Presenter: Ilona Caruana
Organisation: Impact Innovation Group

Ilona has over 14 years’ experience in new products and service development; technology commercialisation and project management; operational management within start-up environments; intellectual property management; exports and logistics; regulatory affairs; government grants and R&D tax incentive; and investment preparation. Having worked across such industries as agribusiness and agrichemicals, biotechnology, financial services, manufacturing and exports, and university research, Ilona brings strong, broad-based technical and business experience to deliver proactive solutions that can help drive businesses forward.

With Impact Innovation Group Ilona helps clients to identify, structure and incubate ideas in new and existing businesses and markets. She also works with them to create a sustainable market-edge by building and implementing strategies for leading practice innovation solutions, benchmarking against others, developing a corporate ‘heart’ for innovation, and unlocking IP from internal ‘silos’. As well, Ilona is currently the Interim CEO for Leximancer, a text analytics start-up with unique sentiment analysis capabilities.

TOPIC

Uncross your fingers and open your eyes…there’s no excuse for throwing money at your R&D activities and just hoping for the best.

Smart R&D design and management are critical for a company’s growth and development. R&D doesn’t have to be complicated or costly, but it does need to be targeted – have you ever heard of an investor funding a venture without doing their “due diligence”?

In this webinar, Business Solutions Manager for Impact Innovation Group Ilona Caruana explains the benefits of strategic R&D in a small business context. The webinar will look at the federal government’s R&D tax incentives and show you why smart R&D management is important; the risks of poor R&D design and management when claiming the tax offset; and some practical experimenting and record keeping tips.