The document discusses collaboration facilitated by Intersect, including with government and research institutions. It provides examples of partnerships that have led to coordination of research efforts, access to broader networks and datasets, and awards for leadership in areas like cancer research, energy efficiency, and open data. Intersect works nationally and internationally to deploy infrastructure and services, address challenges like large data storage, and support collaborative projects through secure access and expertise embedded in universities.

1. Collaboration
 Government data and engagement
 Translational outcomes and impact
 Shared services

2. The imperative for collaboration
Scientific collaborations
courtesy of Olivier H. Beauchesne

3. Why?
Intersect is deploying infrastructure and services
nationally and internationally.
Why?
 the collaboration imperative
 the tyranny of distance

4. Coordination “The coordination of the
various institutes in NSW,
and with the NSW
Government, has been of
critical importance. We
can coordinate our
research effort and speak
with one voice on the
national stage.”
Professor Les Field,
DVC(R), UNSW

5. Partnership of Lowy Institute and Intersect earned the
Big Data Big Impact award at the 2013 Premier’s Awards for
Outstanding Cancer Research

6. Connection
“The strength of Intersect,
for us, is their connection
across the system. That gives
us access to a network of
people who really can ensure
we are at the cutting edge of
key areas”.
Prof David Currow, CEO
Cancer Institute of NSW

7. Intersect and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (+others)
earned the 2013 CitySwitch Green Office Awards for national
leadership in energy-efficiency

8. HDS Health and Life Sciences Innovation Award
“Intersect Australia is improving the availability, accessibility
and reuse of data, images and datasets…to expand the
scale and scope of the research that Australian scientists
are seeking to address”.

9. Prof Johanna Westbrook awarded the NSW iAwards ICT Professional
of the Year 2014. We work with Professor Westbrook on WOMBAT and
POSSUM

10. Partnered with NSW Department of Finance and Services
on the Sharing Government Data Forum, April 2013

11. Partnered with NSW Department of Finance and Services and Sax
Institute on Open Data forum, data linkage workshop, November 2013.

12. Biobanking Needs Analysis
Intersect has delivered recommendations on
streamlining biobank digital imaging systems for
the Cancer Institute NSW sponsored Biobanking
Stakeholders Network (BSN)
Image courtesy of A/Prof Daniel Catchpoole, Children’s Hospital at Westmead Paediatric Tumour Bank.

13. “Before Intersect …we
were dealing with these
things one by one… we are
now able to deal with
much larger problems and
deal with things like the
large storage of data,
which everybody struggles
with”.
Professor Les Field,
DVC(R), University of New
South Wales

14. Collaboration
 eResearch Providers: National Services
 NCRIS Infrastructure Partners and
Research Facilities

15. Delivering national services in partnership with state and
national eResearch providers through AeRO

17. Supporting research collaborations through
secure access via AAF to data stores

18. Projects with high-quality operational
research infrastructure (NCRIS) facilities

19. Intersect staff located
in Sydney and
Canberra to work with
ANDS and RDSI

20. Intersect eResearch
Analysts embedded in
universities across
NSW and the ACT to
work with our
members

21. Building capability
and peer support
networks through
coordinating
roundtables and
workshops