmes and activities can be found at: www.bom.gov.au/bmrc Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia’s national science agency, performing research in a diversity of areas to help build Australia’s prosperity, health and sustainability. CSIRO adds to Australia’s research reputation and promotes its well-being by focusing its efforts around five core roles: • addressing major national challenges and opportunities; • creating new or significantly transforming industries to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of Australian industry; • delivering incremental innovation to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of existing industries; • providing fact-based solutions that meet community needs and knowledge that informs government policy; and • advancing the frontiers of science. CSIRO’s scale, diversity and delivery of multidisciplinary research, which is managed at the enterprise level for impact, differentiate it from other parts of Australia’s research system. These characteristics are epitomised by CSIRO’s development and management of the six national research flagships. These respond to, and create, major opportunities in energy, food, light metals, preventative health, water management and delivering impacts from our ocean. Chapter 2 - Initiatives for a dynamic national innovation system 31
Developing meaningful, long-term collaborative partnerships with industry, government and semi-government agencies, as well as with Australian and international universities, remains a priority for CSIRO. Flagships already involve over 250 industry partners and research institution collaborators across Australia. During 2005- 06, CSIRO participated in 48 of the 71 currently active Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs). CSIRO hosts three major National Research Facilities – the Australian Animal Health Laboratory, the Australia Telescope and the Oceanographic Research Vessel Southern Surveyor – and over 30 other research facilities such as the Riverside Life Sciences Centre, CSIRO Discovery Centre and the Australian Resources Research Centre. CSIRO also manages 11 national reference collections including the Australian National Fish Collection, the Australian National Insect Collection, the Australian National Herbarium, the Australian National Wildlife Collection, the National Tree Seed Collection and the Scientific Marine Data Collection. CSIRO continues to be prolific in terms of publishing and patenting (see below). Five new spin-off companies were also formed during the year, taking the market value of CSIRO’s spin-off portfolio to record levels. CSIRO generated record revenues ($37.1 million) from its intellectual property assets – that is 82% year on year growth, up from $9.3 million in 2000-01. Table 2: Number of publications produced by CSIRO – by type of publication, 2002 to 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005 Journal articles 1686 1836 1858 1945 Books/chapters 223 240 270 238 Conference papers 1142 1428 1713 1852 Technical reports 240 442 280 620 Client reports 10 486 8451 8251 10 774 Table 3: Intellectual property generated by CSIRO – by type of intellectual property, 2002 to 2006 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Inventions (patent families) 733 779 754 745 780 New inventions 80 92 89 79 134 Current Patent cooperation Treaty inventions 104 90 92 95 74 Granted patents 1801 2002 2079 2048 2113 Live patent cases 3537 3965 3961 3919 4084 Australian trade marks 262 287 290 306 281 Foreign trade marks 84 93 92 100 91 Australian plant breeder’s rights 65 62 77 80 113 Foreign plant breeder’s rights 17 17 17 21 17 Australian registered designs 8 5 3 3 2 Foreign registered designs 9 12 12 12 12 CSIRO employs more than 6500 staff. Over 60% of them hold university degrees, more than 2000 have Doctorates and 470 have Masters degrees. At any one time, CSIRO is host to over 2000 visitors including students, CSIRO fellows, visiting scientists, and other groups making use of the organisation’s facilities and collections or participating in collaborative research projects. 32 Backing Australia’s Ability
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Advanced materials Quick dry merino
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Notes: 1. Australia’s ranking is
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FIGURE 1: Percentage change in the
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FIGURE 2: Australia’s innovation
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Conclusions The Australian Innovati
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Australian Bureau of Statistics The
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