Chris Sotiropoulos B.Appl. Sci (Dist), PhD, LLB

Commercialisation Consultant

Dr Sotiropoulos has provided commercialisation advice to life science and information technology organisations and business angel investors in the United States of America, Europe and Australia for over 10 years. He advises these companies on both legal and commercial development strategy and has completed international health care licensing deals valued at AUD 180 million. Dr Sotiropoulos is a graduate of Harvard Business School and has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree (Distinction) and PhD (Microbiology) from RMIT, and a Bachelor of Law degree from Monash University. He teaches Innovation Management in the MBA programme at Swinburne University (Melbourne), and is Vice President of the Australian American Association, former Victorian chair of the Licensing and Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand, and a member of the Melbourne Boston Sister City Committee.

Eamonn Kelly B.A. (Hons), B.Mus. (Hons), M.Mus., M. Arts Man., DPhil

Design & Marketing Consultant

Eamonn has been involved in the performing and creative arts for over twenty years, including working in arts administration, consulting, and as a professional actor, composer, and illustrator/designer. He served as ABC Classic FM/Symphony Australia Music Presentation Fellow (1999), and is currently Melbourne Music Reviewer for The Australian. He is a partner in a medical illustration & design business, marketing and design consultant for Inivai Technologies (Australian biotech firm), and a consultant (strategic development, research) for various arts and cultural organisations. Eamonn has gained several academic credentials; a doctorate in Classical & Celtic Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Bachelor of Music (Hons), and Master of Music (Musicology) at the University of Melbourne. In 2005-6, he undertook research as part of a Collaborative ARC Special Research Initiative between the University of Western Australia, University of Melbourne, Monash University, and Australians Studying Abroad. He is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne, and is currently completing a Master of Arts Management.