Doing Business with Australia

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Doing Business with Australia
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Why Australia?

• Advanced and stable economy
• Maintained stronger growth through the worst of
  the world economic downturn than any other
  advanced economy
• Stable government low risk of political
  instability
• Culture of Innovation
• Well positioned to access growing Asian markets
• Large sophisticated domestic market
• Ideal test market / trial location
• Educated workforce

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Why Australia?

• Strong growing open market economy with a
  number of bilateral multilateral agreements in
  place
• Home to regional headquarters or operating center
  for approx. 900 multinational companies
• Many companies partnering with Australian
  businesses in joint ventures and collaborating on
  RD projects

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Innovation Agenda

• Commercialisation Australia
• Competitive, merit-based assistance program
  offering funding and resources to accelerate the
  business building process for Australian
  companies, entrepreneurs, researchers and
  inventors. 
• It offers a range of funding options as well as
  multi-layered networking opportunities to help
  you achieve business success.
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• Participants in the program work with dedicated
  Case Managers and benefit from our Volunteer
  Business Mentor Network. 
• Foreign ownership does not preclude a company for
  applying however, the applicant must be
  incorporated in Australia.

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Research Organisations

• NICTA National Information Communications
  Technology Australia
• CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific Industrial
  Research Organisation
• Australian Nanotechnology Network
• Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA)
• Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks
  Information Processing
• Australian Academy of Science
• Association of Old Crows Australian Chapter
• Australian Industry Group

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Events

• 12th Annual Biometrics Institute of Australia
  Conference Exhibition (Sydney)
• May 2011
• 2011 International Cyber Resilience Conference
  (Perth)
• July 2011
• Safeguarding Australia (Canberra)
• September 2011

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Austrade

• Offices worldwide
• Offices in the USA
• San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco
• Honolulu
• Denver
• New Orleans
• Kansas City
• Chicago
• New York
• Washington DC
• Atlanta
• Miami

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Austrade

• Major industries
• Clean Technology water, biofuels, wind, solar,
  green building
• Financial Services
• Infrastructure
• Transportation
• Biotechnology
• Food Beverage
• Fashion

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Austrade San Diego

• Office focus
• Security Technology
• Clean Technology
• Maritime Technology
• Contact
• Barbara Adams
• Austrade San Diego
• barbara.adams_at_austrade.gov.au