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MONDAY JUN 22
Your Business Relationships
ONLINE / City of Sydney / 5.30-7.45PM AEST
This is the fourth workshop event in a series of 5 focused on helping entrepreneurs and business owners to innovate and evolve as part of the “Doing Business Better” online series.
TUESDAY JUN 23
Consumer Behaviour & Career Challenges for Women
ONLINE / Startup Grind / 8.00AM AEST
Celebrating SGWomen Month, Startup Grind Sydney has the privilege of hosting the extraordinary Randi Zuckerberg (Zuckerberg Media) and Startup Grind's David Kenney (Hall Chadwick) will embark on his maiden event as the new Sydney Chapter Director.
Artificial Intelligence: A Race Against the Machine?
ONLINE / Cicada Innovations / 8.00-9.00AM AEST
This panel of experts will discuss the opportunities for Australia to leverage this incredible tool, but also where we need to focus to ensure the systems of governance, privacy and fairness around AI are in place, robust and able to keep pace with the super speed of this technology.
Leading Real Innovation
ONLINE / Incubate / 10.00-11.00AM AEST
Hear from co-founder of Wear it Purple, Katherine Hudson, on the value and importance of including diversity into your business plans for a stronger future.
Reduce Workload Anxiety and Stay Focused and Energised
ONLINE / ACU / 12.30-1.30PM AEST
In this interactive 50-minute workshop you will learn practises for: gaining clarity on the bigger picture you are working toward, maintaining focus on what you seek to accomplish, staying energised through micro-movements and applying the lessons of today to shape a better tomorrow.
How to Increase the Visibility of Your Emerging Tech Product
ONLINE / Taikera / 12.30-1.30PM AEST
The startup space is a crowded one, and you are not only competing locally anymore but on a global scale. How do you cut through the noise and catch the attention of your targeted customers and clients?
Colouring Australia Green: Innovation Workshop
ONLINE / City of Sydney / 4.00-7.00PM AEST
This is a callout to technologists, entrepreneurs and environmentalists with one goal in common: leaving the planet better than you found it.
The State of Fundraising Under Economic Uncertainty
ONLINE / The Impact Accelerator / 5.00-6.30PM AEST
In a volatile and uncertain situation, should the strategy for fundraising be adapted? What is the best form of fundraising during a crisis?
How to Start a Social Enterprise
ONLINE / Academy of Entrepreneurs / 6.00-7.00PM AEST
Learn how to start a social enterprise with award-winning entrepreneur Paula Mills.
Basics of Finance
ONLINE / The Hills Shire Council / 6.00-8.00PM AEST
The workshop will begin with a look at all of the costs a product’s sales price supports.
WEDNESDAY JUN 24
When will Australia be in Space?
ONLINE / Innovation Bay / 8.00AM AEST
The cost to create and launch rockets and satellites has decreased substantially over the last 10 years and as a result we’ve seen a boom in homegrown Space-tech startups. And with SpaceX’s successful launch just a few weeks ago, we have officially entered Space 2.0: a new global frontier for low-cost commercial space services.
MDCTP Clinical Trials Workshop
ONLINE / Cicada Innovations / 9.00AM-5.00PM AEST
Designed for medical entrepreneurs, researchers and clinical staff who want to understand the steps in developing a clinical trial from idea through to protocol.
Kickass Women Slaying the Tech World
ONLINE / General Assembly / 11.00AM-12.00PM AEST
Join inspiring female leaders from the tech world as they share their learnings, failings and secrets of success in a fun format.
Legal Lunch & Learn with AirTree & Avid Legal
ONLINE / AirTree Ventures / 12.00PM NZT
For Kiwi founders looking to raise funding for the first time, AirTree has open sourced our New Zealand Subscription Agreement - one of the documents used to help formalise the non-binding term sheet.
The Simple Guide to Organising Your Online Hackathon
ONLINE / Hackathons International / 12.00-1.00PM AEST
In this masterclass session you will be going through the benefits of holding a virtual Hackathon, and the 'SIMPLE' guide to converting your hackathon online.
Emerging from COVID-19
ONLINE / University of Newcastle / 12.00-1.30PM AEST
As businesses owners and leaders are beginning to step out of crisis mode, a new question is emerging, "Where do I even begin in planning for the future?"
