Entrepreneurship Training: From Signal to Solution: Turning Research into Value
Abstract: This 90-minute interactive workshop helps early-career academics, PhD candidates, and HDR researchers translate technical excellence into real-world impact. Participants will learn how to identify who benefits from their research, define the problem they are solving, articulate a clear value proposition, and tailor their message to different audiences. The session provides a practical framework and guides participants in developing a concise elevator pitch for industry conversations, grant applications, and career opportunities , ensuring their research is clearly understood and effectively positioned.
Presenter: Dina Titkova, UNSW Founders, Australia
Biography: Dina Titkova is a Senior Manager Entrepreneurship at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia). With over 15 years’ experience across business development, program management, entrepreneurship. In her current role she leads a high-performing team that runs several UNSW Founders incubator and accelerator programs, with particular focus on supporting deep tech startups. She oversees UNSW Founders’ portfolio of 115 startups, who have raised over $270M in private funding and created 650+ jobs and angel invested in a few startups. She is particularly passionate about improving research commercialisation outcomes and seeing impactful solutions reaching those who need them most.
Prior to this role, Dina held various business development positions in HealthTech companies (including startups) in Australia and Europe, as well as being an early contributor to building a Digital Health innovation ecosystem in Stockholm, Sweden.
