WA Innovation Calendar

WA ICT Update with the Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC
2026-06-10 08:30 - 12:00 (Australia/Perth) | Parmelia Hilton, 14 Mill Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Join AIIA for the WA Government Tech Investment Update with the opening address delivered by the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC.
Greg Italiano, CIO who will provide an update on the WA Government’s Digital Capability Fund. With significant investment in digital transformation through the Fund, the WA Government is driving major reform. This session will highlight key digital transformation initiatives reshaping public sector service delivery, offer industry valuable insights into upcoming partnership opportunities and reveal what’s next on the horizon.
Shaun Walsh, Executive Director, Digital Health at WA Health will focus his presentation on Scaling Digital Health and AI in WA and how WA Health is approaching digital transformation at a system level, not as a collection of projects, but through a structured roadmap that builds foundational capability and scales toward an intelligent, AI-enabled health system.

BrewHub and Connect - June
2026-06-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct, Pederick Rd, Neerabup, WA, Australia
Join us for our June edition of our Brew Hub and Connect networking event at the AARP – featuring Robotic Systems.
This morning tea-style event is a fantastic opportunity to meet and connect with current AARP Users, key stakeholders and the broader robotics and innovation ecosystem. There will also be a tour of the AARP HQ facility as part of the event.
About Robotic Systems
Founded in Newcastle and now with a presence in Perth, Robotic Systems is an industrial design, development, and manufacturing business. We partner with mines and mining equipment manufacturers to design and manufacture advanced operational technology products. Our team specializes in precision sensing, control systems, and automation solutions that address complex challenges in harsh in-mine environments. With a proven track record of delivering production-ready technologies used globally, we help the mining industry improve safety, productivity, and operational performance.
About the Speaker: Will Brentson, Head of Advanced Technology
Will Brentson leads Robotic Systems’ newly established Western Australia division. He brings over 15 years of experience in the mining sector, including 10 years in operations roles. Prior to joining Robotic Systems, Will held leadership positions across the mining technology landscape, including eight years at Fortescue and serving as Regional Manager at Weir, where he led the APAC Motion Metrics division and drove advancements in mining intelligent-vision technologies. With a background in large-scale deployment, mining automation, and frontier hardware systems, Will now oversees Robotic Systems’ WA operations.

Beyond the Bite series: Balancing nutritional value and environmental impact of food
2026-06-10 10:00 - 11:00 | online, Australia
Join us for the first webinar in ATSE’s Agriculture and Food Forum series, Beyond the Bite — a multi-part series exploring the future of Australian food and agriculture, from nutrition and sustainability to biosolutions, productivity and value-added innovation.
The first webinar will be exploring how we can balance the nutritional needs of a growing global population with the environmental impacts of food production. Moving beyond the plant vs animal debate, this discussion will unpack Australian research, local data and practical solutions for building healthier and more sustainable food systems.

Climate Tech Charge 2026 Program Showcase [online]
2026-06-10 10:30 - 11:30 | online, Australia
EnergyLab is Australia’s largest climate tech startup accelerator. This showcase features 8 selected startups from our 2026 Climate Tech Charge Program – EnergyLab’s pre-accelerator program designed to support early-stage founders to build market traction and become investment ready.
Join us to hear high-impact pitches from our founders solving critical challenges in the climate tech space.
Meet the startups:
• Found Power – driving the travel industry away from fossil fuels.
• Air2Energy – turning pollution into power
• Surya – accelerating utility-scale solar construction with tech
• Thermal Dawn – Australian-made thermal storage for heating, cooling & hot water
• ReadySteadyPlug – scalable, equitable and fit-for-purpose EV charging system designed for apartment buildings.
• Square by Square – enabling anyone to own and protect tiny Squares of conservation land.
• Environmental Solar Recycling Australia – end of life solar panel management
• Alpine Energy – EV fast charging

