The Illawarra Innovation Showcase will be staged in May for the ninth year as part of the Australian Innovation Festival. Many activities are planned by various organisations over the coming weeks. Members of the public are invited to attend this free demonstration of what the Illawarra is capable of achieving.
The highlight of the Festival in the Illawarra will be a major multi-faceted event
MONDAY 25th MAY
at the
Innovation Campus and the Science Centre & Planetarium,
Squires Way, Fairy Meadow
PROGRAM
The Innovation Campus (iC) Tour - 30 minutes tours at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm -
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute Tour - 30 minute tours at
2pm, 2.30pm, 3.00pm, 3.30pm and 4.00pm.
To make a booking for either tour please call the Office of Community and Partnerships at the University of Wollongong on (02) 42 21 5131
Launch of bionics essay competition for school students
"Bionics for 2020
4.15pm in the iC Central Foyer,Innovation Campus
Exhibition of Illawarra Innovative Business
2.00pm to 6pm in the iC Central foyer, Innovation Campus
The following organisations will be participating in the Expo of Innovators throughout the afternoon, demonstrating ideas currently being developed. They will be available to the public to discuss assistance for those involved in developing new ideas.
• Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute
• Office of Community & Partnerships, UOW
• AusIndustry
• Entreprise Connect
• Your Online Community
• I3net & Illawarra Sports High School
• TAFE NSW
• Innovation Campus
• Science Centre
• Enterprise Connect
• FutureWorld
• Illawarra Business Chamber
Seminar Presentations
Between 4.30pm to 6.45pm in the iC Central building, Innovation Campus
| | Ocean Room | City Room | | 4.30 to 5.00pm | BUSINESS
John Grace
Executive Officer, RDA Illawarra
Jane Robinson
Economic Development Manager, Shellharbour City Council
Who will grow the Illawarra’s future jobs? | SPORTS
Peter Bailey
Illawarra Sports High School
i3net and Intercad & Synthetic Turf | | 5.00 to 5.30pm | SOCIAL INNOVATION
Peter Quarmby
Executive Director
Community Sector Banking (CSB)
Innovation: The Heart of the Social Sector | BIONICS
Prof. Gordon Wallace
Organic Bionics
University of Wollongong
Linking the world of electronics and biology to produce revolutionary medical devices. | | 5.30 to 5.45pm | REFRESHMENTS | REFRESHMENTS | | 5.45 to 6.15pm | CREATIVE ARTS
Simon Hinton, CEO & Artistic Director
Anne-Liouse Rentell, Artistic Associate
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre
Arts Innovation in the Illawarra | ENGINEERING
Simon Mansfield
ABC Wind
Wind Energy Solutions for the NSW South Coast | | 6.15 to 6.45pm | INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
Andrew Connery
Your Online Community
Innovations in local Search. | HEALTH & AGEING
Prof. Jan Potter,
Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute
How to stay upright and well in old age |
KEY NOTE LECTURE
Science visualisation and engaging display technologies.
7pm in the Science Centre & Planetarium, Illawarra Coal Science Theatre
Speaker: Mr Paul Bourke
Research Associate Professor
University of Western Australia
The Science Centre houses one of Australia's few planetaria, the ultimate tool for visualising the Universe. However other branches of science and entertainment are also benefiting from exciting visualisation in even more spectacular ways. The Science Centre is using visualisation to demonstrate nanotechnology and is about to open a stereo theatre which will be an exciting attraction. It will provide benefits for the region's industries and tourist attractions.
Bookings are essential for this presentation phone Kim on 02 4286 5000
Sponsored by Illawarra Coal, ACES and
the Science Centre & Planetarium
For further information, please contact
Steve Sanders
Illawarra & South Coast Regional Manager
AusIndustry
Ph: 02 4254 5534
Mob: 0407 899 465
Email: steve.sanders@innovation.gov.au | 
