In this episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs CEO of the Bionics Institute, a world leader in the development of medical devices, talks to his colleague Dr Erol Harvey about his amazing journey from cutting diamonds with lasers, modifying the Hubble telescope and founding the incredibly successful company MiniFAB.

Erol Harvey is CEO of the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD) that will soon be home to the Bionics Institute, alongside many other leading research organisations on the St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne campus, and he talks about the importance of collaboration.

We find out about Erol's amazing career in Europe before he returned to Australia to start a company, and his thoughts on what is needed to support innovation. 

In this episode you will hear about:

• Erol's work with huge lasers and the Hubble telescope
• What it takes to build a med tech company
• Erol's advice for developing the med tech ecosystem.

More information
Read about ACMD here: www.acmd.org.au

Take a look at the MiniFAB website here: www.schott-minifab.com

Take a look at the Bionics Institute website to find out more about our research into autoimmune and chronic conditions, and conditions affecting the brain, hearing and vision: Our Research | Bionics Institute

 To find out more about commercialisation of research through medical device spin-off companies at the Bionics Institute, go to: Our Impact  

Updated version 05/08/22