James Riley and the InnovationAus team talks to corporate, academic and political leaders about what’s driving the transformation of Australia’s economy toward a 21st Century mindset. InnovationAus is an independent publication that reports on government policy as it affects technology-based innovation across the nation’s growth industries. From mining and agriculture to financial services, MedTech, cyber security and advanced manufacturing. The journalism focuses on the opportunities that align with Australia’s strategic priorities and connects government, institutional researchers, investors, entrepreneurs and the mainstream business community.
Episodes
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Hon Weng Chong, Founder & CEO, Cortical Labs
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
In this episode, we delve into the groundbreaking innovations of Cortical Labs, a Melbourne-based tech startup at the forefront of merging biological computing with traditional technology. Founder & CEO, Hon Weng Chong reveals their pioneering work in creating the world's first neural data center, catching the attention of industry giants like Amazon due to its potential to transform cloud computing's operational costs and environmental impact. This episode of The Commercial Disco is proudly brought to you by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst.
Monday Nov 27, 2023
David Ireland, Co-founder & Director, The Growth Drivers
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
In this episode, Dr David Ireland, a seasoned figure in research translation, shares his unique journey merging science and business as he navigates the intersection of innovation, science, and commercial success. Ireland delves deep into Australia's research translation challenges and nuances within the national innovation system, while unravelling the essential elements driving successful research translation and the crucial cultural shifts needed for lasting innovation impact. This episode of The Commercial Disco is proudly brought to you by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst.
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Andrew Dzurak, Founder & CEO, Diraq
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
The founder and CEO of Australian full-stack quantum startup Dr Andrew Dzurak says the company is on track to build a quantum computer capable solving commercially relevant problems in five years. The Commercial Disco explores the tech - and the commercialisation possibilities.
This episode of The Commercial Disco is proudly brought to you by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Nyambura Kamau, Founder of Viwanda
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Ms. Nyambura Kamau, Founder of Viwanda Africa, shares her insights on Kenya's space sector growth and its implications for Africa's technological sovereignty on Commercial Disco. She discusses fostering innovation and the continent's strategic advantage for space launches, offering lessons for global space industry players. This episode of The Commercial Disco is proudly brought to you by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
This vodcast is the first episode in the Securing critical infrastructure: The regulatory vs the practical series, produced by InnovationAus.com in partnership with SentinelOne. When we consider national resilience, it’s every organisation’s responsibility to ensure we have robust security measures in place – and the critical infrastructure legislation was designed as an acknowledgement that some organisations are critical to the ability of Australia to function. At the ANU College of Law, Dr Huon Curtis leads the Tech Policy Design Centre's research on risk and resilience in the telecommunications sector. With strong training in international political economy, he joins publisher Corrie McLeod and SentinelOne’s Regional Director for Australia and New Zealand, Jason Duerden, to discuss what the Australian ecosystem needs to drive innovation in resilience.
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Khoa Le, Founder and CEO at Eyes of AI
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, Eyes of AI founder and CEO Khoa Le talks to James Riley about the impact of Australia's research, the commercialisation challenges for local deep tech startups, and the new wave of globally successful homegrown companies defying the odds. This episode of The Commercial Disco is proudly brought to you by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Identity Matters. Ep5: Human inclusion in digital identity design
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
This vodcast is the latest in the Identity Matters: Digital Identity and the Evolution of the Internet series, produced by InnovationAus.com in partnership with Ping Identity. Jason Urranndulla-Davis founded Holdaccess (WUNA) to help focus on digital ID diversity and accessibility in relation to First Nations and under-documented communities. Digital ID legislation is expected in Australian parliament before the end of this year, but is ‘human inclusion’ being properly considered in this process? In this episode, Jason discusses with publisher Corrie McLeod and Ashley Diffey, VP Sales, APAC & Japan, Ping Identity, the importance of digital identity that supports our vulnerable citizens, in line with Ping Identity’s mission to champion every identity.
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Doug Hilton, Chief Executive Officer, CSIRO
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, Dr Doug Hilton talks to James Riley about his priorities for the CSIRO, the importance earning and retaining social licence, and the role of science in building trust.
This episode of The Commercial Disco is proudly brought to you by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst.
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Amanda White, Founding Director, Agricultural Robotics
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Roboticist and psycho-physics psychologist Dr Amanda White wears many professional hats. She is the general manager of Freelance Robotics, coordinating the RoboTradies program, and is the director of two automation companies: Industrial Robotics and Agricultural Robotics.
In this episode of The Commercial Disco, Dr White chats with James Riley about the drivers that inform her journey from a psychological and technological standpoint to foster industry resilience, with particular reference to advanced manufacturing for the agricultural sector in the robotic world.
This episode of The Commercial Disco is proudly brought to you by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst.
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Paul D’Urso, professor, neurosurgeon & founder of Anatomics
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
In this episode of the Commercial Disco, Anatomics founder and neurosurgeon Paul D’Urso chats with James Riley about launching his medical devices tech company with a $1200 grant in the early 90s, how the innovative solution is changing lives around the world, and the barriers that have prevented it from achieving widespread commercial success. This episode of The Commercial Disco is proudly brought to you by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst.