Generator lab

The Generator Lab connects SMEs, industry and government enterprises with UOW researchers and other stakeholders to solve their innovation problems by using disruptive technologies and collaborative people power.

Generator Lab is an event-based platform which encourages the development of new products, processes and capabilities for all involved through knowledge sharing in a participatory environment. Its main aim is to increase the regions innovation capacity through partnerships and collaboration.

Australian businesses that engage in collaborative innovation with research organisations such as UOW are 242% more likely to report increases in productivity, compared to non-innovating businesses. The timeframe of each Generator Lab project varies between a few hours through to a year. All commercial rights for the intellectual property generated through the project will reside with the industry partners and not UOW.

An example of an ongoing collaborative research project that has evolved from a Generator Lab event saw SMEs and UOW researchers working with an aged-care provider and a wool manufacturer to develop wearable devices in fabric socks to monitor the health of patients.

The reach of the Generator Labs project has already extended to Nowra and SMEs from South Western Sydney are encouraged to become involved.