Great for the State 2020: Disruption

How should WA prepare for a productivity revolution driven by data science and machine learning?

Ambitious technology development in oil and gas makes the industry competitive but brings broader benefits to WA.

Machine learning could enable major advances in healthcare, expanding the power of the medical sector to spot problems early.

In a year in which businesses and their employees have been doing a lot of rethinking about how we work, there has been a boom in studying computer science, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence, data science and cybersecurity.

Each year, the cars we drive are becoming increasingly automated.

One could be forgiven for thinking that the contemporary use of the term ‘disruption' was bordering on overuse and beginning to lose its impact. In recent years, not a week would go by without another emerging technology or innovative business model concept being labelled as disruptive.