I hope you all have had a great start to 2023.
I wanted to provide our Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct network with an insight into the business development work undertaken by the Precinct Office, in conjunction with our key partners.
Specifically, this article is focused on my recent visit to Dubai.
By way of background, the Gold Coast and Dubai have held a Sister City relationship for the past 22 years. People from Dubai love visiting the Gold Coast. During their summer months, the Gold Coast is a highly popular destination for people from the Middle East. Whilst I was in Dubai, many people knew of the Gold Coast and told me of their great family holidays to our city. It’s these relationships that provide a foundation for the Gold Coast and Dubai to progress new business relationships.
Dubai is fast becoming a global city powerhouse, with their vision to make Dubai one of the world’s foremost future cities. They are investing significantly in infrastructure, energy, transportation, ICT, education, security and health. They are creating partnerships globally and bringing some of the most highly qualified experts to work in Dubai. Through the Sister City relationship, Dubai can connect the Gold Coast into a global network of innovation.
My visit to Dubai was specifically to follow on from Mayor Tom Tate and City of Gold Coast CEO Tim Baker’s visit in November 2022. During their visit, health was identified as a key priority for Dubai.
Therefore, I travelled to Dubai and pitched five of the Gold Coast’s leading health technologies to the Dubai Futures Foundation, Dubai Academic Health Corporation and the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences. These projects included:
- Artificial intelligence in healthcare
- Image guided and robotic treatment for stroke and aneurysm
- Drugs, vaccines and diagnostics
- Advanced rehabilitation with a focus on spinal injury
- Orthopedic surgery techniques.
Post my visit, I am now in regular contact with the stakeholders I met with and in the process of connecting and facilitating our local Gold Coast experts to meet with associated Dubai stakeholders. It is our intent that by introducing these Gold Coast capabilities to Dubai, that new partnerships and investment can be facilitated, to fast-track these technologies for the benefit of Gold Coast, Dubai and beyond.
These efforts in the health sector, if progressed successfully will build further opportunities in the other key priority sectors for Dubai identified above.”
This visit could not have been undertaken without the support of Trade and Investment Queensland’s Geoffrey Schuhkraft. His relationships and commitment to our city is exceptional.
I hope this piece gives you an insight into the work done by the Precinct Office in promoting our leading Gold Coast technologies and showcasing our talent internationally.
Best,
Craig