Australian Services Roundtable

Submissions

Download a copy of Securing a Sustainable Future in the Global Services Economy, Submission in response to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper, September 2008>>

Download a copy of our response to Dr Terry Cutler’s Review of the National Innovation System, venturousaustralia, August 2008>>

Download a copy of our submission to the O'Kane review of Cooperative Research Centres, August 2008>>

Download a copy of our submission to the Bradley review of Australian Higher Education, August 2008 >>

Download a copy of our submission to the Mortimer review of Export Policies and Programs, July 2008 >>

Download a copy of our submission to the Cutler Review of the National Innovation System, May 2008 >>

Download a copy of our Submission to the Inquiry into the Current and Future Directions of Australia's Service Industries >>

Speeches and Presentations

Inaugural Services Summit, Parliament House, 18 March 2009>>>

Publications and Reports

ASR has commissioned ACIL Tasman to undertake a scoping and feasibility study for a Services Roadmap, see terms of reference below. As well as providing useful results in time for the 17 March Services Summit in Parliament House, the study aims to establish the business case for improving services trade and innovation statistics in a number of specific areas. ACIL Tasman has been appointed to undertake the study. A document outlining ACIL Tasman’s approach to the study is here (link to pdf).

Members with a specific issues/interests to be addressed in the study are urged to contact the lead consultant John Soderbaum or his assistant Yuan Chou urgently. Email: J.Soderbaum@aciltasman.com.au or Yuan Chou

The study has been kindly sponsored by the following business sponsors: IBM Australia, Australian Institute of Architects, Australian Information Industries Association, Australian Tourism Export Council, Investment and Financial Services Association, Telstra, Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, and Engineers Australia.

We have also received support from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Austrade, EFIC and Treasury. Other departments and agencies such as ABS and DEEWR are providing in-kind support.

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TERMS OF REFERENCE SERVICES ROADMAP –FEASIBILITY AND SCOPING STUDY
A short feasibility and scoping study for a Services Roadmap is proposed (around three-months).
The objective of the Roadmap is to build an information base on services commercialisation and internationalisation that will help realise the vision of Australia as a regional high value-added services centre.

The scoping and feasibility study will examine information needs to further opportunities in:

Tourism – including knowledge-based tourism
Education services
Resource (including mining services) and agricultural services
Engineering services
The Built Environment
Health and wellbeing services
Financial services
IT, Telecommunications and Broadband applications
Business and Professional Services
Distribution services
Transport and logistics services
Resource (including mining services) and agricultural services
Clean Energy and environment
Culture, entertainment and media

Australia has a good set of official statistics and the extent to which these can be used, including by data mining via consultancies will be considered in the feasibility study, as will the possibility of supplementing these with business data. It is also recognised that in many areas there are specialist groups working on commercialisation, trade and investment opportunities, eg the Built Environment Innovation Council and the Information Technology Innovation Council. The scoping and feasibility study will consult with such groups to identify information gaps that might systematically addressed through the Services Roadmap.

The information resources the scoping and feasibility study will consider for inclusion in the Services Roadmap will include:

Domestic operations, including value-add, employment and labour force characteristics, innovation activities
Export and investment growth potential of Australian services (covering all four modes of services exports as defined by the WTO)
Measures of the operations of foreign affiliates of Australian companies, and related factors relevant to the economic benefit of Australia
Measures of competitiveness, innovativeness and comparative advantage of Australian services sectors
Case studies of leading Australian firms in the identified sectors