The Innovation & Collaboration Centre was offjcially launched on - PDF document

The Innovation & Collaboration Centre was offjcially launched on 16 November 2015 by the Premier of South Australia, the Hon Jay Weatherill MP .

CONTENTS ICC Report 2 About the ICC 4 Outcomes 5 Year in Review 6 Our Residents 12 Our Graduates 13 Current Residents 14 Our Service Providers 16 Partnerships 18 Impact 19 ICC Structure 20

I am delighted to present the fjrst Annual Report since being offjcially appointed to the role of Manager, Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) in May 2016. It is an exciting time to be involved with innovation, entrepreneurship and supporting business growth, particularly with the announcement of the National Innovation Science Agenda and the South Australian Government’s announcement of a new $10M commercialisation fund. We have welcomed the opportunity to work with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to fjnd innovative solutions that leverage the digital disruption occurring across a number of industries as a way to create new jobs, nurture creative talent and strengthen South Australia’s unique and diverse entrepreneurial ecosystem. Looking back over the past year, the ICC has evolved and transformed from an idea, to a busy centre of activity, working with new companies and welcoming new residents. While the ICC was offjcially launched in November 2015, our University service providers including matchstudio, ICC REPORT the Centre for Business Growth, UniSA Ventures and the Partner Engagement Team moved in over the course of 2015 along with our fjrst startup residents, Makers Empire, Jemsoft, myEvidence and Vinnovate. In mid-October 2015, I was appointed as the interim Manager to help coordinate and drive the setup and operations of the Centre. With a focus on supporting the ideation of new ideas, the incubation of startups, the growth of small to medium businesses and engagement with industry, the ICC has embedded these values into all activities conducted through the Centre. Our Innovation and Growth Seminar Series kicked off in April and has since delivered 3 seminars and 3 workshops targeted at small to medium enterprises. Over the last year, the ICC has facilitated, supported, and driven a number of entrepreneurial and external engagement activities. As a result the ICC is already gaining a reputation as a place to engage and collaborate, to explore new ideas for business, supporting SME innovation and providing a pipeline to commercialisation opportunities. I’m excited about the next stage of development and growth and eager to work together with our stakeholders, the South Australian State Government and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, to continue to engage and help foster the ICC as a Centre of collaboration, idea generation and growth. Jasmine Vreugdenburg Manager, Innovation & Collaboration Centre 2

... THE ICC IS ALREADY GAINING A REPUTATION AS A PLACE TO ENGAGE AND COLLABORATE, TO EXPLORE NEW IDEAS FOR BUSINESS, SUPPORTING SME’S INNOVATION AND PROVIDING A PIPELINE TO COMMERCIALISATION OPPORTUNITIES. John Kellett Founder of OVAE 3

THE INNOVATION & COLLABORATION CENTRE IS A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND ANCHOR INDUSTRY PARTNER, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE. ABOUT Located in the interim facilities of THE ICC the Catherine Helen Spence Building, the open plan coworking design enables South Australia business, industry organisations, the University and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to engage and collaborate to explore new ideas for business and products. Our programs, workshops and events are designed to support small to medium enterprise innovation while providing a pipeline to commercialisation opportunities. The services we provide each contribute to enabling innovation and growth at different stages of the lifecycle of a company. The Venture Catalyst initiative provides funding and support to startup companies at the critical survival stage. Our Innovation and Seminar Growth Series, target startups, and small to medium enterprises and aim to translate key research outcomes to the community to enable innovation and growth. The UniSA Business School’s Centre for Business Growth target companies in the growth phase and deliver programs and assessment clinics to support CEO’s and executives. matchstudio provides value to companies at various stages of their lifecycle by introducing innovation through their user centered design projects, accessing students as well as research for the creation of new concepts, products and services for industry. Finally, UniSA Ventures and the Partnership Engagement Team provide commercial advice and connections to research and development within the University underpinning innovation and development with our industry partners. 4

