STPs and tenants meeting emerging regional needs: In wellness and health, security and prevention of crime, and environmental issues

This paper is perhaps on the softer side of Science and Technology Park (STP) management and concerns the opportunity that exists for STPs in most regional communities for the extension of their services to cover the need to lead at a regional level. It explores the role that STPs can play in covering the regional leadership void, particularly in times of downturn and economic hardship. The paper explores why and how the Innovation Campus at the University of Wollongong expanded local leadership services based upon issues and opportunities that emerged from a review of the first three years of operation (2008-2011) of the Innovation Campus, a wider review of research capacity within the university; and, the declining local economic conditions.