Portal Thinking

the thinking behind the doing

Every programme we deliver begins with a question worth answering clearly.

We write for the people who have to decide and then act: ministers and their advisers, boards, investors and the leaders of institutions. Our aim is not commentary but clarity.

Quotes from Victor Dominello, Miguel Carrasco and Brad Eliot at the Spark Festival 2026 Town Hall, presented by Portal Global with BCG, the Royal Society of NSW, UTS and Spark Foundation

September 2026

Spark Festival Town Hall | Agentic AI Transformation in Government

Portal Global presented the Town Hall on Agentic AI Transformation in Government for Spark Festival 2026, with Boston Consulting Group, the Royal Society of NSW and UTS Startups. The panel covered policy, strategy and delivery for public servants, founders, investors and academics, in the room and online from the UAE, Nepal, Singapore, France, India and London.

Panel: The Hon. Victor Dominello, CEO, Future Government Institute; Miguel Carrasco, Managing Director and Senior Partner, BCG X; Brad Eliot, former Chief Information and Technology Officer, IMI

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Emeritus Professor Roy Green AM, beside his quote on Australia's export mix

August 2026

Opening the black box of productivity

Emeritus Professor Roy Green AM spent an hour opening the black box of Australian productivity for a room full of the people who run it.

Presented by Portal Global with Spark Festival, the Royal Society of NSW and UTS

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July 2026

#NotHappyJan

We all know that in 1964 Donald Horne called Australia "a lucky country run by second-rate people who share its luck." We put the phrase on tourism campaigns for 60 years and forgot it was a warning. His point was simple: the wealth came from what was underneath us, not from anything we built, and one day the luck would run out, and nobody would be ready.

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World Economic Forum 2026 panel on new sources of growth

January 2026

#WEF26 | The New Growth Equation

This article draws on the World Economic Forum panel asking how we unlock new sources of growth, and where that growth is actually going to come from.

Panel: Where can new growth come from? Speakers Marc Benioff, Thomas Buberl, Ruth Porat and Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, moderated by Francine Lacqua

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