Please find attached the Smart State Council working group report on Smarter Services: Future Jobs and Growth for the SmartState.
The report identifies several opportunities to strengthen Queensland’s competitive advantages in this domain: improving the industry-readiness of university graduates in services-related fields, by ensuring that new recruits are commercially productive as soon as possible; creating a significant leverage point for Queensland firms by developing iconic status for smart services-related initiatives in infrastructure and ICT-enabled service delivery; and ensuring that industry development strategies in Queensland recognise the unique requirements of smart services sectors, in areas such as market intelligence and finance, to cement export capabilities and job creation opportunities in this dynamic domain.
This report provides timely focus on an increasingly important component of Queensland’s Smart State transition.
I commend it to you.
Professor Peter Andrews
Queensland Chief Scientist and
Chair, Standing Committee
Smart State Council
November 2006
This paper was prepared by an independent working group for the SmartState Council. The views expressed in this paper are those of the group and do not represent Queensland Government policy.
Chair
Professor Arun Sharma, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology
Members
Mr Andrew Craig, Queensland Director, Australian Industry Group
Mr John Grant, Managing Director, Data#3 Limited
Professor Paul Greenfield, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Queensland
Mr Michael Rayner, Principal Director, Cox Rayner Architects
Mr Jim Walker, CEO, QMI Solutions
The SmartState Council was established in June 2005 as a central advisory body to provide high level advice to the Queensland Government on emerging SmartState issues and trends, and to propose measures to position Queensland to respond to challenges and opportunities.
The SmartState Council is chaired by the Premier of Queensland and comprises Government Ministers, the QueenslandChief Scientist and representatives from Queensland’s business and research communities.
