Home featured Futurist, social entrepreneur and founder of Entrepreneurs Institute, Roger James Hamilton Economy Featured Small Business Economy Driven by Australia’s tech entrepreneurs and investors: The resources boom makes way for the technology boom Daniel Jacobs March 2, 2016 Yes – the Australian government has recently launched the National Innovation and Science Agenda which aims to cultivate Australia’s newest economic pillar: Technology and Innovation. “Welcome to the Ideas Boom” the homepage boldly and proudly states like a gatekeeper of previously untrodden territory. But are these policy changes (welcome as they are) driving this shift, or are they merely reactive in the face of an unstoppable emerging trend. This is a matter for debate. As Australia jumped from the 13 th largest market for tech IPOs in 2013 to 5th largest in 2015, futurist, Roger James Hamilton, suggests that a set of perfect climatic conditions are seeing Australia organically turn away from the embers of the resources boom, making headway towards a technology boom. ‘Australia is fast becoming a hot spot in the world for technology advances’ As a world renowned futurist, social entrepreneur and founder of Entrepreneurs Institute , Hamilton meets with leading entrepreneurs at his Fast Forward your Business events held in Asia, Australia, UK and South Africa. With his global perspectives, Hamilton told Dynamic Business that Australia is fast becoming a hot spot in the world for technology advances, leaving the US, Japan and other major tech players behind: “Australia’s reputation in the tech world has grown rapidly,