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As COVID restrictions ease in certain states, AmCham has started coming out from “under the doona” where appropriate, and holding small, socially distanced live gatherings this month. Our first in-person AmCham Academy session since March was held in Adelaide, with some attendees and the speaker in person at our offices and the rest online. Today in Sydney we launched our report on the importance of the United States to the Australian economy, Building Prosperity, with the Trade Minister, the US Ambassador, and the AmCham Chairman, as well as a distinguished panel of business leaders. At the same time, we launched our online Business of Wine series. And so it will go for the foreseeable future, with some hybrid events and others online. We have appreciated hearing from our members about their RTW plans and how they are balancing running their businesses and keeping employees and customers safe. Remember to check our website for business resources on COVID.
The Building Prosperity report takes a fresh look at the impact of US investment on the Australian economy and uses an exciting new model for calculating its worth. In 2019, Australia’s exports to the United States and the income generated from US investment in Australia generated $131 billion – more than 7% of the Australian GDP. It has been this way for much of the past decade, in fact. But Australians don’t seem to realise just how important American investment is for our country. A recent YouGov poll for USSC found that only 17% of Australians correctly named America as our largest source of foreign investment. More than 70% misidentified China as Australia’s largest investor, despite US investment ($1.82 trillion) dwarfing Chinese investment ($78 billion), leading to hundreds of thousands of jobs for Australians and massive R&D investments.
AmCham will be presenting more reports in the coming months that will be useful to our members. Please get in touch with us if you would like to be involved in our current or future research.
Thank you for your involvement in and support of our work.
Yours sincerely,
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April Palmerlee, Chief Executive Officer
American Chamber of Commerce in Australia
E [email protected]
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Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos AO
U.S Ambassador to Australia
Addressing AmCham Members
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LIVE Academy Event
Professor Pascale Quester
Adelaide
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I’m delighted to welcome these new members and here are links to their websites:
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Restrictions and state and territory border closures related to COVID-19 are evolving. U.S. citizens are encouraged to visit the website of each state and territory for the latest on COVID-19 restrictions.
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia
The U.S. Consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth are accepting mail-in passport applications (forms DS-82 and DS-5504), in addition to continued emergency citizenship services. Effective June 22, 2020, the Consulates in Sydney and Perth will resume limited routine passport and Consular Report of Birth Abroad services by appointment only. Processing time is approximately 3 weeks. U.S. citizens with immediate travel should contact their nearest consulate to request an emergency appointment.
Additional information on visa services and restrictions relating to COVID-19, including the suspension of routine visa appointments, is available here.
Australia Country Information
Enroll in Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive Alerts
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Amazon Backs Sydney for
High-Tech Expansion
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Amazon is developing a new advanced storage and distribution centre near the Wester Sydney Aerotropolis, creating 1,500 jobs in addition to 700 jobs during its construction. While contributing to economic recovery after COVID-19.
With the ability to operate 24/7, the almost 200,000 square metre facility is expected to be the largest ‘fulfilment centre’ built in Australia. It will also be its most advanced, incorporating the company’s latest robotics system, the first time these will have been deployed in the Southern Hemisphere.
Read more…
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Boeing rolls out first Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft
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A Boeing-led Australian industry team has presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force, a historic milestone for the company and the Commonwealth.
The aircraft, which uses artificial intelligence to extend the capabilities of manned and unmanned platforms, is the first to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years. It is Boeing’s largest investment in an unmanned aircraft outside of the United States. Read more…
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Aspen Medical launches PPE manufacturing facility with support from the Queensland Government
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Aspen Medical has stepped up to plug Australia's personal protective equipment (PPE) gap with the launch of a new manufacturing facility with support from the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund.
Assistant Minister for Health, Nikki Boyd said Aspen Medical had upgraded their facility in Brendale to manufacture clinical grade face masks in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Read more...
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University of Technology Sydney
Global Rankings
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UTS is proud to announce that according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the UTS ranking in Computer Science and Engineering is #1 in Australia (second year running) and #13 in the world (just below Princeton and above Cornell): View the full ranking here…
UTS is also now #1 in Australia for Telecommunication Engineering and #19 globally. View the ranking here…
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ICMI is hosting a new weekly online series to kickstart your Wednesdays. It’s jam-packed with generous helpings of knowledge and morsels of motivation.
The episode this week features Andrew Macleod, global Chairman and multi-national corporate Board Director, Lynne Pezzullo, business leader, health economist, author and wellness coach, hosted by Mimi Kwa, veteran news anchor and accomplished journalist.
Created to be short, sharp and light, Breakfast Bites is the perfect way to start you on your day.
We invite you to tune into ICMI’s Breakfast Bites, airing every Wednesday at 9:00am AEST.
Click here to register or to view
previous episodes…
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Can a wicked strategy guarantee success for your organisation?
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Is strategy really dead, and therefore we need to focus on becoming truly agile and adaptive? Or is strategy actually the single most important factor in determining whether your organisation will thrive? Our expert panel is going to debate this topic, live.
