News Archive

  • Innovation Centre's new CEO
    Business development and investment expert Mark Paddenburg has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of t..
  • Susie Chapman awarded 2010 QLD Landcare Award
    We would like to congratulate Susie Chapman, Community Partnerships Manager, SEQ Catchments awarded “Aus..
  • Funding opportunity for developing energy and water-saving technologies
    Project proposals are invited from Queensland organisations seeking to develop innovative technologies tha..
  • Schoolzine revolutionises communication for Defence Force families
    Sharing, viewing, interacting and enjoying your children’s education is now readily available for parent..
  • Digital firm develops online video editing platform
    The digital industry is set to explode with the rapid growth of online video opening up opportunities for busi..
  • Global business accelerates growth at Innovation Centre
    Global aviation planning and airport management consultants Leading Edge Aviation Planning Professionals (..
  • Advertising students pitch to IC companies
    Four Innovation Centre companies became real life clients for a class of USC Advertising Campaign students. Fo..
  • Masters student relocates business to Innovation Centre
    An entrepreneurial business executive who is keen to fast-track his company’s success has set up office ..
  • Putting the CONNECT into regional development
    The Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC) facilitated a roundtable earlier this year, at the Innovation..
  • Two USC students awarded scholarship places at Clean Futures
    Queensland’s Clean Futures Conference brought together entrepreneurs, experts and advisors from Australi..
  • USC PR students visit Innovation Centre
    The Innovation Centre Boardroom turned into a classroom last week, with 33 Public Relations Campaign Planning ..
  • Clean Futures Conference highlights Cleantech hotspot
    The second annual Clean Futures Conference brought together around 120 cleantech entrepreneurs, experts and ad..
  • Innovation Centre Seeks Chief Executive Officer
    Chief Executive Officer Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast Appointment: Full-time fixed-term (three..
  • New chapter for Innovation Centre
    After 10 years as the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Innovation Centre founding CEO, Colin Grah..
  • Major Funding Coup for Sunshine Coast Nanotechnology business
    Nano-Nouvelle – a nanotechnology business based on Australia’s Sunshine Coast – has secu..
  • Clean Futures Conference boosts Queensland business' bottom line
    The Queensland 2011 Clean Futures Conference is set to bring together entrepreneurs, experts and advisors ..
  • Incubators supporting business in tough times
    With the business community still very cautious because of economic conditions both within Australia and i..
  • 82 businesses supported by the Innovation Centre
    We welcome three new knowledge-based start-ups to the Centre: Employment in Australia: recruitment co..
  • Auzion builds on valuable connections with USC
    A visit to the University of the Sunshine Coast’s new Engineering and Science Training Facility, has..
  • Food Matters: the future is online
    James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch, producers and directors of Food Matters – a documentary on nut..
  • From Sunshine Coast to Silicon Valley
    Innovative network computing solutions company ThinLinX, which graduated from the Innovation Centre in Jan..
  • Future-Plus supports growth with USC student talent
    Environmental management consultancy Future-Plus Environmental, led by two University of the Sunshine Coast (U..
  • Innovation Centre companies look to ICT students
    Innovation Centre client companies are looking to USC Information and Communications Technology (ICT) students..
  • OMC Connect shares industry insights with USC students
    Innovation Centre client companies are continuing the trend of sharing their wealth of knowledge and practical..
  • State Treasurer announces $250k funding for Innovation Centre
    The Innovation Centre played host to a visit by the Hon. Andrew Fraser MP, Queensland Treasurer and Minister f..
  • Traffika named Westpac Sunshine Coast Small Business of the Year
    Digital marketing agency Traffika celebrated a win at Westpac’s Regional Small Business Awards as &lsquo..
  • Lunchtime seminar teaches how to lead in sales
    The gap between good and great sales teams and its importance to small business will be explored at the Un..
  • Bright future for LED Light Works
    Sunshine Coast based business LED Light Works – an innovative, energy efficient lighting business &n..
  • Coast entrepreneur shows how to spot business opportunities
    Spotting the difference between just another business idea and a profitable business opportunity can be tr..
  • Innovation Centre provides useful links for client companies
    The Sunshine Coast’s Innovation Centre’s strong affiliation with the University of the Sunshin..
  • Australian-made whale-saving pingers in use
    Queensland environmental company, Fumunda, is making waves worldwide with their latest innovation in marine ma..
  • Traffika set to conquer South East Asia
    Leading Australian Internet marketing firm, Traffika, is breaking into the international market with a new lic..
  • Auzion helicopters powered by USC students' vision
    Two years on and the creative input from a team of Advertising Campaign students is still having influence..
