Tag: Commercial Disco

Sovereign AI infrastructure needs $2b to $4b in investment: ACS

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Building sovereign AI infrastructure should be a first order priority within the Albanese government’s second term productivity agenda, Australian Computer Society chief executive Josh Griggs says. The development of...

Piers Grove: Disrupting waste for a circular economy

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
“To say that Australia is behind is an understatement,” says Piers Grove, reflecting on the nation’s inertia regarding the circular economy.  The founder of Boomerang Labs and EnergyLab believes...

Australia’s outsized role in influencing global tech policy

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
“If you control the standards, you control the technology, and if you control the technology, you control the world” – a maxim highlighting Australia’s underestimated influence in global tech...

Big Tech and the intelligence power shift since MH17

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
Investigating MH17 unlocked the role of big data in assembling a criminal brief, pioneering the use of open-source intelligence.   “I became interested in how big data was being used...

Lessons from Germany: On-campus industry drives innovation

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
Bosch engineers rubbing shoulders with university researchers at coffee machines in ARENA2036 are brewing more than coffee; they’re fusing public and private innovation.  “It’s really an industry on a...

Nicholas Opie and the future of Australian deep tech

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
With a world-class university system, pioneering medical researchers and growing tech manufacturing capabilities, Australia is well primed to become a deep tech powerhouse. But long-standing commercialisation shortcomings are holding...

Mining new frontiers: Energy efficiency innovation is key 

Posted on   |  by Jason Stevens
“Energy transition is quite scary for many companies in mining,” says Climatech Zero chief executive Peter O’Connell, where the 4.9 per cent carbon reduction goal is daunting.   “We’re currently...