Tag: UTS

Algorithms, big data and the govt

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian Government is increasingly turning to computer algorithms to make important decisions in a move that experts say comes with a number of ethical and legal issues. It...

In search of micro-multinationals

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Professor Roy Green is one of Australia’s foremost thinkers on innovation ecosystem policy. And like the rest of us, he’s feeling slightly deflated. The University of Technology Sydney Business...

Debate a question of philosophy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Labor Party doesn’t understand innovation because it is not in their DNA. The Coalition doesn’t understand innovation because they don’t understand people. That, in a nutshell, is how...

Innovation system not just startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While the groundswell of political support for the technology startups was encouraging, Australia would enjoy bigger opportunities if it broadened its outlook in addressing the needs of the whole...

Property a top issue for TechSydney

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It’s hard to know what to make of the latest tech industry lobby group to be set up – Tech Sydney – but the fact that the group will...

Highrise threat to growing precinct

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Redeveloping the Powerhouse Museum site solely for residential high-rises would kill the growing startup and creative industries precinct that has grown organically around the University of Technology, Sydney. UTS...

Tech should fight for Powerhouse

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With the fate of the Australian Technology Park now largely decided, the local innovation sector should be getting itself organised now for a campaign to keep the Powerhouse Museum...

Research funding gets a makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Whatever the government has planned for its Innovation Statement – expected before Christmas – it will almost certainly contain some long-term thinking around research funding and how it is...

Ailments in our innovation system

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Senate committee looking at the Australian Innovation System has published its interim report, outlining a troublingly stubborn list of ailments that undermine the nation’s productivity and economic performance....