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Powering Ideas
An Innovation Agenda
By The Department of Innovation
7 October 2010
Abstract
Powering Ideas- An innovation Agenda for the 21st Century is the Government's response to the review of the national innovation system undertaken by Dr Terry Cutler in 2008. This is a ten year blue print for the support of innovation in Australia. As Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry Science and Research states in his forward "Tough times demand creative solutions. Powering Ideas will help us find those solutions. It will help us transform challenges into opportunities, risks into rewards." This report presents some exciting opportunities for the future of the Australian craft and design industry.
Contents
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Executive summary
- Early action
- Gathering evidence and ideas
- Australia's innovation performance
- A stronger innovation system
- National Innovation Priorities
- Skills and research capacity
- Business innovation
- Public sector innovation
- Collaboration
- Governance
- The future
- Chapter 1. Why innovation?
- Chapter 2. Australia's innovation system
- Chapter 3. Priorities and governance
- Chapter 4. Skills and research capacity
- Chapter 5. Business innovation
- Chapter 6. Public sector innovation
- Chapter 7. Links and collaboration
- Preparing for the twenty-first century
