Bionics Queensland 2019-2020 Prospectus
A GUIDE FOR AFFILIATES, ASSOCIATES AND FUNDING AGENCIES We’re fast tracking a human bionics future that will transform healthcare and change lives. Our vision is bold, ambitious, but entirely achievable Connecting, creating, collaborating and helping to commercialise bionic healthcare solutions.
We are a new, agile and vibrant not-for profit that will bust the silos of endeavour to fast track bionic devices, limbs and prosthetics, artificial organs, brain-computer interfaces, deep brain treatments and wearables.
Our vision is bold, ambitious, but entirely achievable. We’re asking those who are passionate believers, leaders, achievers or champions of change to join us in our important work. Our aim is to change the lives Dr Dimity Dornan AO Founder of Bionics Queensland of people around the world who live with complex disabilities, chronic and Hear and Say disease and previously untreatable health conditions.
Joining Bionics Queensland We will involve everyday people in bionic healthcare innovations. Bionics Queensland will create pathways is a first step towards for bionics end users and their carers to give their ideas, helping people to regain talk to and engage with those creating new and improved their health and lifestyle devices and treatments, bringing a new wave of user- and look forward to a friendly solutions to the market. A ‘deep dive’ into the health and lifestyle needs of end users will help today’s better tomorrow. > researchers to deliver tomorrow's ‘moon shots’ (healthcare solutions that have a tenfold impact on human lives!).
Bionics Queensland will be a leader among leaders We will lead the way in helping to build a globally in the Health 5.0 revolution. We will build on the recognised bionics industry cluster. longstanding success of Queensland’s Hear and Say We will monitor and accelerate the growth of (established by Dr Dornan to teach children how to hear Queensland’s bionics ecosystem, stimulating knowledge and speak with the Australian invented Cochlear implant) sharing, growing existing businesses and encouraging and the work of new bionics pioneers (developing the bionics leaders to relocate to our state. bionic heart, bionic eye, artificial pancreas and more).
We will plan and develop a Human Bionics Living We will link people, science and technologies that have Laboratory that benefits all Queenslanders. We will put not been connected before. Bionics Queensland will people living with disabilities and chronic or untreatable bring people and organisations together to understand the needs of people who will benefit from bionics conditions in touch with scientists, clinicians, inventors, breakthroughs, to brainstorm challenges in design, device designers and product developers. We will manufacturing, clinical practice, resource attraction boost insights to bionic healthcare options right across and the real world use of bionics innovations. Queensland (urban, rural and remote areas).
1 Bionics Queensland’s key areas of impact will be:
Tangible increases in Queensland’s human bionics More Queensland-born bionic products and knowledge, relationship capital and talent attraction technologies plus new R&D partnerships with other linked to new Queensland-led bionics projects. states/territories. Bionics Queensland will showcase Boosting our local talent pool and stand-out expertise existing research leaders and projects and look for in human bionics is a key step in improving health new partnerships, product applications and extensions. and welfare creating new businesses and a new wave of future jobs. An increase in the overall number of licensing and commercialisation arrangements for bionics devices, New advances in bionic-enabled medicine e.g. implants, prosthetics and limbs, wearables and upskilling students, clinicians, doctors and allied health supporting services. workers in bionic devices, implants and treatments.
An increase in export revenues afforded by the Accelerated growth in medtech manufacturing linked commercialisation of Queensland discoveries, to Queensland’s growing expertise in 3D printing, education and training programs. Positive economic biofabrication and manufacture of prosthetics, benefits will also come from international students organ and tissue implants. undertaking bionics research, adding to Australia’s body of human bionics discoveries.
Leadership in developing bionics-focused health services. Queensland has the capacity to lead the Enhanced human health outcomes with the capacity way in improving ‘soft service support’ for end to drive state and federal health budgets down while users of bionic product/devices. More individual and boosting the overall quality of care for those living with family-centred education and medtech translation a disability or ill-health. services will be needed to 'train the brain' to interact with bionic limbs, prosthetics, implants and devices.
Education and skills building for human bionics product and service commercialisation. This includes upskilling researchers and businesses in vertical collaboration, the design of product or service prototypes, integration of new AI technologies and robotics, and funds attraction.
