
Technology and manufacturing
Australia’s success in technology and manufacturing is due to collaboration between research and development institutions and industry.
Australia has one of the largest technology industries in the Southern Hemisphere and our advanced manufacturing is globally recognised across a broad range of sectors.
Australia has led in world changing technological innovations such as the black box flight recorder, Google Maps, Wi-Fi, and the cochlear implant.
Australia’s key technology and manufacturing destinations

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Events
Australia has hosted a number of international conferences of relevance to the technology and manufacturing sector and will continue to do so over the coming years, these include:
Date | Event | Location |
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April 2025 | ACM The Web Conference 2025 | Sydney/Warrane |
May 2025 | International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Science | Gold Coast |
June 2025 | World Conference on Timber Engineering | Brisbane/Meanjin |
August 2025 | International Building Performance Simulation Conference | Brisbane/Meanjin |
October 2025 | International Data Week | Brisbane/Meanjin |
June 2026 | World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2026 | Melbourne/Narrm |
August 2026 | INTER-NOISE Congress | Adelaide/Tarndanya |
October 2027 | IEEE Sensors 2027 | Sydney/Warrane |
October 2028 | IEEE/RSJ Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2028 | Sydney/Warrane |
June 2029 | International Conference on Solid-state Sensors and Microsystems - Transducers 2029 | Sydney/Warrane |