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Australia’s System
of Innovation
Fanny Berto
Sarah Ouertani
Lily Ounis
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Some figures
• Geography
• Australia is an island continent of 7.69
million square kilometer. ( twice the
size of europe.) Its the lowest continent
and is rich by 3 oceans.
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•History :
Australia is a country which has been always populate
by aboriginal. After the arrival of the European, this
deal between white and black people stays on purpose
for ever.
•Political :
The political structure of Australia is a commonwealth
of 6 states and 2 mainland. The government is based
with liberal democratic tradition. It is a constitutional
monarchy, recognising Queen Elizabeth II of Great
Britain as head of state and her representative in
Australia is the Governor-General.
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• Legal system :
There are four principal federal courts:
the High Court
the Federal Court of Australia
the Family Court of Australia, and
the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
• Education system:
Each state government manages the school system within their
state.
This means that they provide funds and regulation for their
schools.
Both public schools and private schools exist in each state.
The national government provides the funding for universities
in all the states but the budget allocated to education will be
different according to each choice of governance.
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•Economy
*Good western market economy.
*68% of GDP is settled by services
*agriculture = 10 % of GDP(57% of export)
*The Australian economy represent 1% of the world total
trade and 1.9 % of the OECD GDP.
•Culture :
*modest people
*They don’t give importance to academic achievement but
personal one.
*importance in communication win-win negotiation
The impact : different goal in technological innovation
PREFERED DOMAIN
Service (tourism, education, and finance)=> 69% of
GDP
Agriculture & Mining
=> 8% of GDP
Natural-resources
=> 5% of GDP
R&D expenditures/GNP ratio
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Africa $5 (0.6%)
Europe $234 (28.7%)
Asia $246 (30.2%)
North America $300 (36.8%)
South America/Carribean $18
(2.2%)
• Oceania $9 (1.3%)
 World total = $813
Private/public share of funding
PRIVATE
• 6,800 millions
• 7,5 % from foreign companies
• 53 % for R&D
PUBLIC
• 6,000 millions
• 3,2 % from the states
• 47 % for R&D
Stakeholders
Part of Private business in Innovation
Private
Techno
Creators
Main private techno creators
Medical Field: ResMed
Private charitable foundation to promote sleep-disordered breathing research
and community awareness, of the dangers of untreated sleep-disordered
breathing.
Promote leading research for publication in appropriate scientific and medical
publications
Individual Grants typically range from AU$5,000 to AU$50,000. The ResMed
Foundation will also consider supporting longer-term projects with annual
funding.
Environment Field: Biolytix
Biolytix has the patent for using the breakdown of waste material as the filter
for cleansing wastewater.
This cleverly turns the problem (the waste) into the solution (the humus to filter
and clean the wastewater).
Agriculture and Food Field: CSR Ethanol
Fertiliser: One of the most exciting breakthroughs they have made is in
converting the biologically rich waste product of ethanol fermentation into an
effective and economical fertiliser. It’s one of their leading products BioDunder
™which has recently been awarded organic status
What is the distribution of firms regarding
size, sector, ownership…?
Ecological View in Innovation
The governmental department of Innovation is involved
in environmental and ecological issues.
In 2008:
The Australian Government funded 58 CRCs in 2007–
08, of which 21 relate to ecologically sustainable
development.
Worth more than $ 2.4 million
- Focused on environmentally sustainable technologies
Targeted fields including climatechange, clean energy
technology, water resources, air quality and renewable
energy.
What is their patent activity?
Number of patents granted to Australian Residents by IP Australia
2006:
Patent applications filed = 25449
Patents granted = 9523
2007:
Patent applications filed = 26744
Patents granted = 11657
Who are the main institutional actors
The first main actor is the universities (about 40), they
perform about 25% of Australian Research.
A Group of these universities are dedicated to Innovative
Research such as:
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Flinders University
Griffith University
La Trobe University
Macquarie University
Murdoch University
University of Newcastle
Who are the main institutional actors
There is a department of Innovation, Industry, Science and
Research in the Australian Government. Within this department
there are some organizations such as:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander studies
Anglo-Australian Observatory
AusIndustry
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
Australian Research Council
Business.gov.au
Cooperative research centres
CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
IP Australia
National Measurement Institute
Questacon
VANguard
What is the nature of the relationship between
public and private stake-holders?
