WA Innovation Calendar

CORE Connects Conversation Series
2022-05-19 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-05-25 16:30 - 18:00 (Australia/Perth) | CORE Innovation Hub, 191 St. Georges Terrrace, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Join CORE Innovation Hub to explore some of the big ideas in the energy and mining sector.
CORE Connect Conversation Series will see a mixture of guest speakers and panel style events tackle some of the big questions facing the energy and mining sector and explore solutions and pathways to create a bigger and more sustainable future for the energy and mining industry.
Event Schedule
4.30 – Arrival & Networking
5.00 – Talk Kicks Off
5.15 – Presentation + Q&A
5.45 – Networking & Nibbles
6:00 – Conclusion

AICCWA: The Role of AI and Big Data in Personalized Medicine
2022-05-24 17:00 - 18:00 | online
From TAU (Tel Aviv University) with Professor Noam Shomron and Dr Warren Kaplan. Moderated by Professor Peter Leedman AO, Director, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

METS Ignited: Sales and Marketing Masterclass
2022-05-25 08:00 - 10:00 | online
As the world moves into a post-COVID phase, building your sales and marketing strategy and driving effective implementation of that strategy has never been more important.
Development of a solid sales and marketing strategy is a critical first step. This includes identifying your target customer segments, effectively differentiating from competitors and engaging a compelling value proposition. From here, the marketing mix can be aligned to create the best platform for your sales efforts.
The second step is aligning the business development and sales processes so that the whole sales team is working according to best practises. Your team needs to attain best practises in lead generation, first meetings, discovery meetings, collaboration meetings and to produce engaging value-based proposals. They need to be working according to a clear sales model with the right performance metrics for accurate planning and follow up purposes.
Developed by 1000 Steps in conjunction with METS Ignited, our comprehensive and integrated courses will enable you to build an effective sales and marketing strategy, and to translate this into bespoke sales processes that can be implemented immediately.

Spiritual Intelligence Webinar
2022-05-25 12:00 - 12:30 | online
Since the beginning of time, humans have been searching for answers.
How did we get here?
What is our purpose?
What is the true meaning of life?
Spiritual Intelligence is the ability to ask deeper questions about our existence and our purpose, and recognise the integrated relationship between ourselves and the world in which we live.
It means knowing that we are a significant part of a purposeful unfolding of life in our universe.

Founders Panel Event: Challenging the Status Quo
2022-05-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Riff, 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
Join us for a frank and open discussion with our panel of founders who are challenging the status quo and paving the way forward.
They will share their stories that led them to starting their business, the challenges they‘ve faced along the way and what success means to them in a conversation led by our panel facilitator, Behind the Brands Founder, Megan Del Borrello.
Behind the Brands events are open to everyone including leaders and supporters with a shared perspective.
PANELLISTS
Benjamyn Gardner: Founder of AntiBeauty
Benjamyn Gardner is the founder of AntiBeauty, one of Australia’s fastest growing skincare brands, with the mission of wanting consumers to question what their perception of beauty is and to be re-educated on ethical beauty.
Benjamyn has also experienced a very unique life and is an advocate for Mental Health Awareness, domestic violence, homelessness and trauma having experienced all of those things first hand and now trying to help fix those problems where they can.
Katie Liew: Founder & CEO of The Underground Collaborative
Katie graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce at Curtin University, majoring in Accounting & Business Law before spending the better part of 10 years in the mining and resources industry as a Management Accountant. During this time, she actively volunteered with organisations including the State Emergency Service, Camp Quality and Youth Affairs Council WA.
In 2017, she rediscovered my passion for volunteering and social impact; from there, began her social entrepreneurship journey with the dreams of driving and instilling positive change in the lives of others – in October she left her corporate career to start The Underground Collaborative which exists to provide employment to empower women and young people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. She is an advocate for social enterprise in creating systems change and sits on the board of the WA Social Enterprise Council.
Jenny Lam: Celebrity Cook & Entrepreneur
Considered one of Australia’s favourite celebrity cooks, Jenny Lam is a passionate cook and entrepreneur, owner of the popular Bunn Mee & newly launched Phat Lon in Leederville, and award-winning cookbook author of Eat Like A Viet. Jen is also a sought after speaker and media contributor, regularly appearing across Australian television screens, radio stations and newspapers.
Learning to cook at eight years of age, Jen’s culinary knowledge and skills grew from her love of her own culture, and her love of traditional Vietnamese food, and by the age of 13 she was preparing all meals for her family. Jen’s vision is to spread joy and inspiration and empowerment through her two great loves – food and business – whilst educating them on how to experience their own culinary adventures at home.
EVENT DETAILS
Enjoy a delicious lunch, make some great connections and have real conversations with like-minded founders (or soon to be founders!) people in business and industry.
Date: Wednesday 25th May, 2022
Timings:
12:00pm to 12:30pm: Registration, Networking & Lunch
12:30pm to 1:30pm: Event Start & Panel Discussion
1:30pm to 2:00pm: Networking & Event Close
Venue: Town Hall @ Riff powered by Spacecubed – 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth
Pricing:
Behind the Brands members & Spacecubed members: Free
Behind the Brands community: $15
General Admission Tickets: $25

