Technology

Do you think Australian farmers are tech or innovation adverse? Let’s bust the myth! Tune into this episode of Tomorrow’s Tech’s #BelieveInAI series with Queensland AI Hub and hear from Jerome Leray, Agri innovator and the Managing Director of InFarm, on acceptance of ground-breaking technologies amongst Aussie farmers and their benefits.

Elevating the manufacturing sector with innovation- one sensor at a time!

On this episode of Tomorrow’s Tech, find out how MOVUS CEO and Founder, Brad Parsons navigates innovation and sustainable change. Plus, get tips on how to perfect a grant application- do not miss out!

Digital innovation is in Domino’s DNA. How?

Tune into this week’s episode of Tomorrow’s Tech, where we are joined by Chief Digital & Technology Officer and now the Group Chief Digital and Experience Officer Michael Gillespie as he shares a slice of Dominos’ recipe for success in innovation and digital transformation.

Elevating the manufacturing sector with innovation- one sensor at a time!

On this episode of Tomorrow’s Tech, find out how MOVUS CEO and Founder, Brad Parsons navigates innovation and sustainable change. Plus, get tips on how to perfect a grant application- do not miss out!

Are you interested in exploring opportunities to learn and leverage Artificial Intelligence?

Watch the episode now! Hear from the CEO of Queensland AI Hub, Dr Sue Keay and find out how the Hub is seeking to make AI accessible for Queenslanders.

With the continuing need to drive greater throughput and reduce costs, manufacturers are looking to automation and Industry 4.0 solutions to increase their efficiency. In this episode, we engage with CEO and Founder of Reekoh, Dale Rankine as he shares how companies are prioritising the adoption of Industrial IoT to operate and thrive in our competitive post-COVID economy.

Autonomous vehicles, Smart Manufacturing and Cobots! Understand what applications will drive the adoption of 5G in Australia.

On this episode of Tomorrow’s Tech, Ketan Panchal, Director of Communications, Media & Entertainment at Tech Mahindra shares deep insights into how 5G is going to transform industries including agriculture, transport and logistics, and health.

On this Tomorrow’s Tech episode, our guest Nikhil Malhotra, Global Head of Innovation at Tech Mahindra talks shares exclusive ideas and strategies for STEM and R&D to help innovation at the grassroots level.

Australia’s fintech startups are now positioned to lead financial innovation for banking customers. On this Tomorrow’s Tech episode, co-founder of Paypa Plane and Chair of FinTech Australia, Simone Joyce shares how we can attract global Fintech’s to disrupt the traditional banking model and delight banking customers.

What do entrepreneurial leaders need to consider when innovating for the aged care sector?

Melissa Argent, CEO of Rockpool Residential Age Care what shares the 2 priorities! And what she values the most, when seeking technology solutions for the benefit of her residents and facility.

Ever ask yourself, what prevents the Australian innovation ecosystem from being considered in the global stage? Join this poignant conversation, with Ran Heimann, EiR at UQ Ventures and founder of a successful startup himself.

Ran makes a solid case for the value of a cyclical startup ecosystem, where the successful entrepreneurs mentor the ones that come after them and government policy supports the infrastructure for innovation.

In this episode, Andrew Kingsford, GM of WaterStart highlights how water management companies and large water consumers tackle innovation and the value water tech companies can offer by following an industry-led approach.

Australian innovators in the water management sector face a highly diverse and complex market. By leveraging support from qualified organisations like WaterStart, Australian entrepreneurs can propel themselves into the domestic and global market to solve critical problems in water scarcity and waste management.

Watch this episode for the full insight.

Arc Hardware Incubator is one of Australia’s leading supporters of hardware innovations, contributing to the economy’s Advanced Manufacturing potential. On this episode, we have the CEO and founder, Victor Vicario, sharing what it will take for industry, universities, innovation ecosystems and entrepreneurs to give a rise to Industry 4.0 in Australia.

Watch to this episode for an understanding of the state of hardware technologies in Australia, an understanding of what is possible in hardware technology development, and how stakeholders can come together to bring this into fruition.

“That’s against everything I have ever been taught” – Yas Grigaliunas (WBGS)

Yasmin speaks candidly about the underestimated efforts needed to successfully scale an entrepreneurial business. This is one of the most authentic Tomorrow’s Tech episodes to date! She shares her experience as an early-stage founder and illustrates a path for technology entrepreneurs to build purposeful partnerships within the circular economy, through the Sustainable Development Goals.

