Tech Council Launch Event
MINUTES
- done
- wrap up thank-you to all for coming https://techcouncil.com.au/ @techcouncilaus
- questions
- what countries are forging a successful tech future?
- plenty of global examples but
- learn from domestic successes first and foremost (robyn)
- seeding our industries with new talent is critical
- new talent is critical (mina)
- who are we going to learn from?
- product management is not formally taught
- needs to be learned on the job
- are enough australians pursuing tech enabled entrepreneurship?
- tech is basic business when approached with a learning mindset (cliff)
- just "the way you do business today" (didier)
- can be learned but software is very hard
- we need a lot more of them
- learn from others
- camaraderie
- university sector is vital (robyn)
- tafe system also
- creates world class engineers, software and hardware
- all starts with university sector
- what is australia's reputation in tech?
- no universal answer
- cultural humbleness
- the "try factor" is very good
- lifestyle opportunities
- tech breaks down borders, eliminates tyranny of distance
- access to finance and capital
- tech enables vision to reality
- what countries are forging a successful tech future?
- discussion
- opporunity for tech sector (robyn) deep tech, venture capital
- two huge areas
- direct, more new tech companies
- indirect, all sectors
- expand supply chains
- focused on core competitive advantage
- inspiring next generation
- two huge areas
- roles, opportunities and talent (cliff, canva) media/tech
- talent is critical to success
- attracting world cass talent to return
- cited local examples
- startup journey in australia (mina) fire economy
- commited to founding a company
- created startup in property market
- australia is a natural for it
- investment properties as large as asx
- weather is another drawcard
- access talent and capital
- ecosystem in nascent industry
- sharing experience with others
- technology is humanising zoom teams etc
- afterpay journey fire economy
- acquisition by square
- proud of our team
- talent is non-negotiable
- australia has a lot of talent
- global experience is the challenge and opportunity
- mindset of connectedness between government and enterprise
- saas adopting software (didier) saas
- doing in australia makes access for collaboration better
- online companies can become global
- opporunity for tech sector (robyn) deep tech, venture capital
- politicians
- scott morrison
- no better time to have a strong voice
- stay connected during the pandemic
- lifeline over the past 18 months
- every business is digital
- speed up or be left behind
- challenge/opportunity is how we respond across all sectors
- committed $2B over the last two budgest
- 5G, NBN, cyber security, digital skills including AI
- encourage sectors outside tech to take advantage of it
- we will be defined by our response now
- and how we build this capability
- anthony albanese
- welcome 1M tech jobs by 2025
- best kind of jobs for the future
- 860k jobs today
- software more common than many others
- growing tech and the second important part of recovery
- ensure business and government are working together
- created "jobs and skills australia"
- jane hume
- listed the same stats as the others
- improvements to employee share scheme rules et al
- congratulations to creating the council
- christian porter
- as above
- ed husic
- as above
- scott morrison
- introductions
- [11:11] kate pounder
- how to do it
- growth
- global but hq remaining in australia
- talent
- fill the 1M jobs created
- regulation
- safe and responsible way
- growth
- what (goals)
- 1M people by 2025
- grow to 250B by 2031
- make best place to found and grow a company
- tech is 3.8% vs 6.8% (canada) or 10.2% (us) of GDP
- geographically distributed
- a national phenomenon
- 860k jobs in tech
- 66% growth since 2005
- 65k new jobs during pandemic
- second only to retail
- tech is the third biggest behind mining and banking
- 8.5% GDP from tech $76B direct plus $92B from other sources including mining, banking etc
- how to do it
- [11:06] robyn delholm
- launch with 25 founding members
- [11:03] alex mccaulay
- founded tech council
- previously startup aus
- [11:11] kate pounder
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