Tag: Petra Andren

Quantum growth centre pushes into Canberra

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s quantum growth centre is opening a Canberra outpost, extending its footprint in the nation’s capital following a series of cuts to federal government commercialisation programs. The new hub...

Quantum leaders push to put tech to work in the economy

Posted on   |  by Staff Writer
With global investment accelerating and major economies positioning quantum as strategic infrastructure, the focus is shifting from scientific leadership toward industrial deployment — and where the resulting economic value...

Emerging quantum tech needs a diversity of champions

Posted on   |  by Petra Andrén
As artificial intelligence dominates the attention of governments, boardrooms and the media, another consequential technological shift is unfolding with far less scrutiny. The average person may not discuss ‘quantum’...

Gig Guide: NSW locks in a new privacy commissioner

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New South Wales has a new privacy commissioner in Sonia Minutillo, who has led the Information and Privacy Commission NSW’s regulatory functions for the best part of a decade....

Deep tech faces up to skills gap

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s deep tech sector is facing a ‘huge’ talent gap as the country’s biggest incubator in the space looks to keep promising companies from relocating overseas. Cicada Innovations, an...

Cicada’s tempting tech template

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Policy-makers trying to light a fuse under deep tech commercialisation in this country could do worse than take a stroll through Cicada Innovations in Sydney and talk to its...

Women and the war for talent

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia needs to pick up the pace in creating gender diversity within the tech and innovation sector or lose global competitiveness in this critical arena. While International Women’s Day...

Are MedTechs the next big thing?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Could MedTech startups be the next big thing on the Australian venture capital landscape? Petra Andrén, CEO of Sydney technology incubator Cicada Innovations thinks so, and her outfit’s Medical...