Yasmin Grigaliunas is a circular economy pioneer in Australia, and the CEO and Co-founder of the World’s Biggest Garage Sale, a startup designing solutions to commercialise the circular economy.

A recent Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and India was signed by the Prime Ministers Australia and the Republic of India on June 4th. This agreement includes Science and Technology as a key focus area. While most Australian Tech founders are unaware, this presents an unprecedented opportunity for integrated technology development and commercialisation with one of the most technologically advanced economies in the world.

We invited Nishant Kedia, Vice President of the Australia India Business Council (Queensland) to dissect the significance of this agreement and explain what opportunities available for the technology innovation communities on both sides.

Watch this episode if you are:

1. An entrepreneur wanting to build compliance into the DNA of your solution;

2. Looking to test the robustness of your technology solution within a mass market;

3. If you are interested in new business models to develop international reach.

Advisory Boards can be an extremely useful resource and expertise for startups, scaleups and SME’s gearing up and adjusting to the post COVID-19 business environment. As a Fellow Member for the Governance Institute Australia, Certified Chair for the Advisory Board Centre and through extensive experience as CEO / GM, Non-Executive Director and Board Advisor, Keith Bailey is referential in advisory boards and advisory board development.

Watch this episode for:

How advisory boards can be helpful in times of crisis

How technology companies can use Advanced Analytics to improve their market position post COVID-19

The blind spots founders have, and advisory boards help to uncover

Chris Kommatas is the Head of Innovations and Partnerships at Potential (x), a leading provider in hospital bookmarking and healthcare data gathering across Australia and New Zealand. On Tomorrow’s Tech, Chris delves into how entrepreneurs in the healthcare sector can use the current times as an opportunity to determine what the market is asking for and how they can innovate to action these changes.

With the advent of COVID-19, there are major disruptions to the healthcare sector worldwide. In a sector that seldom experiences a disruption of this magnitude, find out how Chris Kommatas think the HealthTech sector can best collaborate during the current times.

With the current coronavirus pandemic, there is no doubt that businesses of all sizes including startups and scallops are being affected. Don McKenzie, Managing Director of Adizes Institute Australia shares some insights specifically for startups and scaleups during this time. The founders who can manage change, driving towards productive conflict, will find themselves in a better position to implement strategy quickly and survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how understanding the current state of the business, and developing goals for a future state based on what is happening can help founders draw a successful path for their future.

Don McKenzie has experience managing publicly listed companies (ASX) and is a long-time investor, now with the Brisbane Angels Group. He shares the qualities investors are looking for in founders, that can be demonstrated in times of uncertainty. Listen to this episode and join the conversation, on the 3dotDigital Linkedin Channel.

Jason Lowe is the Co-Founder of Hacking Health Queensland, a chapter of the global organisation looking to connect people with a passion and talent of innovation and the opportunities to bring solutions to the challenges in the Healthcare sector.

On this show, Jason discusses the opportunities and challenges that exist in the healthtech innovation sector, for entrepreneurs to grapple with as they bring new and significant solutions in the market. He also shares the huge role that the Australian Government has to play, to influence innovative products and services coming into the market.

#PropTech is now part of the innovation and startup ecosystems, and Isaac Coonan is here to explain what this is all about. With 1.4 million employed, and 202 billion in profits every year, this is one of the most significant industries for the Australian economy. Isaac discussed how industry leaders can best impact this innovation sector to ensure that the solutions coming out of Innovation Hubs are compelling and helpful to the industry.

Isaac also discussed how during the boom of innovation verticals such as the Fintech, not enough emphasis was placed in the alignment of industry and innovation, and the investments made by government and industry may have been wasted. Investment without KPIs is dangerous because there is very little accountability between corporates and innovative startups.

HR Tech is gaining notoriety in the Australian technology and innovation landscape. In this candid conversation, Mike Keating, founder of attract.ai exposes the lessons he has learned in the process of building an inbound recruitment product that would land him clients such as Accenture and RACQ.

Mike also discusses how technology often needs to take a backseat in the sales process, giving precedence to the potential client, their fears and their goals. Focusing on a specific client problem, and continuing to specify the solution as a response to that problem has been attract.ai’s successful strategy.

Lachlan Feeney is the Founder and CEO of Labrys, one of Australia’s largest and most experienced blockchain development agencies. In this conversation, Lachlan discusses the journey of building the company and how their prespective on the future of Blockchain.