For more information please visit our website: www.bionicsqueensland.com.au
2 BIONICS QUEENSLAND – 2019-2020 PROSPECTUS
QUT’s Maureen Ross discusses microtia biofabrication treatments with Chloe and her daughter Maia’ (Microtia is a small or absent outer ear)
We invite you as believers, Take the journey with us to help build leaders, champions and Queensland's collective insights to human bionics. The local design, manufacture and achievers to join us as an commercialisation of bionic solutions will Associate or Affiliate of impact the lives of many Queenslanders Bionics Queensland. Real you already know. change can be achieved with individual, government and corporate support and increased education and research about bionics solutions.
4 BIONICS QUEENSLAND – 2019-2020 PROSPECTUS Associates and Affiliates of Bionics Queensland will help deliver 'bionic moonshots'. Together we will:
Champion Queensland’s early success in bionics Be a part of a team approach to develop a bionics discovery and our world class expertise in biomedical innovation pipeline and a globally recognised engineering and biofabrication to give Queenslanders bionics industry cluster. (and people) everywhere access to more affordable bionic solutions. Benefit from our proposed Human Bionics Living Laboratory with AI enabled discovery platforms, Tap into the power of many minds working together collaborative, multi-partner projects and events to pinpoint ‘nano-neuro-bionic-electronic’ interfaces that drive design thinking and collective action. that underpin new discoveries and identify innovation ‘blockers and enablers’ Partner with others to pursue the next generation of bionic ‘moon shots’ i.e. health innovations and Get involved in a dynamic, conversation with local and discoveries that deliver a tenfold impact and major global leaders about partnered R&D and investment social and economic benefits. opportunities across bionic mobility (artificial limbs and prosthetics), bio-fabricated organs and tissue implants and the brain-machine interface (neural links). Showcase your organisation’s key activities and success stories on the Bionics Queensland website, attend our events and leverage our innovation and research Be stimulated by creative innovation workshops challenges, government advocacy, annual summits that bring educators, researchers, inventors, and collaborative projects. start-ups and real world users of bionic devices together.
Enjoy the benefits of shared government advocacy i.e. a team effort to influence policy and regulations that impact medtech and bionic solutions.
5 Bionics Queensland will deliver value for the whole ecosystem
Human bionics consumers (everyday people): Helping Bionics and technology start-ups: Identifying, people with disabilities and complex health conditions stimulating and supporting start-ups, helping to to find life-changing medtech devices, artificial organs identify bionics innovation gaps and opportunities and and limbs, bio-fabricated tissue implants, prosthetics, proactively involving a range of early stage medtech treatments and wearables. businesses in the Bionics Queensland journey.
Bionics donors, funders and investors: Encouraging Incubators, accelerators and commercialisation philanthropists, private investors, and governments to experts: Working with start-up accelerators and participate in the Health 5.0 revolution and invest in experts in vertical collaboration to deliver events, Queensland’s bionics research and product development programs and digital platforms designed to fast track to transform lives and reduce public health care budgets. the commercialisation of ground breaking medtech devices and treatments.
Queensland universities, allied health science and research institutions and their partners: Actively Medical insurers and health funds: Highlighting ways supporting our universities in their efforts to build a that health insurers can participate and deliver a new strong science-industry interface and fast track their level of value to health consumers. bionic breakthroughs into business and clinical settings.
Individual professionals, students and community Leading health providers, hospitals, medical specialists: members: Engaging everyday users of bionics Enabling Queensland’s health and medical leaders to devices, treatments and wearables alongside expand their working partnerships, collaborating on students, clinicians, bioengineers, designers, bionics-enabled medicine and new clinical services (that educators, technologists and neuroscientists merge bionic, robotics and human-centred care). (all focused on patient-centred innovation).
Corporate leaders and small-medium enterprises with an interest in human bionics: Providing a unique opportunity for business leaders, medtech organisations and technology experts to invest in a human bionics revolution.
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Who should join as an Affiliate? What benefits will you enjoy?
