Part 2: Capability - Submarines, industrial development and frontier technologies

The Capability - Submarines, industrial development and frontier technologies webinar was a discussion at the highest levels of business about how companies can mobilise to build strategically important and commercially valuable intellectual property.

Large-scale defence contracts direct huge investment into high-tech industries. At a time when a raft of powerful new technologies are coming of age, considered and well-directed industry programs and partnerships can be truly transformative. The industrial development opportunities for Australia are extraordinary.

Where is Australia placing its big bets to leverage existing research leadership? Where does Australia already have comparative advantage, and where will it partner to augment home-grown capability ? Quantum, artificial intelligence, 5G, advanced manufacturing, robotics and automation, and critical mineral processing are all part of this mix.

Expert guests included:

• Adrian Beer, CEO, METS Ignited
• Rob Le Busque, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific at Verizon Business Group
• Jens Goennemann, Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre.

For more information on what was discussed, see AUKUS brings ‘huge multiplier effect’ to local industry (innovationaus.com).