WA Innovation Calendar

Lean Startup Perth
2022-08-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-08-17 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-08-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-08-31 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-09-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-09-14 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-09-21 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-09-28 18:00 - 19:30 (Australia/Perth) | 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

DEADLINE: EMDG Round 2
2022-08-17 13:30 - 14:00 | online
Export Market Development Grants Program (EMDG). The program supports Australian exporters. Each year, it helps between 3,000 and 5,300 Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) start or expand their export business.
EMDG is an eligibility-based, demand-driven program. This means all eligible applicants receive a grant from the available funds. Grants are not based on the maximum grant tier caps. The grant amount depends on the:

number of eligible applications in the round (referred to as demand)
available program budget to be shared among all eligible applicants.

AICC(WA): Annual Healthcare Event 2022, key address by Dr Michael Mosley
2022-08-25 17:00 - 20:00 | The Hyatt Regency, 99 Adelaide Tce, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Australia’s Health Revolution. Key address by Dr Michael Mosley at the AICC(WA)’s Annual Healthcare Event 2022, moderated by Professor Fiona Wood AM FRCS FRACS and introduction of key note speaker by Dr Calypso Haggett CEO The Fast 800. Dr Mosley, renowned British doctor, trusted medical journalist, famed journalist, producer and TV presenter, will discuss his new landmark SBS TV documentary series “Australia’s Health Revolution”; in which he puts his body on the line to tackle the Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease, Type-2 diabetes, revealing how new science can reverse Australia’s Type-2 diabetes epidemic.

MTP Connect Spotlight Series
2022-08-31 07:30 - 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.

Details
Wednesday 31 July 2022
Fireside chat 8:00-9:00am AWST
Ground Floor Auditorium at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun Street Nedlands.

Agenda
7:30am Informal networking (COVID restrictions permitting) at ground floor of the Perkins Institute
8:00am Guided fireside chat
9:00am Event close

Featuring Osteopore International
Osteopore (ASX:OSX) is a a Singapore medical device manufacturer that adopted 3D printing technology to manufacture bioresorbable scaffolds for bone regeneration. The company’s bioresorable polymer implants can be applied for neurosurgical, orthopedic, and maxillofacial use. Notably, their implants dissolves over time, leaving only natural, healthy bone, thereby reducing post-surgery complication rates compared to permanent implants.

Their products leverage combined technologies of tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and 3D printing techniques.

About our speaker Dr Lim Jing – COO & CTO
Lim Jing is the Chief Operating Officer & Chief Technology Officer at Osteopore International Pte Ltd. He has been leading the Research and Development, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance teams for the past 7 years. During this time, he led the company through successful regulatory and quality milestones such as ISO 13485, Korea GMP audits and FDA inspections; CE Marking. He is passionate about providing safe and effective implants for patients, and believes that devices with unique technology can be made beneficial to the stakeholders of our healthcare system: hospitals, surgeons (doctors), and patients.
Join Osteopore’s Chief Operating Officer & Chief Technology Officer Dr. Lim Jing for a fireside chat discussing the Osteopore story, differences between navigating different regulatory bodies, the future of regenerative medicine, and the opportunities for the WA and Singapore MTP sectors to cross collaborate.

CORE Connects Conversation Series
2022-08-31 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-09-28 16:30 - 18:00 | 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

Curtin Ignition
2022-09-04 - 2022-09-09 | Curtin University
Do you have an idea or innovation that could become a high growth business?
Curtin Ignition is an intensive training program for aspiring entrepreneurs, academics and corporate innovators to trial and then prepare business ideas for the commercial environment
Ignition comprises of practical teaching sessions, expert clinics, mentor sessions and experienced advice and support from leading entrepreneurs and innovators.
It will give you the tools, contacts and confidence to transform your idea into a successful business venture.

Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program Launcu
2022-09-05 17:00 - 19:30 | Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6000, Australia
Please join us for a panel discussion followed by drinks and light refreshments to celebrate the official launch of the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP), a new program designed to develop the entrepreneurial skills and networks of Australia’s clinicians and allied health professionals to accelerate clinician-led innovation in Australian healthcare.
​​This launch will be held concurrently with events in Victoria and New South Wales in order to welcome the first national AUSCEP program cohort from across the country, celebrating with clinical colleagues, industry partners and key government stakeholders from each state.​
​The panel in Perth will be chaired by Dr Tracey Wilkinson, MTPConnect Director Stakeholder Engagement WA of the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub.
​The panellists will be:
​Angela Kelly PSM, Deputy Director General, WA Department of Health; Member of the AUSCEP Advisory Board
​Professor Fiona Wood AM, Director, Burns Service of WA; Director UWA Burns Injury Research Unit; AUSCEP Clinical Ambassador
​Professor Kevin Pfleger, Director Biomedical and Health Innovation at UWA and the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub; AUSCEP Executive Sponsor
​Vishaal Kishore, Chief Strategy Officer, Deputy CEO and Co-Founder of MedTech Actuator; AUSCEP Partner
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​This event will be held in McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, 6 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA 6009

ResBaz: Perth
2022-09-06 - 2022-09-08 | Curtin University
The Research Bazaar (ResBaz) is a worldwide festival promoting the digital literacy emerging at the center of modern research.
Hosted in-person at Curtin University in 2022 by the WA Data Science Innovation Hub, the Perth Research Bazaar is a low-cost 3-day conference where researchers come together to up-skill in ‘next generation digital research tools and skills’. In the spirit of a marketplace or bazaar, ResBaz is a highly participatory event where researchers from many different disciplines can learn, share knowledge and skills, and have fun!

