11. Strategic action: Identify opportunities for producing competitive advantages through widespread adoption of ICT across Ballarat’s major industry sectors.
Actions to 2012: •
Establish a strong research and development culture that links the Ballarat ICT Cluster, local economy and education sector.
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Develop a focus for Ballarat around ICT use in industries where Ballarat has a competitive advantage. Through dialogue with the major sectors, ICT, health, agribusiness, manufacturing and tourism, establish the common and core areas where there is currently competitive advantage and give priority to these areas in terms of support and incentives.
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Maintain momentum by sustaining and expanding the partnerships between research and industry to achieve the application and widespread adoption of ICT.
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Maintain a high level of organisational readiness and capacity to tap into the entire range of resources available to assist in implementing Ballarat ICT 2030 including resources available from all levels of government.
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Commission further research into aspects of opportunity identification that require further detail during and beyond 2007.
Short term actions: •
Organise forums that bring related agencies, organisations and individuals together to identify and prioritise opportunities for ICT adoption across Ballarat's major industry sectors.
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Facilitate dialogue with the major sectors, ICT, health, agribusiness, tourism, manufacturing and tourism to establish the common and core areas where there is competitive advantage and give priority to these areas in terms of support and incentives.
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Form multidisciplinary teams to work with Ballarat's major industry sectors to identify new ICT related technologies that could provide them with ongoing competitive advantage.
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Develop working parties or other structures that may be necessary to further examine and advance priority projects across Ballarat's major industry sectors.
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Seek out commitment, capacity and funding to achieve piloting and adoption on innovative ICT products and services in priority project areas.
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