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The innovative business model supporting Australians with disability
Visit Conference Website Achieve Australia is well known for its frontline services for people with disability, but its work behind the scenes may be equally worthy of recognition. Since its inception in 1951, the not-for-profit has evolved from a residential service, into a multi-purpose, umbrella organisation, that caters to the full gamut of disability…
16 Jul 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Building Bridges in Biotech: How Life Science Incubator is Accelerating Innovation in Asia-Pacific
Life Science Incubator (LSI) isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel — it’s simply making it roll faster. By creating accessible, scalable lab infrastructure and embedding it within a supportive community, LSI is helping to fast-track the next generation of biotech and medtech solutions, from idea to impact. As the Asia-Pacific region doubles down on innovation,…
15 Jul 2025, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
A mature approach to understanding systemic rail risk
In rail, the impacts of systemic risks can be disproportionate to their triggering events. With intersections across transport, power, and cyber systems, even minor setbacks to the network can be felt across operational and geographical boundaries. The result can be service disruptions, safety incidents, and economic losses – sometimes with legal or regulatory consequences. Magnus…
15 Jul 2025, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
Inside Transport for NSW’s crisis and emergency management approach
With $16.2 billion worth of infrastructure, 3036 major projects, and a freight task consisting of 891,000 annual trips, Transport for NSW knows the stakes of its crisis and emergency management are high. If handled inappropriately, even minor setbacks could incur the agency – and broader community - significant costs, with each hour of operational downtime…
15 Jul 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Surgery Connect program to hit major milestone
By the end of this financial year, The Queensland Government will have expedited the care of more than 30, 000 public patients, to stabilise the statewide elective surgery waiting list, thanks to a $1.75 billion investment, which includes the Surgery Connect program. Established in 2008, Surgery Connect leverages relationships with 58 private providers, who deliver…
4 Jul 2025, by Amy SarcevicTechnology | Transport & Logistics
E-fuel – a game-changer for rail decarbonisation?
E-fuels have long been helping Europe decarbonise its rail network - and with Nordic Electrofuel recently signing an MoU for an e-fuel production plant in Saudi Arabia, Australia could soon follow in its tracks. The plant, due to be built in 2030, is one of several Nordic Electrofuel is developing in the region, with a…
1 Jul 2025, by Amy SarcevicBusiness | Healthcare
Could R&D financing keep biotech’s wheels in motion amid geopolitical uncertainty?
Australia’s biotechnology industry is facing an uncertain period, amid sweeping changes to US healthcare policy, which have already seen investors take a more cautious approach to biotech financing. With the US representing biotech’s largest market, companies who use conventional capital raising methods, are seeing more closed doors in their bid to fund clinical trials, or…
27 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Legal
Overcoming birth trauma, post inquiry – what needs to happen?
In 2024, a landmark parliamentary inquiry found ‘unacceptable’ rates of birth trauma in Australia, with one in three women directly affected. One year on, how much progress has the sector made; and what more needs to be done, to further drive down these figures? Ahead of the Obstetric Medico Legal Conference, we spoke with Professor…
24 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicBusiness | Technology
Boosting the representation of women in senior Biotech roles
In Australia’s biotechnology industry, women make up half of the entry-level workforce, but only 20 percent of leadership positions – an issue that has come under scrutiny in recent years. Aside from the ethical implications, under-representing women at senior and board level can impact business outcomes. According to a McKinsey report, companies in the top…
17 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Why being curious is the best way to engage communities
The clean energy transition is often viewed as a technical and commercial challenge, but – if recent statistics are anything to go by - social factors can carry equal weight in the equation. Between 2019-2023, it is estimated that 23 percent of project failures were the product of poor stakeholder management; and, for projects that…
16 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
