Over two days at the end of September, SACC gathered a few hundred academics, students, government representatives as well as business leaders and innovators, representing a large number of industries, for the first of its kind – the Swedish Australian Innovation, Technology and Design Summit.
The purpose of this Summit was to highlight Swedish innovation, technology, design and sustainability initiatives. We presented examples of key innovation breakthroughs and featured successful Swedish-Australian collaboration and knowledge exchange, R&D and creative business development between Sweden and Australia.Together with partners, we provided a platform to connect involved industries with relevant stakeholders within the corporate sector, government, academia and the research and development community. Through the summit, we raised awareness about the Swedish contribution to economic and technological development in Australia. We initiated new opportunities for collaboration within technology, design and sustainability to stimulate innovation and growth and to support a high-quality R&D ecosystem.
Together with co-host, the University of Technology Sydney, in their stunning Great hall, we held 10 sessions offering in-depth knowledge on a number of engaging topics (see full program here). The event covered many topical focus areas, and the sessions included thought-leadership panellists, who all provided the audience with perspectives that were both informative and educational as well as provocative.
Official dignitaries included The Hon. Alister Henskens, SC MP, New South Wales Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade, Minister for Sport, Minister for Skills and Training, and Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology. Guest of Honour was Ambassador of Sweden to Australia, HE Pontus Melander.
The common denominator throughout the entire summit was sustainable innovation, sustainable design and development and how government and different industries are working towards a net zero future.
So, what did we learn?
We learnt that we need to consider the human impact of innovation.
That many businesses and official agencies have the ambition to commence their sustainability journey but they don’t know where to start.
We also learned that we need to shift the business model, with circularity at the core of each process in the business.
We learned that there’s a full shift in business and for example in construction: we used to build things, now we are solving problems.
We learned that for innovations to be affordable – or they won’t be used. And if it is not easy to use – it won’t be used.
We learned that if we want to accelerate the adoption of 5G, we need to own the problem, know the problem and then find out how technology can solve the problem. We need a digital vision and replace old solutions with something smart, not just replace an existing model.
The carrying theme throughout the sessions was collaboration and how working together across sectors can but also even with traditional competitors to share lessons learned and build broad and viable solutions.
During the session on sustainability in fashion, we learned some confronting statistics. 70% of all clothes bought in Australia are deposited into landfill within 12 months after purchase. This number has more than doubled since year 2000, and Australia has the second position in the world of fashion waste per capita in the world, with 15 kilos per capita.
We also learned that we are all part of the solution for a net zero future and that we need to create citizenship around sustainable behaviours.
The manufacturing model is also rapidly adopting to meet more sustainable sourcing of raw materials, or rather, materials to not only recycle but also to reuse and re-manufacture.
We also discussed how our cities will become smarter and in doing so, also become more sustainable and indeed, safer. Utilising data within the whole transport sector already is delivering incremental change, in particular in safety. By enabling different road users to collaboratively, capture and transmit data, vehicles and vulnerable road users like cyclists, delivers robust outcomes and prevent avoidable accidents.
The two days were packed with generous sharing of best practice and absolutely evoked more bilateral as well as local collaboration and new networks.
The SACC is proud to have played an active role in establishing new business connections between Sweden and Australia and supporting knowledge sharing and business opportunities for more than one hundred years. And now also in the area of sustainability.
The Nordic countries have collectively been called “the Silicon Valley of Europe” for innovation, sustainability and green economy. SACC will continue to invite and engage members to explore pathways forward towards a net zero economy and enable trade and knowledge exchange between Australia and Sweden.
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Piab is evolving automation through progressive gripping, lifting and moving solutions. We believe in an automated world where no resources are wasted, and no humans are injured.
We specialise in automated process components and solutions to enable gripping, lifting and moving applications for our customers in all industries with special attention to Packaging, Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Logistics and Warehousing, Plastics and Automotive.
It all started with an invention
Piab´s founder Sven Tell and his love for the mathematical formula pi led to the development of the unique drawing compass. This also prompted the company name “Pi” and “AB” which is the Swedish word for Incorporated (Inc.). This was back in 1951 and Piab has been coming up with new inventions throughout the decades since.
By 1968, Sven´s son Peter Tell had founded Piab’s vacuum division, which formed the basis for today´s company. He invented the first vacuum product, the PmS-Pistol. Piab´s first multistage vacuum ejector laid the foundation for a wide range of vacuum products that were to follow in the 1970s. With this new technology, Piab began expanding beyond Sweden, eventually becoming a global company with distributors and subsidiaries worldwide.
