Innovation

innovationCAFE is the must-­attend event for anyone pursuing fresh insights, ideas, tools and connections. innovationCAFE 2026 is organised for start-ups, entrepreneurs and professionals alike who want insights and practical solutions to the most challenging business issues today. Our Sydney event is approaching at the end of this month on August 26th. In light of this, […]

An excellent and informative article written by one of our speakers at the innovationCAFE 2015 Perth event, Professor Tim Mazzarol. “The final communique of the 2014 G20 Leaders’ Summit called for enhanced economic growth that could be achieved by the “promotion of competition, entrepreneurship and innovation”. There was also a call for strategies to reduce […]

Sydney, You’re invited… Three Pillars for a new Australia Productivity | Commercialisation | Innovation Culture If Australia is to be a sustainable, innovation-led economy, three interrelated pillars need to be aligned. Each session will be presented by leaders in their field and outline the issues, examples and opportunities relevant to each pillar: Productivity – Marco […]

Queensland’s startup sector is set to welcome a $76 million injection, included in the $180 million State Government suite of reforms, nicknamed Advance Queensland. Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk has stated that the government has the intent on, “delivering a new era of opportunities to Queenslanders”. The injection will provide critical capital funding to Queensland-based, early-stage ventures. […]

The 2020 Strategy outlines CSIRO’s approach to improving Australia’s record in innovation and helping Australia respond to global changes and digital disruption. The vision is to become “Australia’s innovation Catalyst, boosting Australia’s innovation performance”, whilst creating value for customers through innovation that delivers positive impact for Australia. The year innovation master plan was developed through […]

Swanson Reed, in partnership with Wrays, has just released the 2015 discussion paper based on the InnovationCAFE workshops. The paper, Innovation in Australia Building a Prosperous Future Through Innovation, is based on four innovation café workshops held by Swanson Reed and Wrays in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in July and August 2015. InnovationCAFE is a series of national workshops […]