{"id":3283,"date":"2026-06-04T14:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T04:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/?page_id=3283"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T03:06:25","slug":"ruth-park-jones-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-translate-2026\/program\/meet-the-2026-speakers\/ruth-park-jones-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Ruth Park-Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-85010f99 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-9df8e368 nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-768x1024.png\" alt=\"Ruth Park Jones - speaker of ON Translate 2026, director of commercialisation, monash university\" class=\"wp-image-3281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-810x1080.png 810w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-450x600.png 450w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-188x250.png 188w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-338x450.png 338w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-563x750.png 563w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-192x256.png 192w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-288x384.png 288w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-384x512.png 384w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-576x768.png 576w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-75x100.png 75w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1-263x350.png 263w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2026\/06\/Ruth-Park-Jones-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-ad3ce983 is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-aadf616e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-e29552f7 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c639477 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Ruth Park-Jones is Senior Director, Commercialisation at Monash University, leading the Commercialisation team and providing strategic leadership across intellectual property, licensing and commercialisation. 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