Investment & Commercialisation Stream

The Investment and Commercialisation Stream is designed to:

PROMOTE INNOVATION

Highlight pioneering concepts, products, and services across various industries.

CONNECT ENTREPRENUERS
AND INVESTORS

Facilitate networking and investment opportunities for startups and scaleups.

INSPIRE AND EDUCATE

Offer insights, inspiration, and knowledge sharing among participants.

Special startups rate $199 one day pass – only available to the first 30 registrations

Investment & Commercialisation Stream Program

Tuesday 24th October 2023

Ballroom 2

11.30am – 11.35am

Introduction
Peter Rossdeutcher

Chair – AROSE Board of Advisors & First Nations X

11.35am – 11.45am

Stream Opening
Stephen Dawson

Minister for Emergency Services; Innovation and the Digital Economy; Science; Medical Research; Minister Assisting the Minister for State and Industry Development, Jobs and Trade

11.45am – 12.00pm

Presentation
From engineering, to entrepreneurship, to space, to impact
Sara Sabry

Citizen Astronaut, CEO and Founder – Deep Space Initiative

12.00pm – 12.30pm

Panel
Cross-sector innovation ecosystems
Moderator
Peter Rossdeutcher

Chair – AROSE Board of Advisors & First Nations X

Panellists
Neil Freeman

Innovation Manager – Rio Tinto

Pia Turcinov AM

General Partner – Fund WA, Director – BrainChip Holdings

James Bunn

President – Engineers Australia, UK Chapter

David Korsmeyer

Deputy Center Director – NASA's Ames Research Center (USA)

Rohan McDougall

Executive Director Commercialisation – Curtin University

12.30pm – 12.40pm

Presentation
Bridging the gap
Florence Drummond

Director – Kara Ged

12.40pm – 12.50pm

Presentation
First Nations startup capital
Dr Kent Matla

Triangle Capital & Blak Angels Network

12.50pm – 1.15pm

Panel
First Nations X: Innovation and entrepreneurship
Moderator
Paula Taylor

32Degrees South & MIT REAP Team WA

Panellists
Jasmine Kadic

Managing Director – Benang Industries

Raquel Todd

Blak Line Industries & Four Hills Group

Nathan Cole

Co-founder – Blak Digital

1.15pm – 2.15pm

Lunch

2.15pm – 2.20pm

Introduction
Susan Kreemer-Pickford

General Manager, WA – Engineers Australia

2.20pm – 2.30pm

Presentation
Fast tracking cross-sector commercialisation
Adrian Beer

CEO – METS Ignited

2.30pm – 2.40pm

Presentation
Leveraging cross sector innovation through strategic communications
Daria Filichkina

COO – AstroAgency (Scotland)

2.40pm – 3.00pm

Panel
Supporting startup scale in Australia
Moderator
Jacqui Coombes

Board Chair; ICRAR, Mining3 and SageAbility

Panellists
Dr Zvi Guterman

Chief Executive Officer – Cloudshare (Israel)

Dr Stefan Paterson

Principal – Integrated IP

Alexandra Vidyuk

Founder – Space Ambition (Singapore)

Sebastian Chaoui

Co-Founder & CEO – Arlula

3.00pm – 3.45pm

Pitches
Startup and scaleup pitches
MC
Kylah Morrison

General Manager – METS Ignited Australia

Pitches
Ben Brayford

Chief Executive Officer - Innovative Energy Solutions

Lucy Cooke

Founder & CEO – SpaceDraft

Erin Bell

Founder & Managing Director – Co Connect App

Dr Susanne Bahn

CEO – Tap into Safety

Aman Pannu

Lead Solutions Director – Chironix

Mehdi Ravanbakhsh

CEO & Co-Founder – CryptoCrispy

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