David Doepel

David Doepel

Research Program 3: Deputy Lead

P3-014 Food Technology Facility

Mr Doepel has more than 40 years of experience as an innovator and entrepreneur and has held senior positions in industry, academia and government in Australia and the USA. He is an active farmer focussing on horticulture ag-tech and value-added foods and beverages. He was formerly the inaugural Trade Commissioner for WA in the Americas, a policy adviser and speechwriter to Premier Alan Carpenter and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at Murdoch University and is first author of The Murdoch University Third Commission on Africa. David holds degrees from Murdoch University, the Melbourne College of Divinity and Boston University.

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Sustainable Innovative Food Technologies Centre

Sustainable Innovative Food Technologies (SIFT) Centre Project is a collaboration between WA State Government, the CRC Entity and Murdoch University. SIFT will be an open access facility that food companies can use to research and develop new products.

Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia launches

On Friday 24 February, the multi-million-dollar Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia, aka Mereny Bidi Boodja, was formally opened at Peel Business Park in the state’s south-west.

Key leaders appointed to Western Australia’s new food technology facility, SIFT

Murdoch University’s Food Futures Institute has appointed key leaders to drive operations at its Food Technology Facility. Future Food Systems CRC is a major partner in the operations of the FTF.

$13.6m R&D project set to add value to WA’s agrifood sector

WA DPIRD, Murdoch University and the CRC are teaming up to deliver R&D to agrifood firms via a purpose-built food-tech facility at FIPWA.

Western Australian food innovation hub takes big step forward

On 4 May, CRC stakeholders met at the soon-to-be-completed Food Innovation Precinct Western Australia (the Precinct) in the Shire of Murray to sign lease agreements for core facilities within the precinct.

Peel Business Park calls for EOIs from innovative agrifood businesses

WA’s Peel Business Park, site of the soon-to-be-built WA Food Innovation Precinct, is seeking expressions of interest from agrifood and ancillary businesses keen to carve their own footprints in the precinct.

WAFIP Enterprise Support Program to fund growth of innovative agrifood SMEs

Eligible agrifood SMEs can apply for dollar-matched funding of up to $200K to scale up, commercialise and develop new food products within the new WA Food Innovation Precinct via the just-launched Enterprise Support Program.

Food Innovation Precinct WA to drive growth in premium value-added foods

Construction has begun on WAFIP, which will include an advanced food-manufacturing facility and food science, processing and educational facilities. The CRC will work with its WA partners to deliver R&D services within the precinct.
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