Tim Stroh: Innovation and Strategy Expert, Author, Speaker and Business Mentor.
Niall McShane: Principal Agility Consultant, Coach and Author.
CEO & Executive panel members: special guests announced later this week.
Date: 10am AEST, Tuesday 28 July 2020
Click here to register
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CSIRO sets sights on aerotropolis as New Sydney Research Hub
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Copy: CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has entered into discussions with the NSW Government to relocate up to 450 of its employees and researchers into a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of the new Western Sydney Aerotropolis, from 2026.
Under the proposed move, a bespoke carbon-neutral CSIRO facility of up to 18,000 m2 would be built, featuring collaborative workshops and modern, flexible laboratories to support the delivery of cutting-edge science and technology. Read more here and here
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First steps into their future careers
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As one of the nation’s leading defence technology companies, Raytheon Australia is committed to maintaining its competitive edge through investing in the next generation of Australian defence industry talent. This commitment led to the creation of the innovative and unique GradX program.
Unlike traditional graduate programs, Raytheon Australia’s GradX sees undergraduates supported through their last year of university, with a guaranteed position upon graduation. Once on-board in a full time capacity, GradX participants have the opportunity to work in various programs or functions within the organisation. Read more…
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Joanna Donagan | Director Global Initiatives
Office of Global Engagement,
Monash University
Joanna leads a team of 11 (4 based in Indonesia) to develop strategic global partnerships, broker new business and implement projects, and provide data analytics to support Monash University decision making.
Global Initiatives works links education, research, and commercial drivers with partners and stakeholders drawn from the academy, government and industry. In particular, Joanna has worked closely with the Enterprise and Governance portfolio and the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences (FMNHS), to forge networks of excellence, global insights, and specifically projects in China and the Middle East; spanning technology translation to licencing education products and contract research.
She led the establishment of the Monash Indonesia Representative Office (MIRO) in Jakarta in 2016. MIRO provided a whole of university platform to get closer to market and re-engage in an important market to the university. Joanna is now working with university leadership to establish a Campus in Jakarta. Joanna has also managed projects and key client accounts across Latin America, Europe and the UK and more recently focusing on the Pacific region.
Prior to her current role, Joanna was the Manager of International Engagement for the Faculty of Education, Monash University and focused on international business development activities and Educational Services.
She has a Master of International Education from Monash University, 2008.
1. Favourite movie?
Shawshank Redemption - resilience, friendship, forgiveness and karma
2. Most rewarding part about your job?
Working with really inspiring and smart people. Regardless of discipline (additive manufacturing, urban design or public health), researchers and colleagues are striving to generate new and better ways of doing things, connect, partner, and translate knowledge into real world impact.
3. Something that your social media followers don’t know about you?
Followers may think I only care about animals - particularly greyhound rescues! However I also have a passion for design and renovate houses and create installation art. Might have inherited the love of making spaces better from my father who was a master carpenter and restored old river boats along the Murray River.
4. The biggest risk you took?
Took off overseas when I was 20 for three months and came back two years later. Travelled all over Europe and South America and met and worked with amazing people. This interruption to my education and career trajectory was one of the best decisions I made and strengthened my ability to be okay with uncertainty – quite handy during these strange times.
5. Best advice you ever received?
Context is everything – assumptions lead to wrong conclusions.
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Appscore Develops The Samsung Plus App - Enabling Remote Staff & Product Training To Samsung Employees
Appscore
Appscore is one of Australia's leading digital agencies focussing on design, mobile, web and cloud. Appscore helps medium to large company’s solve business problems through digital transformation. We focus on creating simplified solutions designed to make our customer’s lives easy.
Originally founded as a mobile development house in 2010, Appscore has forged deep ties in the industry, gaining accreditation from the Apple Consultant Network, NAB, Samsung and Microsoft. Partnering with Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications and media company.
Appscore’s works with a diverse range of clients such as Medibank, Australia Post, Carlton United Breweries and Samsung.
When Samsung Australia came to Appscore to solve their business problem of educating their off-site sales teams, the Samsung plus app was born. Samsung were facing off-site employee challenges of upskilling and educating their sales teams on new products, features and training.
The solution that Appscore developed for Samsung opened a brand new channel for the business by creating a content management system that directly populates the apps with curated, up-to-date details. Enabling modules for new product training, internal businesses updates and upskilling employees from anywhere.
The Samsung Plus app provides gamification to its users and staff making the platform fun to interact with the content and modules. Samsung Australia reaps the benefits of the platform by having an engaged user base through a dedicated channel, whom they can easily communicate to.
The Appscore's team has not only provided the full end-to-end solution, it has also provided a solution to be able to train and upskill employees remotely in the current pandemic environment. Enabling the 30,000 + active Samsung users access to new training and product features at their fingertips.
Appscore's current project case studies can be found here showcasing leading industry technologies and business solutions to help prepare businesses stay on top of the unpredictable.
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