Advance Queensland provides support to help corporates explore new technologies and improve the opportunity for local innovative companies to connect and pursue commercial outcomes with large corporations. We do this through a Corporate Innovation Network approach, known as CoIN.

CoIN overview

Who is it for?

Large corporate organisations who want to engage with Queensland innovative businesses with the skills, expertise and drive to develop creative solutions to industrial challenges and problems.

Here are some of our current corporate partners:

CoIN goals

The Corporate Innovation Network aims to:

  • provide networking opportunities between corporate partners, innovative Queensland businesses and research organisations
  • diversify corporate procurement and supply chain opportunities for a wide range of Queensland innovative businesses
  • deliver improved efficiencies to corporate business processes
  • co-fund, de-risk and increase the speed of adoption of new Queensland technologies
  • facilitate opportunities with other government support initiatives.

What we provide

We work with corporates to offer several ways of encouraging more innovation, and showcasing and networking the capabilities, technologies and products available in Queensland. Examples of support available to corporate partners include access to:

Our Private Sector Pathways Program:

Provides a streamlined and co-funded open innovation process to solve corporate challenges through solutions generated by proven innovative Queensland businesses.

Events and program activities including:

  • corporate innovation networking
  • challenge pitch and reverse pitch sessions
  • other Queensland Government supported innovation events, conferences and showcases.

Advance Queensland and government supported hubs in:

  • artificial intelligence
  • immersive technologies (XR)
  • advanced robotics for manufacturing
  • agtech and logistics.

We also have strong connections in regional Queensland and can make introductions or curate activities and events to support engagement by corporates.

Key partnership highlights

Advance Queensland has enabled a number of successful partnerships through the Corporate Innovation Network. Read our stories below.

  • Virtual cardiac rehabilitation program

    Advance Queensland partnered with Queensland SME Cardihab and corporate Mater Group to roll out a virtual cardiac rehabilitation program to regional Queensland communities.

  • Sustainability in space

    Boeing and Advance Queensland came together for the Xelerated Pitch Competition, Sustainability in Space. The competition featured six companies pitching for a $100,000 contract with Boeing.

Further information

Advance Queensland has accumulated significant knowledge and experience that supports corporates to meet their innovation agendas through a community of partnerships and collaboration.

For more information about our Corporate Innovation Network, please contact partnerships@dtis.qld.gov.au.

Last updated: 17 Jul 2024