AusBiotech Charts Path to Sovereign Manufacturing at ARM Hub BioBriefing

BRISBANE, 6 May 2026 — ARM Hub welcomed AusBiotech for their Queensland BioBriefing at its Northgate facility last night, bringing together medtech manufacturers, investors, and industry leaders to examine what it will take to build sovereign manufacturing capability in Australia.

The evening opened with remarks from ARM Hub CEO Professor Cori Stewart and Hayley van der Meer, Director Membership Services and Strategic Partnerships at AusBiotech, both speaking to the intersection of medtech, AI, and innovation in Australia.

The panel featured Gareth Keen from Cook Medical, Lauchlan Smart from The Endgame, and Lisa Cavallaro from the Brisbane Economic Development Agency, hosted by ARM Hub Chief Commercial Officer Samuel Jesuadian.

Panellists identified Australia's "missing middle" as the sector's most pressing challenge, with mid-sized businesses struggling to find support between prototype and commercial scale. Lisa Cavallaro was direct about the stakes: "We are unapologetically supporting companies, a lot of which are medical device companies, to find that capital globally to ensure that innovation doesn't die on the vine."

The main themes that dominated were closing the commercialisation gap, the value of precincts and proximity, and AI's growing role in medtech manufacturing. 

The BioBriefing is part of AusBiotech's national quarterly series. ARM Hub is one of four government-backed AI Adopt Centres operating across Australia, focused on helping SMEs adopt robotics, AI, and advanced manufacturing technologies.