Science and Technologies
public choices
Policies for some technological innovation
National research priorities
4 national research priorities and their associated priority goals :
• An Environmentally Sustainable Australia
• Promoting and Maintaining Good Health
• Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming
Australian Industries
• Safeguarding Australia
Cooperative research program
Emphasize the importance of collaboration between
business and researchers to maximise the benefits of research through
an enhanced process of utilisation, commercialisation and technology
transfer.
Policies of some technological innovation
Major National Research Facilities Programme
Establish major research facilities that:
• Improve Australia’s capability in science, engineering and technology
• Maintain and enhance Australia’s international scientific and industrial
competitiveness;
• Support the rapid commercialisation of research results.
Australia-India Strategic Research Fund Overview
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to facilitate and support Science and Technology research cooperation between
Australia and India
Assist Australian researchers to increase their participation in leading edge
scientific research with Indian scientists
to raise the profile of Australian research
the development of strategic alliances between Australian researchers and
Indian researchers
Some Budgets devoted to these issues
Australia-India Strategic Research Fund Overview
-> $20 million of funding will be provided over five years and started
in 2006/07.
Backing Australia’s Ability – Building Our Future Through Science
and
Innovation
-> The most recent investment package totals $5.3 billion over
seven years from 2004–05.
Cooperative Research Centres
-> The Australian Government awards between $20-40 million in
funding to CRCs over a seven year period.
Major National Research Facilities Programme
-> proposals over $5 million were considered for funding.
Distribution of Australian Government support
for business R&D and innovation
Source: DEST, Science and Innovation Budget Tables 2006-07.
Distribution of researchers by sector of performance –
by OECD country, 2004
Sources: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators
database 2006/1; ABS, R&D data provided in October 2006.
Distribution of researchers – by sector of
performance 1978-79 to 2004-05
Sources: DEST, based on ABS, R&D data provided in October 2006.
Portfolio Investement in Research and
Research Training 2004-05
The Australian
Government’s
support for science,
research and
innovation is more
focused and
strategic than in the
past.
Start up’s environnment in innovation and
R&D
• Key success factors for start ups
1. careful selection of a new business & commercialisation channel
2. adequacy of resources available initially and effective planning
supported by established commercial competence
• Adequacy of resources available for spin offs (companies
partnerships) exist for only a few universities in Australia.
(ex: Melbourne Ventures at University of Melbourne and
Uniquest at the university of Queensland.
• Australian Institute of Commercialisation has confirmed a lack
of availability of the small amounts of money that are
needed to support the stage of commercialisation process
Future trajectories
The Australian Government is investing heavily in research -> to ensure that
scientific advances deliver maximum benefit in priority areas.
Australia produces world-class research, contributing about 3% of the world’s
Scientific knowledge.
The Australian Government has commited more than AUD$52 billion to science
and innovation funding in the past eleven years.
Investment in research and development from the private sector has also grown:
- In 2004-05 Australian businesses funded more than half of the investment in
Australian research and development.
- Funding by businesses for research and development rose by more than
21% over 2003 to 2005 (AUD$8.15 billion) –> highest investment by the
private sector ever recorded.
Through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS),
the Australian Government is providing $542 million over 2005-2011 to provide
researchers with major research facilities, supporting infrastructure and networks
necessary for world-class research.
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics website: www.abs.gov.au/
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www.wikipedia.com
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Australian Research Council website: www.arc.gov.au/
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www.australianinnovation.net.au/display.php
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Australian Government, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and
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Research website: www.innovation.gov.au/
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Australian Government, Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace relations website: www.dest.gov.au/
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OECD website: http://stats.oecd.org/
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IP Australia website: www.ipaustralia.gov.au/
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www.ausinnovation.org/
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www.innovationaustralia.net/
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www.irua.edu.au/
Thank you
for your attention