Overview of the new National Health and Medical Research Strategy - The strategic direction of health and medical research in Australia over the next decade and what it means for you
2026-06-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6000, Australia
Come along to hear from Prof Steve Wesselingh, CEO, National Health and Medical Research Council, speak on NHMRC activity and the recently released National Health and Medical Research Strategy.
Learn more about:

The recently released National Health and Medical Research Strategy
How EMCRs can position themselves within national priorities
How the strategy addresses the instability of EMCR career pathways
Investigating opportunities for EMCRs to contribute to implementation of the strategy
Advice for EMCRs trying to build nationally competitive programs from WA

WA Sundowner with Michael Dickson, Department of Energy & Economic Dev.
2026-06-10 16:30 - 18:30 | SAP Perth, 15/109 St Georges Tce, Perth, WA, 6000
Join AIIA members and guests at this networking opportunity where Michael Dickson, Manager Digital Industries, WA Department of Energy and Economic Diversification will provide an update on the government’s view on how digital supports energy transition and how ICT can be an enabling layer of infrastructure for economic diversification.
Also in this session, Elizabeth Whitelock, AIIA’s CEO and Chris Wren, AIIA’s General Manager Policy & Media will share insights from the AIIA’s work across the country, exploring how initiatives undertaken at both a state and national level are creating changes for our industry. Drawing on on-the-ground experience they will unpack the broader implications for policy and what it means for members wherever they operate.
Tickets are limited, so get in early to secure your spot.

Nucleate GVA | PATH: Intellectual Property Strategy for Life Science Founders
2026-06-11 07:00 - 08:00 | online, Australia
Speaker: Dr. Chris Vindurampulle (Principal, Patent and Trade Marks Attorney at Griffith Hack)
​Are you a life science researcher thinking about turning your discovery into a biotech startup? Learn how to think strategically about intellectual property, protect inventions before disclosure, and avoid common IP pitfalls on the path from lab discovery to commercialization.
​Turning academic research into a biotech company requires more than strong science. It also means understanding what kinds of intellectual assets you are creating, when to protect them, who owns them, and whether your future company will have the freedom to operate. In this session, Dr. Chris Vindurampulle, featured by the Nucleate Global Virtual Activator team, will walk through the key IP considerations researchers should understand when translating research into a startup.

MinEx CRC 2026 Mid-Year Science Review
2026-06-11 08:30 - 17:00 | Ibis Perth, 334 Murray Street, Perth, WA, 6000
Registrations are now open for the 2026 MinEx CRC Mid-Year Science Review , to be held on Thursday 11 June 2026 at the Ibis Perth, WA.
The Mid-Year Science Review provides an important opportunity for MinEx CRC participants and affiliates to come together and assess progress against the program’s original vision, share updates across research programs and projects, and discuss pathways for integration and commercialisation.
The event will feature technical presentations from MinEx CRC researchers, program updates, and the presentation of postgraduate student submission bonuses.

KCA University Start-Up Workshop [online]
2026-06-11 09:00 - 2026-06-12 17:00 | online, Australia
Run across two days – this workshop will be run again in June 2026
Facilitated by Simon Wilkins and John Grace AO, this program provides participants with the essential and fundamental methods for creating a successful technology spinout, from inception to exit.
This course covers key stages involved in starting a new high-growth startup, sources of funds and management of the new business.
Join us for valuable insights if you work with startups as an inventor or as part of a commercialisation team, or plan to do so in the future.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and drive your startup to success

City of Subiaco x CORE: Tech Talk
2026-06-11 12:00 - 14:00 | Quello Bar, 10A Rokeby Road, Subiaco, WA, 6008
Subiaco Tech Talk lands at Quello Bar on Thursday 11 June for a one-off Lunch and Learn built for the people shaping WA’s resources future – founders, operators and innovators working at the intersection of mining and tech.
Get a behind-the-scenes look from a guest speaker (to be announced) building tech that’s reshaping the sector in WA – followed by Q&A and the kind of conversations that don’t happen behind a desk.

