The Innovation & Collaboration Centre
was officially launched on 16 November
2015 by the Premier of South Australia,
the Hon Jay Weatherill MP.
CONTENTS
ICC Report 2About the ICC 4Outcomes 5Year in Review 6Our Residents 12Our Graduates 13Current Residents 14Our Service Providers 16Partnerships 18Impact 19ICC Structure 20
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ICC REPORT
I am delighted to present the first Annual Report since being officially
appointed to the role of Manager, Innovation & Collaboration Centre
(ICC) in May 2016. It is an exciting time to be involved with innovation,
entrepreneurship and supporting business growth, particularly with
the announcement of the National Innovation Science Agenda and
the South Australian Government’s announcement of a new $10M
commercialisation fund. We have welcomed the opportunity to work
with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to find innovative solutions that
leverage the digital disruption occurring across a number of industries
as a way to create new jobs, nurture creative talent and strengthen South
Australia’s unique and diverse entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Looking back over the past year, the ICC has evolved and transformed
from an idea, to a busy centre of activity, working with new companies
and welcoming new residents. While the ICC was officially launched in
November 2015, our University service providers including matchstudio,
the Centre for Business Growth, UniSA Ventures and the Partner
Engagement Team moved in over the course of 2015 along with our first
startup residents, Makers Empire, Jemsoft, myEvidence and Vinnovate.
In mid-October 2015, I was appointed as the interim Manager to help
coordinate and drive the setup and operations of the Centre. With
a focus on supporting the ideation of new ideas, the incubation of
startups, the growth of small to medium businesses and engagement
with industry, the ICC has embedded these values into all activities
conducted through the Centre. Our Innovation and Growth Seminar
Series kicked off in April and has since delivered 3 seminars and 3
workshops targeted at small to medium enterprises. Over the last
year, the ICC has facilitated, supported, and driven a number of
entrepreneurial and external engagement activities. As a result the ICC
is already gaining a reputation as a place to engage and collaborate,
to explore new ideas for business, supporting SME innovation and
providing a pipeline to commercialisation opportunities.
I’m excited about the next stage of development and growth and eager
to work together with our stakeholders, the South Australian State
Government and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to continue to engage
and help foster the ICC as a Centre of collaboration, idea generation
and growth.
Jasmine Vreugdenburg
Manager, Innovation & Collaboration Centre
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... THE ICC IS ALREADY GAINING A REPUTATION AS A PLACE TO ENGAGE AND
COLLABORATE, TO EXPLORE NEW IDEAS FOR BUSINESS,
SUPPORTING SME’S INNOVATION AND PROVIDING A PIPELINE
TO COMMERCIALISATION OPPORTUNITIES.
John Kellett Founder of OVAE
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ABOUT THE ICC
THE INNOVATION & COLLABORATION CENTRE IS A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND ANCHOR INDUSTRY PARTNER, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE.
Located in the
interim facilities of
the Catherine Helen
Spence Building, the
open plan coworking design
enables South Australia business,
industry organisations, the University
and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to engage and collaborate to
explore new ideas for business and products. Our programs,
workshops and events are designed to support small to
medium enterprise innovation while providing a pipeline to
commercialisation opportunities.
The services we provide each contribute to enabling innovation
and growth at different stages of the lifecycle of a company.
The Venture Catalyst initiative provides funding and support to
startup companies at the critical survival stage. Our Innovation
and Seminar Growth Series, target startups, and small to
medium enterprises and aim to translate key research outcomes
to the community to enable innovation and growth. The UniSA
Business School’s Centre for Business Growth target companies
in the growth phase and deliver programs and assessment
clinics to support CEO’s and executives. matchstudio provides
value to companies at various stages of their lifecycle by
introducing innovation through their user centered design
projects, accessing students as well as research for the creation
of new concepts, products and services for industry. Finally,
UniSA Ventures and the Partnership Engagement Team
provide commercial advice and connections to research and
development within the University underpinning innovation and
development with our industry partners.
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OUTCOMES
WEBSITE HITS FOR WWW.ICC.UNISA.EDU.AU SINCE APRIL 2016.
INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED EVENTS IN THE ICC.
BUSINESS AND COMPANY BOARD MEETINGS WERE HELD.
WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND BRIEFINGS WERE HELD IN THE ICC.
