8:45

Welcome from ADM

Ewen Levick, Publisher, ADM

8:50

OPENING | Opening remarks from the Chair

Sumen Rai, Director, Defence Innovation Partnership

8:55

Welcome Address

Peter Stevens, Director Enterprise Partnerships, University of South Australia

9:05

Defence innovation – an underpinning advantage

The Hon Blair Boyer MP, Minister for Education, Training and Skills, South Australia

9:30

Keynote Address: – Overcoming current and future challenges in logistics

• What are the major challenges facing Joint Logistics and what’s on the horizon?
• What role can industry and research play in assisting logistics support?
• The challenge of balancing affordability with investment in supply chain resilience and stock depth
• Highlights of current collaborative approaches in logistics support

MAJGEN Jason Walk, Commander Joint Logistics, Joint Capability Group, Australian Defence Force

10:00

Drivers for military innovation and the need for military, industry and academia collaboration

COL Tim Orders, Deputy Commander, 9th Brigade, Australian Army

10:30

Panel Discussion | Collaboration a key for defence- from research to capability

• The art of forming long-term successful partnerships
• Establishing the KPIs to determine progress and outcomes
• Navigating the transition from research to implementation and commerciality

Harry Baxter, Head of Government Relations and Communications, DMTC Limited
Dr Margaret Law, General Manager, Technology Development & Commercialisation, Defence Trailblazer
Mr Ben Kidd, Head of Engineering Services, ASC

11:10

Morning Tea

Case Studies in Collaboration

11:40

Test and evaluation model for planning and architecture optimisation

• The value of academic relationship for Nova Systems, and why collaboration with the University of South Australia on this particular research topic is important
• Challenges mid-tier (and smaller) commercial organisations might face in research engagements

Greg Wicks, Manager Strategic Innovation, Nova Systems

12:00

Challenges and opportunities of developing a novel viral vector vaccine platform in Australia

• “Spin-in” model
• Crossing the chasm from Research to Development
• Accessing local biologics development and biomanufacturing expertise

Dr Anne Collins, Chief Operations Officer, Sementis

12:20

Networking Lunch

1:20

Defence innovation- a collaborative approach

• The work of Defence Innovation Partnership – Who and how we help
• Connecting industry with the right research partners
• Exploring research funding opportunities

Sumen Rai, Director, Defence Innovation Partnership

1:50

Development of Human Factors Engineering (HFE) design tools for control centres

• How traditional HFE methods constrain an ability to meet current schedule pressures
• Establishing new tools to provide insight into warfighter needs
• Translating these needs into engineering design guidance
• An overview of research undertaken by LMA and UniSA to overcome these issues and ensure that HFE output is established early in the engineering process to guide system design

John Towers, LM Fellow, Lockheed Martin Australia
Dr Peter Schumacher, Studio for Complex Human Environmental Design, University of South Australia

2:10

Integrating physiological and tactical data to improve Command decision making

• Update on the collaboration between the University of South Australia and Acacia Systems to better understand submarine Command decision making
• Outcomes of the early research
• Outlining how it is envisaged that this will be implemented aboard Collins class submarines.

Horden Wiltshire, CEO, Acacia Systems
Prof Siobhan Banks, Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre, University of South Australia

2:30

Advancing performance through advanced materials

• Collaboration from the Industry perspective
• Collaboration from the University perspective
• Future material challenges

Al Jawhari, Co-Founder and Group CEO, Starke-AMG
Prof Colin Hall, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia

2:50

Afternoon Tea

3:20

Mobile AI-enabled VR training and simulation for the ADF

Mitchell Stapleton-Coory, Business Development Manager, Lumination
Jeremy Satchell, Head of Global Access Program, BAE Systems

3:40

DAIRNet: Management and Coordination of the Defence AI Research Network

• Overview of Defence in AI and current issues engaging with academia
• Overview of DAIRNET’s objectives, current activities
• Building and expanding the Defence AI ecosystem

Dr Mel McDowall, Director, Defence Artificial Intelligence Research Network
Dr Robert Hunjet, Program Leader Artificial Intelligence, Defence Science and Technology Group

4:00

CHAIR | Closing remarks from the Chair

Sumen Rai, Director, Defence Innovation Partnership

4:05

End of symposium and networking drinks