It has been years in the making but the maiden test flight of Gilmour Space Technologies’ three-stage orbital rocket is within sight, with final preparations targeting a launch early in the new year. If all goes to the current schedule, the Gilmour launch vehicle is expected to undergo full integration and testing in mid- to…
The post Gilmour: Final push toward maiden orbital test flight appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Over the last two years, Optus has led innovation in the telco sector in exactly one field – brand management. Unfortunately, the innovation has mostly been for the benefit of other telcos, though not exclusively. The starting point for accountability has to be the board of directors. The board should have had a better plan…
The post Optus, a brand innovator in the service of competitors appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Changes to export controls on defence products and services are a disaster for local deep-tech companies making dual-use products that have applications in both the defence and civilian commercial markets. Having been blindsided by the proposed changes to export controls, these companies have been given one week to respond to draft legislation. Local deep-tech companies…
The post Defence export changes are a disaster for local deep tech companies appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
“We have the capacity for frugal innovation,” says Nyambura Kamau in putting a spotlight on Kenya’s drive to bootstrap space-sector solutions for real-world problems. This move reshapes the landscape of African ingenuity, offering a template for innovation that many on the continent could emulate. Ms Kamau is on a mission to spark a broader conversation…
The post Kenya’s skyward surge: Space, sovereignty, and the African renaissance appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Back in August, just after the announcement of the National Reconstruction Fund Board, Industry and Science minister Ed Husic reminded us that “policy is shaped by the times it sits in.” Addressing the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), Mr Husic stressed the need for new approaches in a changed 21st Century world. “For us, a…
The post Beyond the NRF: The nation’s search for industry policy appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Ask pretty much any Australian company commercialising a dual-use technology and they will tell you there is yawning policy gap between the Industry portfolio and the Defence portfolio that is working against the national interest. This is a national interest problem in the sense that industrial development opportunities are falling through the cracks and the…
The post The yawning policy gap between Defence and Industry. It’s a problem appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
With world-renowned research capability, Australia is well-placed to be a breeding ground for productive deep tech startups. But long-running commercialisation struggles and a shortage of skills in highly specific job categories has often held Australia back among startups building businesses based on years of research and development, and deep technical expertise. This is changing. A…
The post The Commercial Disco with Eyes of AI founder and CEO Khoa Le appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
President Joe Biden’s executive order on AI regulation announced on Monday in the US fairly gazumped the Global AI Safety Summit being hosted by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday and Thursday. But it also put a gigantic international spotlight on the issue, as perhaps only a US president can. The US has staked…
The post The AI enigma: Marles and Husic at Bletchley Park appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
US President Joe Biden on Monday issued a landmark executive order that aims to manage the risk of artificial intelligence while boosting its vast potential productivity upside. The Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence includes clear guidance and resourcing to maintain US leadership in AI on national security grounds, and ties AI…
The post US jump-starts global AI regulation as Biden issues executive order appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
The space collaboration treaty between the US and Australia last week might encourage more foreign launches from Australian soil, but it does not enable technology transfer and as a result will deliver only marginal economic benefit. The Technology Safeguards Agreement unveiled by US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Washington is designed…
The post Space launch treaty is an economic ‘nothingburger’: Gilmour appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Of all the regulatory issues involving technology being considered by the federal government right now, the challenges of artificial intelligence are the most vexing, Australian Information Industry Association chief executive officer Simon Bush says. There is a lot that governments need to get right in relation to AI. Regulations must keep citizens safe and free…
The post There is a lot that govt needs to get right on AI regulation appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
The New South Wales Minister for Industry and Trade, and Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology Anoulack Chanthivong will deliver the ministerial opening address at the InnovationAus.com 2023 Awards for Excellence. Mr Chanthivong has lived in Campbelltown in Sydney’s southwest for 25 years and was elected as the Member for Macquarie Fields in 2015 and…
The post Star Power: Anoulack Chanthivong, Wyatt Roy and Dr Christina Maher appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Eighty projects across 25 lead agencies have been given $650 million in federal funding over four years through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). The project funding is a part of $4 billion that the federal government set aside for research infrastructure between 2018 and 2029 through the centralised NCRIS process. Each of the…
The post Eighty projects approved: $650m in federal research infrastructure appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Research commercialisation remains a crucial pathway for the CSIRO to deliver for the Australian community, says newly appointed chief executive Doug Hilton, but it is not the only way for the national science agency to make a positive impact. The focus on research commercialisation, science entrepreneurship and technical collaborations with local startups and SMEs that…
The post CSIRO’s Doug Hilton wants more than just commercial impact appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
For many non-profits and non-government organisations, technology issues can get in the way of delivering services to the people who need it most. The need to have effective tech systems in place can either lead to NFPs spending less time with clients, or having ineffective software in place that can lead to worse results for…
