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Engineering for surprises

By Nicholas Gruen   CEO, Lateral Economics This article is an excerpt from the Tech23 2021 booklet Towards a Better Tomorrow. Today Mark Zuckerberg is a pretty bad actor in my opinion, but he did some brilliant work to get Facebook where he got it. Where MySpace was...

Why SynBio is critical to a sustainable future

By Claudia Vickers Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform Leader, CSIRO This article is an excerpt from the Tech23 2021 booklet Towards a Better Tomorrow. Some four and a half billion years ago, biology evolved on Earth. Through photosynthesis and other processes,...

A model for energy and community resilience

By Mara Bun Chair, Australian Impact Investments, President and Chair, Australian Conservation Fund, director, Australian Ethical Investment This article is an excerpt from the Tech23 2021 booklet Towards a Better Tomorrow. We need integrated business model...

Capitalising on the benefits of nation-building investment

By DR PETER RIDDLES AM  Director and Advisor; science and innovation This article is an excerpt from the Tech23 2021 booklet Towards a Better Tomorrow. I think like a scientist and ask, ‘What, what are we trying to improve?’ The innovation system is a sort of a...

At Tech23, you never know who you might meet!

Over a decade has passed since the first Tech23, and the calibre and goodwill of the community surrounding the event continues to grow. It’s an honour for us to offer this platform as a national runway for emerging deep tech gems from across Australia. We believe the...