Dan Smith

AEA Priority Manager – Defence capability and value-add in agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Dan Smith

Priority Managers align with one or more of the Government identified priority areas in order provide specialist technical advice.

Dan is a Priority Manager for defence capability and value-add in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, based in South Australia.

He has a keen interest in new technologies and over 15 years’ experience in assisting young companies to commercialise their ideas and technology. Dan has worked both in and with, universities, startup incubators/accelerators and government grant programs to bring new ideas and technologies to light. He works closely with Australian universities to identify research that would benefit from AEA Program funding to realise potential benefits for researchers, universities, industry, investors, and society.

To get in touch with Dan, speak to your Research Office (or equivalent).