Other products like vacuum pumps, suction cups and vacuum conveyors, were added to the product line in subsequent decades and in recent years, multiple acquisitions have helped to expand the offering even further. Today, Piab offers ergonomic handling and robotic gripping solutions which complement the company’s traditional vacuum automation and vacuum conveying solutions.
Piab has registered more than 65 patents over the years and the pace of innovation is continuously increasing along with the demand for automated solutions. As Piab takes the lead in the industry, research and development is as important as ever, and we will continue to provide our customers with progressive gripping, lifting and moving solutions that help them evolve.
Peter Tell and his family sold Piab in 2006, and today Piab is fully owned by Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB. The company still very much feels like a family. In fact, it is the familial feel alongside the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship that remains the heart of the company. Piab will always continue to follow its own inner compass.
Piab in facts
900+ employees
25 sales offices throughout the world
900+ partners globally
4 divisions
100 countries presence
HQ in Täby, Sweden
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The UTS Tech Lab is a new-generation research facility supporting collaborative, industry-led research partnerships that have the potential to drive innovation and growth in the IT and engineering industry. Industry partners benefit from access to the multidisciplinary facility and equipment, academic and professional teams and additional project resources through PhDs and student interns.
The UTS Tech Lab facilities cover many areas of collaboration within different industries, here are a few of the areas/facilities:
The bus leaves at 1.45 pm bus from campus. The Tech Lab is only a 20 min drive from the CBD and there is plenty of free parking on site. Please note that registrations are essential and that there are limited spots for this visit.
UTS Tech Lab bus timetable:
1.45pm pick up – Thomas St bus stop – 2.10pm drop off
Tech Lab tour – 2.30pm to 3.45pm/4.00pm
4.15pm pick up – 4.40pm drop off – Thomas St bus stop
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Moderator–Professor Michael Nilsson, Director, Centre for Rehab Innovations & Global Innovation Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Newcastle
Date and time: 29 September, 11.00 am -12.00 pm AEST
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ABB Australia – John Rieusset, Country Digital Lead / Food and Beverage Sector Lead
Volvo Group Australia –Mitchell Peden, General Manager, Volvo Bus Australia
University of Technology Sydney – Andrea Trianni, Associate Professor at UTS – FEIT School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering & Centre for Advanced Manufacturing
Moderator– Roy Green, Emeritus Professor and Special Innovation Advisor at the University of Technology Sydney
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Summary – Swedish Australian Innovation, Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September 2022
Together with co-host, the University of Technology Sydney, in their stunning Great hall, we held 10 sessions offering in-depth knowledge on a number of engaging topics (see full program here). The event covered many topical focus areas, and the sessions included thought-leadership panellists, who all provided the audience with perspectives that were both informative and educational as well as provocative.
Official dignitaries included The Hon. Alister Henskens, SC MP, New South Wales Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade, Minister for Sport, Minister for Skills and Training, and Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology. Guest of Honour was Ambassador of Sweden to Australia, HE Pontus Melander.
The common denominator throughout the entire summit was sustainable innovation, sustainable design and development and how government and different industries are working towards a net zero future.
We learnt that we need to consider the human impact of innovation.
That many businesses and official agencies have the ambition to commence their sustainability journey but they don’t know where to start.
We also learned that we need to shift the business model, with circularity at the core of each process in the business.
We learned that there’s a full shift in business and for example in construction: we used to build things, now we are solving problems.
We learned that for innovations to be affordable – or they won’t be used. And if it is not easy to use – it won’t be used.
We learned that if we want to accelerate the adoption of 5G, we need to own the problem, know the problem and then find out how technology can solve the problem. We need a digital vision and replace old solutions with something smart, not just replace an existing model.
During the session on sustainability in fashion, we learned some confronting statistics. 70% of all clothes bought in Australia are deposited into landfill within 12 months after purchase. This number has more than doubled since year 2000, and Australia has the second position in the world of fashion waste per capita in the world, with 15 kilos per capita.
We also learned that we are all part of the solution for a net zero future and that we need to create citizenship around sustainable behaviours.
The manufacturing model is also rapidly adopting to meet more sustainable sourcing of raw materials, or rather, materials to not only recycle but also to reuse and re-manufacture.
