Quantum Innovation Queensland
Quantum Innovation Queensland (QIQ) was established in 2024 to help deliver the Quantum and Advanced Technology Strategy and support the growth of the Queensland’s quantum economy. QIQ is led by the Queensland Chief Scientist and includes representation from the research sector, venture capital, quantum companies, and the Queensland Government. QIQ is the collaborative vehicle for developing the Queensland quantum ecosystem by providing advice to government on the implementation of the Strategy.
Key responsibilities of QIQ
- Bringing together expertise in research, commercialisation, and the use of quantum technologies to help chart Queensland’s quantum technology future.
- Coordinating the State’s quantum and advanced technologies capabilities across research, industry (including corporates, SMEs, start-ups, and venture capital) and government to advise on potential actions to remove any impediments to ecosystem development.
- Developing key performance indicators and an outcomes framework for the Queensland Quantum and Advanced Technologies Strategy and monitor achievement against them.
- Ensuring Queensland is well placed to take advantage of national programs to support quantum industries.
- Identifying opportunities for industry and business engagement to attract investment in quantum in Queensland, nationally and globally.
- Positioning Queensland as a source of expertise in, and global leader of, quantum technologies on the global stage.
- Showcasing ecosystem outcomes and success.
A full list of QIQ Members will be published to this page in coming weeks.
QIQ Chair: Professor Kerrie Wilson, Queensland Chief Scientist
Professor Kerrie Wilson
Professor Kerrie Wilson commenced in the role of the Queensland Chief Scientist on 1 November 2023.
Her distinguished career encompasses roles at QUT, including Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability and Research Integrity), and her tenure as the Executive Director of the QUT Institute for Future Environments.
Professor Wilson is one of Australia’s leading researchers into the science, strategy, and policy of conservation. With a track record in key leadership roles and driving collaboration with national and international stakeholders, she will ensure Queensland remains at the forefront of science.
Before joining QUT in 2019, Professor Wilson was the Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and an ARC Future Fellow at The University of Queensland.
She is also an Affiliated Professor in Conservation Science at The University of Copenhagen, a member of the Australian Heritage Council, and previously a member of the Reef 2050 Plan Independent Expert Panel.
Professor Wilson has held leadership positions including Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy Australia and the Australian Natural Sciences Commissioner for UNESCO.
She has received numerous awards, including the Prime Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year, the Australian Academy of Science Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science, two ARC Research Fellowships and an Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher.
She holds a Bachelor in Environmental Science (First Class Honours) from the University of Queensland and a PhD from The University of Melbourne, undertaken in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre, based in Cambridge.
Learn more about the Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist.
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