Australia’s Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma is in the country for a couple weeks, in part to drum up business for Austrade’s new startup ‘Landing Pad’ in Tel Aviv. He’s also brought some great insights into how Australia can tap into the tech culture that is behind the Israeli innovation success story.
Israel has been very much front of mind in the Australia tech and innovation industries, and Tel Aviv has been the destination du jour for high-profile business delegations for the past couple of years.
NSW Premier Mike Baird lead a delegation there in May, while Lucy Turnbull took a group of women business leaders not long after that. NSW sponsored a set of cyber and FinTech startups for a short immersion program a couple of months ago. And Victorian Innovation Minister Philip Dalidakis will be there next week.
And a steady stream of Australian corporates have been sending senior executive teams on scouting missions. Companies like Telstra, Optus, ANZ Bank and the CommBank have set up in Tel Aviv to drink from its mercurial tech waters.
Read the full article by James Riley at InnovationAus.com.