Summit news

Australia’s future in high-value manufacturing took centre stage at GMC’s 2026 Technology & Innovation Summit, where a series of panels and keynotes not only energised the audience but sparked new ideas, partnerships and momentum across the sector. Speaking later, Emeritus Professor...

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Geelong Manufacturing Council was pleased to welcome two Federal Ministers – the Minister for Industry and Innovation, Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, and our local Member for Corio, the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, the Hon Richard Marles – on Day...

Day 1 of the Geelong Manufacturing Council’s Technology & Innovation Summit set the tone for a highly practical and open conversation about artificial intelligence and its role in modern manufacturing and business operations. The AI Workshop brought together a diverse...

GMC is pleased to announce Deputy Prime Minister the Hon Richard Marles will address the GMC Technology & Innovation Summit on Thursday. At GMC’s 2024 T&I Summit, DPM Marles reflected on the importance of manufacturing to Geelong, and his hopes...

Among the stellar line-up of speakers joining us for the 2026 Technology & Innovation Summit next week are the bold engineers, scientists and inventors who are helping to solve the exponential pressures on our finite resources. Hear about the game-changing...

“2026 feels like the year things have genuinely shifted – not just talk, not just another tech cycle – but a real change driven by OpenClaw, agentic systems, and AI that actually does the work.” Founder of innovative manufacturer Think...

Ahead of GMC’s Technology & Innovation Summit, food and innovation expert Angeline Achariya argues that Australia already has a world‑class agrifood and food manufacturing foundation – but without systems thinking, connected investment and smarter manufacturing across the full value chain,...

GMC Major Partner the Gordon is proud to support the 2026 Summit as a Silver Partner. As one of the largest TAFEs in Victoria, The Gordon has been helping people gain real skills for nearly 140years. They pride themselves on...