Site visit: ATCO’s hydrogen facility
2026-06-11 16:00 - 17:00 | ATCO, 81 Prinsep Road, Jandakot, WA, 6164
Site visit: ATCO’s hydrogen facility
This visit to ATCO’s hydrogen facility will provide participants with an in-depth, practical understanding of how hydrogen technologies are being deployed within a live utility environment.
The session will explore key aspects of hydrogen production, storage, and integration into existing gas infrastructure, with a particular focus on operational considerations, safety protocols, and the challenges of scaling renewable fuels in real-world settings. Participants will gain insights into the role of hydrogen in the energy transition, supported by case-based discussions and on-site observations of active systems.
The session is designed to bridge theory and practice, enabling attendees to better understand implementation pathways, regulatory constraints, and industry expectations. By the end of the visit, participants will be equipped with a clearer perspective on the opportunities and limitations of hydrogen as a viable component of future energy systems.

WA HSA Site Tour: Baden Engineering Facility Via Online Composite Engineering
2026-06-11 17:30 - 19:30 | Baden Engineering Facility, 36 Cocos Drive, Bibra Lake, WA, 6163
The Hydrogen Society of Australia (HSA) WA Chapter invites you to attend an exclusive industry presentation and facility tour hosted by Online Composite Engineering (OCE), a Western Australian specialist engineering company delivering advanced carbon fibre composite repair technologies to critical industries across Australia.
Operating across the Mining & Resources, Oil & Gas, Water Utilities, Chemical Processing, and Heavy Industrial sectors, OCE provides innovative engineering solutions that enable damaged pipelines, tanks, pressure systems, and structural assets to be rehabilitated while remaining operational. By avoiding full shutdowns and intrusive replacement works, these technologies can significantly reduce downtime, improve safety outcomes, and extend long-term asset performance.
Attendees will gain insight into how advanced composite engineering systems are being applied in real-world industrial environments to support safer, more sustainable, and cost-effective asset management strategies.

Let’s Talk RWA: Tokenising the Real World
2026-06-11 19:00 - 20:00 | online, Australia
Let’s Talk RWA: Tokenising the Real World will focus the discussion on the topic of the liquidity gap in tokenised real estate and other RWAs with special guests Sandra Fajardo and Mike Nguyen.
Google Meet Online: Register on Luma. https://luma.com/fiqqs1i2
Thursday 11 June 2026
7PM – 8PM WST
RWA Regional Hub Perth powered by Blocksquare, TecStack, Orange Brick Road, Story Community Downunder and Spektrumlab Pty Ltd .

UWA Data Institute 2026 Conference | DATA MATTERS: Virtuous and the Vicious
2026-06-12 08:30 - 17:00 | The University Club of WA, Ground Floor Auditorium, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
This year’s conference at The University of Western Australia invites leaders from research, industry, and policy makers to examine how we safeguard a healthy and trustworthy data-verse, ensuring data continues to underpin rigorous, evidence-based decision-making in an increasingly synthetic world.
PROGRAM HIGLIGHTS:

Toby Walsh FAA FTSE FRSN at UNSW, on the future of AI
UWA researcher Michael Kyron, Business Support Manager at the Suicide Prevention and Resilience Research Centre (UWA)
Tamryn Barker, Sector Director, Mining & Nature Tech at Founders Factory
A cross-sector fireside chat featuring leaders from the ICRAR (International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research) Research and industry UWA

We’ll also showcase the next generation of research leaders through our Postgraduate Student Researcher Pitch and present the UWA Data Institute Research Awards.
If you’re passionate about quality data, innovation and impact, this is a conversation you’ll want to be part of.

