Event description Westpac Foundation, together with WA Social Enterprise Council (WASEC) and Westpac Group, invite you to a special afternoon to celebrate and connect WA’s Changemaker community. The event will bring together social enterprises and for-purpose organisations as well as Westpac’s growing network of employees and partners passionate about using their skills, networks and resources… Continue reading WA’s Changemaker Community Event

 FOR WA ENTRANTS: Entry is via INCITE AWARDS. Apply HERE   The iAwards is Australia’s longest running and most broadly scoped innovation recognition program, promoting excellence in the Australian digital ecosystem from the likes of Google Maps, Atlassian, Wotif and WiseTech Global. The iAwards unearth, recognise and reward excellence in Australian innovation that is making a difference and… Continue reading DEADLINE: iAwards Entries

The purpose of the DISCOV3R Program is to investigate Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) as a sustainable long-term testing solution for COVID-19.‘3R’ refers to the three streams of the Program: Reassure; Reclaim; and Repurpose. This Program aims to take a holistic approach to the use of RATs in the detection of COVID-19 infection, which includes their effective use,… Continue reading DEADLINE: DISCOV3R Program Application

The Innovation Challenge 2023: Generative Artificial Intelligence Applications (Generative AI Challenge) is seeking creative solutions that use Generative Artificial Intelligence technology to address challenges in the following streams: health and medical research health and medical innovation healthcare service delivery health and medical education and training. The Generative AI Challenge comprises of the following stages: Stage 1 -… Continue reading DEADLINE: Generative AI Challenge Applications

Applications now open for Quantum TX Accelerator METS Ignited is proud to support the first Quantum TX Accelerator program for 2023. Start-ups and small businesses who want to take their innovative solutions to the next level can now apply to gain invaluable support to accelerate their growth. The program provides facilitated access to large clients,… Continue reading DEADLINE: Applications for Quantum TX Accelerator program

Innovate to Grow is a free 10-week virtual, self-paced learning program for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to investigate new R&D opportunities related to the Energy sector. This program is open to businesses working in one of the sub-sectors listed below. If you are not sure if you fit into one of these sub-sectors, please… Continue reading DEADLINE: Innovate to Grow: Energy applications

Join this information session on 11 April 2023. Come along to meet the team hear about the Purpose Ventures Fund. We'll cover what we are looking for in our investments, how our founder-friendly process works, what you need to do to give yourself the best opportunity for investment and give time to answer all your questions. Read about… Continue reading Purpose Ventures Founder Information Session

The Western Australian Government, through Invest and Trade WA, will support up to 10 technology startups to join a trade mission to the UK for London Tech Week 2023, from 12 to 16 June. Companies will be selected through a competitive expression of interest process (see link below), which closes on Thursday 13 April 2023. Who… Continue reading DEADLINE: Applications for London Tech Week

Details Join Jason Seel from Horizon Digital and Dave Beros from Balthazar as they explore the benefits of taking a break from business as usual to run an innovation sprint. An innovation sprint sparks creativity, improves productivity, and taps into the potential of new concepts. Jason and Dave have teamed up to share the challenges… Continue reading Innovation, Learning, and Growth in just one sprint: The Innovation Sprint

Austrade’s Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) program helps Australian businesses grow their exports in international markets. These grants encourage small to medium enterprises to market and promote their goods and services globally. About the program We administer the government’s EMDG program. Since 1974, EMDG has assisted more than 51,000 unique small and medium size Australian… Continue reading DEADLINE: Export Market Development Grants

Cicada x Tech23  are searching for Australia's most promising emerging deep tech ventures. This is an opportunity for you to have a national platform to share your vision and ambition. Cicada x Tech23 Australia’s biggest deep tech showcase celebrating visionaries and innovators with extraordinary ideas to impossible challenges. Here are a few things you should… Continue reading DEADLINE: Circada x Tech23 Applications