Lean Startup Perth
2022-05-25 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-06-01 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-06-08 18:00 - 19:30 | online
What we’re about
Lean Startup Perth is a weekly informal meeting for anyone interested in learning more about Lean Startup (Eric Ries) and Customer Development (Steve Blank). We discuss issues facing startups, chapters from relevant books and, in particular, how the concepts and practices may apply to our startups. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Whilst we focus on tech startups and founders are our target audience you don’t have to be a founder or involved with a startup to come along. All you need to be is interested in learning about Lean Startup and Customer Development. We also ask that regular participants take turns in leading the discussion of a chapter or a special topic.
Please be clear though that this group is not for just starting a businesses. Startups are defined by their uncertainty (some aspect of their business model has never been used before) and often (but not always) a huge growth potential. As Steve Blank says “are temporary organisations searching for a repeatable and scalable business model.”
A Lean Startup’s approach is to hypothesise, build, measure, and learn as fast as possible to reduce this uncertainty and risk, to validate (or not) hypotheses about the product/service and business model. This differs from the traditional approach to startups that usually involves building something and hoping customers will come.
If you’d like to catchup briefly to discuss you can schedule a virtual catchup.
https://calendly.com/ashley-aitken/lean-startup
Cheers,
Ashley Aitken
Organiser – Lean Startup Perth

7 Steps to Building Your LinkedIn Influence
2022-05-26 08:00 - 09:00 | 45 St Georges Tce, 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, 6000, Australia
Are you leveraging the power of LinkedIn?
Learn the step by step LinkedIn strategies from the #1 LinkedIn expert in Asia Pacific and Founder of Australia’s leading LinkedIn marketing agency.
In this exclusive training Nathanial Bibby will share the system he has used to generatr over $500 million in sales for his clients with zero advertising
Nathanial has had over 20 million views on his LinkedIn content by following a research based process for creating and posting content that generates massive engagement and inbound leads with key decision makers in companies like Apple, Westpac, Channel 7, Hubspot and more.
Skip the costly learning curve and start getting the results that will skyrocket your revenue immediately by attending this workshop.
You’ll learn:
When and how often to post content
Algorithm hacks content creators know about
How to build authority and influencer
How to turn connections into profit
The biggest selling mistakes to avoid
The proven 3-step lead generation system
15 steps to creating massive engagement
How to use brain science in your content marketing
How to land meetings with c-suite executives and celebrities.
TICKETS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED – BE QUICK TO AVOID MISSING OUT
Nathanial Bibby is a leading digital marketing strategist, keynote speaker, content creator and entrepreneur.
Nathanial founded Australia’s first agency to specialise in LinkedIn marketing services, Bibby Consulting Group, which has generated over $400 million in sales revenue for their impressive list of clients.
He was the winner of Best Use of LinkedIn at the Social Media Marketing Awards two years in a row, both in 2019 and 2020, and ranked the #1 LinkedIn expert in the APAC region.
Nathanial is the host of LinkedIn Heroes where he has interviewed some of the world’s top entrepreneurs such as Grant Cardone, Kerwin Rae, Jack Delosa and Dr John Demartini.