We also discussed how our cities will become smarter and in doing so, also become more sustainable and indeed, safer. Utilising data within the whole transport sector already is delivering incremental change, in particular in safety. By enabling different road users to collaboratively, capture and transmit data, vehicles and vulnerable road users like cyclists, delivers robust outcomes and prevent avoidable accidents.
The two days were packed with generous sharing of best practice and absolutely evoked more bilateral as well as local collaboration and new networks.
The SACC is proud to have played an active role in establishing new business connections between Sweden and Australia and supporting knowledge sharing and business opportunities for more than one hundred years. And now also in the area of sustainability.
The Nordic countries have collectively been called “the Silicon Valley of Europe” for innovation, sustainability and green economy. SACC will continue to invite and engage members to explore pathways forward towards a net zero economy and enable trade and knowledge exchange between Australia and Sweden.
Photogaphy by Raquel Pires www.raquelpiresphotography.com
PRESENTING THE INNOVATION SUMMIT PARTNERS CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
For more information contact SACC at sacc@swedishchamber.com.au
Related links:
Europe’s most innovative countries
https://www.weforum.org/videos/europe-s-most-innovative-countries
5 reasons why Swedes are world-leading innovators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umWKUmSYNbA&t=14s&ab_channel=Sweden
NEW SMALL BUSINESS MEMBER – Piab
Evolving automation since 1951
Piab is evolving automation through progressive gripping, lifting and moving solutions. We believe in an automated world where no resources are wasted, and no humans are injured.
We specialise in automated process components and solutions to enable gripping, lifting and moving applications for our customers in all industries with special attention to Packaging, Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Logistics and Warehousing, Plastics and Automotive.
It all started with an invention
Piab´s founder Sven Tell and his love for the mathematical formula pi led to the development of the unique drawing compass. This also prompted the company name “Pi” and “AB” which is the Swedish word for Incorporated (Inc.). This was back in 1951 and Piab has been coming up with new inventions throughout the decades since.
By 1968, Sven´s son Peter Tell had founded Piab’s vacuum division, which formed the basis for today´s company. He invented the first vacuum product, the PmS-Pistol. Piab´s first multistage vacuum ejector laid the foundation for a wide range of vacuum products that were to follow in the 1970s. With this new technology, Piab began expanding beyond Sweden, eventually becoming a global company with distributors and subsidiaries worldwide.
Other products like vacuum pumps, suction cups and vacuum conveyors, were added to the product line in subsequent decades and in recent years, multiple acquisitions have helped to expand the offering even further. Today, Piab offers ergonomic handling and robotic gripping solutions which complement the company’s traditional vacuum automation and vacuum conveying solutions.
Piab has registered more than 65 patents over the years and the pace of innovation is continuously increasing along with the demand for automated solutions. As Piab takes the lead in the industry, research and development is as important as ever, and we will continue to provide our customers with progressive gripping, lifting and moving solutions that help them evolve.
Peter Tell and his family sold Piab in 2006, and today Piab is fully owned by Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB. The company still very much feels like a family. In fact, it is the familial feel alongside the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship that remains the heart of the company. Piab will always continue to follow its own inner compass.
Piab in facts
900+ employees
25 sales offices throughout the world
900+ partners globally
4 divisions
100 countries presence
HQ in Täby, Sweden
Find out more about Piab here
Contact:
Martina Harvey, Piab
martina.harvey@piab.com
Site visit to the UTS Tech Lab 29 Sept @ campus bus stop 1.35pm, bus leaves 1.45pm
As a post-event for the Swedish Australian Innovation Technology & Design Summit 28-29 September, the University of Technology Sydney invites SACC members and guests to the UTS Tech Lab in Botany.
The UTS Tech Lab facilities cover many areas of collaboration within different industries, here are a few of the areas/facilities:
Ray Kirby, Director UTS Tech Lab, will meet us there to present the lab and take us around the facilities. See the Tech Lab video here
When: 29 September at 1.35pm at Thomas St bus stop, UTS Campus
Where: UTS Tech Lab, 32-34 Lord Street, Botany NSW 2019
Transport: The UTS Tech Lab bus runs between the UTS Ultimo campus and Tech Lab https://techlab.uts.edu.au/bus-timetable/.
The bus leaves at 1.45 pm bus from campus. The Tech Lab is only a 20 min drive from the CBD and there is plenty of free parking on site. Please note that registrations are essential and that there are limited spots for this visit.
UTS Tech Lab bus timetable:
Read more about the UTS Tech Lab here.
What are the key competences and skills for the future? – 29 Sept Session 10 @12pm
REGISTER HERE
This session on key competences and skills for the future is part of the Swedish Australian Innovation Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September at the University of Technology Sydney.
