The two days Forum will include:

• A full-day workshop – on day one
• A business dinner – on the evening day one
• A full-day symposium – on day two
• An exhibition space adjacent to the symposium venue – on day two

The ASCF aims to champion cybersecurity in Australia’s space systems and services, fostering a strong national space cybersecurity ecosystem that not only raises awareness but also equips the sector to overcome present, and future challenges.

Visit the ASCF website for further info on past and upcoming fora:

Agora High Tech assists CSIRO Quantum Technologies Future Science Platform in developing new initiatives aimed to increase the awareness of quantum communication in Australia.

This activity will target national stakeholders in the field of quantum communication including government entities, universities, national research organisations, private companies, associations and start-ups. The main deliverables are to establish a series of national initiatives aiming to develop a sustainable growth of the Australian quantum communication ecosystem.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research. CSIRO works with leading organisations around the world. From its headquarters in Canberra, CSIRO maintains more than 50 sites across Australia and in France, Chile and the United States, employing about 5,500 people.

CSIRO’s Quantum Technologies Future Science Platform is building capability and expertise to play a key role in the emerging global quantum industry. Quantum software and algorithms, devices, simulation and quantum biology are some areas where CSIRO will accelerate capability growth and network formation in quantum technology.

Agora High Tech assists SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre in advising on strategic partnerships, international partnerships and business development.

The SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre is an Australian consortium of universities and other research organisations, partnered with industry that has been funded by the Australian Government to develop know-how and technologies in advanced telecommunications and IoT connectivity, intelligent satellite systems and Earth observation analytics. The organisation has raised more than AU$260million over seven years to conduct research and provide doctoral scholarships.

As part of the SmartSatCRC mission to develop capability and technologies that will make communication, remote sensing and space systems more ‘intelligent’. SmartSatCRC is bringing together researchers (both from research and industry organisations) and end-user private companies to identify joint projects able to deliver innovative solution.

Project by Agora High-Tech, Makers Empire and supported by the Australian Space Discovery Centre as part of the Australian Space Agency.

A book titled ‘A dynamic and synergistic environment where STEM knowledge flourishes’ has been published in May 2024.

The book introduces a concept of a ‘systemic and synergistic environment’. It represents a holistic ecosystem where young people from early childhood through to young adulthood are nurtured and can evolve as powerful, STEM-literate individuals and globally responsible citizens.

Project Details

This AEA commercial-translation proposal will produce an essential prototype and IP protection of a brand new, globally unique digital twin (DT) agricultural platform for improved decision-making of Australian farmers to foster business profit and environmental friendliness. Increasing plant disease outbreaks threaten the vulnerable food security on the globe. At the forefront of agricultural innovation and as core innovation, the software is organised as cohesive advice from multiple ‘virtual experts’, via being the embedment multi-agent generative system (MAGS), which will leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) and DT to create virtual farm models. MAGS-decision-making via predictive insights aims to enhance crop health and farm profitability, exemplified for two major Australian farm products: canola and vine.

The project is co-funded by the Australian Department of Education through Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Ignite initiative. Its primary goal is to develop a Digital Twin (DT) agricultural platform that will enhance decision-making for Australian farmers, promoting both business profitability and environmental sustainability.

The project integrates a variety of sensors, each designed to measure different physical and chemical parameters, such as humidity, temperature, salinity, orientation, and wind speed, placed at strategic locations across the estate. Concurrently, the project will develop a Digital Twin software prototype, marking a significant advancement toward commercialisation. This innovation holds great potential for enhancing the agricultural sector.

The software is designed as a cohesive consultation system of multiple ‘virtual experts’ (sensors) through the embedded Multi-Agent Generative System (MAGS). By leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) and Digital Twin (DT) technology, it will create dynamic virtual farm models to support informed decision-making.