The post SmarterSoft delivers low-code, no-code tech for NGOs appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Australia’s chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley will deliver a lunchtime keynote address to The Capability Papers launch forum at Old Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday, an event that includes an opening address from Government Services minister Bill Shorten. The Capability Papers is an 80-page, 65,000-word tabloid-sized newspaper that includes 36 position papers on issues…
The post Powerful speakers readied for The Capability Papers appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Former Innovation minister Wyatt Roy, one of the primary architects of the Turnbull government’s signature National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA), will deliver the keynote address at the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence gala dinner on November 1. At age 20, Mr Roy became the youngest person ever elected to federal parliament, and at 25 became…
The post Wyatt Roy to headline at the Hordern Pavilion: Awards 2023 appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
The federal Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten will officially launch the 65,000-word, tabloid-sized Capability Papers publication at a special half-day forum and luncheon at the Old Parliament House the week. The Capability Papers includes position papers and policy ideas from some of the nation’s leading thinkers on innovation and research translation, from Australian Government…
The post Capability Papers: Bill Shorten to open LIVE program appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
The founders a new female-focused venture capital firm – former Spotify Australia managing director Kate Vale and Elevacao founder Marissa Warren – have announced the closure of its first fund totaling $13.5 million. Called Aliavia, the $13.5 million fund has attracted a who’s who of investors, and aims to address the gender imbalance prevalent in…
The post Aliavia closes $13.5m female-focused venture fund appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
It might seem like 3D printing is a very recent innovation, but it was way back in 1991 that neurosurgeon and entrepreneur Paul D’Urso landed a grant of just over $1000 to try to 3D-print body parts. This was soon after the Australian government had acquired the country’s first 3D printers. At the time, Professor…
The post Pioneering 3D printed body parts: Anatomics appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
You wouldn’t know it from looking at them, but there was something a bit different about the medals at the Tokyo Olympics: They were made from discarded laptops and phones. Every medal that was presented to athletes at the event was made from metal obtained from recycled consumer electronics, an example of the vast and…
The post Mint Innovation mines circuit boards for gold appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Australia is not prepared for the next wave of cyber-crime. Government has yet to implement regulations that would reduce the impact of what is coming. And Australian businesses and industry continue to lag international best practice. Imagine what would happen when artificial intelligence and automated lifelike voice generators become weaponised by cyber-criminals and rogue nations….
The post The next wave of cyber-crime scams will be devastating appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Voting is now open for the prestigious People’s Choice Award at the InnovationAus Awards for Excellence with some of Australia’s most innovative and fastest-growing companies vying for the honour. Voting for the crowd favourite award is open to anyone, and everyone has only one vote each – so make it count and to share your…
The post Voting opens for People’s Choice Award 2023 appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Freshly-minted Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen has named her first ministry, shifting deputy Premier Ben Carroll from the Industry and Innovation portfolio to the dual responsibilities as Minister for Education and Minister for Medical Research. The new ministry is a mixed bag, bringing sweeping changes to the innovation-facing roles while removing ‘Innovation’ from the Victorian government’s…
The post Jacinta Allen shuffles innovation out of Victorian cabinet appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Australia is ill-prepared to take advantage of the opportunities being created by artificial intelligence and is not investing sufficiently in sovereign capability to adequately safeguard the national interest, according to global AI leader Toby Walsh. Professor Toby Walsh is scientia professor of artificial intelligence at the University of NSW, and chief scientist at the university’s…
The post Toby Walsh calls for investment push on sovereign AI appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
A medical research translation expert, a digital health accelerator chief executive and the CEO of an entrepreneurship school are our finalists in the Innovation Leadership category of the 2023 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. This category honours the individuals who have shown outstanding leadership of teams in guiding the successful development of a product or service…
The post Innovation Leader of the Year: Award finalists appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Citizens rightly expect governments to deliver seamless services, with digital the preferred mode for ease of accessibility and convenience. This is the case whether its for digital drivers’ licenses, Medicare refunds, signing documents electronically, telehealth services or submitting tax payments online. Federal digital identity legislation has been released in September, and when passed – hopefully…
The post Legacy ‘tech debt’ is strangling govt digital budgets appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
A global leader in brain-computer neural interfaces, an electric airplane manufacturer, and a data trust by design expert are our three finalists for the 2023 Paul Shetler Disrupter of the Year category of the 2023 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence. It is a huge pleasure to announce these finalists in a category named for the former…
The post Finalists unveiled: Paul Shetler Disrupter of the Year 2023 appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Rachel Slattery is a serial entrepreneur well known to the tech and innovation ecosystem as the creator of the seminal Tech23 and AgileAus showcase and conference. Both of these events arrived ahead of their time in this country. Tech23 was running years before the term “deep tech” entered the entrepreneurial lexicon, and AgileAus when the…
The post Rachel Slattery on ageing and the next tech wave appeared first on InnovationAus.com.
This post was originally published on InnovationAus.com.
Australia can use its potential as a renewable energy superpower to drive production of ‘green’ iron, aluminium and ammonia for export, but will need $60 billion to $100 billion in public investment over 20 years to get these new industries started. A new Centre for Policy Development report says government should focus on pursuing a…
The post Kick-starting green exports will need up to $100b: Report appeared first on InnovationAus.com.