Programs

The Department of Trade and Economic Development, in association with Innovate SA, provides a range of programs aimed at helping innovative South Australian entrepreneurs, SMEs and larger businesses wanting to grow and export.

Many of these programs are free to selected participants.

They include:

• Growing Global Companies Program
• Growing Global Companies - Export Program
• TechFast Program
• Innovation Showcase Program
• Creative Industries Program

Growing Global Companies Program

This free government program has been developed for young South Australian companies in the ICT, electronics and creative industries – including digital content developers.  Older companies still on a growth path are also eligible.

Whether your business is software, hardware, digital content or telecommunications, the Growing Global Companies Program could help you.

It aims to help companies to develop into entrepreneurial, high-growth, exporting businesses.

Participating companies benefit from access to:

• Information sessions on technology, business and export markets

• Entrepreneurial business skills training, including leadership, strategic planning, media and presentation, managing growth and one-on-one mentoring.

• Sharing, collaborating and networking

• Export events and trade shows in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the US

Course overview

• GGC Overview (121 kb)

2010 Growing Global Companies course schedule

To express your interest: susan.andrews@innovatesa.com.au

The program has been endorsed by the Electronics and ICT Association (EICTA), Playford Capital, the Salisbury Business and Export Centre, Enterprise Adelaide and national ICT industry associations.

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Growing Global Companies - Export Program

DTED helps South Australian ICT, electronics and creative industry companies prepare for and participate in international trade shows and export market programs in collaboration with ICT industry associations and Austrade.

In line with the national ICT marketing strategy, the program focuses on building trade relationships in the Asia-Pacific region with countries such as the US, China, Hong Kong, India and SE Asia.

TechFast program

TechFast, a national commercialisation program partnered with the Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC), encourages established and technology-receptive small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to adopt commercially viable technologies and know-how from Australian research organisations.

In South Australia, this program provides assistance and risk minimisation associated with the transfer and commercialisation of new technology by:

• identifying established, technology-receptive SMEs that have a track record in their sector and are ready to grow;

• linking these SMEs with relevant innovative technologies or know-how developed by research organizations;

• providing ‘hands-on’ advice, funding and support to facilitate the transfer of technology between research organisations and SMEs to benefit all parties;

Potential SME candidates are assessed and selected according to specific criteria.

In the long-term, TechFast will improve the scale and speed at which SMEs are able to successfully expand and grow through the accelerated take-up of leading edge technologies.

The program will also assist research organisations in their final stages of research and development.

www.techfast.com.au

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Innovation Showcase Program

The Innovation Showcase Program invites South Australian businesses to visit and learn from organisations in a broad range of industries that have successfully applied innovation to their processes, practices, products or services.

The companies profiled in this showcase are recognised for doing things differently, successfully competing within global markets and exceeding customer expectations.

www.innovatesa.com.au

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Creative Industries Program

The Creative Industries Program aims to grow the creative industries in South Australia.

It does this by:

• generating and supporting commercially orientated start-ups

• assisting established companies to commercialise intellectual property

• building industry collaboration

• improving the human resource base for the industry.

Digital Tomorrow Program

The Digital Tomorrow Program focuses on improving skills pathways, supporting digital media start-ups and encouraging innovation by South Australian digital media companies.

The program The emphasis is on industry development and commercial outcomes.

The six projects under the Digital Tomorrow program are:

• Tomorrow Pathways - a range of initiatives to articulate pathways into the industry for students and graduates.

• Tomorrow Entrepreneur - entrepreneurship training for the digital media industry

• Tomorrow Worlds - establishment and delivery of short courses and education programs that enhance the combination of creative, technical and business skills for the industry

• Tomorrow Studio - subsidised studio space for new digital media start-ups

• Tomorrow Start - small grants (up to $10K) to start-ups to assist with business establishment costs

• Tomorrow IP - significant grants (up to $100K) to assist established digital content companies to develop, prototype, secure and commercialise Intellectual Property

The program works extensively with the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association in SA.

www.creativeSA.org

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