She Codes Workshop: A Beginner Coding, Tech and AI Workshop for Women
2026-06-13 09:00 - 15:30 | Perth Town Hall, 601 Hay Street, Perth, WA, Australia
Are you ready to unlock your potential in tech?
The world is moving quickly. and we want to see you set up for success. Join us on June 13, 2026, in Perth for an inspiring one-day workshop designed specifically for women who want to learn coding skills and boost their confidence in the tech world.

Webinar: The Reimagined Mine
2026-06-15 12:00 - 13:00 | online, Australia
The mining sector is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by automation, digital systems, AI and sustainability. The Mining Innovation Across the Lifecyle webinar series will dive into the mining lifecycle – from smarter exploration techniques to digital mine planning, intelligent operations, advanced processing, and mine closure.
Join us on Monday 15 June as we continue the series with The Reimagined Mine. This session will explore the breakthrough technologies redefining the industry, from AI and machine learning to integrated digital ecosystems. Discover how the next wave of innovation is shaping the future of mining and beyond.
Webinar Details: Monday 15 June 2026 | 2:00PM AEST

Latitude 37 Backed by Airwallex Info session
2026-06-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Curtin Entrepreneurs Hub, 1 Koorliny Way, Bentley, WA, 6012, Australia
If AI is central to your product, service, or business model. If you’re aged 25 or under at the application deadline. If you’re an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have local roots, and you’re still early stage… then you need to know about Latitude 37, backed by Airwallex, one of the biggest opportunities for young founders we’ve ever seen.
Hosted by Curtin Entrepreneurs, we’re bringing together the Latitude 37 team and young founders on Monday, 15 June to share more about what this Program has to offer and how to stand out in what will surely be a competitive field.
Find out how to apply to Latitude 37 – and what they want to hear about your big, audacious idea, the strength and originality of what you’re building, and what you understand about the AI space that others don’t, to be one of 10+ founders selected from across Australia for this life-changing Program.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
$100K – No equity. No debt. The grant is yours to deploy however you need: runway, hiring, infrastructure, so you can stay focused on building.
TRAVEL – Two intensive trips to San Francisco and Singapore tech hubs. Time with investors, founders, and customers who can accelerate your progress.
ACCESS – Mentors, domain experts, potential investors, and customers from across the Airwallex ecosystem who can open doors that would otherwise take years to reach.
Curtin Entrepreneurs has partnered with Latitude 37, backed by Airwallex, to explore this opportunity and give you the best possible chance of success!
➡️Event open to Curtin Entrepreneurs members and all WA founders

7th Australia-Korea New Energy Forum
2026-06-15 15:00 - 18:00 | Perth WA, Western Australia, Australia
Invest and Trade Western Australia (WA) is proudly supporting 7th Australia-Korea New Energy Forum, presented by the Australia-Korea Business Council in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.
Under the theme, ‘A Future Made in Australia: From shared vision to joint action with Korea in the new energy era’, the forum will bring together government and industry leaders to strengthen collaboration across the global energy transition.
As home to some of the best renewable energy sources in the world, including rich reserves of critical minerals, WA continues to play a key role in powering innovation, supporting the transition to new energy, and strengthening long-term international collaboration, including with partners such as Korea.
Learn more and register via the Australia-Korea Business Council website

PSWA Innovation Night 2026
2026-06-15 18:30 - 21:30 | Enclave Event Space, 236 Lord Street, Perth, WA, 6000
The Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia (PSWA) is pleased to announce the upcoming PSWA Innovation Night 2026, our flagship event dedicated to showcasing the newest innovations in the pharmacy industry. With a brand new location (and increased capacity), this years event brings exciting presenters who will inspire with stories of their innovation journey, sharing their experience from taking an idea and bringing it to fruition!

MiningNews Select Perth 2026
2026-06-16 08:00 - 2026-06-17 17:00 | Crown Perth, Great Eastern Highway, Perth, WA, Australia
An event where resource investors can connect directly with mining companies and explore their projects for potential investment.
Discover exciting opportunities, engage in one-on-one discussions and gain valuable insights into the mining investment landscape.

