Presentation to WITSA Delegates 8 March 2001 Peter Rowland Chief Executive, Invest South Australia
Invest SA is South Australia’s investment attraction agency Key investment attraction targets: IT&T/Electronics Food Services & Back Office Defence/Aviation We see WCIT 2002 as an ideal opportunity to showcase our State’s capabilities to the world Our Interest in WCIT 2002
Specifically… wireless online content e-commerce multi-media/games development internet security silicon design microtechnology intelligent transport systems IT&T/Electronics investment attraction to build on South Australia’s existing industry strengths: Our objective is to be a world leading ‘connected community’ by 2002 under the State’s IE2000 Strategy Plan
World Class Research Capability Electronics surveillance research Sensor Signal and Information Processing Telecommunications High performance and parallel computing Personal Communications services - wireless/mobile access Satellite Systems Computer Systems and Software Engineering High speed microelectronic design Concurrent computing, database systems, intelligence systems and software engineering Through Adelaide’s three universities and 14 Co-operative Research Centres:
Motorola DMR EDS Compaq BAE Systems CSC Thomson Marconi SAAB Key Multinationals Already Here Others Mitsubishi General Motors Holden Faulding Sola Optical
Over 800 companies Skilled workforce of nearly 20,000 Low staff turnover Cost competitive salaries and property rentals Highly trained graduates from Adelaide’s three universities Ease of recruitment Exporting to the world IT&T/ Electronics snapshot
Wireless Speech Recognition Information Security On-line Content E-Commerce/Smartcards Priority Target Sectors
Working with WITSA to make WCIT2002 a resounding success