More than a thousand stakeholders are expected to attend over 100 events at CQUniversity's campuses and community forums next week at CQUniversity Inaugural ResearchExpo. Tens of thousands of Central Queenslanders will tune-in as well, with ABC Capricornia broadcasting live from the CQUniversity Rockhampton venue, the Community Sport Complex, from 630am to 9am Tuesday.

"Researchers and staff felt it was important to do this to achieve greater awareness of our research activities, our partnerships with industry, government and others, and the solutions we're developing here to address local and global problems," said Vice Chancellor Scott Bowman.

Researchers at the Centre for Mucosal Immunology at CQUniversity, Maree Stocks and Melissa Harling."We're doing great things at CQUniversity:  investigating vaccines for middle ear infections, discovering unexpected genes in kangaroos that could help fight infectious disease in people and battling diabetes with new technologies. We conduct world-class metals research for local industry and the global mining sector. We have water specialists in China and Cyprus for example, applying what we've learned about water conservation, in their own countries. All of that's happening here, quietly, in labs and in the filed in Central Queensland. We can't be quiet about it anymore," boasted Professor Bowman.

Tuesday's opening ceremonies feature Queensland Chief Scientist Peter Andrews who - as Keynote Speaker -- will talk about the importance of regionally-based research activities.

More than 100 staff and 300 research students across the University will participate directly in events scheduled throughout Central Queensland and at Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, including:

• Dr Melinda McHenry explains why carbon storage in soil is a load of crap
• Is your TV killing you? with Dr Mitch Duncan
• Working with disruptive youth and families... Clinical Psychology Professor Kevin Ronan on a new intervention process...
• Do you know what's in your food? The rate of food allergies is on the rise in Australia; how do parents with a food-allergic or intolerant child cope? Karena Burke explains
• Rocket science... and other vegetable research stories with Professor Phillip Brown
• Tourism on private lands - is it sustainable? Talk with Dr Paul Waight
• Better business: Deborah Tunnicliff explains how businesses can create their own innovation opportunities
• The ultimate iphone app - computing everywhere, as explained by Dr Michael Cowling
• Music making meaning - Researching the music of Torres Strait with Dr Karl Neuenfeldt

CQUniversity has produced LINK, a 20-page magazine on engaged research, which will be launched at the Expo. It can be viewed on-line here and features stories on.

• How we're deriving greater understanding of the human immune system from kangaroos to fight infectious disease?
• The carbon and sustainability challenge
• Forensic engineering
• New diabetes research involving natural sugar substitutes and new electronic monitoring

More information about the Expo may be obtained at http://www.research.cqu.edu.au/ and click on ResearchExpo.