Wollongong CBD's hidden slice of Silicon Valley

Kate McIlwain
Updated July 26 2016 - 12:14pm, first published July 22 2016 - 4:46pm
Accelo founders Eamonn Bell and Geoff McQueen are planning to double the staff at their Wollongong headquarters.. Picture: Robert Peet.
Accelo founders Eamonn Bell and Geoff McQueen are planning to double the staff at their Wollongong headquarters.. Picture: Robert Peet.

An “innovation boom” and the Illawarra’s chance to become the next Silicon Valley have been hot topics this week, as the opening of the University of Wollongong’s iAccelerate highlighted promising ideas being developed by the region’s eclectic start-ups.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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