CSIRO Webinar: From data to action: new insights into Australia's circular economy
2026-06-16 12:00 - 13:00 | online, Australia
This event will bring together the latest research, state experience, and national policy to explore what Australia’s first comprehensive circular economy metrics mean for how we plan, implement, and measure progress towards a circular economy.
You’ll hear from:

CSIRO presenting key insights from Australia’s first sub-national material flow and circularity accounts, covering all states and territories from 2010 to 2024, including what the data reveals about material demand, waste, emissions, and circularity performance across every jurisdiction.
Policymakers from South Australia and Victoria sharing their firsthand experience of using circular economy metrics in the policy process, including what works, what’s hard, and what the new data can contribute.
The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) on why robust metrics are essential for national circular economy planning and implementation, and how this new evidence base fits within Australia’s broader circular economy framework.

AI Roundtable 2026: Governance, Safety & Innovation
2026-06-16 14:00 - 16:00 | The Platform, 256 Adelaide Terrace #3 Perth, WA 6000 Australia, Perth, Australia, 6000, Australia
Western Australia’s voices on the rules, risks, and real value of artificial intelligence.

Five voices. One table. Two hours that matter.
In mid-2026, every senior leader in Western Australia is being asked the same question: what does responsible artificial intelligence actually mean for my organisation, my community, and my obligations as a citizen?
AI Roundtable 2026 is the WA AI Hub’s flagship public conversation on the rules, risks and real value of artificial intelligence in Western Australia. For one afternoon, five voices sit around one table for a moderated discussion followed by a practical workshop. No vendor pitch. No futurism. A working roundtable on what to do next.
Why this conversation, why now
Australia has a Commonwealth Chief AI Officer mandate in force, a Voluntary AI Safety Standard, and a State AI Policy and Assurance Framework in Western Australia. Boards, executives and senior public servants are all being asked to act, often with limited internal capability and no precedent. This event puts the people setting the rules in the same room as the people working under them and the public who lives with the consequences.
Around the table

Kate Chaney MP, Independent Federal Member for Curtin. Among Australia’s most active parliamentary voices on AI and leading work on deepfakes in elections, on automated decision-making safeguards in government, and on AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
Prof. Sharath Sriram, Chief Scientist Western Australia. WA’s fourth and most senior independent science advisor, appointed in June 2025. Nanoelectronics researcher and Fellow of Engineers Australia, with two decades of work translating research into industry.
Prof. Toby Walsh, Chief Scientist of the UNSW AI Institute. ARC Laureate Fellow, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and one of the world’s most cited AI researchers. Author of five books on AI for the general public, most recently The Shortest History of AI (2025).
Josh Tedjasaputra, Founder & Chair, WA AI Hub. Designer of the Responsible AI Governance Sprint and publisher of the Australia AI Business Index 2026. Adjunct at UNSW teaching Responsible AI and Human-Computer Interaction.
Facilitated by Dr Eunice Sari, Director of CX Insight and Adjunct Associate Professor at UNSW. First Asian female Google Developer Expert in Product Design and Strategy. Three decades of human-computer interaction practice across academia and industry.

Who this is for
Senior executives, board directors, public servants, academics, AI practitioners, and any Western Australian who takes the future of AI in this State seriously enough to spend two hours thinking it through with others.

