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Peter Bauer, Co-founder and CEO of Mimecast

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |     |  21 mins
Peter Bauer is the co-founder and CEO of global email security firm Mimecast. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, he talks with James Riley about cybersecurity as a ‘team game’, where governments can play an important economy-wide coordination role.
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Natalie Chapman, managing director and co-founder of Gemaker

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |     |  21:00
Natalie Chapman is co-founder and managing director at deep tech commercialisation agency Gemaker. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, she talks about global supply chains for critical minerals and rare earths, and opportunities for Australia to become a value-added player in this fast-growing market.
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Kai Macann and Daniel Mawston, founders of Terra Symposium

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |     |  16 mins
Kai Macann and Daniel Mawston only finished high school last year, but that hasn't stopped them from creating Terra Symposium - an interactive political ethics workshop for secondary education. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, the duo talks to James Riley about the importance of knowledge and resources around ethics and philosophy in a technological age.
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Paul Barrett, CEO of Hysata

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  21 mins
Paul Barrett is Chief Executive Officer at Hysata, a company commercialising breakthrough Australian hydrogen electrolyser technology. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, he talks to James Riley about the “disruptive improvements” in performance, and the promise of Green Hydrogen.
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Vishal Salvi, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Infosys

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  18 mins
Vishal Salvi is the global Chief Information Security Officer at the India headquartered tech services giant Infosys, and also serves as the worldwide head of the company’s Cyber Practice. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, James Riley talks to Mr Salvi about the foundational elements of a safe and trustworthy digital economy.
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Mirjana Prica, Managing Director of Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL)

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |     |  27 mins
Dr Mirjana Prica is the managing director of Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL), one of six Industry Growth Centres established by the federal government to drive commercial growth in the food and agribusiness sector. In the episode of the Commercial Disco, Dr Prica outlines just how much value Australia is leaving on the table in the food business by not undertaking more value-added food processing and manufacturing.
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Adrian Turner, Minderoo Foundation’s Wildfire and Disaster Resilience Program CEO

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  25 mins
The average cost to Australia of natural disasters is currently estimated at $38 billion each year. It is time to shift our focus from spending on response and recovery, and to invest more into resilience and recovery. Adrian Turner is the CEO of the Fire and Flood Resilience program at the Minderoo Foundation. In this podcast, Adrian lays the argument for change.
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The Hon Ed Husic MP, Federal Shadow Minister for Industry & Innovation

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |     |  31 mins
With just days remaining before Australians cast their ballots at the federal election, shadow industry and innovation minister Ed Husic joins the Commercial Disco podcast to talk policy. From the operation of the National Reconstruction Fund, the plans for an Office of Made in Australia, and the future of the Industry Growth Centres, Mr Husic details Labor plans for industry development if it wins next Saturday.
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Sampath, global Chief Revenue Officer for Verizon Business

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |     |  19mins
There is plenty of uncertainty in the global economy right now, from supply-chain concerns to the war in Ukraine to geo-political tensions and the complications of the ongoing pandemic. But Verizon Business chief revenue officer Sowmyanarayan Sampath – known universally as simply Sampath – the global business outlook has never looked stronger. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, Sampath talks about the megatrends of the telecommunications sector.
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