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Welcome to Business Talk
Welcome to BUSINESS TALK, the City of Marion newsletter that provides a monthly snapshot of what's happening in your business community.
Business success is essential to the future of the City of Marion as a place to live, learn, work and invest. This month we want to promote discussion of the role of Intellectual Property (IP) in encouraging innovation and creativity.
We value your feedback and encourage you to get in touch with
us
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World Intellectual Property Day - 26 April
World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated every 26 April - the day the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) Convention came into force in 1970. The day is designed to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property in encouraging innovation and creativity. The aim is to raise the awareness and help people gain more information.
This year's World Intellectual Property Day focuses on "Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined". Cultural works including a film, TV, music and books have long crossed borders. The Wi-Fi era is transforming how consumable culture is created, distributed and enjoyed in markets that are expanding beyond national borders. Accessible digital technologies have removed physical constraints, which is feeding the imagination of artists and creators. For the consumer, the work of creators and artists is easily accessible as we read, watch and listen to works from across the world, wherever, whenever and however we want.
Reimagining culture - how we create, access and finance IP - has its challenges. The challenge of the intellectual property system is to ensure that artists and creative industries can be properly paid for their work so they can and will keep creating.
This is an important time of the year to think about your IP.
Are you covered?
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In today's global world, generating new knowledge and turning it into new products and services is a crucial part of maintaining and enhancing economic competitiveness. To engage with that process,
IP Australia
has an
IP toolkit
to make it easier for business, research companies and universities to commercialise their ideas. For more information, contact the national service on 1300 65 10 10.
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Microsoft Innovation Centre SA
One of their key offerings is
BizSpark
, a program for new start-ups (up to five years of age, turning over less than $2m) that provides up to $120K of Azure compute and storage, as well as full access to Microsoft's developer tools.
This is relevant to any start-up that needs to store data or information in a secure environment, accessible from any device. There is more information
here
about Microsoft's commitment to and focus on security and privacy. For more information contact
Liam Ellul, Program Manager, Microsoft Innovation Centre South Australia via email
[email protected] or phone 02 8817 9331.
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Global expert presents the 4th Industrial Revolution at Tonsley
More than 100 industry stakeholders attended an event in the new State Drill Core Reference Library at
Tonsley
earlier this month. Titled "Retooling the nation for a 4th industrial revolution", the event featured a presentation from President and CEO of Siemens' PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Software from the United States, Mr Chuck Grindstaff, and a panel discussion with the Australian CEO of German submarine builder TKMS, the CEO of Tonsley based Simulation Australasia John Stewart, and Professor
John Spoehr
, Director of the
Australian Industrial Transformation Institute
also based at Tonsley.
The 4th Industrial Revolution, also known as "Industry 4.0", is a means of increasing the competitiveness of manufacturing industries by increasing the integration of "cyber-physical systems" into factory processes - or the ability to mass produce highly customisable products using an integration of smart, internet-connected machines and human labour, while still retaining a high degree of efficiency. PLM software is a type of modelling and simulation tool used for advanced design and analysis.
In November last year, through a partnership between Siemens,
Simulation Australasia
and State Government, a PLM software training facility, 'SimLab' was established in South Australia to deliver training. Over three years, SimLab will deliver the PLM software training to at least 36 South Australian companies and nine South Australian universities and/or educational organisations.
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A series of half-day workshops designed to give small businesses the knowledge and skills to take advantage of business opportunities, accelerate their growth and increase profitability. Workshops will be available at Tonsley on
Business Planning
,
Cash-flow, profitability and budget
,
Marketing
and
Staffing
- recruitment and retention.
To make a booking go
here
or contact the Small Business Contact Service on 1300 142 820.
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Accelerating Commercialisation
encourages and assists small and medium businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers to commercialise novel products, processes and services.
F
or a confidential discussion, please contact Grant Steinberg on
0414 881 898.
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The
Innovation Voucher Program
provides funding of up to $50,000 for a business to engage an external research and development organisation to begin solving a technical problem that the business cannot solve themselves in order to achieve a commercial outcome. The project must relate to manufacturing and involve collaboration and innovation. For more information, please make contact with
Mark Ledson
from the Department of State Development on 0434 566 047.
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Calendar of Events
We are always updating our
2016 Calendar of Events
. There are topics for everyone:
business planning
,
web solutions
,
recruitment techniques
,
mental health
in the workplace and
wellbeing
. Please register for events now as they fill up fast and share this information with your networks. We are also keen to hear from you about what activities and events you would like to see in Southern Adelaide. Have some ideas? Make contact with
Georgie Johnson.
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We hope you have found this newsletter of interest and please feel free to forward this onto your networks or others that may be interested in what's happening in the City of Marion and the greater Southern Adelaide region.
We look forward to working with you throughout 2016.
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