Launch Curtin Ignition
2022-05-26 17:00 - 18:30 | online
Dear Curtin Ignition Alumni, Sponsors and Supporters,
You’re invited to tune in to our interactive livestream, where we will be launching the applications for our 2022 Curtin Ignition Program.
We will be joined by special guest speaker Glen McIvor who will be sharing his journey of starting injuryConnect in 2009 before later renaming to Solv. Solv was a Perth based company that developed, sold, and supported a suite on online health, safety, and injury management solutions before being acquired by a US company in 2021.
We will also hear from a small selection of Ignition alumni who will share some of their achievements and stories since graduating from Ignition.
The Ignition program is part of the Curtin entrepreneurship pathway and has helped over 600 founders along their entrepreneurial journey.

Internationalisation and remote business development by Tristan [2OW]
2022-05-27 14:00 - 16:00 | online
Entering new markets can be tough and often takes more time & resources than anticipated.
Let’s look at some of the potential barriers to market entry and how to systemically overcome them…
Whether it be as simple of expanding from one Australian state to another or expanding your presence/footprint internationally and taking on London, San Francisco or Berlin, we need a robust market-entry strategy before commit to a new market.

METS Ignited: Intellectual Property Masterclass
2022-05-30 09:00 - 11:30
Starting with an introductory self–paced course (IP Basics) to enable participants to understand the basics of IP protection and the role of IP in their organisation, the Masterclass program is then delivered online in 3 x 2-hour sessions over two weeks. The Masterclass is followed by an additional one-on-one session with the facilitators to raise confidential IP-related questions, issues and comments relating to their operations.

How to tap into resources of more established organisations by Tristan
2022-05-30 14:00 - 16:00
Small Businesses & Startups are notoriously under-resourced, lets talk about strategies for alleviating financial & human resource ‘poverty’
Let’s discuss a range of actions Small Business and Startup founders can take to tap into:
1. Market Intel
2. Leads/ Internal Referrals
3. Systems
4. Processes
5. Operations
6. Knowledge
7. Experience
8. Documentation
9. Even legal/accounting/business advisory available through established partner organisations.
Established organisations can come in the form of:
1. Businesses
2. Not-for-Profits
3. Institutions
4. Associations etc, etc

MTP Connect Spotlight Series
2022-05-31 08:00 - 09:00 | Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6000, Australia
The MTPConnect WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub invites you to join the monthly WA MTP Sector Spotlight Series event.
About this event
Our monthly breakfast series is an opportunity for representatives from across the MTP sector to connect, collaborate and learn about upcoming opportunities, and hear the stories and successes of WA organisations developing health and medical innovations. Join us over a light breakfast in the last week of each month at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

Deadline: WA Innovator of the Year 2022
2022-05-31 10:00 - 11:00 | online
Applications for the 2022 program opened on Tuesday 3 May at 9am AWST and will close on Tuesday 31 May at 11am AWST. Applications must be made online and no late submissions can be accepted.
The Western Australian Government is committed to raising the profile of innovation in WA and supporting the delivery of government initiatives to advance the growth of our innovation-based industries.
The WA IOTY program has showcased innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, businesses and creative minds since 2006. The program has benefited many of those who have participated, as well as the broader community of WA.
The program is a valuable initiative, which provides support to innovators and entrepreneurs across WA.
In accordance with the New Industries Fund, the objectives of the IOTY program are to:
– promote and acknowledge the success of Western Australian innovators;
– encourage co-support from industry for promotional activities;
– activate and strengthen industry-government research collaborations;
– engage communities throughout Western Australian regions in innovation; and
– promote job creation and economic diversification in Western Australia.
You can follow the WA IOTY program using the hashtag #WAIOTY and on Twitter @WA_IOTY.

BetterLabs Information Session
2022-05-31 16:00 - 17:00
An hour session to hear about the BetterLabs Venture Fund and Studio roles we are currently hiring for. Hear what we are looking for, how to apply and tips to make your application stand out.

