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Alister Henskens, NSW Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, & NSW Minister for Skills and Training

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  20 mins
New South Wales will continue to focus on research commercialisation through its on-going co-investment in critical research infrastructure and encouraging greater collaboration of the “triple helix” of universities, government and industry, according to the state’s Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Alister Henskens. In this podcast, Mr Henskens – who is also NSW Minister for Skills and Training, talks to InnovationAus editor James Riley.
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Commercial Disco: Kate Pounder, CEO, Technology Council of Australia

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  31 miins
The Technology Council of Australia is the nation’s powerful new peak industry body, launched last month with ambitions as big as the sector it represents. Huge. In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, the Tech Council’s inaugural CEO Kate Pounder talks about the enormous job creation potential of the sector, and the role it will play in Australia’s economic recovery.
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Commercial Disco: Martin Duursma, partner, Main Sequence Ventures

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  34 mins
Martin Duursma is a partner at Australia’s premier deep-tech focused venture capital outfit, Main Sequence Ventures, charged with overseeing the firm’s space industry investments. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, Martin talks about the massive opportunities that exist in the space industry – and the massive ambition that is being applied to securing Australia’s share of it.
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Commercial Disco: Victor Dominello, NSW Minister for Customer Service and Minister for Digital

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  23 mins
For years NSW Minister for Customer Service and Minister for Digital Victor Dominello has been the state’s chief advocate for building world-class digital government services. In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, Mr Dominello talks about how the maturity of the NSW digital infrastructure has helped deliver the health and economic response to the pandemic, and how the coronavirus has reshaped digital priorities. He also talks at length on using government procurement policy to build the NSW and Australian tech industry.
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Commercial Disco: Karen Dewey, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Lumi.Media

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  21 mins
Karen Dewey had a long and successful career as an executive producer in commercial television, including lengthy stints as head of reality and factual at Nine Network Australia and ITV Studios, before jumping out into StartupLand as co-founder and CEO of Lumi.Media. It’s platform software for the global TV production industry, and it’s coming out of Australia. In this episode of Commercial Disco, she talks to James Riley about the exhilarating ride.
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Commercial Disco: Arthur Sinodinos AO, Australia’s Ambassador to the US

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  21 mins
Australia’s Ambassador to the United States arrived in Washington in February 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading across the world. In this interview, he talks about a US economy that is now roaring back to life and the opportunities this presents for Australian companies. He also charts the progress of talks on a proposed Australia-US Digital Economy Trade Agreement.
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Commercial Disco: Bronwyn Le Grice, ANDHealth chief executive, and Sally-Ann Williams, Cicada Innovations CEO

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  32 mins
There is a need for new policy structures and funding to stimulate innovation across the economy, especially during the COVID recovery period. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, ANDHealth chief executive, Bronwyn Le Grice, and Cicada Innovations CEO, Sally-Ann Williams, discuss Australia’s innovation ecosystem – and lament the growth of ‘innovation theatre’.
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Commercial Disco: David Fricker, Director-General, National Archives of Australia

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  28 mins
The National Archives of Australia is a literally a national treasure, the central store of the story of Australia and its people. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, James Riley talks to the archives’ director-general David Fricker about the technology challenges of maintaining access to material stored on ageing data formats – and the significant budgetary pressures that this puts on the institution.
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Commercial Disco: Rachael Falk, CEO Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre

Posted on   |  with James Riley   |  Commercial Disco   |  27 mins
In this episode of the Commercial Disco, James Riley talks to one of Australia’s foremost cyber security commentators and the CEO of the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, Rachael Falk about building sovereign capability; what makes a successful research collaboration between government, industry and research institutions; creating innovative solutions for the ever-evolving problems; and developing great IP.
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