CORE Innovation Hub has successfully established the first of its kind, national ecosystem for suppliers, researchers, entrepreneurs and industry to connect and collaborate on innovative solutions across the mining, resources, energy, defence and space sectors.
Held alongside the 24th Energy in Western Australia Conference, this tour aligns with the broader theme of Progressing WA’s Energy Economy with Confidence & Pace. It’s a practical opportunity to explore how strategic precincts shape the state’s energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing future.
This half-day tour provides a grounded overview of the Western Trade Coast, one of WA’s most important industrial corridors. Participants will visit key locations such as the Australian Marine Complex, Westport, and emerging clean energy hubs.
Tour Highlights:
Designed for professionals across infrastructure, energy, logistics, and government, the tour offers insight, connection, and real-time context.
The AI revolution is transforming how we stay safe, combat crime, and protect our national security – both online and in the real world. From cyber warfare to surveillance to deepfakes, this brave new AI world has the potential to cause seismic shifts in global power structures.
Join as two expert speakers explore the emerging tech reshaping our world:
Come along to discover the power of AI, and how we can ensure its use is ethical and transparent while keeping communities safe.
Attendees will gain practical strategies to navigate current workforce challenges and build safer, more resilient teams that drive performance and wellbeing.
Located in one of Australia’s most significant maritime and defence precincts, Cockburn is home to a strong and growing community of small to medium enterprises supporting the wider defence ecosystem. It also supports a $15 billion cluster of marine infrastructure and major industry players including Austal, BAE Systems, Civmec, and Luerssen Australia. The region hosts the Australian Marine Complex, a vital sustainment hub for the Royal Australian Navy’s operations in Western Australia.
This workshop offers an important opportunity for SMEs to align with a strategically critical industry and take the first step toward defence sector readiness.
Whether you’re an established SME or just beginning your journey into the defence sector, this session is designed to help you build capability, confidence, and connection with industry expectations.
The NIDG Program supports excellent innovative research that deepens understanding of emerging science and technology that addresses intelligence and national security interests. The grant program will facilitate innovation and develop national security and intelligence capacity. It will also enable Australia’s National Intelligence Community to systematically engage with Australia’s research and technology community.
To enable the National Intelligence Community to better leverage emerging science and technology, nine challenges have been identified as being the priority areas for engagement with the research and innovation sectors.
Expected EOI Grant Opportunity period is 19 Aug – 18 Sept 2025
With increasing demand for innovation and rapid capability delivery to the Australian Defence Force, fostering new ideas, technologies, and forward-thinking solutions has never been more critical.
This initiative will provide a national platform for Australian companies, organisations, and emerging innovators to present their groundbreaking ideas to an international audience at Indo Pacific 2025.
Australian organisations and individuals are invited to submit their innovations, regardless of their development stage, in one of four categories:
Finalists are invited to pitch their innovation to an audience of potential partners, investors and customers at Indo Pacific 2025 at the International Convention Centre, Sydney with the category winners announced onsite at the event.
Winners of the first three categories will receive a $40,000 cash prize, and the winner of the Blue-Sky Thinking Innovation Award will receive $10,000 to contribute to further personal and innovation development. There will be an additional winning category on the day for Best Presenter that will receive a trophy prize only.
Join AIDN and Bennett – Litigation and Commercial Law for a dynamic panel exploring Western Australia’s critical role in supporting the AUKUS partnership through sovereign capability and SME development.
This session will unpack the opportunities emerging under Pillar II of AUKUS—which focuses on advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, cyber, quantum, and undersea capabilities—and what it means for WA’s defence sector.
Key themes include:
Learn more and register: AUKUS Ready: WA’s Strategic Role and SME Capability Uplift Under Pillar II
Join the WiDA community for a networking evening to build relationships and connect with industry professionals in a relaxed environment.
SIA Conference 2025
This event will be an opportunity for Australian and international government agencies, academic institutions, and industry organisations involved in the defence and maritime sectors to discuss all things related to submarines, including operations, engineering and history.
18- 20 August 2025, Perth WA
Pan Pacific Perth
Learn more HERE
Entrepreneurial Foundations for Defence (EFD) is the fifth phase in the Defence Trailblazer DINAMIC Program.
Designed to support researchers, innovators and emerging companies with products, services or technology that can provide a capability benefit to our Defence sector, EFD will help you understand what is required for success in the defence market.
Delivered through a mixture of online and in-person sessions, participants gain essential insights to build defence, technology and commercial readiness, along with access to expert mentors and technical specialists. The program concludes with an opportunity for participants to showcase their innovation(s), in person, to relevant people within the defence market and the venture capital investment community. There will also be a $10,000 grant for each participant in the program to support travel to in-person sessions, and some early-stage business expenses.
Deadline 30 April 2025
