Umbrella agreement for the UTS-Cisco partnership and establishment of Innovation Central Sydney

Start year: 2024

Summary: UTS and Cisco have formed a partnership which will allow UTS to join Cisco’s National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN). Innovation Central Sydney (ICS) forms a key initiative of the partnership and UTS will establish and host ICS at the Broadway campus, which will be the only NSW based Innovation Central in the NIIN. The UTS-Cisco partnership includes three-year seed investment for: • Professorial Research Chair • Establishment of Innovation Central Sydney – a co-innovation centre funded by external partners and industry desiring exploration and prototyping research conducted by UTS research teams and students • Membership to Cisco’s National Industry Innovation Network – connecting all university Innovation Centrals and Chairs with Cisco and NIIN industry partners for sharing of knowledge and collaboration. The vision of ICS is to become a global research hub in accelerating the advancement of digital transformation by fostering a collaborative industry-university open innovation ecosystem.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.