We’re encouraging people right across As an Affiliate, your benefits will include: Queensland to become an Affiliate. Enabling bionics end users and their families to share their health and lifestyle needs with those who Individual health professionals, clinicians, allied have the capacity to provide life changing solutions. health practitioners, educators, researchers, students and anyone with an interest in the future Participation in Bionics Queensland events, webinars of human bionics is welcome to join. and workshops bringing consumers, researchers, clinicians and device designers together and Many of you will want to keep your eye on new connecting new-to-the-world devices with investors discoveries or find out about new medtech devices that could benefit you, a family member or friend. Involvement in a dynamic Leadership Council planning Some will want to find out about clinical support and collaborating to explore, test and commercialise services for bionics end users. Others will want next generation bionics solutions. Affiliates will to research, form partnerships or seek the advice tap into our bionics discovery library, participate in and support of Bionics Queensland's Sector Leaders. landmark research and/or provide specialist skills to accelerate new healthcare outcomes. Whether you are a community member, studying at university or working in a small or large medtech Continuous access to information on bionics business, a start-up, health agency or charity, breakthroughs, new devices, technologies and services there is value in becoming an Affiliate. on our website and via our quarterly newsletter that will highlight mentoring, skills building and vertical Opportunities include, but are not limited to, regular collaboration events, and opportunities to participate participation in bionics knowledge sharing events, in research and innovation challenges. webinars, collaborative research grants and award programs, career mentoring and more. Customised As an Affiliate your will support and be supported by events and insights will also be provided to Affiliates like-minded people with an interest in changing lives. living outside urban centres. Whether you are a bionics end user, a researcher or an interested professional or community member, becoming an Affiliate is a decision you won’t regret.
What are the annual fees to join as an Affiliate?
If you are a student, you can join Bionics Members of the community, patients and their Queensland for zero dollars. Meetings and carers who are not working full-time can join events with guest speakers will be hosted by for an annual fee of $100. Pending individual Bionics Queensland to engage students studying circumstances, the fees for bionics end users or interested in human bionics (bio-medical may be waived. engineering or other disciplines). Once you become an Affiliate, we will keep Professional individuals – employees of you up-to-date with the latest news, share organisations can join for a fee of $220 breakthroughs, invite you to events and hear per annum. This applies to individuals working more about your needs. This helps us to ensure for product or device manufacturers, professional that bionics research and in turn, new devices services, universities, hospitals, medical centres, and treatments satisfy your needs. specialists and allied health practices.
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The Sphere at QUT's Education Precinct and its special interactive program showing a child's brain development. QUT was the first university to become a Sector Leader Associate of Bionics Queensland.
Who should join Bionics Queensland as an Associate?
Private sector corporations (small to medium ASSOCIATES ARE ACCEPTED IN enterprises and industry leaders), government agencies TWO CATEGORIES: and not-for-profit organisations who share Bionics Queensland’s vision are welcomed as Associates. 1. Sector Leader Associates
Associates of Bionics Queensland are organisations Health, education and/or research who will become highly visible trailblazers in bionics. Bionics industry, technology and product You will better understand the needs and wants of end manufacturing users and their carers; you will lead and encourage Corporate and business leaders bionics innovations and breakthroughs, participate in research and discovery, take medical or exponential Sector Leader Associates are offered a technologies to a new level, enhance bionics product comprehensive benefits package for their primary designs and strive to speed up the time to market of representative or Associate and up to four other new products and services. organisational representatives.
Queensland’s leading universities, hospitals, 2. Industry Associates research institutes and bionics device developers and Entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists and manufacturers are current and future Associates of bionics SMEs Bionics Queensland. Small health, education, professional service We are also attracting the interest and participation providers and small charities of health tech and medical device start-ups, smaller education and training providers and charities. Industry Associates will receive an attractive suite of benefits and active participation of their lead representative and two representatives.
10 BIONICS QUEENSLAND – 2019-2020 PROSPECTUS 1 – Benefits for Sector Leader Associates
The opportunity to lead and collaborate with The opportunity to showcase human bionics others to stimulate new bionic healthcare breakthroughs, products, treatments and services discoveries and build a multi-region industry in major health and education precincts and cluster. Sector Leaders commit to active interactive learning spaces. involvement for at least three years to proactively Be eligible to co-fund and co-brand a Chair in support Bionics Queensland in fulfilling its vision. Bionics i.e. one or more appointments of this Sect or Leaders with appropriate expertise nature pending available funds and personnel and credentials can express their interest in to accelerate progress in fast moving areas of participating in the Executive Group (up to medical bionics. 8 organisations) of the Leadership Council. The opportunity to co-design, host and sponsor This Council chaired by the CEO is a project Bionics Queensland events e.g. an annual bionics leadership team that will pursue cross- congress or symposium; consumer forums, institutional bionics projects, pursue major innovation workshops and vertical collaboration grants and research funds and spearhead events (designed to fast track product development local and global innovation challenges. and end user access to market-ready bionics P articipation of Associates in the Executive products and devices). Group enables a far-reaching involvement in Participate in the development and Bionics Queensland’s initiatives. All Associates implementation of a ‘Bionics Queensland can participate in the wider suite of projects and Roadmap and Action Plan’ outlining the steps we initiatives of the Council. will take to create a unique, Queensland-based A recognised Bionics Queensland ‘ambassador’ bionics industry cluster. role, stimulating ground-breaking bionics R&D, Invitations to select bionics events and conferences product or process design, manufacture and showcasing bionics insights and discoveries. commercialisation. Sector leaders will play a vital role in promoting new research, and, Opportunities to feature in Bionics Queensland encouraging people living with disabilities and national and global publicity efforts on bionics chronic health conditions to provide a new level science, technology, engineering, product or of input to the design of bionic solutions. service breakthroughs. A recognised role in shaping plans for the Human Inclusion in a Sector Leaders showcase Bionics Living Laboratory. Bionics Queensland will within a world-class bionics discovery library also progressively develop stand-out interactive developed progressively and collaboratively learning exhibits and technology-driven bionics with Associates. discovery environments.
