FAST TRACKING DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN AG - TECH Carolynne James GATE Project Leader and Manager , DPI Investment and Business Development
Behind the GATE? ▪ The GATE is an initiative of the NSW Government’s Department of Primary Industries (DPI). ▪ DPI’s purpose is to increase the capacity of primary industries and communities to drive economic growth across NSW. ▪ DPI’s goal is to increase productivity through innovation and grow total primary industries output to $20billion by 2020. ▪ How ? By innovation, commercialisation and integrating technology to raise productivity. ▪ New opportunities in funding and resources for R&D
▪ Megatrends in agriculture and science
Rural R&D Expenditure 2006/7 to 2014/15
Source: ABARES , ‘Rural Research, Development and Extension Investment in Australia’, September 2017
Mega trends & Directions Primary Industries • A hungrier world • A bumpier ride • A wealthier world • Transformational tech • Choosy customers
Science • Century of biology • Rise of data science • Cross discipline • Talent competition • Erosion of trust in science
Directions • Gene technologies • Nanotechnology • Synthetic biology • Big Data • Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
NSW DPI: the premier Australian agriculture researcher Agriculture
Largest rural research provider in Australia
Agriculture
Wollongbar
Glen Innes Narrabi Armidale
Biosecurity & FoodSafety
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Tamworth
Trangie
Portfolio of $500M of R&D projects
Condoblin
Tocal Orange Ourimbah
Dareton Griffith
Fisheries
Research Excellence
25 research stations and 13,000 ha trial sites
Yanco
650 scientific and technical staff
Menangle
Wagga Wagga
Cropping Horticulture
Policy, Performance & Engagement
Cowra
Livestock
Fisheries
Globally, the NSW DPI has been bench marked in the top 1% of research organisations in agriculture, plant and animal sciences.
Grafton
Port Stephens
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Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW Australia
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The GATE Program
General Public
INCUBATION STREAM
Cohort 20 projects/businesses per annum plus additional individuals
3 - THE GATE Collaboration
DPI
Research
Tech
8 University Relationships
2 technology providers/ connectivity trials CISCO and Telstra
25 research stations
Corp
Global
Start ups
Industry
Agribusinesses co- working space
CBR Innovation – Incubation and Bootcamp provider
13,084 ha 4 different climatic regions
UK, Indian and Korean associations
Public and global projects and participants
Farmer forums and technology showcases
$500 million portfolio / pipeline 2 National research institutes –HIA and CRDC 650 experts/scientific capability
Developer in Residence and tech meet ups
Sparklabs Cultiv8 – Acceleration provider and global market enabler
Student and workforce digital capability
4 – The GATE Projects DPI GATE collaborations - Nanoscent- cow breathalysers - Nontox herbicide – beating herbicide resistant weeds - Networked farms and sleepy hacks- overcoming connectivity - Quadbike safety – addressing high accident rates - Chickpea food innovation – novel foods - Drought predictive technologies and tools External businesses - US- Blockchain in food supply - Norway – spacial fish management - Singapore – low cost wastewater treatment - Australia – farm asset trading platform
The GATE is unique • Provides access to DPI expertise and networks as the largest agricultural R&D provider in Australia; • Offers an end-to-end ecosystem for project development from ideation, incubation, acceleration to investor funding and commercialisation; • Is NSW Government hosted and regionally based, supported by high functional connectivity and link to other ag tech centres; • Integrates on-site “farm” validation for new technologies and access to DPI data;
• It develops both “in house” DPI R&D ag-tech products and fosters third party ag-tech business development.
What’s next
• GATE/Sparklabs Cultiv8 Demo Day - 18 September Sydney
More info: www.thegate.org.au Carolynne James GATE Manager Investment and Business Development NSW Department of Primary Industries
[email protected] 0439 294 771
The NSW ag-tech network Lismore Armidale
Newcastle
Orange Bathurst
GATE : A one-stop shopBootcamp: Mentoring: Incubation: Acceleration: Investors: Business Support UNE and CSU Ag-Tech Incubators Generalist Regional and Urban Incubators (State , Cwth and Private ): Innovation Central Sydney, Sydney Startup Hub
Sydney Wagga
Wollongong
Corporate Partner
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Linked with Sparklabs Asia’s Premier Accelerator – founded Seoul, South Korea 2012.
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Sparklabs has ‘accelerated’ 56 companies with average $4million follow on funding.
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Sparklabs Cultiv8 is headquartered at the GATE is the GATE’s in house Acceleration service provider.