Session speakers:
Date and time: 29 September, 12.00 pm – 13.00 pm AEST
Venue: The University of Technology Sydney, The Great Hall, Level 5, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
All sessions are free but pre registration is required. You can book individual sessions or take part in the full 1 or 2-day program.
To purchase tickets for the Gala Dinner Thursday 29 September please click here
Contact us
Keep an eye on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and the SACC website for partner and event updates.
Healthcare Innovation – Intelligent Healthcare Solutions – 29 Sept Session 9 @11am
REGISTER HERE
This session on Intelligent Healthcare Solutions is part of the Swedish Australian Innovation Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September at the University of Technology Sydney.
Session speakers:
Date and time: 29 September, 11.00 am -12.00 pm AEST
Venue: The University of Technology Sydney, The Great Hall, Level 5, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
All sessions are free but pre registration is required. You can book individual sessions or take part in the full 1 or 2-day program.
To purchase tickets for the Gala Dinner Thursday 29 September please click here
Contact us
Keep an eye on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and the SACC website for partner and event updates.
5G a Catalyst for Digitalisation – How does 5G drive innovation today and how will it impact the future? – 29 Sept Session 8 @9.30am
REGISTER HERE
This session on 5G a Catalyst for Digitalisation is part of the Swedish Australian Innovation Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September at the University of Technology Sydney.
Session speakers:
Date and time: 29 September, 9.30-10.30 am AEST
Venue: The University of Technology Sydney, The Great Hall, Level 5, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
All sessions are free but pre registration is required. You can book individual sessions or take part in the full 1 or 2-day program.
To purchase tickets for the Gala Dinner Thursday 29 September please click here
Contact us
Keep an eye on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and the SACC website for partner and event updates.
Sustainable Fashion & Design – Circular Design – 29 Sept Session 7 @8.30am
REGISTER HERE
This session on Sustainable Fashion & Design – Circular Design is part of the Swedish Australian Innovation Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September at the University of Technology Sydney.
Session speakers:
Date and time: 29 September, 08.30 am – 09.30 am AEST
Venue: The University of Technology Sydney, The Great Hall, Level 5, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
All sessions are free but pre registration is required. You can book individual sessions or take part in the full 1 or 2-day program.
To purchase tickets for the Gala Dinner Thursday 29 September please click here
Contact us
Keep an eye on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and the SACC website for partner and event updates.
The Future of Advanced Manufacturing – Innovative technology for sustainable manufacturing in Australia – 28 Sept Session 6 @4pm
REGISTER HERE
This session on the Future of Advanced Manufacturing is part of the Swedish Australian Innovation Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September at the University of Technology Sydney.
Session speakers:
Date and time: 28 September, 4.00-5.00 pm AEST
Venue: The University of Technology Sydney, The Great Hall, Level 5, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
All sessions are free but pre registration is required. You can book individual sessions or take part in the full 1 or 2-day program.
To purchase tickets for the Gala Dinner Thursday 29 September please click here
Contact us
Keep an eye on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and the SACC website for partner and event updates.
Circular Economy – Innovation in Sustainable Food Systems – 28 Sept Session 5 @2.30pm
REGISTER HERE
This session on Circular Economy – Innovation in Sustainable Food Systems is part of the Swedish Australian Innovation Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September at the University of Technology Sydney.
Session speaker:
Date and time: 28 September, 14.30 – 15.30 pm AEST
Venue: The University of Technology Sydney, The Great Hall, Level 5, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
All sessions are free but pre registration is required. You can book individual sessions or take part in the full 1 or 2-day program.
To purchase tickets for the Gala Dinner Thursday 29 September please click here
Contact us
Keep an eye on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and the SACC website for partner and event updates.
Sustainable Cities, Smart Cities – Technology that drives innovation to create sustainable and smart cities now and in the future – 28 Sept Session 4 @1.30pm
REGISTER HERE
This session on Sustainable & Smart Cities is part of the Swedish Australian Innovation Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September at the University of Technology Sydney.
Session speakers:
Date and time: 28 September, 1.30-2.30 pm AEST
Venue: The University of Technology Sydney, The Great Hall, Level 5, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
All sessions are free but pre registration is required. You can book individual sessions or take part in the full 1 or 2-day program.
To purchase tickets for the Gala Dinner Thursday 29 September please click here
Contact us
Keep an eye on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and the SACC website for partner and event updates.