Critical Minerals & Tailings Monthly Webinar (MRIWA)
2026-06-16 15:00 - 16:00 | online, Australia
The transition towards a circular and low-carbon economy requires innovative and integrated approaches to secure the supply of critical raw materials (CRMs). This presentation will focus on the development of advanced process routes for CRM recovery from primary and secondary resources, while ensuring the valorisation of all process streams across the value chain. The work covers a holistic approach that integrates resource pre-treatment, hydrometallurgical processing, separation and refining steps, as well as the treatment and reuse of process waters. Particular emphasis is placed on the design of sustainable and efficient recovery strategies that maximise resource efficiency, reduce chemical consumption, and minimise waste generation.
The use case presented is centred on lithium extraction from spodumene as a representative primary resource. This case demonstrates a validated TRL 5 process concept for sustainable lithium recovery, combining selective processing strategies with integrated residue management. In addition to lithium production, the approach enables the valorisation of the remaining solid residues, contributing to a more circular and resource-efficient flowsheet.
Although the case study focuses on lithium, the developed methodologies are transferable to other critical raw materials and are aligned with the increasing need for more sustainable mining and processing practices. Overall, the presentation highlights how integrated process design can bridge efficiency, sustainability, and circularity in primary CRM production systems.

NIM Industry Insights Series – Electrifying Asia’s Hard-to-Abate Industries: Clean Power for a Competitive Net-Zero Future​
2026-06-16 16:00 - 17:30 | online, Australia
This joint webinar by the Net-Zero Industries Mission and the Green Powered Future Mission, taking place on 16 June at 10:00 CEST / 16:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8), will explore how industrial electrification can accelerate the transition towards near-zero industrial production.​
The session will focus on the role of clean electricity, power system flexibility, industrial heat electrification and enabling infrastructure in replacing fossil-based industrial processes. Particular attention will be given to the conditions required to scale electrification across Asian industries, including affordable renewable power, grid readiness, investment frameworks and supportive policy environments.​
Bringing together international experts, industry representatives and regional perspectives, the webinar will highlight practical pathways for linking industrial decarbonisation with the transformation of future energy systems.​

Cyber Connect June Event
2026-06-16 17:00 - 19:30 | The Globe, 495/497 Wellington Street, PERTH, WA, 6000, Australia
Cyber Connect is a curated, executive-level series designed to bring leaders together to collaborate, tackle today’s most pressing cyber challenges, and exchange practical insights across sectors.
Each month, we deep-dive into a critical cybersecurity issue, creating space for informed discussion, peer learning, and forward-thinking solutions.
🚀 Join a trusted network of peers to challenge assumptions, share lessons learned, and help shape stronger, more resilient organisations in an evolving threat landscape.

Spacecubed Perth AI Builders Get Together: Building with LLMs & AI
2026-06-16 17:30 - 19:00 | SPACECUBED, 45 St George Terrace, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
​Perth AI Builders is a new community meetup focused on the practical side of AI, especially the fast-moving world of LLMs, agentic workflows, AI tooling and startup building.
​Led by Marcus Holmes, the evening will feature a keynote session from Dr Stephanie Stoll, exploring what LLMs actually are, how they work, and why they’re rapidly changing the way we build products, businesses and workflows.
​Following the session, attendees will have the opportunity to share what they’ve been building, showcase projects, demonstrate tools, exchange ideas and learn from others experimenting with AI in the real world.
​Whether you’re deep into agentic coding workflows, exploring AI tools for your startup, or simply trying to understand where this technology is heading, this meetup is designed to be practical, accessible and community-led.
​Bring your laptop, meet like-minded builders, and join the conversation.
​Across the evening, attendees can expect:
• A keynote session with Dr Stephanie Stoll on understanding LLMs and modern AI tools
• Community project showcases and live demonstrations
• Practical discussions around AI workflows and tools
• Conversations around startups, product development and AI-enabled businesses
• Networking with Perth’s growing AI and tech community
​Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a developer, founder, designer, student, operator or simply AI-curious.
​This event is free to attend, however registrations are essential. Light refreshments will be provided.

