You are invited to attend the Meet the Buyer Advanced Technology Event and Ideas Flow Workshop.
When the role of Industry Advocate was established, one of the objectives was to support the development of the advanced services sector, and importantly leverage opportunities for innovation. In addition to this, one of the State Government’s Economic Priorities: Growth through Innovation acknowledges the transformation of the South Australian economy will be built upon our ability to adopt new ways of doing things, and the use of advanced technologies to enhance our community and economy through building globally competitive high value firms.
An opportunity exists for the Office of the Industry Advocate to explore and collaborate with business to develop an 'ideas flow' designed to provide smart solutions to a range of State Government buying needs. In partnership with the Adelaide Smart City Studio, we are particularly interested in technology ideas to improve city services, from transport and energy management, community health to citizen services.
A recent CEDA Report on Australia's Economic Future: an agenda for growth acknowledges the pace and scale required to operate at the technological frontier, with innovation requiring active collaboration across firms, industries and economies with a significant role for government in promoting innovation through public procurement. The clever application of Internet of Things (IoT) within and across government services could be transformational for our state, city and economy, positioning local businesses to compete in the trillion-dollar global smart city market.
The Ideas Flow Workshop will be a preplanning session to develop the concept of an 'Ideas Hackathon', held in conjunction with our regular Meet the Buyer event.
Meet the Buyer events are designed to bring together local businesses and senior government project and contract managers. These events create an opportunity for businesses to meet key Government staff with responsibility for the design of projects, sourcing business solutions, purchasing goods, and to build an awareness of what locally based businesses have to offer.
Want to know more about these events?... view our FAQ's for Meet the Buyer and Ideas Flow.
This event is run by the Office of the Industry Advocate with the support of Brand South Australia.