Founder Sundowner
2022-09-07 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!

Pitch Night at the Museum 2
2022-09-07 17:30 - 20:00 | WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
What happens when you give a handful of start-ups and innovators 2 minutes each, put them in the heart of culture, technology, arts and surround them with an energetic group of innovation supporters, facilitators and educators?
An incredible showcase of emerging talent who are trailblazing in all kinds of industries, from education to medical technology.
Modern People and The Unleashed Zone are hosting our second pitch night for the year – a night to celebrate the innovation we have right here in our city. Whether you’d like to share your new ideas and creations with the audience, or you’d like to sit back and experience the magic for yourself – we’re opening the door to expressions of interest early. The room filled up quickly last time, don’t miss out – grab your spot below!

WA BMTH Showcase
2022-09-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, 6 Verdun Street, Nedlands, WA, 6000, Australia
Celebrate some of WA’s outstanding medtech organisations at the WA BMTH showcase
Celebrate some of WA’s outstanding medtech organisations at the WA BMTH showcase, featuring an opening address by the Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC, WA’s Minister for Innovation, ICT and Medical Research.
Delivered by MTPConnect, the Australian Government’s $45 million BioMedTech Horizons program (BMTH), is a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) initiative to support innovative collaborative health technologies, drive discoveries towards proof-of-concept and commercialisation that address key health challenges as well as maximise entrepreneurship and idea potential.
Across four funding rounds, the BMTH program has funded 49 projects. Investments are focused on supporting proof-of-concept to commercial development of biomedical and medical technologies.
The WA BMTH Showcase is an opportunity to hear from WA-based companies awarded BMTH funding to develop and commercialise their medtech innovations – about their commercialisation journey and future plans.

Diverse Women in Tech
2022-09-09 12:00 - 14:00 | City of Perth – Function Room, Level 11, 27 St Georges Tce, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Join WiTWA and nbn for our collaboration of Diverse Women in Tech event on Friday, 9 September 2022, where we will be hosting three dynamic and diverse technology leaders in WA.
This event will shine a light on diverse technology leaders in WA who will share their unique insights on working as entrepreneurs and business leaders and offer their views and vision of the future.
The good news is; we will have the privilege of hearing from Bec Nguyen, Dr Eunice Sari, and Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker.
As WiTWAs mission states, “If you can see her, you can be her”, with this event we want to inspire young women to pursue this path by listening to other diverse women who have been through a similar journey.

Core Tech Talk Tuesday
2022-09-13 12:00 - 13:00 | CORE Innovation Hub, 191 St. Georges Terrrace, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Each month CORE Innovation Hub hosts Tech Talk Tuesdays – an intimate members-only lunch connecting innovators & entrepreneurs with business & industry leaders.
Join us for lunch and a deep dive into some of the technologies and innovations shaping the future of energy & mining. Each week a special guest will deliver a half hour key note talk and then invite audience discussion before wrapping up with some informal networking.
Event Schedule
12:00pm – Arrival & Lunch
12:15pm – Tech Talk + Q&A
12:45pm – Tech Talk Concludes + Networking
1:00 pm– Event concludes
This event is strictly for CORE members or by private invitation. To express your interest in attending, please contact info@corehub.com.au

Free Masterclass: Advance Medical Research with High Performance Computing
2022-09-14 09:00 - 10:00 | online
Join us for a High Performance Computing (HPC) masterclass, where you can learn how to better use your big data in life sciences to extract powerful, life-saving insights.
Our online masterclass will cover important points such as:
✅ On-demand HPC: Get access to fit-for-purpose resources (compute and support) you need, at the pace you need them
✅ Eliminate data storage constraints: Flexible storage solutions for quick and easy access to your huge datasets without computational restriction
✅ Run pipelines on HPC efficiently: Our experts help you with code onboarding, optimisation, and algorithm development to effectively leverage HPC for your research
✅ Expedite research workflows: We help you reduce your processing turnaround time so that fewer projects sit idle, which costs valuable time and money
You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions that are important to you and your work and get advice from IT professionals on how to streamline your data-science workflows.
If you have questions or would like to discuss this event, please contact us at info@dug.com. We hope to see you there!

SICA & JTSI: Offshore Wind Seminar Series - Session 1 Overview
2022-09-14 15:30 - 18:30
SICA is holding a series of seminars looking at the Australian Offshore Wind Market from a subsea perspective in conjunction with the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Industry. The offshore wind market is rapidly gaining acceptance and momentum and there is significant potential for transfer of technology from the existing oil and gas sector. The interactive seminar will be followed by a networking drinks event.