SATISFACTION RATING FROM ICC EVENT ATTENDEES.
OVER THE LAST YEAR...
STARTUP COMPANIES WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE ICC, RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF MORE THAN 46 NEW JOBS.
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YEAR IN REVIEW
Our format of hosting short breakfast and evening
seminars is designed to fit in with the busy lifestyle of a
startup or small business, while also providing access to
our industry experts in order to achieve business growth,
and access to the latest research findings. During the
first year of operation a number of sessions were with an
average of attendance of 50 people per seminar.
By identifying knowledge gaps amongst startups and
small business, the ICC develops topics that are current,
relevant and then draws on resources from the Business
School to deliver those seminars to industry by UniSA’s
industry experts in those areas.
The ICC tracks and monitors the quality and delivery
of the innovation and growth seminars through the
collection of feedback forms.
Out target is to have satisfaction 65% or higher over
2016, and we achieved a 92% satisfaction rating.
On average, all event attendees are satisfied or extremely
satisfied with the topics presented and the speakers.
The ICC facilities are also acknowledged as suitable and
convenient for this type of event.
USING EXPERTS FROM THE BUSINESS SCHOOL, THE ICC DELIVERED A NUMBER OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SEMINARS TARGETING THE STARTUP AND SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
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12 April 2016 Intellectual Property –
What you actually need to know
Dr Justin Coombs
A practical workshop covering the core concepts of
intellectual property, including disclosure, novelty,
inventive step and utility.
“Well presented, covering most topics”
10 May 2016
Identifying Innovation in Your Business
Associate Professor David Cropley
What innovation means for small to medium businesses
and how they can identify the capacity to innovate to
create real benefits for their business.
“Made complex issues understandable and great analysis
and logic applied”
10 June 2016
Branding Your Business for Growth
Dr Anne Sharp
An introduction to the scientific laws of marketing, its
myths and where companies should really place their
marketing efforts.
“Great to hear about theories that backup what I have
been finding! Thank you Anne and ICC”
7 July 2016
Social Media is not Digital Marketing
Luke Greenacre
An evening seminar discussing digital marketing and how
to best direct your efforts to grow your business.
“Great presentation & very helpful”
1 September 2016
Chinese Business Culture
Professor Ying Zhu
A workshop aiming to provide a deeper understanding
of Chinese business culture and to help in building a
strategy for market success in China.
“Prof. Zhu was interesting and provided a nice induction
to Chinese business culture”
1 September 2016
Business & Market Strategies for China
Professor Richard Lee
A workshop providing participants with tools and
strategies for navigating the politics, culture, etiquette
and general business practices within China.
“Excellent presentation – with neat examples and
application of information provided”
INNOVATION & GROWTH SERIES
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MATCHSTUDIOThese projects allow UniSA’s ‘creative bright
sparks’ to work with industry on a range of
problems and provides a means to test out ideas,
provide proof of concepts for larger projects such
as research grants, or as a catalyst for product and
service innovations. Some of the most exciting
projects undertaken over the year include ‘Eye
Candy’ with Health Partners, ‘Winery Recyclables’
with Jacobs Creek and ‘Shower Shuttle’, with the
Hutt Street Centre.
Eye Candy – eyewear design form the poetic to the practical
Collaborators: Health Partners Optical; Adelaide’s
InDaily digital news service - Internationally
renowned eyewear designer Jono Hennessy
Sceats provided the brief for students to design
and prototype eyewear designs in collaboration
with local jeweller Simon Williams. Student
prototypes were displayed in the Health Partners
Optical shopfront, the entries were also given
media exposure over several weeks in InDaily
before readers were encouraged to vote for their
favourite design.
OVER THE LAST YEAR, MATCHSTUDIO UNDERTOOK A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WITH INDUSTRY, POLICY MAKERS, RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS AND ACADEMICS.
YEAR IN REVIEW
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CENTRE FOR BUSINESS GROWTHThe Centre for Business Growth delivers world-class
business growth programs that provide executives
with the knowledge and skills they need to develop as
leaders, accelerate company growth and compete in
a global marketplace. The programs teach executives
how to lead and manage growth via diagnostics, expert
presentations, facilitated group discussions, peer-to-
peer learning and action planning. Over the last year the
Centre for Business Growth has delivered a number of
Clinics, Programs and Series including:
9 Growth Assessment Clinics
3 Business Growth Programs
3 ANZ Series
1 Adelaide City Council Breakfast
Winery Recyclables
Collaborator: Pernod Ricard’s Jacobs Creek - Interior
Architecture students explored creative propositions for
Jacobs Creek to integrate sustainable design principles
within their production cycle using waste material from
functional products.
