(Narrator) The boom in tech companies means there are exciting, high-profile opportunities on offer in areas such as cyber security, AI and quantum computing.
(Kate Pounder – CEO Technology Council of Australia) I think the tech sector is one of the most exciting parts of the Australian economy. It’s grown immensely in the last three decades. So we’ve already produced over 100 tech companies in Australia worth over $100 million and more than 20 of them are now worth over $1 billion.
(Narrator) Cyber security is one of the fastest-growing technology sectors in Australia.
(Michelle Price – Partner at EY, former CEO Austcyber) The Australian economy is today spending $5.6 billion on cyber security products and services. This is growing at a rate of 20% year on year.
(Dr Liming Zhu – CSIRO Research Director) In research, Australia is really a world number one, I would say, in cyber-security research. In various rankings we are, in terms of publication citation we’re number one, in terms of patent filing we are world number four.
(Narrator) Australia’s AI capabilities are part of a network of the world’s best universities, research facilities and professional networks.
(Dr Simon Lucey – Director, Aus Institute of Machine Learning) With the Australian Institute of Machine Learning, we’re consistently ranking in the top five in the world. There’s a real opportunity here to lean into Australia in terms of our global position.
(Stela Solar – Director, National AI Centre) Australia has such exciting and accelerating AI momentum and such strong differentiation. If we think about our strengths, robotics, computer vision, a first mover advantage in responsible AI, and over 20 years of quantum AI work that we continue to focus on.
(Narrator) Google’s $1 billion investment into its first Australia research hub is a testament to our world-leading quantum computing capabilities.
(Dominic Berry – Associate Professor, Macquarie University) I’ll be doing most of my research in collaboration with Google. So, this is on areas in quantum algorithms.
(Michelle Simmons – Director, Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology) Australia’s a world leader in the area of quantum communication. We’ve had sustained results over 20 years with a very deep knowledge base.
(Narrator) Australia’s smart and skilled digitech professionals are transforming their visions into reality.
(Liesl Yearsley – CEO A.Kin) You can recruit the best and most amazing talent here. You can get a tonne of government support.
(Kate Pounder) I think the tech sector is one of the most exciting parts of the Australian economy.
