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“Data61 is Australia’s leading digital research network; we’re here to help you create your data-driven future.” Adrian Turner, CEO and the environment. Australia’s past economic success was driven to a large extent by its primary industries like mining and agriculture. Future economic growth, however, cannot rely on this. Over the coming years, Australia has a $315 billion economic opportunity enabled by data and digital technologies. From a societal standpoint, growing and aging population, ongoing urbanization, and concerns about the environment all present opportunities for Australia to demonstrate leadership domestically and on the global stage. Consumer Data Standards: The Australian government is introducing a Consumer Data Right giving consumers greater control over their data. Part of this right requires the creation of common technical standards making it easier and safer for consumers to access data held about them by businesses, and – if they choose to – share this data via application programming interfaces (APIs) with trusted, accredited third parties. Data61 has been appointed as technical advisor for an interim standards body, designing the first iteration of open technical standards to support consumer-driven data sharing. Meet the Leader Adrian Turner, CEO: Adrian is a successful and influential Australian technology entrepreneur who has spent 18 years in Silicon Valley. He is also co-chair of the Australia Cyber Security Growth Network (ACSGN) and a member of the Board of Directors for the Australian eHealth Research Centre (AeHRC). Most recently, he was Managing Director and Co-founder of Borondi Group. Prior to this, Adrian was Co-founder and CEO of smartphone and Internet of Things security company Mocana Corporation, had profit and loss responsibility for Philips Electronics connected devices infrastructure, and was Chairman of the Board for Australia’s expat network, Advance.org. Adrian was also the author of the eBook BlueSky Mining, Building Australia’s Next Billion Dollar Industries. SR