Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the ‘Ideas Economy’

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The global economy is today faced with the spectre of rising unemployment. According to the International Labor Organization, the world economy will need to generate nearly 280 million new jobs between 2015 and the end of 2019 to make up for the ground lost during the last recession and ensure new entrants to the labor market can find work.

Australia & India: Combining Technology and Entrepreneurship to Innovate the Future

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I am indeed honoured to deliver the 17th Dr KR Narayanan Oration instituted in memory of the late President of India, a great statesman and a close friend of Australia.  

At a time when technology is transforming the world we live in, I would like to take this opportunity of sharing my thoughts on how our two countries can collaborate to leverage technology and innovate a better future.  

The full text of the speech can be viewed on SlideShare:

Australia-India: Combining Technology and Entrepreneurship to Innovate from Kiran Shaw