The vision for the partnership and the Woodside Innovation Centre at Monash is to create a globally connected innovation hub that rapidly accelerates advances in Materials Engineering, Additive Manufacturing and Data Science. The collaboration is a powerful vehicle from which to drive entrepreneurial innovation, technology transfer and disruptive new commercial opportunities. Core to Monash’s strength in innovation is the University’s ability to educate tomorrows technology leaders and to undertake cutting edge research capable of finding breakthrough technologies and solutions. Woodside are industry leaders in innovation with a commitment to unlocking new global growth opportunities. Each of the partners brings unique and distinct capabilities and by capitalising on these strengths, the Woodside Innovation Centre at Monash can be expected to have significant impact with the human capital and the intellectual capital produced.