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Six Leverage cohorts creating impact in NENW
Six Leverage cohorts are growing businesses across the region, and more little bikes have found their forever homes!
Innovation Challenge produces solutions for real problems
At Agmentation 2022 individuals worked in teams, and devised solutions to three problems that matter to agricultural producers and rural communities…
Nine teams land great pitches at Agmentation 2022
Supported by experienced mentors, teams made up of researchers, producers, students and other community members, spent an intensive day devising solutions to real problems…
EMERGE program adds benefit
The EMERGE program asked researchers to address the question: How can I fully exploit my research for the benefit of the community?
New England's TechVision, Backstories of Innovation #4 wrap-up
New England producers built an online platform to trade livestock eight years before eBay was launched; created a global florist; designed sapflow meters; built software to teach children to read; and started weighing cattle in the paddock and digitising the earth's soil.
UNE SMART Farms adopt SRI founded start-up
The UNE SMART Farms have started using SMART Region Incubator founded agtech startup ‘Optiweigh’ to improve efficiency on the farms and assist with research…
UNE SRI supports young people to engage with Justice Reform Initiative
UNE SMART Region Incubator supported young people to attend the inaugural Rotary Club of Armidale's Annual Lecture, ‘Jailing is Failing’…
TEBA partnership delivers UNE SRI programs in Narrabri
UNE SMART Region Incubator is glad to be partnering with Narrabri Shire Council and The Exchange Narrabri to deliver programs to people in the Narrabri area…
Creative opportunities for entrepreneurs of all ages
UNE SRI is supporting high school students to participate in workshops that will provide them with an opportunity to consider the possibilities of pursuing a creative business…
Building on great ideas
UNE SMART Region Incubator’s Tamworth programs and community were showcased in Regional Lifestyle Magazine’s Winter 2022 Tamworth feature…
Innovate or perish business owners warn
Innovation, creating local experiences not available online, and excellent service are key to Armidale’s retail and hospitality future, three successful and optimistic business people told a forum yesterday…
‘Tackling Climate Resilience with Agritech’ field days across region
UNE SRI partnered with InAg.Tech and the Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales (SQNNSW) Drought Resilience Hub to deliver five events in three days across the region - focusing on agritech to support agricultural producers to manage climate variability…