Tagged: ATI

Callaghan Innovation – time for a concrete and practical illustration of its intent - Stick

Peter Kerr • Nov 22, 2012 •

• Advanced Technology Institute,
• ATI,
• Callaghan Innovation,
• CI,
• Early stage science,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• Market validation,
• Prototyping,
• Sciblogs,
• Sustainability,
• university

OK, now that we have the naming of the Advanced Technology Institute out of the way, and its genesis to Callaghan Innovation has been carried out, it’s time to move on from the warm fuzzies. The thinking behind the new … Continue reading → … Read More

Come on ATI, tell us what you’re thinking – please! - Stick

Peter Kerr • Nov 15, 2012 •

• Advanced Technology Institute,
• ATI,
• Callaghan Institute,
• development,
• Early stage science,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• Market validation,
• Prototyping,
• Sciblogs,
• Science policy,
• start-up

Those of us who care about creating more national wealth through better commercialisation, innovation and implementation by leveraging our science capability really want to see the Advanced Technology Institute succeed. The ATI will be, after all, an important stepping stone … Continue reading → … Read More

Officiating our way to an ATI totally the wrong policy - Stick

Peter Kerr • Nov 08, 2012 •

• Advanced Technology Institute,
• ATI,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IRL,
• Prototyping,
• Sciblogs,
• Science policy,
• Steven Joyce

Now everyone wants to see the Advanced Technology Institute set up and thriving. This ranges from the ATI’s establishment board, to science minister Steven Joyce, to (about to be reformed) IRL, to the CRI and university scientists and commercialisers, to … Continue reading → … Read More

Let’s accept now that the ATI will find it very difficult to kick off by February next year - Stick

Peter Kerr • Oct 25, 2012 •

• Advanced Technology Institute,
• ATI,
• development,
• establishment board,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• Market validation,
• Sciblogs,
• Science policy,
• start-up,
• university

By the look of things, maybe we should accept, now, that the Advanced Technology Institute won’t be up and running by 1 Feb 2012. This was a two-month postponement from the original 1 November 2012 date – but the way … Continue reading → … Read More

Dear ATI Establishment Board, - Stick

Peter Kerr • Aug 16, 2012 •

• Advanced Technology Institute,
• ATI,
• development,
• Early stage science,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• industrial research ltd,
• innovation,
• IRL,
• Sciblogs,
• Science policy,
• Sustainability

Welcome to the gig. You have an interesting (to say the least) and challenging brief to frame up the Advanced Technology Institute (your terms of reference will be most enlightening). I do worry though when I hear rumours of outside … Continue reading → … Read More

An ATI set to fly…..like a turkey - Stick

Peter Kerr • Jul 10, 2012 •

• Advanced Technology Institute,
• ATI,
• Early stage science,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IRL,
• proprietary,
• Sciblogs,
• Science policy,
• start-up,
• The Treasury,
• Wynyard Quarter

If rumours are to be believed, the Advanced Technology Institute, is to be established as a separate crown entity. The ATI is meant to be a hi-tech, engineering-oriented link between science and industry to boost New Zealand high value manufacturing … Continue reading → … Read More

Fantastic; more faffing around for an Advanced Technology Institute - Stick

Peter Kerr • Jun 14, 2012 •

• ATI,
• budget,
• development,
• Early stage science,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IRL,
• Prototyping,
• Sciblogs,
• Science policy

Oh great – yes the May 24 budget announcement has $178 million allocated over five years for the evolution of Industrial Research into an Advanced Technology Institute. But buried in the numbers (page 108, here) is a huge reason to … Continue reading → … Read More

‘Release the hounds’ Mr Joyce — let IRL get on with becoming an ATI - Stick

Peter Kerr • May 01, 2012 •

• Advanced Technical Institute,
• ATI,
• Early stage science,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• Industrial Research,
• innovation,
• IRL,
• Prototyping,
• Sciblogs,
• Science policy

There’s so many ways to say aagghhh, what the hell is going on, that it is difficult to know where to start. But, it is nearly six months since John Key (no less) announced the high-tech transformation of the science … Continue reading → … Read More