XR:WA, Interactive Conference & Exhibition
2022-09-15 - 2022-09-18
XR:WA is an experiential and thought-provoking conference and exhibition for VR and AR industry professionals, artists, businesses and the wider general public.
Designed to explore the opportunity and possibility of digital screen technology, the major conference and subsequent workshops, speaking events, and interactive experiences aim to discuss the impact and opportunities for VR, AR and digital-screen technologies across a number of industries including:
• Science & academia
• Art & entertainment
• Architecture & design
• Education & training
• Medicine & research
Event activities are divided into four distinct concurrent elements that are designed to engage attendees, promote discussion, and allow for professional networking.

DEADLINE: Robotics, Automation & Remote Asset Control For Space And Earth Incubator
2022-09-16 08:00 - 09:00 | online
The QuantumTX Program is for innovative SMEs or Scale-ups with technology solutions solving challenges in the the global space industry whilst growing jobs in Australia. You gain introductions to large clients, mentoring, market engagement, profile raising, staff development, export readiness & international introductions.
You will meet key representatives from companies such as Australian Remote Operations for Space & Earth (AROSE), the Australian Space Agency, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Control Complex (SpAARC), Austrade, Rio Tinto, NOVA Systems, European Space Agency, Roy Hill, Woodside Energy, Telstra, Oxbotica, Microsoft, BHP, InmarSAT, Robotics Australia Group, & METS Ignited.

UWA: Contemporary Issues in Family Business 2022 Annual Lecture
2022-09-20 18:00 - 20:00 | The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
Family Business Succession Going Forward
How have social and economic shocks caused by COVID-19 affected family business succession? Having to survive in an increasingly uncertain environment coupled with demographic changes has heightened the challenge of sustainability for family business. Moreover, the 2021 Family Business Survey conducted jointly by Grant Thornton and Family Business Australia and Family Business New Zealand found that almost 30% of families have not considered leadership transition at all. Similarly, almost 32% have no ownership transition or exit strategy. Has COVID-19 fractured the purpose of family business, that is, to keep the business in the family through succession of family in the business? Will alternatives to intra-family succession, such as external succession, business sale, or business closure be the route for sustainability of family business post COVID-19?
In the 2022 Contemporary Issues in Family Business Annual Lecture these and other questions about family business succession in the aftermath of COVID-19 will be discussed. You are invited to join us in this conversation.

DEADLINE: Local Capability Fund
2022-09-21 08:00 - 09:00 | online
The purpose of the Local Capability Fund (LCF) is to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Western Australia to increase their capability, capacity and competitiveness as suppliers of products, services and works to the Western Australian Government, major projects and other important markets.
The LCF typically provides funding assistance for activities such as planning, improvements to internal infrastructure, plant and equipment and training.

AmCham: Biotech Advancement and Acceleration: The WA Way
2022-09-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Duxton Hotel, 1 St Georges Tce, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia
Business Luncheon with The Hon Mr Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Medical Research, Innovation and ICT.About the Event
The medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector contributed $5.5 billion to the Australian economy in 2021 and supported 73,000 jobs across the country.
In June 2022, the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Medical Research; Innovation and ICT, led a Western Australian delegation to the Biotechnology Innovation Organisation (BIO) International Convention in San Diego, the largest and most influential global event for the world’s health and medical life sciences industry.
Minister Dawson will join AmCham’s next Business Luncheon to speak on the strength of Western Australia’s health and medical life sciences, and possibilities to build international networks for investment attraction and commercialisation.
This event will feature a panel discussion with delegates from the Western Australian contingent at BIO2022 – Dr Liz Dallimore (Argenica Therapeutics) and Jayden Rogers (Linear Clinical) – who will share their experiences of the conference and highlight how the State’s strategies and initiatives are benefiting their organisations and the industry. Dr Tracey Wilkinson, from the WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub, will moderate.
22 September is your opportunity to meet industry leaders, entertain investors, incentivise your team, and gain greater awareness of the Health and Medical Life Sciences industry in Western Australia and the opportunities it presents for job creation and economic development.

MTP Connect Spotlight Series
2022-09-27 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.

Innovate Australia: Sustainability Innovation Summit
2022-09-28 13:30 - 16:30 | Liberty, Ground floor, 197 St Georges Tce, Perth, WA, Australia
In collaboration with the Green Deal Alliance, Innovate Australia is excited to bring together experts to share their position on how and what Innovation can be used in municipal waste streams to create sustainable, circular economies in which human health and the environment are protected from the impacts of waste.
Innovate Australia is grateful to the following experts for sharing their time and knowledge with us for this event:

Marcus Geisler: Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
Tim Youe: Chief Executive Officer of Resource Recovery Group
Peter Wadewitz, OAM: Managing Director of Peats Soil & Garden Supplies
Green Deal Alliance: a collaboration of SWA, Government & Industry
