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Interlab Forum
The Interlab Forum is a collaborative agreement between six Public Sector Research Establishments (PSREs) from across Government.
Acting in the best interest of the public, the agreement promotes knowledge sharing across the PSREs. This includes emergency response and disease control.
The co-operation brings together the expertise of over 9,000 scientists, technologists and engineers. They use their complementary skills and resources to enhance the Government's effectiveness through the sharing of best practice and collaboration on strategic activities and projects.
The Forum's main areas of work are:
- Emergency response covering response modes to emergency situations, capabilities and surge capacity.
- Modelling and simulation of disease control, climatic change and resource management.
- Detection, decontamination and remediation of hazardous materials, dangerous pathogens and ionising radiation.
- Animal health research facilities and telemetry.
The members of PSRE:
The members are committed to scientific excellence and to transferring the knowledge created by the PSREs' scientists into the economy. They share best practice in people and capability development, relationships with universities, managing and exploiting intellectual property and managing conflicts of interest.