Shower Shuttle
Collaborator: Hutt Street Centre - This project sought
to provide dignity for the homeless on the streets
of Adelaide. Students generated ideas and feasible
concepts for a mobile shower service and laundry, a
‘shower shuttle’.
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YEAR IN REVIEW
SUPPORTING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMThe ICC supports the innovation lifecycle from
idea generation to growth and expansion for
students, businesses and industry. The Centre
provides a multidisciplinary environment where
SME’s, students and entrepreneurs can access
a wide range of expertise to help them develop
their products and grow their business.
The ICC delivered a series of events to
support startups and entrepreneurs. Ranging
from information sessions for entrepreneurial
competitions and seed funding initiatives, to
inspirational speakers from all over the world
sharing their journey and passion to achieve a
dream. Since the launch of the ICC the following
events have taken place.
18 March 2016 Venture Catalyst Information & Pitching Session
ICC
April – September 2016 Innovation Masterclass (Weekly)
UniSA Student Leadership Program
10 May 2016
Possibilizing
Sarah Bartholomeuz, CEO, You Legal
10 May 2016 Advancing human dignity through social innovation
Joe Madiath, Founder of Gram Vikas
18 May 2016 A-Z Entrepreneurs Challenge:
Info Session
Department of Premier and Cabinet
6 June 2016
Venture Catalyst Awards Ceremony
9 June 2016
Entrepreneurs Week Event
Centre for Business Growth
2 August 2016
How I Started in Startup by Brad Feld
Centre for Business Growth
3 August Growth Masterclass – Using capital to
supercharge growth by Brad Feld
Centre for Business Growth
EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT The ICC is a multi-disciplinary and dynamic
space where external stakeholders, partners and
residents can host a diverse number of external
engagement series, while enjoying state-of-
the-art facilities. Over the last year our external
activities have included:
23 November 2015
Seeley International
Partner Engagement Team
19 February 2016
Ageing Workshop
Partner Engagement Team
4 March 2016
RAA Think Tank
ICC
26 April 2016
Defence Systems Group Workshop
Partner Engagement Team
30 June 2016
Asset Institute Workshop
Partner Engagement Team
9 August 2016 Digital:Data: Disruption –
Serving people’s true needs
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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UNLEASHEDFrom Friday 29 July to Sunday 31 July, more than
150 entrepreneurs, innovators, coders, artists
and makers of all different ages came to the
Innovation & Collaboration Centre to participate
in Unleashed, the annual international open
data competition held across Australia and
New Zealand.
30 teams, competed over 48 hours to create a
range of new ideas, services and products using a
combination of new and open government data.
The ICC and Data to Decisions CRC sponsored
three ‘spirit prizes’ on the final day, for those
teams who embraced the true spirit of
Unleashed, which is to be open, collaborative
and encourage participation.
Unleashed encouraged a diverse range of
University staff and students to participate
as either competitors, mentors or volunteers
ensuring the event was a huge success. There
was also an incredible amount of good will
and support from sponsors including Podista,
Coca-Cola Amatil, Kytons Bakery, Data to
Decisions C2C, ACS, Buddy and previous
resident of the ICC, Jemsoft who were the
Gold Sponsors for the event.
UNLEASHED ENCOURAGED A DIVERSE RANGE OF
UNIVERSITY STAFF AND STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE AS EITHER COMPETITORS,
MENTORS OR VOLUNTEERS ENSURING THE EVENT WAS
A HUGE SUCCESS.
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OUR RESIDENTS
“Venture Catalyst allowed us to register a patent and do so some market research. It also gave us access to mentors and networks. The $50K was important, but to this day we still use the intangible value we pulled out of the program”
Jordan Green, Co-Founder Jemsoft
STARTUP COMPANIESProviding the space, facilities and networks to incubate a good idea is vital
for the successful outcome of some of our startup companies who have
joined the Innovation & Collaboration Centre over the past year. Since its
inception the ICC has supported the growth and in some instances the exit
of a total of 12 companies and supported the creation of around 46 new jobs.
