News Directory
Keep up to date with MTPConnect news and events, updated regularly. If you have news or events the sector would be interested to hear about, please let us know at media@mtpconnect.org.au.
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26 May 2023
MTPConnect Joins Team Australia at BIO in Boston
MTPConnect's Chair Hon Jaala Pulford will be joining CEO Stuart Dignam and team members at BIO International Convention in Boston US, (5-8 June 2023) to promote Australian medical innovations and capabilities to the world.
25 May 2023
CTCM Program Gathers Network for Value-Add Events in Melbourne
MTPConnect’s Clinical Translation and Commercialisation MedTech program brought leading medtech industry experts and innovation entrepreneurs – from NSW, WA, Queensland, SA and the US – together for a special range of events and activities over two days in Melbourne.
23 May 2023
Take The STEM Careers Pathway Survey
Science & Technology Australia has launched a major new survey on STEM Career Pathways to gather robust new evidence on STEM career patterns, talent retention, and mobility across the STEM sector. Share your experiences in just 10 minutes!
23 May 2023
Shape the Future of Healthcare through BBFH Challenge
IDE Group unveils the Building Better Futures for Health (BBFH) Challenge 2023. Win up to $40,000 in IDE Group services to turn your visionary idea into a reality.
15 May 2023
CSIRO opens Innovate to Grow program for SMEs in health and medtech sector
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has launched a free program to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the growing health and medical technologies sector to develop new products and services.
12 May 2023
If it isn’t measured… Take the Survey on Australian research assessment practices
The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia are seeking the views of researchers in Australia on how assessment practices in universities, governments and the private sector shape research careers and how they influence researchers’ choices and priorities.
11 May 2023
Making US Connections for Australian Medtech Companies – Frank Jaskulke Visit
Next week we are welcoming back Medical Alley Association's Frank Jaskulke to Australia, to take part in a number of events in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Frank will be sharing his expertise with the sector on cracking the US medtech market.
10 May 2023
Australia-South Korea Relations Boosted with New REDI Fellow to Work in Seoul
MTPConnect is pleased to announce that a highly-skilled Australian medical science researcher from Queensland, Dr Alex Smith, has been selected to work in South Korea under the REDI Fellowship Program.
09 May 2023
Australia’s Medtech, Biotech and Pharma Sector to Benefit from New Industry Growth Program
The 2023 Federal Budget includes a welcome commitment to the establishment of a new $392.4 million Industry Growth Program to power development of priority sectors, including medtech, biotech and pharma.
09 May 2023
61st Australian Export Awards Are Now Open!
Now in its 61st year, The Australian Export Awards is a long-running awards program, led by Austrade, celebrating the invaluable contribution of Australian businesses exporting home-grown innovation to the world.
05 May 2023
New ARC Training Centre in Next-Gen Biomedical Analysis opens in Perth
The ARC Training Centre in Next-Gen Biomedical Analysis has been officially opened in Perth at The University of Western Australia (UWA), with support from MTPConnect and the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub.
05 May 2023
In Case You Missed It: Here’s What The MTPConnect Team Has Been Up To in April
Check out what MTPConnect got up to in April!
04 May 2023
Podcast: BelloSeno Trials Next Generation Breast Implant Technology
BellaSeno is a clinical-stage medical device company developing a next generation fully resorbable breast implant for soft tissue reconstruction following reconstructive surgery or congenital defects. Formed in Queensland, Australia in 2015, the company expanded its operations to Liepzig in Germany – but the journey for this German-Australian company started years earlier.