SPOTLIGHT: Engaging the national innovation ecosystem, with DSTG’s Dr Robert Hunjet

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By: Robyn Tongol

In this episode of the Defence Connect ADSTAR series, Liam Garman sits down with Dr Robert Hunjet, program leader Australian Defence Science and Universities Network, to discuss how ADSUN is driving innovation across industry and academia.

In this episode of the Defence Connect ADSTAR series, Liam Garman sits down with Dr Robert Hunjet, program leader Australian Defence Science and Universities Network, to discuss how ADSUN is driving innovation across industry and academia.

They then unpack the need for a national approach to information, security and technology in light of the National Defence Strategy and concept of asymmetry, before discussing the recently released IS&T Strategy.

The podcast then wraps up with a live recording from ADSTAR on how industry, academia and Defence can better collaborate as part of the IS&T Strategy’s 10-year vision, featuring:

  • Sumen Rai, director for the Defence Innovation Partnership.
  • Professor Rob Fitch, director of the Defence Innovation Network.
  • Associate Professor Toby Murray, director of the Defence Science Institute.
  • Stu Blackwell, director of the Queensland Defence Science Alliance.
  • Michele Clement, director of the Defence Science Centre.
  • Dr Robert Hunjet, program leader, ADSUN.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

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Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: CONTESTED GROUND: Australia and the West must ask themselves new questions in the face of the modern world, with Robbin Laird
Episode 10: PODCAST: Black Hawk capability, B-21 bomber debate, and upcoming budget
Episode 9: PODCAST: Supermarine Spitfire, warbird aviation and modern aerial innovation, with Keith Russell
Episode 8: PODCAST: Bushmaster PMV funding, long-range strike expansion and cyber defence
Episode 7: PODCAST: Space Command workforce expansion and operationalising the domain, with Major General Gregory Novak AM
Episode 6: CONTESTED GROUND: The Defence budget, inflationary pressures and domestic information warfare
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: Maritime sustainment, mission-ready maintenance and resilient fleet capability, with Serco’s David Astbury
Episode 4: PODCAST: Anzac Day reflections, veteran support reform and ADF workforce trends, with Minister Matt Keogh
Episode 3: SPOTLIGHT: Open-source growth across defence and national security, with SUSE CMO Margaret Dawson
Episode 2: CONTESTED GROUND: Shipping, supply chains and Australia’s exposure to a volatile system, with UNSW’s Professor Douglas Guilfoyle and Associate Professor Daniel Prior