Australia will be an ‘Innovation Partner Country’ for Umagine 2024 hosted by the Tamil Nadu government’s Information Technology and Digital Services Department.
Australia will have a strong presence with Amber-Jade Sanderson, Western Australia’s Minister for Health and Mental Health, attending along with a delegation of more than 20 businesses and educational organisations from Western Australia. As in 2023, Western Australia will also be a State partner at the Umagine summit being held in Chennai on 23-24 February 2024, according to a statement.
“Innovation will be key to our countries realising their economic goals. We have complementary economies and can work together to achieve them. Australia will have an exclusive pavilion at the event,” said Australian Consul-General Silai Zaki.
The Australian Government, through the Consulate-General Chennai and in partnership with the state of Western Australia, will highlight Australia’s strengths in the advanced technology, innovation and education sector at the Australian pavilion.
The Australia-India Innovation Network is a priority project of the Australian Government delivered by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) that aims to increase the number of Australian technology companies accessing the rapidly growing digital sector in India.
Reena Rajan, Regional Director Marketing for Australian AI digital healthcare company Annalise.ai, will be speaking as a panelist on ‘Unleashing the Potential of AI in Healthcare for Smarter, safer, and more Personalized Wellness’. The visiting Australian delegation is focused on healthcare skilling that prioritises collaboration with India on digital healthcare.