Geological Knowledge Discovery using Machine Augmented Intelligence
2022-06-01 13:00 - 14:00 | online
With the increasing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in our daily lives such as for information search, online shopping, and virtual assistant AIs, the geoscience domain has also been active in the uptake of machine learning and AI to assist in interpreting geology from data.
This talk presents innovative machine-assisted technologies that improve the efficiency and the robustness of geological interpretation of different types of geodata used in the resource industry.
A number of applications of machine learning were developed in collaboration with the mining industry for the analysis and integration of multi-modal drill hole data. These applications integrate the algorithms and workflows to assist human decisions. The approach is to provide end users the control of the algorithmic process as much as possible; and to enable a seamless integration of algorithms in the interpreter’s workflow using interactive visualisation.
This talk also presents ongoing AI research that extracts geological insights from documents using machine reading of text. It applies advanced text mining methods and constructs a graph-based knowledge base called a knowledge graph to store and access geological information. Case studies on different mineral deposits demonstrate the effectiveness of the methods for rapidly and robustly transforming text data into structured information that faithfully represents the contents of the source reports.

iPREP Biodesign Presentation
2022-06-01 14:00 - 15:00 | online
iPREP Biodesign is an Australian industry university engagement program that provides PhD students with paid industry opportunities. It is a collaborative program led by the University of Western Australia (UWA) and networks across Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, University of Notre Dame Australia and Macquarie University. iPREP Biodesign was established in 2020 as an initiative between iPREP WA and Perth Biodesign, as a result of seed funding from the X-TEND WA program, New Industries Fund, managed by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science, and Innovation.
iPREP Biodesign matches organisations with a team of multidisciplinary researchers for seven weeks or three months to work on a short-term project relevant to industry. Coupled with specialised training on Biodesign methodology, the program attracts high calibre, experienced PhD candidates with a vision to grow Australia’s industry sector through the translation of research.

Founder Sundowner
2022-06-01 17:30 - 20:00 | Nowhere Brewing Co, 25 Harrogate, West Leederville, WA, Australia
Calling all startup founders!
On the first Wednesday of each month, let’s get together for a tasty beverage or two, celebrate and/or commiserate the month that was, and share plans and ideas for the month yet to be!
You might even meet your future Co-founder, Lead Programmer, or Chief Ninja of Ideation and Crypto Research.
As Elon Musk could have once said, “All my success is due to drinking with other startup founders as often as possible”.
This is a very casual, monthly, after-work event, in addition to our fortnightly Morning Startup meetups at Spacecubed. So if you’re not a morning person, this is for you!
There will be no speakers or formalities. Just a bunch of startups, in a pub, having fun, and learning from each other.
We may or may not have sponsors, so make sure you save up ahead of time to cover the cost of your own exotic cocktails and Perth-priced-drinks.
(If your company is interested in putting on a bar tab or buying a pizza or two, in exchange for exposure to the Perth Startup Community through our extensive member list, let’s talk! contact@morningstartup.com )
To find us, ask the bar staff for the Founder Sundowner table and they’ll point you in the right direction.
Look forward to seeing you there!

Deadline: Boosting Female Founders Initiative Round 3
2022-06-02 14:00 - 15:00 | online
The Boosting Female Founders Initiative – Round 3 helps women entrepreneurs overcome the disadvantages faced in getting access to finance and support to grow their startups. Targeted support will be on a co-contribution basis.

Masterclass: Navigating the new normal of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 2022
2022-06-02 17:00 - 20:00 | QV1 Building, Level 2 – Conference Centre, 250 St Georges Terrace,, perth, WA, 6000, Australia
There have been a lot of important events in the world of D&I in recent years including the #MeToo movement, increasing sexual harassment claims, the Respect@Work report, and Grace Tame winning Australian of the Year in 2021. One of the key barriers to progressing gender equality is that people feel uncomfortable discussing the topic and themes in the workplace. This is due to a number of reasons including the complexity of the subject, fear of upsetting people and fear of saying the wrong thing. In this quickly changing DEI landscape it is vital that all voices are heard and we have balanced conversations.
This masterclass will open the door for men and women to step through together with confidence into this new world. We need to acknowledge that there is fear and address the emotions so that we can get comfortable with the new normal of DEI. It doesn’t have to be a perilous journey. This masterclass will help attendees demystify the language and gain a better understanding of the important topics. Let’s keep it simple and focus on what matters most in what it is really going to take to advance gender equality.
Brought to you by Women in Technology WA (WiTWA), this masterclass will open the door for men and women to step through with confidence into this new world. We need to acknowledge that there is fear and we address the emotions so that we can get comfortable with the new normal of DEI. It doesn’t have to be a perilous journey.

