Federal, State and Territory Innovation Ministers said they adopted a set of national innovation principles to guide policy development and increase the consistency of government innovation programs across Australia.
Members of the Australian Government’s IT Industry Innovation Council have been told their advice to the Government will be crucial to developing a key enabler of Australian innovation.
The deadline for entries for Electronics News’ EDN Australia Innovation Awards is closing in. Friday 24 July 2009 is the last day that entries can be submitted for these prestigious Awards.
Americans believe that innovation leadership is important, but they are concerned about their country’s ability to remain the innovation leader in a more competitive international environment, according to a survey by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
Microprocessor and memory maker AMD is celebrating 40 years of innovation in the semiconductor industry.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has commended the Australian Government on its plans to provide up to $83 million to early stage start-up companies bringing promising new technologies and services to market.
Electronics News is calling for entries for its annual EDN Australia Innovation Awards. Now in their fifth year, the Awards recognise and reward excellence in electronics design, manufacture and test from Australian companies.
The public’s inclination toward innovative products was largely unaffected by the drop in consumer confidence last year, according to the 2008 IIIP Innovation Confidence Index released recently.
The Federal Government’s recently announced Victorian Enterprise Connect Manufacturing Centre is set to have a positive impact on National Manufacturing Week 2009, to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from May 12-15, according to organiser Reed Exhibitions.
Peregrine Semiconductor has won the Australian Government Engineering Innovation Award at the 2008 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards.