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TUESDAY APR 14
Female Founders: Virtual Coffee Catch up
ONLINE / Canberra Innovation Network / 10.00AM AEST
Join Sharyn Smith, Chief Operating Officer and Liz Kobold, SME Director of Canberra Innovation Network as they host a virtual coffee catch up for female founders.
Founder Stories - Steve Hui, iFLYflat
ONLINE / Tank Stream Labs / 4.00-4.45PM AEST
Steve’s story is one that needs to be shared. Listen in on how he adapted and pivoted his core offering to keep his team employed and business running.
Lessons Learned in 40+ Years of Business Success
ONLINE / Academy of Entrepreneurs / 6.00-7.30PM AEST
Steve’s story is one that needs to be shared. Listen in on how he adapted and pivoted his core offering to keep his team employed and business running.
WEDNESDAY APR 15
How are US Startups & Investors Responding to COVID-19?
ONLINE / Innovation Bay / 8.00AM AEST
As Australia adapts to our own lock-down & this new way of doing business; how is the rest of the world responding? What challenges are they facing, what innovations are they seeing, & how will their ecosystem flourish post-coronavirus?
What to Do When Business as Usual is no Longer an Option...
ONLINE / Brian Dorricott / 8.00AM AEST
This webinar will provide you with invaluable insights on process, how to ideate, techniques to select the right ideas and make rapid ideation a way of working.
Founder Hotseat
ONLINE / Founder Institute / 9.00-9.45AM AEST
Could you use blunt, honest feedback on your startup ideas? On this live and interactive online event you can pitch your ideas to a panel of entrepreneurs, investors, and startup experts for ratings and feedback. Even if you don't want to pitch, you are invited to hear startup ideas and watch how the experts analyse businesses.
Facilitating Online with Impact
ONLINE / Skills of the Modern Age / 11.00AM-12.30PM AEST
In this SkillGym, learn how to create deeper engagement with your team, customers and clients online. With much of the country working from home, video calls have become a huge part of how we do business, whether it's within our organisations or to connect with others.
Industrial Design for MedTech
ONLINE / Skills of the Modern Age / 12.00-1.00PM AEST
This presentation will outline the industrial design process and provide numerous case studies on successful MedTech product designs.
Building Business Value: Working with Software Developers
ONLINE / Smart Region Incubator / 1.00-1.30PM AEST
This presentation will outline the industrial design process and provide numerous case studies on successful MedTech product designs.
What to Do When Business as Usual is no Longer an Option...
ONLINE / Brian Dorricott / 7.00PM AEST
This webinar will provide you with invaluable insights on process, how to ideate, techniques to select the right ideas and make rapid ideation a way of working.
THURSDAY APR 16
City of Melbourne Virtual Business Support Summit
ONLINE / City of Melbourne / 10.00M AEST
Learn what support is available to businesses affected by COVID-19, hear practical advice from a panel of experts and get your questions answered via a live streamed Q&A.
How to Raise Angel Investment During a Downturn, with Golden Seeds
ONLINE / Founder Institute / 11.00AM-1.00PM AEST
Venture Cafe Sydney (VCS) is part of a local and global community that gathers hundreds of innovators every week through the ThursdayGathering. Join their community online, via Zoom, for the ThursdayGathering programming in a Virtual format.
IB x AWS Presents... Patrick Llewellyn, CEO 99designs
ONLINE / Innovation Bay / 12.00PM AEST
Venture Cafe Sydney (VCS) is part of a local and global community that gathers hundreds of innovators every week through the ThursdayGathering. Join their community online, via Zoom, for the ThursdayGathering programming in a Virtual format.
To Invest or Not to Invest?
ONLINE / LaunchVic / 1.00-2.00PM AEST
The conversation will examine the opportunities, risks, and insights from four of the Victoria startup ecosystem’s leading investment experts.
Virtual Gathering Thursday
ONLINE / Venture Cafe / 3.00-8.00PM AEST
Venture Cafe Sydney (VCS) is part of a local and global community that gathers hundreds of innovators every week through the ThursdayGathering. Join their community online, via Zoom, for the ThursdayGathering programming in a Virtual format.
Code Venture K-12
ONLINE / K-12 Code Education / 3.00-8.00PM AEST
These robotics, visual programming and programming games are focused on appealing to visual, tactile and experiential learners. Students still learn real industry programming (JavaScript and Python), however they don't need to to focus on memory or staring at walls of text - everything is physical or works like a computer game.
Ushering a New Era for Innovation Management
ONLINE / NSW KM Forum / 5.00-7.00PM AEST
Standardisation of terminology tools and methods and interactions between relevant parties to enable innovation.
Rocket Pitch Night
ONLINE / Venture Cafe Sydney / 5.00-10.00PM AEST
Come along (online) and support fellow entrepreneurs as they pitch their idea
FemTech's Role During a Health Crisis
ONLINE / FemTech Collective, Sydney / 6.00-7.30PM AEST
Hear presentations from Australia based FemTech founders discussing how they are adapting with the uncertainty of COVID-19, what they are doing to contribute to help containment, and how FemTech / HealthTech can support traditional healthcare services during a health crisis.
What's Next for UX?
ONLINE / Skills of the Modern Age / 6.00-7.30PM AEST
In this SkillGym, learn how to create deeper engagement with your team, customers and clients online. With much of the country working from home, video calls have become a huge part of how we do business, whether it's within our organisations or to connect with others.
Ideas Anonymous
ONLINE / Skills of the Modern Age / 6.00-8.30PM AEST
Ideas are cheap, it's the execution where the gold is. Explore steps to make our ideas real and have fun with them.
FRIDAY APR 17
Deep Dive into Startup Investors
ONLINE / Emerging Innovation / 12.00-2.00PM AEST
This course is perfect for accelerator or incubator staff new to startup fundraising or anyone wants a refresher on the latest trends across the various types of investors out there.
SATURDAY APR 18
Build Your Own Profile Page Workshop
ONLINE / Inspire9 Coworking / 10.00-2.30PM AEST
New to programming and coding? No worries! This is a workshop for beginners who have never (or almost never) written a line of code.
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