Perth will host the first-ever Australian chapter of the UN AI for Good Innovation contest; with five finalists selected to pitch for a trip to the peak AI conference in Geneva.
At yesterday's WA Innovation Summit, put together for new Innovation Minister Bill Marmion, 250 invited guests came up with plans on how best to spend the newly allocated $20 million of innovation funds.
A Perth-based fintech startup has been named one of the top finalists in Silicon Valley Forum's World Cup Tech Challenge, while the winners of a hackathon hosted by BHP Billiton and Unearthed have been revealed.
Australia was named the 13th most innovative country in Bloomberg's Innovation Index 2015, but what will it take for Australia to climb to the number one position in the next 15 years?
