Investment NSW has signed an historic five-year Innovation Partnership agreement with Australia’s national science agency to drive digital technology, manufacturing and health excellence across NSW-based innovation precincts.
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres said Investment NSW’s partnership with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) would emphasise the State’s global reputation as a base for technological innovation, knowledge and expertise.
“The NSW Government has a long history of working with CSIRO and this agreement through Investment NSW takes our strategic partnership to an historic next level,” Mr Ayres said.
“The partnership will immediately accelerate innovation and commercialisation, create new jobs in growth industries like advanced manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital health, and increase economic growth as part of our strong recovery from the pandemic,” he said.
“Engaging CSIRO as an Innovation Partner also enables us to work together to explore future opportunities to align and collaborate on research and innovation, with the potential to open up a range of new industry development and investment attraction opportunities across the State.”
Mr Ayres said that through the partnership, CSIRO would consolidate its Sydney operations with a focus on advanced manufacturing, quantum technologies, aerospace, defence and agribusiness at the future Bradfield Aerotropolis, a digital focus at Tech Central in Eveleigh, and health capabilities in the Westmead Health and Innovation District.
Chief Executive of CSIRO, Dr Larry Marshall said the Organisation’s NSW partners would have access to the country’s best scientific and commercialisation expertise, as well as world-class research infrastructure, to harness the power of science to create jobs in the State.