How to use the Value Proposition Canvas by Tristan
2022-06-03 14:00 - 15:00
The VP Canvas helps you design products and services that customers really want because it gets you to focus on what matters most to them.
The Value Proposition Canvas helps you design products and services that customers really want because it gets you to focus on what matters most to them.
Effectively what we will be working on together will be your ‘Value Proposition design’.
We need to ensure that we apply best practices when using the tool however because you won’t be successful with the tool though if you don’t learn how to use it properly.

METS Ignited: Business Model Evaluation and Improvement
2022-06-08 08:00 - 10:00 | online
Who should attend?
Managers or leaders within METS businesses who have responsibly for setting or managing the strategic direction of their business.

METS Ignited: Building an Innovation Culture
2022-06-09 08:00 - 10:00 | online
Who should attend?
Managers or leaders within METS businesses who wish to develop or enhance the current innovation culture within their business. Leaders may be responsible for the entire business, large or small, or for one work unit within a business.

DEADLINE: METS Ignited, Export Fundamentals Course
2022-06-10 08:00 - 09:00 | online
Exporting or undertaking cross-border trade involves complex processes. It requires substantial resources, the right knowledge and skill, and networks to succeed. As global trading conditions shift dramatically in recent times, the difficulties and risks businesses face have escalated.
While there are challenges, engaging in foreign markets can also provide significant opportunities for business growth. The Export Readiness Masterclass will enhance your essential knowledge and preliminary connections to help achieve these.
Join us to get a meaningful boost in your capability. ECA and guest presenters will provide up-to-date information and real-life examples, as well as take a practical and innovative approach to discuss issues.
This masterclass has been developed by the Export Council of Australia and industry experts in conjunction with METS Ignited.

Deadline: Curtinnovation Awards
2022-06-10 08:00 - 09:00 | online
The Curtinnovation Awards program is open to the entire Curtin innovation network, including students, researchers, professional staff, collaborators and those thinking of working with Curtin in the future.
The 2022 awards have a prize pool of up to $100,000.
Applications are welcomed from current students and members of staff, graduates of Curtin Ignition, and anyone considering study or research collaboration at Curtin.

Deadline: Australian Export Awards
2022-06-10 09:00 - 10:00 | online
60th Australian Export Awards
Be part of Australia’s most prestigious and longest-running export awards program, as we put the spotlight on some of the best Australian businesses
Celebrating the very best Australian exporters — on the global stage.

Deadline: 2022 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Awards
2022-06-13 09:00 - 09:30 | online
Nominate yourself or someone you know by completing the online nomination form by Monday, 13 June, 5pm AEST.
– Recognising and celebrating the achievements of 25 women in health and aged care
– Connecting, sharing, inspiring and celebrating
– Nominate yourself or someone you know by 13 June

Building effective & lucrative channel partnerships by Tristan
2022-06-13 14:00 - 15:00
Learn how to apply co-creation partnerships ‘Crazy Quilts’ principle of entrepreneurship to your business!
Co-creation partnerships
Expert entrepreneurs build partnerships with self-selecting stakeholders. By obtaining pre-commitments from these key partners early on in the venture, experts reduce uncertainty and co-create the new market with its interested participants.
As a bonus we will briefly review the other 5 core principles of Effectuation (https://www.effectuation.org/):
1. Means ‘Bird-in-hand principle’
2. Leverage Contingencies ‘Lemonade principle’
3. Worldview ‘Pilot-in-the-plane principle’
4. Effectual Cycle
5. Focus on downside ‘Affordable loss principle’
The effectuation principles are designed to help small businesses owners & startup founders improve their ‘entrepreneurial efficiency’.
