According to the organisers, the summit will host internationally recognised keynote speakers and heads of industry, to examine what is in store for the South Australian electronics and allied industry.
The electronics and allied industries are important as an enabling sector, claims the TIA. It plays a major role in the development of new products and technologies across all facets of the Australian economy.
Electronics is key to the expansion of established industries like defence and mining in addition to newer industries like medical devices, renewable energy and clean technology. There are also developments in areas such as environmental sensitivity awareness technologies, printable electronics, the square kilometre array and utilisation of satellites to track remote data.
Expansion into these new areas will broaden the scope and competitiveness of the South Australian electronics sector. This is particularly important in the current dynamic environment where manufacturing is becoming increasingly globally orientated.
The summit will facilitate investigation of these opportunities and a stance to take leadership in driving the future direction of this sector.
The TIA completed a Five Year Strategic Plan for the South Australian technology industry in October 2010, and the summit compliments and extends the plan. Five focus areas have been identified in the strategic plan:
1. IP development, protection and commercialisation
2. Skilled workforce development
3. Export development
4. Business sustainability and green initiatives
5. Investment / venture capital availability
During the summit, participants will be provided with time to discuss their take on speakers’ delivery in addition to ideas on the next steps for implementing actions for businesses.
Summit Speakers:
Steve Vamos
Steve will be addressing the topic of innovation. He is the former CEO of ninemsn, Vice President of Microsoft Australia & Vice President and MD of Apple in the Asia Pacific.
Allan Ryan
Allan will kick off the summit with his views on the electronics industry’s future. He has just returned from Harvard University where he facilitated high powered discussion groups.
Wayne Hoffman
Wayne is the CEO of Entech Electronics, and since joining the company in 1993 as an engineer, he has worked in different divisions in technical, commercial and management roles.
Richard Turner
Richard Turner is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Zen Home Energy Systems. He has founded four successful companies across four completely different industries.
Donald McGurk
Donald is CEO of the Codan Group of Companies. Under his leadership, Codan developed its own highly efficient and responsive manufacturing capability, and expanded capacity by creating an outsourcing relationship with a manufacturing partner in Malaysia.
Electronics Business Opportunity Speakers:
- Biotech
- Geoff Cottrell – Product Development Manager for the Flinders Biotech Division
- Square Kilometre Array
- Laurie Burgess – Manager HF Surveillance for BAE Systems Australia
- Sensing From Space for remote data collection
- Prof Alex Grant – University of South Australia
- Defence national future directions
- Greg Ferguson – Editor of Australian Defence magazine
- Printable electronics
- Prof David Lewis – Finders University
When: 24th August 2010
Time: 8.15 am – 6.00 pm
Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre, Riverbank Room, South Australia
Cost: $95 members $120 non members
Bookings: Book online at www.tia.asn.au or phone 08 8272 5222
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