  • Boost for University Business Partnerships
    The Innovation Centre is increasingly focused on supporting research collaborations between client compani..
  • eLearning Australia partnership with USC
    Online learning company, eLearning Australia, are teaming up with the University of the Sunshine Coast to ..
  • EVA Robotics takes steps in the right direction
    As a technology start-up, EVA Robotics faced a daunting learning curve when it came to commercialising the..
  • Fumunda Whale Pinger makes waves worldwide
    Innovation Centre environmental company, Fumunda, is making waves worldwide with their latest innovation i..
  • IC assists Massey Online manage growth
    Since moving to the Innovation Centre in September 2010 Massey Online Management has gone from strength to..
  • Introducing Professor Roland De Marco
    Professor Roland De Marco Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) BSc RMIT, MSc RMIT, PhD, La Trobe, MRACI ..
  • Maximising opportunities for students
    Fostering connections with the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) has long since been a key focus of t..
  • Optii helps hotels keep in touch
    Optii Solutions latest innovation Optii Keeper, the world’s first housekeeping operational optimisat..
  • Traffika expands into Asia
    Traffika, is breaking into the international market with the launch of a new licensed company in India to ..
  • Aquiba brings smart water meters to Australia
    Aquiba, a smart water technology company, has launched its new Australian offices at the Innovation Centre. Th..
  • Australia's no-worries answer to Silicon Valley
    Sippy Downs, the Sunshine Coast’s rapidly growing university town, is beginning to gain an international..
  • Power of Networking iApps & Crunch
    Serial entrepreneur Rick Hoy and IT expert Andrew Longhorn are a testament to the power of networking. T..
  • Auzion collaborates with USC Sustainability Research Centre
    Auzion have utilised connections with the University of the Sunshine Coast to team up on a research projec..
  • dtb! and iApps develop Tourism Noosa iApp
    Full service marketing, advertising and communication agency dtb! have joined forces with fellow Innovation Ce..
  • IC entrepreneurs guest lecture at USC
    Innovation Centre businesses have answered the call to provide over 80 USC students, including an audience..
  • Innovation Centre gives USC students an edge
    The Innovation Centre is working to turn its ‘mini-city’ of over 30 innovative knowledge-based..
  • Netfort wins ITAG ‘ICT Company of the Year
    Netfort Technologies, a Digital software development company specialising in network activity monitoring, ..
  • RADBE assists IC businesses receive over $1m in grant funding
    One of the areas often overlooked by start-up companies when exploring funding opportunities is the area o..
  • Reflected Image wins Multimedia Award
    Reflected Image PRoductions has picked up an award for excellence, taking out first place in the Best Document..
  • Auzion strategic alliance to create new jobs for the region
    Two successful Sunshine Coast clean-tech businesses are reshaping the solar industry forming a strategic allia..
  • Innovation Centre fuels Cleantech revolution
    The Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast is fuelling a clean technologies revolution on the Sunshine Coast, presen..
  • Innovation hotspot gives USC students an edge
    As part of the University of the Sunshine Coast, the Innovation Centre is working to turn its ‘mini-city..
  • ecoBiz mission - USC graduate signs up 16 IC businesses
    The University of the Sunshine Coast’s Innovation Centre has teamed up with USC graduate and sustainabil..
  • Start-ups are the key vehicle for job growth
    A ground breaking new report by Tim Kane, a senior Fellow of the US based Kauffman Foundation highlights t..
  • CNBC Magazine highlights IC and Sippy Downs as a hotspot
    CNBC Business, a European Business Magazine read by 650,000 readers each month, has highlighted the Innovation..
  • Tracknology delivers new jobs for the region
    The Sunshine Coast will reap the benefits of 10 new jobs to the region as technology-based company Tracknology..
  • BDO boosts business on the Sunshine Coast
    The world’s 5th largest accounting network, BDO, is the latest specialist services provider to identify the gr..
  • Campus view more valuable than Harbour view
    Locating offices in what will be Australia’s most dynamic University Town is far more valuable for busin..
  • Handylocals becomes a Sunshine Coast local
    Driven by the lifestyle desires of husband and wife Directors, Zane and Carey-Ann Wood, Handylocals have m..
  • Innovation Centre builds board for next stage of growth
    The newly appointed Board of Directors for the Innovation Centre is focused on creating new jobs by expand..
  • Quality Systems Toolbox receives COMET grant
    Innovation Centre client, Quality Systems Network, is taking its operations from a regional level to a global ..
  • Students to take advantage of IC opportunities
    There are definite pay-offs for University of the Sunshine Coast students who get involved with the Innovation..