Canberra Technology Park
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Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, ACT, Australia’s Capital city. The Business Park is set on 57,835.2 square metres and is a renovated two level high school (5,720 lettable area square metres). It currently houses 38 businesses with approximately 200 staff working from the park.
History
Canberra Technology Park is the result of entrepreneur John De Margheriti’sJohn De Margheriti
John De Margheriti [born July 1962] is based in Australia and is the CEO of BigWorld Pty Limited and the parent company Micro Forté Pty Limited...
vision to establish a home for Canberra Information Communication Technology (ICT)
Information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...
companies. The park was established in 2001, through collaboration with The Academy of Interactive Entertainment
Academy of Interactive Entertainment
The Academy of Interactive Entertainment is an Australian video games and 3D animation school. Founded in 1996, it was one of the world's first institutions to offer qualifications in these industries. The AIE provides courses covering CGI, animation, video game asset creation and games programming...
(AIE), Canberra Institute of Technology
Canberra Institute of Technology
The Canberra Institute of Technology is a vocational education provider in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, and is one of a system of TAFEs. Qualifications offered by CIT range from certificate to degree level. CIT has four campuses across Canberra, located in Bruce, Reid, Phillip and...
(CIT) and the Australian Capital Territory Government to encourage the grouping of ICT businesses. In particular those related to 3d computer animation, multimedia, programming, on-line training and applications and software development, so that tenants could interact and benefit from this co-location.