The ICC’s unique environment enables startup founders to collaborate, learn
and develop their business in a professional and supportive environment.
With access to our regular events, mentors, training and our research,
business and commercialisation experts, the ICC is the perfect environment
to nurture and support a startup company.
VENTURE CATALYSTVenture Catalyst is an initiative of the South Australian
Government and UniSA encouraging student entrepreneurship
and the creation of local startups by providing $50,000 seed
funding for early-stage ventures founded by UniSA students
and recent graduates.
In the 2 years since the Venture Catalyst Fund was established
six startup companies have been funded which demonstrates
the successful connection between entrepreneurship,
education and industry. The ICC has played an important role
in supporting some of the Venture Catalyst Fund recipients,
providing access to mentors, advisors and office space to assist
them with their development.
Venture Catalyst was awarded the Best Entrepreneurial Support
Initiative and People’s Choice Award at the KCA Research
Commercialisation Awards held in Brisbane on 1 September
2016. Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (KCA) is the
peak body leading best practice in industry engagement,
commercialisation and entrepreneurship for research
organisations.
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OUR GRADUATES
Jemsoft Co.
When Jordan Green found himself with a sawn off
shotgun held to his head during an armed hold up while
working his regular shift at the liquor store, he didn’t
panic. He acted as he normally would when confronted
with a problem; he analysed. A computer science student
at UniSA, Jordan calculated the risk involved in the
situation before questioning why two balaclava clad men
holding a shotgun can walk directly through an automated
door that can be controlled by computer vision software
installed in the security cameras. Jordan Green, then
teamed up with his classmate, Emily Rich, and founded
their computer vision company, Jemsoft, in 2013.
After receiving $50k in Venture Catalyst seed funding
and coworking space in the Innovation & Collaboration
Centre, Jordan and Emily set about improving the
technology and developed a prototype that could scan
photos and videos to an incredible degree of accuracy.
However, with little capital to pay staff to analyse the
million-plus video and image samples, Jordan pulled an
all-night coding session to build software that would allow
cheaper labour in India to do it.
“That’s when I realised what I had built and it changed
not only the computer vision industry but arguably almost
any industry for good,” says Jordan.
The software allows any non-technical user to draw a
box around an image, upload it to the cloud where
an artificial intelligence program would detect similar
images as multiple scenarios. This has enabled Jemsoft to
market their artificial intelligence products for enterprise,
industrial and domestic use.
Following the commercialisation of their technology
in late 2015, Jemsoft grew from a company of two co
founders and an Advisory Board of 2, to 10 full time staff
and regular contractors, resulting in their graduation from
the ICC. In the last financial year, Jemsoft turned over
just under $1M in revenue and look to triple this over the
coming financial year.
Makers Empire
Makers Empire help educators effectively incorporate 3D
design and printing into school curriculum and achieve
authentic teaching and learning outcomes. They have
created the world’s easiest to use 3D printing software,
specifically designed for K-10 classrooms and supported
by a comprehensive 3D Printing Learning Program – it is
the first of its kind anywhere in the world.
Jon Soong, Rhys and the team spent over 12 months
in the ICC developing their core offering and were
supported through the residents of the ICC. Following
rapid expansion of their business, they graduated and
moved to the St Paul’s Creative Centre to continue to
grow their business working alongside complimentary
3D printing equipment.
Myriota
As a new UniSA Ventures spin-outcompany, Myriota
was initially based in the ICC from its launch. Based on
technology created by former UniSA research leaders,
Professor Alex Grant and Dave Hayley, the company
has developed technologies for high volume low cost
communications with remote sensors using low orbit
satellites that have application across many industry
sectors. At the time of incorporation Myriota signed a
large commercial deal with an international company
in late 2015 which supported the rapid growth of the
business and staff numbers. Myriota now has their own
premises in Chesser Street, Adelaide.
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CURRENT RESIDENTS
myEvidence
myEvidence is a mobile investigations platform which
allows investigators to seamlessly gather digital evidence
using a secure platform and package it for consumption
by relevant justice agencies.