Building and selling a product that didn’t have a category - with Michael Kuzma.
2026-06-17 07:30 - 09:30 | Riff, 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
Michael Kuzma spent more than seven years building robotic self-playing guitars before figuring out if anyone would actually want one.
In this session, Michael will share the practical lessons learned while creating and selling a product that sits somewhere between robotics, music, engineering and art. Working largely solo from Perth, he went from having no clear market, to viral attention, to thousands of low-quality enquiries, and eventually to a small number of highly qualified buyers around the world.
The journey forced him to rethink pricing, marketing, storytelling, and what a sustainable business actually looks like when your product does not fit neatly into an existing category.
Michael will unpack how he turned polarising online attention into global exposure, redesigned his sales process to filter serious buyers from curious onlookers, and learned to position a strange, high-end hardware/art product for international customers willing to pay for it.

Rethinking Business as Usual (Regional Development Australia)
2026-06-17 08:30 - 16:00 | Capel Marron Farm, 313 Goodwood Road, Capel, WA, 6271
If we want to achieve meaningful gains, we need to discard the everyday settings that are hard-wired in all of us. Revitalise conventional approaches to boost productivity and innovation.
Join for a full-day event designed to challenge traditional approaches. Through practical examples and open minds, you can move beyond ingrained habits and think differently. Don’t miss this opportunity to reignite and revitalise your world.
Spealers include:

Scott Robinson, RDASW
Josh Whiteland, Koomal Dreaming
Charles Jenkinson, RDASW
Tash Teakle, Innovation Cluster
Tony Johansen, TMC
Harold Tracey, H&M Tracey
Scott Bell & Jordan Parker, Capel Marron Farm
Plus others

Tourism | Circular Economy | Waste | Food & Agritech | Advanced Manufacturing | Construction | Waste Water | Capel Marron Farm produce & tours | And more…

15 years of the Centre for Social Impact at UWA
2026-06-17 17:00 - 19:00 | UWA Business School, 8716 Hackett Drive, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
The event will feature reflections on our teaching and research and engagement as well as a panel discussion on “The Future of Social Impact in WA: Systems Reform, Community Leadership and Collaboration”. Beyond the stage discussions, this celebration is all about enjoying yourselves! Grab a drink, relax, and connect with fellow local change-makers in our community.

ASTN WA Event | Future Impacts of AI on the Sports Industry
2026-06-17 17:00 - 20:00 | ECU City Hub, 491 Wellington Street, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Join ASTN for an engaging session with leaders of Australia’s sportstech and innovation sector to understand how artificial intelligence is likely to impact the future of sports. The event will commence with a tour of the new Edith Cowan University, hosted by the Pro Vic-Chancellor of Sport, Professor Sophia Nimphius.
Agenda

Arrival: 5:00pm-5:15pm
Campus Tour & Welcome: 5:15pm-5:45pm
Introduction: 6:00-6:05pm Craig Hill (Co-Founder, ASTN) and Britney Victor (Program Manager, Spacecubed)

Presentation: The Future Impacts of AI on the Sports Industry (6:10pm-6:30pm)
By Dr Martin Schlegel, Executive Chair, ASTN
AI is impacting every industry including sports, as AI-powered tools become more common in every level of our lives. This session will explore how AI is impacting sport and how it is expected to impact everything from high performance analytics, to club management operations and personalised fan engagement in the future.
With the Australian Sports Commission recently releasing guidelines on the responsible use of AI as well as a roadmap to help sports harness the potential of AI, the session will highlight opportunities and considerations that sports and startups need to take when developing and deploying such tools.
Panel: The Future Impacts of AI on the Sports Industry (6:30pm-6:55pm)

Prof Sophia Nimphius, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sport), Edith Cowan University
Joel Steel, Co-Founder, KOMO Technologies
Dr Martin Schlegel, Executive Chair, ASTN

What’s Happening in WA Sportstech? (6:55pm-7:10pm)
Some of WA’s established, growing and emerging companies will share updates on their businesses

Bhavesh Nathoo, Founder, 3DMeasureMe
Grant Szalek, Co-Founder, BOLTT
Joel Steel, Co-Founder, KOMO Technologies

Networking (7:10pm-7:45pm)
Drinks and nibbles provided