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Participation in Bionics Queensland Leadership Pathways to participate in the creation of a Council projects and activities. The Council will Bionics Discovery Library and the proposed design projects that tap into the diverse skills/ Human Bionics Living Laboratory. Our Associate expertise of all Associates and will also leverage the level benefit packages will provide a number of skills and interests of Affiliates, including students. unique benefits linked to these proposed projects. The opportunity to co-design, host, sponsor and/ Opportunities to be featured in Bionics Queensland or deliver papers at Bionics Queensland events national and global publicity on our region’s e.g. an annual bionics congress or symposium; breakthroughs in bionics science, technology, consumer forums, innovation workshops and engineering, product or service development. vertical collaboration training events. Progressive updates on new insights, The chance to exhibit your ideas, new devices, discoveries and case studies i.e. bionics technologies, products and services at Bionics breakthroughs, products and services featured Queensland events. on our Bionics Queensland website. Participation in the development and implementation of our Bionics Queensland Roadmap and Action Plan.
12 BIONICS QUEENSLAND – 2019-2020 PROSPECTUS What are the annual fees to join as an Associate? Fee Structure for Associates who are Sector Leaders
Fees for Sector Leader Associates Annual Fee
Large hospital and health organisations, education and/or research leaders, $50,000 industry and corporate leaders (with turnover of $1b pa or above)
Under 1 billion pa $40,000
Under $500m pa $30,000
Under $250m pa $15,000
Under $10m pa $5,000
Note 1: Annual fees are paid in advance of the subsequent year. Note 2: Organisations with <$5M pa in revenue should apply as appropriate within the Other Associates categories – ‘Small health, education, professional service providers and small charities’ or ‘Entrepreneurs, innovators and SMEs’.
Industry Associates
Fees for Industry Associates - Innovators, Scientists and Small to Medium Enterprises Annual Fee
Under $5 million pa $3,500
Under $2 million pa $2,500
Under $1 million pa $1,250
Under $500,000 pa $750
Note: Annual fees are paid in advance of the subsequent year.
Fees for Industry Associates - Small health, education, professional service providers Annual Fee or charities
Under $5 million pa $2,500
Under $2 million pa $1,500
Under $1 million pa $750
Under $500,000 pa $500
Note: Annual fees are paid in advance of the subsequent year.
Annual fee payments of Associates and Affiliates will remain current for twelve (12) months from the date of payment. Bionics Queensland will maintain an up-to-date Register of Associates and Affiliates. Invoices must be paid within one month of the date of renewal each How to Apply: year. Consideration will be given to Associates on a case by case basis if there is a request for renewal payments to be made on a We invite you to visit our website at twice yearly basis. www.bionicsqueensland.com.au The Board of Bionics Queensland and its Associates and Affiliates and apply to join Bionics Queensland. will work together in a cooperative way to jointly progress a shared vision for the organisation and the growth of Queensland’s bionics We look forward to your participation! eco-system and business cluster. For further information contact: All Associates and Affiliates must act in a way that is consistent with the values of Bionics Queensland, does Bionics Queensland, not adversely impact the image or reputation of Bionics 29 Nathan Avenue, Ashgrove, Queensland; otherwise cause harm to or, be in breach of Queensland, 4066. any significant provision in any of its policies. All applicants seeking Sector Leader Associate status must Tel. (07) 3850 2111 > commit to active involvement for at least three years with the capacity to pay the agreed annual fees.
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