Police officers Tung Tran and Jerome Lienert developed
the myEvidence software which incorporates external
hardware to capture 3D environments enabling
investigators to build an immersive electronic court
brief that can be shared with prosecutors, solicitors and
presented before judicial officers with maximum impact.
Testing of the product has commenced and feedback so
far has been very positive. Since developing the platform,
myEvidence won the startup category for the State
iAwards in 2015 and was shortlisted for the National finals.
Vinnovate
Barossa Valley brothers, Simon and Joshua Schmidt
have been supported through Venture Catalyst and are
based within the Innovation & Collaboration Centre.
In April 2016, their technology was recognised as the
top innovation across the Australian and New Zealand
wine industry, winning the team $35,000 and a chance
to work with Pernod Ricard to develop their product.
While working in the ICC, the team were encouraged to
look at other applications for their technology and have
since partnered with the University of South Australia
to explore options using their technology for providing
clean drinking water in remote areas, as well as response
mechanisms in the wake of natural and man-made
disasters.
OVAE
John Kellett and Robbie Ortcliff are the founders of
Super Soft Natural Fibres who are focused on revitalizing
the successful wool industry in Australia through the
development of luxury wool products – with a technology
twist - under the brand OVAE. John is currently
undertaking his final year of an MBA and Masters of
Marketing at UniSA and Robbie is a graphic designer.
OUR RESIDENTS
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Axilia Consulting
Current and former UniSA MBA students James Bell and
Aaron Michelon have identified a gap in the market for
newly graduated MBA students looking for employment.
Their company, Axilia Consulting will manage business
consulting projects on behalf of small and large
companies using a cohort of current and recently
graduated MBA students.
TCPinpoint
Rachel Kidwell, founder of TCPinpoint, joined the ICC
following funding awarded through Venture Catalyst.
TCPinpoint is a cloud based software management
tool for use in retail tenancy delivery in shopping
centres. The software aims to bring all stakeholders
involved in tenancy delivery to the one platform
creating a streamlined service. Since moving into the
ICC, TCPinpoint has been accepted into the Southstart
Accelerator program receiving investment and further
mentoring.
ecoJet Engineering
Warren Day, Alexander Wright & James Kim are three
former engineering students who are focused on realising
the potential for an innovative new design for a Micro
Gas Turbine (MGT) for the purposes of power generation.
After receiving a head start through Venture Catalyst
including 50K and incubation support through the ICC,
the team are in the process of developing their prototype
and are already in discussions with larger corporations
around the commercialisation of their product.
MK2 Play
MK2 Play is founded by Thomas Kuys, Phillip Kuys, Gwilyn
Saunders & Thomas Moyle who are developing tools,
support and knowledge which aims to improve Australian
student education outcomes, by empowering teachers to
teach science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM). Their product is Stemtap, features a unique
tap-and-go workflow to connect hardware, software,
and lesson content. Students can use their hands to
create and play with the hardware modules, code or click
with the software for interaction with the modules, and
teachers can use curriculum matched lesson content to
effectively facilitate STEM learning in the classroom.
Teamgage
Ben Smit (UniSA Alumni), Noelle Smit and Richard
Wortley have developed software to help organisations
identify and address barriers to performance and
engagement in real-time. Teamgage enables team
members to highlight problems and formulate and
implement solutions through a unique 20 second
interface. It empowers teams to be agile, make better,
faster evidence-based decisions and course corrections
to create positive, high performing workplaces.
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OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS
MATCHSTUDIOmatchstudio engages industry and community
organisations with UniSA research and teaching. Their
model encompasses an innovation collaboratory that
engages student teams in project-based work and
integrated learning opportunities at the undergraduate
and postgraduate level.
Developed and led by Dr Jane Andrew, matchstudio’s
‘studio based’ learning environment brings together
students, researchers, industry, and community
stakeholders to work in teams on real problems.
Working to address real world challenges faced by
industry, government and communities, matchstudio
applies the ethos and methods espoused by the
European Network of Living Labs. A Living Lab is a real-
life test and experimentation environment where users
and producers co-create innovations.
CENTRE FOR BUSINESS GROWTHThe Centre for Business Growth (CBG) delivers
world-class Business Growth Assessment Clinics and
Business Growth Programs that enable CEOs/MDs
and executives of small and medium companies, with
revenues of $2m - $50m, to learn how to lead, build
and grow companies that deliver sustained growth in
revenue, profits, and jobs, and compete globally.
