Collaborative Solutions Program

Collaborative Solutions - Mobile Concierge

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The NSW Government announced 11 successful consortiums awarded grants under round one of the Collaborative Solutions program, Mobile Concierge, to help build the State's digital economy. We would like to thank all of the applicants, and the evaluation panel members, for their time and effort participating in the Program.

We would also like to thank the evaluation panel members for the difficult task of evaluating the submissions. The panel members were: Kathryn Matthews (Director, NSW Office of Trade, Business and Industry), Dr. Bruce McCabe (Director, Technology Innovation Advisory, KPMG), Wayne Lange (Director, Tourism Operations, Tourism NSW), and Colin Griffith (General Manager, GCIO, NSW DSTA).

Collaborative Solutions is a program developed by the NSW Government as part of its Digital Economy Strategy. The program is managed by NSW Trade & Investment.

The Collaborative Solutions – Mobile Concierge ("CS-MC") program was the first of a series of calls for industry to form consortia to develop innovative and new-to-market ICT solutions in key sectors that demonstrate the benefits of the digital economy. This first program targeted the use of mobile and wireless technologies in the tourism and retail sectors.

Objectives

• Assist in the exchange of ideas between mobile application developers, technology providers, service providers, device manufacturers, research organisations and user organisations in the tourism, hospitality, and retail sectors
• accelerate the development of new-to-market and significantly innovative mobile solutions with significant potential for commercial success, job creation, and export
• drive innovation, productivity and transformation in the tourism and retail sectors through the adoption of compelling mobile solutions.

Key requirements

• Consortia-backed submissions: Each submission must be backed by a consortium of at least three members. The Consortia Lead must be a NSW-registered business with the capability to commercialise and export the ICT solution being developed. The consortia must include at least one User Organisation to participate in the development and piloting process. The remaining consortia members will provide technologies, content or capabilities to the project
• Developed and piloted in NSW: Solutions must be predominantly developed and piloted in NSW
• Development has not commenced: The development of the proposed solution must not have commenced before the date of submission.

Industry briefing

• Opening Address - by Warwick Glenn, Executive Director, Investment Attraction, Industry & Investment NSW - below
  
• Collaborative Solutions - Mobile Concierge Program - presentation by Robin Phua, Industry & Investment NSW (download as PDF)
  
• Tourism & Technology - presented by Diana Kahui, Tourism NSW (download as PDF)
  
• NSW Public Sector Information - presented by Colin Griffith, NSW Government Chief Information Office (download as PDF)
  

Industry pitching & networking event

The industry pitching and networking event was held on Friday 11 Feb 2011, please find below the agenda from the event.

Agenda

Timeline (calendar of events that occurred previously in 2011)

Program information

• Program brief

Grants awarded to successful consortia

The NSW Government announced 11 successful consortiums awarded grants under round one of the Collaborative Solutions program, Mobile Concierge, to help build the State's digital economy. We would like to thank all of the applicants, and the evaluation panel members, for their time and effort participating in the Program.

Related Documents

• NSW public sector information [PDF File - 1.7 MB]
• Tourism and Technology [PDF File - 1.0 MB]
• Mobile Concierge [PDF File - 338.4 KB]

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