The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) aims to shape the future by using science to solve real issues and make a difference to people, industry and the planet. With more than 1,800 patents, CSIRO is Australia’s largest patent holder. This ever-increasing wealth of intellectual property is a vast source of commercial opportunity and has already resulted in more than 150 spin-off companies, with many more to come.For around a century CSIRO has been pushing the boundaries of what is possible in science and technology, with world-renowned successes including WiFi, the Hendra vaccine and polymer banknotes. With more than 5,000 experts based in 55 centres, extensive local and international networks, CSIRO is Australia’s catalyst for innovation and a global force in transforming imagination into reality.CSIRO collaborates with 3,000 customers each year, including Australian federal, state and local government bodies; small, medium and large businesses; the majority of Research Development Corporations, Cooperative Research Centres and Australian universities, and more than 150 international partners.