Paula Brennan, Greater Dandenong

The Future for
Manufacturing……
An Australian
Perspective
Paula Brennan
Economic Development
Coordinator
City of Greater Dandenong
Australia
14 July 2010
History …..
40% of the
State’s
Manufacturing
Greater Dandenong today….
Net importer
of
Most
culturally
labour
from
diverse Council
surrounding areas
in Australia
Australian Manufacturing….…
where it’s come from……
Australian Manufacturing….…
where is it heading……
Operating within a larger region
11 Councils
1.5 Million People
1 Plan
Prosperity for the
next generation
Australia in a Global Context….
731 Million people or
11% of the world’s
population
3.8 Billion people or
60% of the world’s
population
So who will be our future
manufacturers?……
Drivers
Markets
VISION
Products,
solutions
Technologies
© ICS Ltd. 2009
Present
Short term
Medium to long term
So what are we doing……
Monash University Main Campus (Clayton)
The Australian Synchrotron
The Melbourne Centre for Nanotechnology
The largest site of Australia’s CSIRO
Australian Manufacturing….…
Our Assets……….
SEMIP as a part of a global pilot
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
Opened 2010
Manufacturers….…
Where are they investing…..
Gross Domestic Expenditure on Science & Tech R&D
as a PERCENTAGE of GDP
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Barriers to entrepreneurship……
Our role……….
THANK YOU…
Paula Brennan
Economic Development
Coordinator
City of Greater Dandenong
Victoria, Australia
[email protected]
+61 408 354 193