Science and technology is helping to create new industries and fostering innovation in our traditional industries.

• Advanced manufacturing
  Queensland's manufacturing industry boasts leading-edge capabilities across a diverse group of advanced areas.
• Alternative and renewable fuels
  Queensland is making progress towards a cleaner future by producing biodiesel, ethanol and hydrogen as alternative renewable fuels.
• Aviation and Aerospace
  Queensland is now regarded as the emerging centre for Australia's Aerospace and general aviation industries.
• Biotechnology
  Queensland's unique biodiversity, strong research capacity and enterprising business environment, means Australia's Smart State has much to offer the global life sciences industry.
• Creative industries
  In Queensland, creativity is big business. The creative industries sector, although relatively new, already adds $1.96 billion to the value of Queensland's services and manufacturing sectors each year.
• Environmental and mining technologies and services
  Queensland's environment and mining technologies industries have enormous growth and investment potential.
• Information and communication technology
  Queensland's ICT industry is particularly strong in the niche markets of mining technology, e-health, bioinformatics and intelligent transport systems.
• Nanotechnology
  The Department supports a number of industries to work on a nano-scale, creating opportunities to produce new products and processes, improving quality of life and benefiting the environment.
• Therapeutic medicines and devices
  Queensland is home to a world class therapeutic medicines and devices industry and is well positioned to gain a greater share of the rapidly expanding global market.