OVER THE LAST YEAR... OUTCOMES WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED AND BRIEFINGS WERE EVENTS IN THE ICC. HELD IN THE ICC. SATISFACTION RATING BUSINESS AND FROM ICC EVENT COMPANY BOARD ATTENDEES. MEETINGS WERE HELD. STARTUP COMPANIES WEBSITE HITS FOR WERE SUPPORTED WWW.ICC.UNISA.EDU.AU THROUGH THE ICC, SINCE APRIL 2016. RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF MORE THAN 46 NEW JOBS. . 5

USING EXPERTS FROM THE BUSINESS SCHOOL, THE ICC DELIVERED A NUMBER OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SEMINARS TARGETING THE STARTUP AND SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. YEAR IN REVIEW Our format of hosting short breakfast and evening seminars is designed to fjt in with the busy lifestyle of a startup or small business, while also providing access to our industry experts in order to achieve business growth, and access to the latest research fjndings. During the fjrst year of operation a number of sessions were with an average of attendance of 50 people per seminar. By identifying knowledge gaps amongst startups and small business, the ICC develops topics that are current, relevant and then draws on resources from the Business School to deliver those seminars to industry by UniSA’s industry experts in those areas. The ICC tracks and monitors the quality and delivery of the innovation and growth seminars through the collection of feedback forms. Out target is to have satisfaction 65% or higher over 2016, and we achieved a 92% satisfaction rating. On average, all event attendees are satisfjed or extremely satisfjed with the topics presented and the speakers. The ICC facilities are also acknowledged as suitable and convenient for this type of event. 6

INNOVATION & GROWTH SERIES 12 April 2016 7 July 2016 Intellectual Property – Social Media is not Digital Marketing What you actually need to know Luke Greenacre Dr Justin Coombs An evening seminar discussing digital marketing and how A practical workshop covering the core concepts of to best direct your efforts to grow your business. intellectual property, including disclosure, novelty, “Great presentation & very helpful” inventive step and utility. “Well presented, covering most topics” 1 September 2016 Chinese Business Culture 10 May 2016 Professor Ying Zhu Identifying Innovation in Your Business A workshop aiming to provide a deeper understanding Associate Professor David Cropley of Chinese business culture and to help in building a What innovation means for small to medium businesses strategy for market success in China. and how they can identify the capacity to innovate to “Prof. Zhu was interesting and provided a nice induction create real benefjts for their business. to Chinese business culture” “Made complex issues understandable and great analysis and logic applied” 1 September 2016 Business & Market Strategies for China 10 June 2016 Professor Richard Lee Branding Your Business for Growth A workshop providing participants with tools and Dr Anne Sharp strategies for navigating the politics, culture, etiquette An introduction to the scientifjc laws of marketing, its and general business practices within China. myths and where companies should really place their “Excellent presentation – with neat examples and marketing efforts. application of information provided” “Great to hear about theories that backup what I have been fjnding! Thank you Anne and ICC” 7

YEAR IN REVIEW MATCHSTUDIO These projects allow UniSA’s ‘creative bright sparks’ to work with industry on a range of problems and provides a means to test out ideas, provide proof of concepts for larger projects such as research grants, or as a catalyst for product and OVER THE LAST service innovations. Some of the most exciting YEAR, MATCHSTUDIO projects undertaken over the year include ‘Eye UNDERTOOK A NUMBER Candy’ with Health Partners, ‘Winery Recyclables’ OF PROJECTS WITH with Jacobs Creek and ‘Shower Shuttle’, with the INDUSTRY, POLICY MAKERS, RESEARCHERS, Hutt Street Centre. STUDENTS AND Eye Candy – eyewear design form the poetic to ACADEMICS. the practical Collaborators: Health Partners Optical; Adelaide’s InDaily digital news service - Internationally renowned eyewear designer Jono Hennessy Sceats provided the brief for students to design and prototype eyewear designs in collaboration with local jeweller Simon Williams. Student prototypes were displayed in the Health Partners Optical shopfront, the entries were also given media exposure over several weeks in InDaily before readers were encouraged to vote for their favourite design. 8