Programs
Innovate SA programs
The Department of Trade and Economic Development, supports Innovate SA to provide 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:
The Growing Global Companies program provides an integrated series of business skills courses to assist innovative South Australian companies develop into entrepreneurial, high-growth, exporting businesses.
For more information on the program visit: Innovate SA
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Innovate SA Showcase Program
The Innovate SA 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.
For further information visit: Innovate SA
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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.
For further information visit: www.creativeSA.org
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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.
For further information visit: www.techfast.com.au
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