Starting May 2023, AUSCEP aims to equip entrepreneurial clinicians with the skills and networks to transform your ideas into products and businesses that benefit the clinical care of patients — both in Australia and around the world. The program will be delivered over 12 months with 8 regular pit stops. Together with a community of 100+… Continue reading DEADLINE: AUSCEP (Clinical Entrepeneur Program)

The 7-month, part-time Perth Biodesign Course brings together multidisciplinary teams to identify unmet clinical needs and work towards inventing a medical technology or digital health solution, whilst learning about the development process. Teams usually come together once a week, on a Thursday evening, to learn, and put into practice, the course content delivered by course… Continue reading DEADLINE: Applications for Perth Biodesign Course

See yourself as a gamechanger? Let us recognise and celebrate your achievements…and open doors to future opportunities The InnovationAus Awards for Excellence celebrates outstanding performance in the commercialisation of innovative Australian ideas and IP. Since our inaugural program in 2021, the Awards has evolved into an exciting platform that shines a spotlight on the creators… Continue reading Main Entires – InnovationAus Awards

"Educating and connecting investors of tomorrow. Where we believe the potential is unlimited" YOUNG IC will be hosting an Interactive Q/A with Andy Lamb on Investing in Disruption. Experience a fun and engaging event where we become better investors. Andy Lamb is a successful investor, entrepreneur and innovator. A challenger of the status quo, driven by innovation, and the excitement of what… Continue reading Unlimited Potential – Investing in Disruption

Want to get your tech known in WA, across Australia and around the world? Need an industry mentor to help you create the perfect “pitch” your innovation? Looking for investment and industry / network opportunities to grow your tech? If you answer YES to any of this, then you should join the Awards! The INCITE… Continue reading DEADLINE: Incite Awards

In collaboration with Southern Ports, ICP is proud to work alongside Innovation Cluster to deliver an exciting Iron Ore Circuit hackathon. This hackathon is a week-long virtual & on-site event designed to bring together students, programmers/developers, industry professionals, researchers, scientists and creative technologists to work collaboratively in cross-discipline teams to find innovative ways to improve… Continue reading Iron Ore Circuit Hackathon

Translate your healthcare ideas into impactful real-world solutions Starting May 2023, AUSCEP aims to equip entrepreneurial clinicians with the skills and networks to transform your ideas into products and businesses that benefit the clinical care of patients — both in Australia and around the world. The program will be delivered over 12 months with 8 regular… Continue reading DEADLINE: Clinical Entrepreneur Program

Details Entrepreneurship is not always a smooth path, and setbacks and failures are an inevitable part of the journey. But what separates successful entrepreneurs from the rest is their ability to fail forward - to learn from setbacks and use those lessons to grow and thrive. As Henry Ford once said 'The only real mistake… Continue reading Supercharge your Startup

This webinar will provide a background to offshore seaweed aquaculture including an Australian perspective, the biophysical effects arising from interaction with waves and currents and an overview of current projects in offshore seaweed aquaculture. We’ll touch on the opportunities for cultivating macroalgae in the open ocean, required adaptation to high energy environments along with the… Continue reading Flow interactions with seaweed and implications for offshore aquaculture

Applications for the 2023 Premier's Science Awards are now open and will close at 10:00AM (AWST) on Thursday 27 April 2023 The Premier's Science Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding scientific research and engagement taking place in Western Australia. Winners will be announced at the Premier’s Science Awards ceremony in September 2023. WA scientists, researchers, STEM tertiary students and… Continue reading DEADLINE: Premier’s Science Awards Applications

Learn How to Become a Defence Industry Supplier with ODIS. Hear from our guest speaker, Greg Blycha (Defence Business Advisor) on How to become a defence supplier, Why get accredited? What to expect (the process) and the support available to SME's. The Office of Defence Industry Support (ODIS) provides a seamless experience for small and medium… Continue reading The Office of Defence Industry Support (ODIS): Learn How to Become a Defence Industry Supplier