The Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC) is a leading service organisation helping innovators achieve commmercial success.  Around Australia we help business, research organisations and governments convert their ideas into successful outcomes, including ExpatriateConnect (EC).  The AIC addresses market gaps and accelerates the commercialisation of know how and technology that their clients have created, by providing advices, solutions and tools, and helping people improve their commercialisation skills.

AIC was a co-founder of EC with Southern Cross.  The partnership with the AIC offers EC' companies and mentors a range of services, including those listed below.

The AIC  can provide companies and mentors registered with EC resources to accelerate their export outcomes and market readiness including:

• technology transfer facilitation and brokerage of intellectual property (IP)
• commercialisation project management services
• strategic IP management advice  
• market research and opportunity analysis  
• professional development programs to increase commercialisation skills and successes (including Ideas2Market).

The AIC’s commercialisation capability is delivered through its three business units:

Commercialisation Services Consultancy

• Commercialisation Services Consultancy
• offers AIC’s business tools,
• market research,
• professional development programs ,
• Aussie Opportunities,
• policy and commercialisation advice  
• TechFast – delivers a program to help small to medium enterprises (SMEs) adopt new commercially viable know-how and technologies from Australia’s research organisations.

• Office of ICT Commercialisation – manages a commercialisation hub that draws on Government-owned IP for the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector.

         How can AIC assist Australian' companies to be export ready?

• Help overcome barriers to successful commercialisation
• Establish linkages to commercialise intellectual property (IP)
• Provide independent assistance with negotiating deals
• Conduct intellectual property audits and valuations
• Source and analyse business intelligence or market research
• Accelerate technology transfer into small businesses and industry
• Provide commercialisation education and training
• Provide leading practice commercialisation know-how and tools
• Help to identify optimal commercialisation pathways – what do I do next?
• Subscribe to the AIC newsletter

Contact the AIC

          Brisbane Technology Park
          1 Clunies Ross Court (off Miles Platting Road)
          Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane QLD 4113

          Tel = 61 1300 364 739
          Email = info@ausicom.com