The Hardware Code: Deciphering for Success
ONLINE / City of Sydney / 12.30-1.30PM AEST
Shama Sukul Lee, Founder & CEO at Sunfed is reimagining the food system, starting with meat.
Outstaffing and Outsourcing Tips and Tricks
ONLINE / Taikera / 12.30-1.30PM AEST
Shama Sukul Lee, Founder & CEO at Sunfed is reimagining the food system, starting with meat.
Building Your Brand Online
ONLINE / General Assembly / 12.30-1.30PM AEST
Join GA as they discuss how businesses can go online quickly and why they should own their own brand and customers online versus other distribution or aggregator models.
K-12 Showcase - Student Engagement in a Digital Environment
ONLINE / EduGrowth / 3.30-5.30PM AEST
This event will feature an in-conversation session with two prominent leaders in the K-12 school sector: Lyn Hay & Leanne Guillion, followed by a showcase of four Australian EdTech products focussed on maximising student engagement in a digital environment.
Building a More Competitive Economey
ONLINE / DIFvic / 4.00-5.00PM AEST
Understanding how other countries around the world are working to crack the big problems helps illuminate the sort of action required to make a difference.
The State of Startups
ONLINE / University of Newcastle / 5.00-7.00PM AEST
Hear from founders throughout the region and dive into the state of startups in a highly disruptive period.
How to Start a Business
Pyrmont / Academy of Entrepreneurs / 6.00-7.00PM AEST
Learn how to start a startup & become an entrepreneur in this free workshop!
Steps2Grow Information Night
ONLINE / UNE SMART Region Incubator / 7.30-8.30PM AEST
The UNE SMART Region Incubator are proud to present their online Young Entrepreneurs Program for 2020, Steps2Grow.
Evening Yoga for Entrepreneurs
ONLINE / Founder Institute / 8.30-9.30PM AEST
An ancient philosophy and way of living passed down through centuries, the benefits of regularly practicing Yoga go beyond relaxation and recalibration of the mind and body, it also helps us to tap in our unconscious mind which holds our deepest creativity and much more inner resources.
THURSDAY JUN 25
Establishing Click-Worthy Social Media Content
ONLINE / Fishburners / 12.00PM AEST
Doing justice to the time sink that is social media depends on being clear what your agenda is and which of the finite number of value creation topics you can leverage. Matt Lawton will talk you through each one and let you decide where your content belongs.
R&D Tax & COVID-19 Implications for EOFY
ONLINE / Tank Stream Labs / 12.00-1.00PM AEST
Hall Chadwick will be running a session on R&D tax with additional information on what this means for your business during and post COVID-19.
How to Think and Ideate like a Re-Invention Renegade
ONLINE / Dream Talks / 12.30-1.30PM AEST
Thinking like a re-invention renegade is set to become a much sought-after skill now and into the future, involving the ability to understand, explore and identify future trends.
The New Digital World of Manufacturing
ONLINE / DIFvic / 1.00-2.00PM AEST
This webinar focuses on four different human-centred dimensions of Industry 4.0: Mindset, Work, Learning, and Creating Value.
Neuroscience of Growth
ONLINE / Vitae / 1.00-2.00PM AEST
Vitae.Coach’s Neuroscience of Growth online workshop arms individuals and teams with the neurological knowledge of growth, how we learn, and how we can adapt to advance ourselves and organisations.
Building the FinTech Industry
ONLINE / General Assembly / 2.30-3.30PM AEST
The disruption in the financial services industry is unprecedented, especially with more fintechs moving up the ranks and enhancing the experience of moving money.
LaunchHUB Showcase
ONLINE / SMIT Activator Melbourne / 4.00-6.00PM AEST
From joining forces with the Vietnam campuses to virtual delivery shift in this extraordinary time only prove that nothing will dampen the teams' entrepreneurship spirits.
TFN Virtual Live
ONLINE / The Funding Network / 5.30-7.00PM AEST
You’ll hear from three inspiring AMP Tomorrow Makers and have the opportunity to pledge your support to: Autism Swim, Dreams2Live4 and The Pink Elephants Support Network.
SATURDAY JUN 27
Emergence Canada
ONLINE / Wholesale Investor / 3.00-6.00AM AEST
Sharing ideas and inspirations by, with and for emerging companies.
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