Dr Lauren Giorgio is an accomplished scientist and company executive, with experience in identifying commercial opportunities from academic research and building teams and strategies to drive commercialisation. She is also a strongly committed IMNIS mentor with the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering’s Industry Mentoring Network in STEM. For National Science Week this year, we […]
Industry Mentoring Boosts Connections in STEM
The first phase of the Industry Mentoring Network in STEM (IMNIS) has delivered great outcomes from its medtech/pharma program. IMNIS saw significant growth in the initial uptake of its program with 217 students participating across 14 universities in five states, including Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. In 2018, MTPConnect continued to back […]
Mark Skanes – 2019 STEM Professional of the Year
“The exciting work you can do and the changes you can make within a STEM career are incredible…” I’m extremely proud and honoured to have recently been recognised as an Award-Winning STEM Professional at the SA Premier’s Science Excellence Awards. Being acknowledged as the 2019 STEM Professional of the Year from the SA Premier’s Science […]
Visionary Leadership – excellence and collaboration
This year’s IMNIS Programs launched with an outstanding series of events on Visionary Leadership. In Adelaide, the Visionary Leadership Keynote was presented on 30 July 2019 by esteemed Academy Fellow and leader in aerospace, Dr Dong Yang Wu FTSE. Dr Wu’s speech had many valuable insights to share with IMNIS mentors, mentees and our invited […]
A Mentor/Mentee Perspective – Paul Wood & Pece Kocovski
The Mentee Perspective: Pece Kocovski I would like to share with you some of my experience with the IMNIS program. I recently entered the Kelly Services Future Scientist Award for 2018. It involved submitting an application along with a phone screening interview. I was then accepted as one of 8 student finalists. The students chosen […]