About
Since 2015, the Innovation & Collaboration Centre has supported early-stage startups through providing workspace, mentoring and funding. Read more about our staff and our startups.
Programs
The Innovation & Collaboration Centre is home to Venture Catalyst and the state's first space incubator program Venture Catalyst Space. These programs are designed to help founders start their business.
Deputy Director: Business Incubation
Craig is an accomplished professional with a diverse background in business development, complex project leadership and international relations.
As the Deputy Director of Business Incubation at the University of South Australia, he plays a crucial role in exploring innovative approaches to enhance business practices and developing programs to support entrepreneurs in delivering economic growth in South Australia.
Craig boasts a diverse skill set that spans various industries and domains. His professional journey includes spearheading international relations and operational delivery at prominent events such as the Olympics and the World Economic Forum. Known for his exceptional ability to build teams and cultivate relationships, Craig possesses a natural talent for unlocking the potential of individuals he encounters. His unwavering passion for driving innovation makes him an ideal catalyst for change within the Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) at UniSA. One of Craig's core strengths lies in his leadership skills, enabling startups to flourish within this vibrant ecosystem.
Driven by a desire to create meaningful impact and foster innovation, Craig is using his extensive experience and diverse skill set to deliver the ICC's mission to promote and support business growth on a global scale.
Beyond his professional achievements, Craig also possesses a surprising talent in the culinary arts. He is known for baking remarkable biscuits, a testament to his multifaceted nature and attention to detail.
Program Manager
As Program Manager: Business Incubation at the ICC, Ben is responsible for the Venture Catalyst Program and loves supporting the team to foster business success.
Through his years of experience in management and operations in both commercial and not-for-profit businesses, Ben understands the challenges that entrepreneurs face. He has an energy and enthusiasm for innovation and aspiration and loves to see startups and entrepreneurs at the ICC develop, grow and succeed.
As Director and CEO of an English language college during the Covid19 pandemic, Ben showed his ability to be strategic, flexible and most importantly, supportive of both his staff and students. He was then called upon to take a new international pathways college from business plan to full operations at a large Australian university, honing his project management skills and proving his aptitude in building lasting and productive relationships.
Ben started as an English language teacher and has travelled around the world. He loves meeting people from different backgrounds and recognises how important diversity is in fostering innovation and creating successful teams. He is the brewer of several award winning beers, the grower of exceptionally hot chillies, and is always up for a chat.
Marketing Communications and Project Officer
Marketing and Events Support Officer
Lucie joined the team in 2024 as Marketing and Events Support Officer
She previously worked at UniSA’s futuristic museum of discovery MOD. as a marketing officer. She currently freelances in the areas of copywriting, social media, and content creation.
Digital Officer
Candice joined the ICC team in 2023 as digital marketing support.
She previously worked with the Student Mobility team and the People, Talent and Culture unit to help create various marketing collateral, update old content, and create new webpages to assist current and future staff. During that time, she was able to work with the Communications and Marketing unit and learn more about marketing within the University.
Candice specialises in graphic and web design, and has great interest in photography, video editing, and game design.
Administration and Project Officer
Didi Yang joined the ICC team in August 2022 and provides administration and project support.
Didi previously worked for UniSA Ventures, UniSA's technology translation, commercialisation, investment and intellectual property management company.
The Partner Engagement Team streamlines access for industry partners to a wide range of programs and engagement opportunities available across UniSA. The team focuses on making it as easy as possible to do business with UniSA – ensuring that the programs and activities are appropriate to their needs, and able to deliver the outcomes anticipated.
As the technology commercialisation arm of the University of South Australia, UniSA Ventures collaborates with researchers and industry to translate research outcomes into commercially viable products which have a positive social impact. Key services offered by UniSA Ventures include commercial assessment, Intellectual Property (IP) advice and protection, technology licensing, capital raising and spin-out company formation.
The Australian Centre for Business Growth at the University of South Australia delivers world-class business growth programs that provide executives with the knowledge and skills they need to develop as leaders, accelerate company growth and compete in a global marketplace. Their programs teach executives how to lead and manage growth via diagnostics, expert presentations, facilitated group discussions, peer-to-peer learning and action planning.
Match Studio is a dynamic and non-traditional research and learning space where UniSA’s teaching and research expertise is combined with real-world, industry-linked projects with a range of industry, government and not-for-profit clients. It creates the right environment for knowledge exchange so that industry and business can identify and articulate a challenge or a problem, and work with a purpose-built interdisciplinary team with the right mix of skills.
UniSA’s Future Industries Institute (FII) focuses on building knowledge and capacity in core future industries and develops the University’s internationally competitive research capacity across four key strands: Minerals and resources engineering, Energy and advanced manufacturing, Environmental science and engineering, and Biomaterials engineering and nanomedicine.
“The most important things you need to do to make your startup successful are not on your task list or in your inbox.”
– Terry Gold, Entrepreneur in Residence 2019
“Don’t compare yourself to the superhumans who started the latest and greatest tech wonder companies. It will only discourage you. Learn from them, but be thankful that you have what it takes”
– Terry Gold, Entrepreneur in Residence 2019
“Who you hire is more important than what you sell.”
– Terry Gold, Entrepreneur in Residence 2019
“Having lots of things on your task list means you have the opportunity to choose what is most important that only you can do. If it isn’t important, why is it on your task list?”
– Terry Gold, Entrepreneur in Residence 2019
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Weekend & public holidays.....closed
Adelaide
Enterprise Hub, 9 Light Square (building access via Philip St)
Adelaide, SA 5000
(08) 8302 7368
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(08) 8302 7368
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