WA DEFENCE REVIEW And CERI Partner To Host Workshop On How To Enter The Defence Supply Chain
On Thursday 3 December, leaders from WA’s defence industry made themselves available as keynote speakers at a unique event held at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation (CERI) in Nedlands. David Johnston, former Defence Minister and Australian Defence Export Advocate; Michele Clement, Director, Defence Science Centre WA; and Terry Gropp, Managing Director, MDS, came together to share their expertise on opportunities for […]
Victorian Defence Advocate Hosted By CORE Innovation Hub And WA DEFENCE REVIEW To Explore Interstate Cooperation
Visiting Perth in July, for the first time since his appointment in February, was Victoria’s Defence Industry Advocate, John O’Callaghan, who made himself available for a lunchtime event held at Riff, a co-working, meeting rooms and event spaces facility in St. Georges Terrace, organised in collaboration with the CORE Innovation Hub and WA DEFENCE REVIEW. […]
ACT Defence Advocate Hosted For Invite-Only Luncheon By WA DEFENCE REVIEW And CORE Innovation Hub
WA DEFENCE REVIEW in partnership with the CORE Innovation Hub on 4 June 2019, organised a gathering of defence and industry professionals at Parmelia House for an invitation-only luncheon event, to hear from Kate Lundy, Defence Advocate, Government of the ACT. A knowledgeable and erudite speaker, Ms Lundy spoke on the prospects for cooperation […]
Future Of The Defence Sector In The South West: The City Of Fremantle
The City of Fremantle conjures images for many of the ‘cappuccino strip’, of fishing boats and hot chips, or, for those with longer memories, the heady days of the 1980’s America’s Cup defence. But one area seems to be underdone in the public consciousness – the City’s connections to the defence sector. Out to remedy […]
2019 Federal Election: Implications for WA’s Defence Sector
“Be alert”, was the exhortation from LTGEN Peter Leahy AC (Retd), the former Chief of Army, who summed up Australia’s present national security environment to an audience of over 45 senior industry professionals at the BGC Centre in Perth on 20 February 2019. Speaking at an event organised by WA DEFENCE REVIEW, in partnership with […]
WA DEFENCE REVIEW Partners With CORE Innovation Hub And Engineers Australia To Host Event On Defence Innovation And Start-Ups
Once the exclusive province of science fiction, drones and robotics are now a fact of life. For some, they are big business. A packed room of over 70 industry professionals eagerly listened to three prominent speakers from industry who are at the cutting edge of innovation and technology in this exciting sector. The event was […]
La Camara Partners With Defence West And WA DEFENCE REVIEW To Host Spanish Ambassador And Navantia Australia CEO
Collaboration and technology were the focus of the day at a recent La Camara event held at the Technology Park Function Centre in Bentley. La Camara, the Spanish-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, joined with Defence West and WA DEFENCE REVIEW to host the event, providing Spanish shipbuilder Navantia the opportunity to present their plan […]
Synergies With The Defence And Resources Sectors: Prospects For Collaboration
Home grown WA firms with expertise, an innovation culture, and agility, can supply Defence as well as the resources industry, a gathering in Perth heard in October. The event was staged jointly by WA DEFENCE REVIEW and the American Chamber of Commerce and featured three local firms and two local educationalists on the subject of […]
Closing The Gap: Future Of Defence And Indigenous Employment
When he retired from AFL football, Adam Goodes applied himself to a new life challenge: empowering the next generation of Indigenous role models to achieve economic independence. He co-founded the Indigenous Defence Consortium (IDC) and now works with State and Commonwealth governments and industry to maximise the engagement of Indigenous owned companies. “We’re not asking […]
The Cutting Edge: Future Of Special Operations And Industry Innovation
In a day of firsts, 19 April 2017 saw the launch of the WA DEFENCE REVIEW, WA’s first defence communications and events platform, dedicated to airing views on defence industry matters, military affairs, national security and geo-political analysis. Held at the Parmelia Hilton in partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce, the event was attended by […]