AusBiotech delegation of CEOs to Parliament House

By AusBiotech
Tuesday, 13 March, 2012

AusBiotech’s CEO, a number of its directors and 20 of its member CEOs and executives will tomorrow be hosted at Parliament House for this year’s CEO Forum, which will be addressed by a range of speakers on innovation policy and programs, including the Hon Greg Combet, Minister for Industry and Innovation, and Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and The Hon Catherine King MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing.

Attendees will receive updates on programs in the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE), Commercialisation Australia and the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA), including:

The Innovation Investment Fund
The National Enabling Technology Strategy
The ‘Raising the Bar’ Bill
R&D Tax Incentive
Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Manufacturing
New provisions for Commercialisation Australia
Cleantech investment programs
Clinical Trials Action Group
TGA Blueprint
Advertising for registered therapeutic products
The TGA Reform Program, including progress in Health Technologies Assessment

“The Summit gives us, Minister Combet, Parliamentary Secretary King, the two Departments (DIISRTE and DoHA), Commercialisation Australia and the industry’s leaders, a valuable opportunity for dialogue on public policy issues that impact upon and will shape the future of the biotechnology industry in Australia,” said AusBiotech CEO, Dr Anna Lavelle.