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MONDAY NOV 9
Founder Stories: Russell Wilkinson
ONLINE | Tank Stream Labs | 12.00-12.30PM AEDT
Russell Wilkinson, CEO & Founder, World Customs Portal. As a Customs and International Trade (CIT) expert, Russell aims to improve the compliance of customs duty in a client’s business, thereby producing cash savings, real margin improvement, and enhanced Customs Compliance for the future of the business.
Create Stand-Out Content Webinar
ONLINE | City of Sydney | 12.00-1.00PM AEDT
Learn how to create stand-out content that gets shared and builds community with Chris Wirasinha, cofounder of Pedestrian.tv.
TUESDAY NOV 10
Building a Thriving Team with Adam Schwab
ONLINE | Blackbird | 8.00AM AEDT
Adam will discuss how to navigate the cofounder relationship during a startup's growth, early hires and team building, and his strategy and approach to leadership from startup to scale-up.
Effective Startup Mentorship Practises
ONLINE | Techstars | 4.00-6.00PM AEDT
Join this informative session about how you can share your knowledge and experience with founders in a way that works best for them.
Are we in a Golden Age for Publishing?
ONLINE | The Studio | 12.00-12.30PM AEDT
So you want to be a digital publisher? COSMOS founder Kylie Ahern has a bit of advice that you need to hear.
Hello Good Content: Creating Content that Converts
ONLINE | General Assembly | 6.00-7.30PM AEDT
You’ll learn how to utilize different types of content to tell a story, increase engagement around your content, and then repurpose your content for different channels to maximize visibility.
HATCH Pitch Event
ONLINE | HATCH | 6.00-8.00PM AEDT
Join the HATCH Taronga Accelerator Program Pitch Event 2020 to hear passionate founders talk about the brilliant initiatives they are hatching for the planet.
WEDNESDAY NOV 11
Disability Inclusion is Good for the Bottom Line
ONLINE | Remarkable | 12.00-12.45PM AEDT
This panel will discuss how inclusion can realise significant gains in value creation and the bottom line, and the opportunities in this convergence of disability inclusion and growth of conscious capital.
The Future of Loyalty
ONLINE | Stone & Chalk | 12.00-1.00PM AEDT
Loyalty programs, when designed and executed correctly, can work to generate increased visits, spend, brand affinity, advocacy, retention, and market share. For this reason, they will continue to attract large amounts of investment and innovation globally to increase their impact and cost-effectiveness.
Justin Samuel, CTO & Founder, Less Bits
ONLINE | Tank Stream Labs | 1.00-1.30PM AEDT
Justin Samuel, founder of Less Bits, began his career in 2001 as a self-taught PHP developer. A few years later, he went back to school to study computer science which took him on the path towards security research and academia. During this time, he identified vulnerabilities in all Linux packages managers and earned a National Science Foundation fellowship to fund his grad school research. A few years into a Ph.D., he realised he was not an academic at heart. He wanted to create and have a positive impact, and so, he created Less Bits.
The Warren Centre's 30th Innovation Lecture
ONLINE | University of Sydney | 4.00PM AEDT
This year the lecture will be delivered by Professor Hala Zreiqat AM, Director of the ARC Centre for Innovative BioEngineering and biomedical engineer at the University of Sydney who will share her journey in 'BioEngineering discoveries and translation - a successful career'.
SBE Australia E3 Final Pitch
ONLINE | SBE | 4.00-6.00PM AEDT
SBE Australia, supported by LaunchVic, presents the E3 Final Pitch night.
The Uprising of Tech and Entertainment
ONLINE | General Assembly | 6.00-7.00PM AEDT
Whether you're a content creator, gamer or a spectator, the online entertainment industry is a place for everyone that shows ample opportunity for users and businesses to connect globally.
AI Conclave
ONLINE | Tech23 | Multi-Day Event
The AI Conclave is a free online event that will help you understand how to build smart, customer-centric, scalable solutions in the cloud and on the edge using Amazon’s broadest and deepest set of machine learning and AI services.
THURSDAY NOV 12
Fix Your Customer Journey and Drive Exponential Profits
ONLINE | Fishburners | 12.00-1.00PM AEDT
Join Elise Perpetua for an eye-opener to understand how much money you are currently leaving on the table, how to fix this, and fast track your business.
From Art Lover to Breaking Barriers in the Art World
ONLINE | The Studio | 12.00-12.40PM AEDT
Tune in and tap into Paul’s advice on how to create a successful business model and what he’s learned about commercial sustainability; how to navigate investors and how his scaled his business.
FRIDAY NOV 13
Decoding Startup Slang
ONLINE | Startup Victoria | 1.00-2.00PM AEDT
Join first-time and early-stage founders for a jargon-busting session where Startup Victoria will help you decode common startup slang.
Indigenous Pitch Night
ONLINE | Fishburners | 5.00-7.00PM AEDT
To celebrate NAIDOC week, Fishburners will be hosting a pitch night with startups run by founders from an Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander heritage.
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