Collaborate Innovate 2026

About the Event

 Join Australia’s flagship conference for innovation, collaboration, and commercialisation.   Cooperative Research Australia (CRA) is excited to be running its annual conference once again in 2026.

The 2026 conference theme, National Growth, Global Reach, reflects the high-stakes environment in which we currently operate. As we look forward the results of the Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD), the industry-research community finds itself at a crossroads. Our goal is to ensure Australia doesn’t just participate in the global innovation race but leads it—leveraging our competitive advantages in areas ranging from digital innovation to Critical Minerals. 

Collaborate Innovate is the premier gathering for the leaders of Australia’s R&D ecosystem. By joining us at the conference, you are positioning yourself at the centre of the conversations that shape national policy and a driver of innovation. 

See ARDC’s CEO, Rosie Hicks, Present at Collaborate Innovate

Rosie will be part of a panel discussion on research infrastructure.

Highways to Innovation: Research Infrastructures as an Economic Driver

Thursday 21 May, 3.30 pm, Auditorium

Panel:

• Richard Dickmann, CEO, Australian Plant Phenomics Network
• Mark Gray, Head, Strategic Partnerships, Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre
• Rosie Hicks, CEO, ARDC
• Andrew Page, Pro Vice Chancellor, UWA