ADELAIDE - A CITY BUILT FOR CONNECTION
DEFENCE & SPACE
South Australia is known nationally and internationally as 'The Defence State': a global leader in advanced shipbuilding, defence innovation and space exploration. The state is home to some of the largest defence projects in the world and forms a critical part of the AUKUS alliance.
$368b
AUKUS deal
400+
defence companies
100+
space organisations
Lot Fourteen - Australia’s first ideas and innovation neighbourhood, located in the Adelaide CBD.
Osborne Naval Precinct - Australia’s largest naval shipbuilding hub, with world-class warship design and construction skill.
Edinburgh defence park - a key national defence research, manufacturing, and sustainment hub and home to RAAF Base Edinburgh.
ADELAIDE'SDEFENCE &SPACE SECTOR
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Lot Fourteen
Australia’s first ideas and innovation neighbourhood and home to the Australian Space Agency, SmartSat SRC, Defence and Space Landing Pad, Stone & Chalk Startup Hub Adelaide, the Australian Mission Control Centre, Australian Institute of Machine Learning and the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre, AUS3C.ADDRESS: Corner of North Tce and Frome Rd, Adelaide
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Lot Fourteen
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Osborne Naval Precinct
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Edinburgh Defence Park
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Technology Park
INDUSTRY LEADERS
Flavia
Tata Nardini
CEO and Co-founder
Fleet Space Technologies
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Peter
Nikoloff
Executive Director & Co-founder
Nova Systems
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Matthew
Tetlow
Founder & CEO
Inovor Technologies
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PREVIOUS EVENTS
4,470
Delegates attended
71
Countries represented
67
Exhibitors
International Astronautical Congress
Adelaide Convention Centre
25 to 29 September 2017
An International Astronautical Federation event, hosted by the Space Industry Association of Australia, the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide occupied the full 20,000 square metres of the Adelaide Convention Centre with up to 20 technical sessions running in parallel. In addition to the Conference, IAC 2017 featured a 6,000 square metre public exhibition which attracted 3,500 visitors.
The business event had a strong focus on educating the next generation. Beyond programs at the Museum and the Library, several astronauts visited selected schools across the week, and more than 700 local primary school students participated in a carefully designed educational experience which involved coding a small robot.
The Federal Government announced a national space agency at IAC 2017 to be headquartered in Adelaide. This spurred a substantive local industry with over 100 space organisations now active in the state.
The business event had a strong focus on educating the next generation. Beyond programs at the Museum and the Library, several astronauts visited selected schools across the week, and more than 700 local primary school students participated in a carefully designed educational experience which involved coding a small robot.
The Federal Government announced a national space agency at IAC 2017 to be headquartered in Adelaide. This spurred a substantive local industry with over 100 space organisations now active in the state.
