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With recognised scientific, research and industrial excellence in key hi-tech fields, South Australia is well positioned to develop effective solutions to many global challenges.

Strategic Priorities

Strengthening technical capability

Connections and collaboration

New jobs and career pathways

Market access and development

Technologies and capabilities with the greatest potential to contribute to South Australia’s economic growth over the next decade have been identified for the hi-tech focus sector at Lot Fourteen, including:

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics

Computer vision, augmented and virtual reality

Cyber

Internet of Things (IoT)

Blockchain

Lot Fourteen has attracted leading organisations in the hi-tech sector, including the University of Adelaide’s Australian Institute of Machine Learning, the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (A3C), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) bigdata Living Lab.

Hi-Tech Sector Plan

Lot Fourteen is fostering new partnerships between research, industry and government to tackle global challenges, in line with the Government of South Australia’s Hi-Tech Sector Plan 2030. This ten-year plan aims to strengthen South Australia’s research, entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems to create skilled jobs and open new trade and investment opportunities.

Industry has identified the four strategic priorities below, to help us achieve our vision to become one of the world’s leading hi-tech sectors.

Read the Hi-Tech Sector Plan 2030

Harnessing hi-tech for high-growth

With recognised scientific, research and industrial excellence in key hi-tech fields, plus robust digital capacity and connectivity, South Australia is well positioned to develop effective solutions to many global challenges, such as pandemics, climate change, geopolitical conflict and ageing populations.

For example, South Australia has the third-highest proportion of research spending and the highest number of machine learning researchers in Australia, with expertise across the State’s three universities. This technology is being successfully used in health and medical applications, finance, marketing and agriculture among other sectors.