At early stages, startups are often faced with the choice respond to the market and do things somewhat differently. Labrys’ story shows how valuable listening to the market and pivoting can be.

Peter Laurie returns to Tomorrow’s Tech, this time to discuss the gaps in Australia’s Startup and Innovation ecosystem. The Future of Work in Australia is a controversial topic! Addressing the skills gap in a timely manner is one way to go ahead of the new reality that a tech-enabled society will be in. All of this discussed on this episode and more!

Stay tuned for Peter’s take on the best approach to attending conferences in light of the QODE (Innovation and Technology) conference coming up in Queensland.

Peter Laurie is a multi-hyphenate entrepreneur and veteran in the Australian innovation ecosystem. Always willing to say what others may be thinking, Peter Laurie speaks to the assumptions corporations need to overcome, and the best-practice of innovation as a learning process. Stay tuned for his insights on the pros and cons of Australia’s geographical isolation from most of the developed world.

Kathryn Foster is a former Senior Vice President of Microsoft Xbox Marketplace Group, turned serial entrepreneur now driving innovation in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. On this episode, Kathryn shares the importance of Innovation ecosystems working to develop an innovation ecosystem that they want to participate in.

With microData Digital Solutions Kathryn is developing tier- 4 data centres with active failover, to attract Medium to Large enterprise to engage with the infrastructure, and lifestyle on the Sunshine Coast. Watch for some advice on how Australian government bodies, entrepreneurs, and innovation ecosystems can work together to best take advantage of this opportunity.

Sortal enables users to intuitively search for their digital content, through Artificial Intelligence technology. Majella Edwards speaks on how her career as an Olympian athlete, and later in design, shaped her understanding of technology and how to successfully bring to market an innovative tech product.

This conversation spans across many aspects of the Australian innovation and start-up ecosystem, including the right time to seek investment, to how to ascertain that the technology being developed will actually solve business problems.

At 14 years old, Scott Millar started a business for a school group project. Soon after the semester ended, he reflected on how that classroom experience jumpstarted his career in business and wanted to do the same for other students! Now as the founder and CEO of BOP Industries, Scott drives technology and entrepreneurship education workshops, with students from primary to high school. Listen as he discusses the imperative of reaching out to kids and empowering them with the tools they need, to bring ideas into the market.

Current water pipeline monitoring technology does not have the capabilities to deal with the complex water infrastructure in cities in Australia and across the world. Through a combination of a strong and diverse team, validation through data and several lessons learnt along the way, Carl Buckeridge, William Smith and Sara Richardson have developed a solution for this problem.

Watch as Carl Buckeridge shares how Leakster’s groundbreaking solution combines innovation in hardware and software to pinpoint leaks in the pipeline, making asset management more a lot more seamless.

Ron Hill is a successful Australian entrepreneur, with a history of commercialising IP-driven projects in the international market. After being instrumental in developing the Boulder, Colorado (USA) innovation and entrepreneurship hub, Ron has returned to Australia to accomplish the same for the Sunshine Coast, on the back to the Undersea Fiber Optic Cable landing in mid-2020.

Watch this episode for insight into the crucial pieces to build a well-oiled start-up and innovation ecosystem, focused on providing the entrepreneurs with the resources to succeed, including a channel into “deals over demo days”, and larger markets overseas, at a purposeful time.

Juliette Murphy is the founder and CEO of FloodMapp, a real-time predictive flood mapping software company. On this episode of Tomorrow’s Tech, Sam and Juliette discuss how a passion project, coupled with subject matter expertise can be made into a powerful solution for such a significant problem.

All over the world, individuals and companies suffer serious damages from being unable to predict the magnitude of floods until it’s too late. You will get some insight into the technology, which provides real-time flood inundation maps, AND into FloodMapp’s business strategy and roadmap! Stay tuned for a breakdown into how Juliette looks to action the recent capital raise of $1.3 million.

Have you validated the most valued product features before entering the market? Are you confident that your idea will serve the market better than incumbents in it? Do you know how to minimise risk without compromising your innovation?

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Be on the lookout for Linda Ginger’s book on these ideas of how you can innovate confidently and enter the market with much higher chances of success.

Ashley Baxter is the founder of EarthOffset a sustainable tech startup providing technology solutions to enable people to be environmentally, economically and socially sustainable!

On this episode of Tomorrow’s Tech, we talk about Ashley’s entrepreneurial journey and how she was able to see an opportunity in an area that is often overlooked.