Unlocking Australia’s energy future
Larry MarshallChief Executive, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
The APPEA Journal 58(3) - https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ17249
Published: 30 May 2018
Abstract
The Australian oil and gas sector has an opportunity to re-invent its future through innovation and improve its market position, becoming a globally competitive, sustainable and collaborative sector that fully supports domestic energy needs and maintains a leadership position in energy export markets.
CSIRO’s Oil and Gas Roadmap charts a course for catalysing this innovation, drawing on its expertise, track record and deep history of engagement across the sector.
From solving today’s challenges through to investing in the breakthrough science we need for tomorrow’s solutions, CSIRO is investing in industry-wide transformation.
CSIRO’s Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall will discuss the opportunity for the sector, and the nation, to harness science and technology-driven innovation to grow our economy in the face of digital and global disruption.
If Australia is to keep pace with the rest of the world, and seize the opportunity to grow its share of the global market, it must invest in bold, visionary, new ways of working. In every major shift of an economy around the world, science has created the new industries that emerged from the turmoil, and those new industries created new value that grew the economy.
As Australia’s Innovation Catalyst, CSIRO has been delivering solutions from science and shaping the future through deep collaboration with industry, government, universities and the community for over a century.
CSIRO will continue to bring its world-class science and solutions to the table to unlock opportunities for Australia. Together, we will chart a course for long term sustainable prosperity for our nation.
Dr Larry Marshall is Chief Executive of CSIRO, Australia’s National Science Agency and innovation catalyst. CSIRO solves Australia’s greatest challenges, turning excellent science into profound impact in partnership with industry, government, universities and the community. CSIRO’s work has enabled great Australian industries like cotton and wool, delivered environmental interventions like myxomatosis and dung beetles, saved lives with enhanced food products and 3D printed body parts, and changed the world with inventions like fast WiFi. Larry is a scientist, technology innovator and business leader with a wealth of experience in creating new value and impact with science. He has a PhD in Physics and became a global leader in laser research, for which he was honoured as a Federation Fellow and later as an ATSE (Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering) Fellow. He invented the ‘eye-safe’ laser which enabled lasers to be used safely in public. He was inspired at Stanford to found his first company, Light Solutions, which invented the world’ss first solid-state green laser for the treatment of blindness in diabetics. Light Solutions merged with infra-red laser company Iris Medical in 1995, and the green-laser sales propelled the new company Iridex to IPO (initial public offering) on Nasdaq. He was CEO/MD and founder of another five companies, frequently based on Stanford’s science, in biotechnology, telecommunications, semiconductors, and venture capital, including Arasor which he took public in 2006. In 2007, he became MD of Southern Cross Ventures, specialising in Australian innovation, where he delivered the first Nasdaq IPO of an Australian-venture backed startup commercialising science. He has 100 publications and conference papers, holds 20 patents, and has served on 20 boards of high tech companies operating in the US, Australia and China. Larry is a Male Champion of Change committed to tackling gender equality. He is a passionate supporter of Australian innovation, returning to Australia to lead CSIRO, which he believes is the essential catalyst to improve Australia’ss innovation performance. |
