Title: Overview of Australian investment environment and ICT opportunities
1 Australia
2- Angus M Robinson
- Chief Executive, AEEMA
11th World Electronics Forum London
Influencing the Australian Agenda 15th
September 2005
3Australias GDP by Sector
Source Australian Bureau of Statistics
4Australian Electronics Industry
- Employment 33,000
- Wages Salaries (USb) 1.1
- Turnover (USb) 6.2
- Value Added (USb) 1.6
- Establishments 3,200
- Exports (USb) 2.0
- Imports (USb) 14.0
- Total Trade (USb) 16.0
- RD (USb) 0.8
5 - The Australian Electrical and Electronic
Manufacturers' Association Ltd (AEEMA) is the
leading industry body representing Australia's
information and communication technology (ICT),
electronics, and electrical manufacturing
industries - AEEMA members supply infrastructure, products and
manufacturing-related services to Australian and
world markets. Through its 17 industry forums,
AEEMA represents some 325 technology driven
organisations
6AEEMA
- Mission To enable the information and
communication technology (ICT), electronics and
electrical manufacturing industries to prosper by
facilitating cohesive membership representation
and a favourable operating environment.
7Structure of AEEMA
- ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ICT
AUSTRALIA -
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ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY FORUMS
LIGHTING COUNCIL AUSTRALIA
APPLIANCES FORUM
HAZARDOUS AREA EQUIPMENT
CAPTIAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY FORUMS
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SUPPLIERS
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC
SYSTEMS ASSOCAITON
AUSTRALIAN PHOTONICS FORUM
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAL FORUM
ASIA PACIFIC SMART CARD FORUM
AUSTRALIAN IT SECURITY FORUM
AUTOMATIC DATA CAPTURE AUSTRALIA
DIGITAL BROADCASTING FORUM
Industry Clusters -regional focus e.g. Qld)
User Forums/projects e.g. Connected Home,
Telematics etc
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8Australia A Quick Snapshot
Population 20 million Size land mass
USA National Government Conservative State/Territ
ory Governments Labour Local Governments General
ly non-party political
9 Engagement with Government
- Through
- AEEMA Industry Forums and Clusters
- AEEMA Secretariat
- AEEMA Advisory Council
- AEEMA Board
- With
- Three Australian Govt industry development
portfolios - Other Australian Govt agencies embracing trade,
investment attraction, customs, environment, RD
and education, finance etc - Australian Government regulators
- Various state/territory govt agencies/regulators
- Ministerial offices
10Characteristics of Australian Governments
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- free trade not protectionist
- sound economic fundamentals
- will not pick winners
- focused on free market principles
- jobs, jobs and jobs
- short term focus
- suffer from the impact of federalism
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11The Three Key Drivers of Current Government
Industry Policy - 3 Is
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- Investment
- Innovation
- International Competitiveness
12Australian Government Policy Framework
- Q Why should Government intervene?
- A Generally only when there is market failure
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13 AEEMA Characteristics
- Committed to Australias ICT, Electronics and
Electrical manufacturing Industries - free trader not protectionist
- global rather than internal focus
- agile and adapting to industry changes
- opportunistic, whilst strategic
- industry development operating mode
- seeking industry/government
- co-operation
- technology rather than business linked
14How Do We Capitalise On Emerging Opportunities?
- by evolving our organisational structure
- by aligning our activities to market-sensitive,
demand-driven drivers e.g. telematics - by developing new globally-focused services for
members - by influencing government policies attracting
government funding to support our industry-led
initiatives e.g. o/s missions, action agenda
projects
15AEEMAs 5 Point Plan for Industry Development
- 1. Capture and engage government interest
- 2. Drive industry-led and government-sponsored
activities with a vision for the industrys
future - 3. Build AEEMA industry frameworks and national
membership and alliances - 4. Align AEEMAs strategic objectives with Action
Agendas or other key policy drivers - 5. Identify and develop export market access
opportunities
16 What is An Action Agenda?
- The Action Agenda process assists industry and
government to work together to strengthen the
capacity of Australian industries to compete
globally. - Action Agendas are driven by industry, with
government providing a facilitation role.
17 Action Agenda Aims
- To find out where the opportunities lie and to
take advantage of them, and - To identify impediments to growth and to remove
them
18Electronics Industry Action Agenda- Key Facts
- National, industry-led, government supported
strategic approach approved by the Australian
Government in 2003 - Focusing on electronics, photonics,
microelectronics, wireless, nanoelectronics
industry development
19 Industry Development
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- Electronics Action Agenda is focusing on
- a unified industry
- a shared vision
- commercialisation of RD
- industry clustering
- an export focus
- Branding under Technology Australia
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21 Action Agenda Summary
- The Action Agenda becomes a joint document
between industry and governments with - Agreed and achievable outcomes, and
- Strategic actions to achieve outcomes that
industry and government can commit to within the
governments broad policy framework.
22Influencing Government To Embrace
- Innovation along the whole supply chain, with
market development as the top priority - Investment in Technology Integration not RD
- Industry Interaction (collaboration)
23- Committed to Australias ICT, electronics and
electrical manufacturing industries - www.aeema.asn.au