Established in 2014, CBG relocated to the Innovation &
Collaboration Centre in February 2015. Early in 2016 the
CBG commenced the Growing SA Companies Program
with support from the Minister for Manufacturing
and Innovation. The Centre is now in the process of
offering their Business Growth Assessment clinics to 240
CEOs of South Australian companies over the next 30
months and its Business Growth Program to CEOs and
executives of 120 of those companies.
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UNISA VENTURESUniSA Ventures is the technology commercialisation arm
of the University of South Australia and provides services
and advice to companies working within the Innovation
& Collaboration Centre as well as developing and driving
new companies. Established to facilitate the translation
of research outcomes into products and services that
create a commercial return and have a positive impact
on society, they are an important conduit linking UniSA
to industry. Having a strong track record of success in
securing significant funds to support research within the
University and in defining pathways for commercialisation,
UniSA Ventures offer a variety of services ranging from
commercialisation and legal advice to company formation
and capital raising.
PARTNER ENGAGEMENT TEAMThe Partner Engagement Team streamlines access for
industry partners to a wide range of programs and
engagement opportunities available across UniSA.
They are focused on making it as easy as possible to
do business with UniSA – ensuring that the programs
and activities are appropriate to their needs, and able
to deliver the outcomes anticipated. Over the past year,
the team has used the collaborative environment in the
ICC to facilitate key strategic partnerships with large
corporations including, the National Heart Foundation,
Trajan Scientific, Seeley International, the Asset Institute,
Microsoft Innovation Centre and the Local Councils
of Unley and Salisbury. The team also play a key role
in helping to connect the start up and small business
community with research expertise across the University.
UNISA VENTURES OFFER A VARIETY OF SERVICES RANGING FROM COMMERCIALISATION AND LEGAL ADVICE TO COMPANY FORMATION AND CAPITAL RAISING
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PARTNERSHIPS
SECURING PARTNERSHIPS WITH KEY ORGANISATIONS HAS BEEN A FOCUS SINCE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE ICC IN NOVEMBER 2015.
Our collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has
resulted in a number of projects across the research, teaching
and engagement areas of the University, as well as fostering new
relationships with industry associations and small businesses.
A number of strategic relationships have been forged to help
deliver the objectives of the ICC to assist startup companies and
provide support to small to medium enterprises. Through Venture
Catalyst the ICC is working closely with Madderns Patent Attorney
to assist our startup companies.
In June 2016, we formalised a partnership with Business SA and
the South Australian Young Entrepreneur Scheme (SAYES). SAYES
has been operating in South Australia for 18 years and has more
than 600 alumni and graduates of the program. The ICC and
SAYES will work in partnership to support entrepreneurial ventures
through the provision of seminar space, programs and business
support services.
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IMPACT
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ICC STRUCTURE
FACILITIES The new Health Innovation Building on North Terrace will be
home to the Innovation & Collaboration Centre in 2018. Until
then, the ICC is based in the now unrecognisable old library
in the Catherine Helen Spence Building at City West Campus.
More than $350k was spent refurbishing the facility which
boasts open plan working spaces, flexible floor plans and an
impressive workshop/ seminar delivery area. Natural light and
modern furnishings make the ICC a refreshing place to work
and visit. The donation of the latest equipment from industry
partner Hewlett Packard Enterprise has enabled the ICC to
deliver workshops and enable hot desking for small companies
and startups in the Centre.
GOVERNANCE The ICC is governed by a Steering Committee comprising
representatives from:
University of South Australia:
• Adrienne Nieuwenhuis, Chair
• Prof Jana Matthews, Centre for Business Growth,
UniSA Business School
• Jasmine Vreugdenburg, Manager: Innovation &
Collaboration Centre
State Government:
• Dr Andrew Dunbar, Department of State Development
• Mario Pegoli, Investment Attraction Agency
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE):
• Dino Rossi, Chief Technologist
• Tom Steer, Chief of Staff
Since its establishment, the Steering Group has met regularly.
Items of business have included:
• Receipt and review of the Business Plan
• Review and contribution to the program of activities offered
through the ICC
• Provision of advice regarding the website and other
marketing activity
• Receipt of regular reports regarding the events and
activities being conducted though the ICC
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