Innovation Cluster

Origins Market Opening
2021-11-04 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Perth)

South West CONNECT Pitch Night
2021-09-16 08:00 - 17:00
Join us for this networking event as 10 local entrepreneurs pitch their innovative businesses. Drinks and canapes included. RSVP essential

Scaling for Success: How to Grow Business in the Post-Pandemic Environment
2021-08-24 08:30 - 13:00
AusIndustry interactive workshop in Bunbury: Scaling for Success: How to Grow Business in the Post-Pandemic Environment
At the conclusion of the session you will:

Know how to leverage the 3 pillars (Attract, Convert and Deliver).
Understand the key principles for scaling successfully.
Be able to build a balanced approach to growth and know the pitfalls to look out for.
Identify and self-diagnose the drivers for scaling with success, and prioritise and focus on key areas for improvement.
You will also develop a customised action plan to address your firm’s goals, challenges and opportunities.

South West Angels Pitch Night
2021-08-20 15:30 - 20:00
South West Angels is partnering with Emergence Creative Projects/Creative Corner to bring you Pitchcraft – an interactive workshop to develop your pitch skills and learn from industry experts.
Following this, watch entrepreneurs pitch to the South West Angels network at Pitch Night 8.0 in an effort to generate interest in their venture. Come along to learn more about angel investment.

Local Capability Fund Closes
2021-08-20 08:00 - 17:00
The purpose of the Local Capability Fund (LCF) is to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Western Australia to increase their capability and competitiveness as suppliers of products, services and works to the Western Australian State Government, major projects and other important markets.

Tech Forum & Fireside Tech Panel
2021-08-19 17:00 - 19:30
Colin La Galia, CEO, Epichem Pty Ltd, brings 25 years of National and International pharmaceutical, diagnostics and healthcare senior executive experience. Epichem has a novel, innovative and disruptive technology that converts and repurposes biomass and feedstock into valuable end user products. This includes coal, e-waste, single use plastics, rubber tyres, agtech plant matter etc
– 2020 Austrade Export & Investment Celebration of Resilience Winner for WA
– 2020 GHP Biotechnology Award Winner for Most Innovative Chemistry Service Provider – Australia and Best in Organic Chemistry Solutions 2020
– 2019 WA Exporter of the Year in International Health
Caitlin Lomax, Director of Intr Studio, XR producer and developer of digital experiences, works as both an in-house XR producer and as an external consultant. Caitlin has spent the past 4 years as a creative powerhouse and technical expert, and brought both skills to ensure projects are executed to the highest standards. She’s produced a real-time virtual presentation for SIGGRAPH Asia’s Real-Time Live! with Mod studios, and won a silver AEAF Award for the VR Nascar Pitstop she produced for Shell V Power (beating out Game of Thrones!). She also regularly speaks and moderates panels for tech events, and is a mentor for RMIT’s Developing an AR/VR Business Strategy course. Caitlin opened INTR Studio in her hometown, Bunbury, offering experiential digital services like AR & VR development, social filters, Motion capture, and Virtual Production work. INTR has gone from strength to strength in the first 6 months of opening its doors, servicing clients locally, nationally, and globally.
Brendan Earl, Owner and Director at Keip Filtration, Collie. Educating people on water quality & reduction of plastic waste, and transforming the way the whole of home filtration needs are met through the combination of technology, innovation, elegance, skills, and collaboration. Aboriginal Business Award – Winner, South West Small Business Awards
Cam Edwards, Regional Business Lead (WA), NBN Local, has worked in the communications industry in WA for almost 20 years. His experience extends through retail leadership and corporate affairs roles with Telstra, Optus and now NBN Co. Cam has a passion for technology and making the complex simple.

Internet of Things for Your Business
2021-08-19 14:30 - 16:30
This is an amazing opportunity for businesses in the Collie region to get insights and learnings from experts in IoT and industrial sensing/networks, Prof Iain Murray, Siavash Khaksar and Dr Yifei Ren from the Cisco-Curtin Centre for Networks and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at Curtin University.

KIMBERLEY ECONOMIC FORUM 2021
2021-08-18 - 2021-08-20 | Kununnurra, Australia
The Kimberley Economic Forum is a partnership between the Chambers of Commerce in the East Kimberley, Derby and Broome, facilitating conversations and networking between trade organisation’s, government agencies, investors, industry and media. This event is key for any economic development in the Kimberley region.
2021’s Kimberley Economic Forum “Looking North” is an exciting line up of what’s happening in the in the heart of the Kimberley. #LookingNorth #KEF #Kununurra #Kimberley. The Forum will be held in various locations across the vast and stunning East Kimberley allowing you to experience first hand what all those presentations in the past have been about.

Collie CONNECT Tech and Innovation Series - Financial Resilience
2021-05-25 09:30 - 11:30
Our first Tech and Innovation Series event will kick off on Thursday 20th May at Slay Space at Black Diamond Lodge in Collie. Registration essential Register Here.

Innovation Vouchers Program Closes
2021-05-25
The Innovation Vouchers Program is an initiative of the WA Government’s New Industries Fund, which assists start-ups and small businesses to commercialise their ideas and innovations and expand to create jobs.
Apply here

Start Up Network Applications Close
2021-05-17
AgriStart has joined forces with evokeAG to bring agrifood innovators the Startup Network Program.

The program aims to build the networks and capability of Australian agrifood startups to support adoption of new technologies on-farm.

Successful participants will receive a travel bursary, and will participate in a pitchcraft workshop, and an adoption workshop alongside growers and will culminate in a pitch event directly to growers.

Applications close Monday 17th May, 3pm AWST. Find all the details here > https://bit.ly/2QxWfWI

Growing an agrifood startup in Australia
2021-05-07 09:30 - 11:00
Hear from top tier speakers about funding and support opportunities available from grants to accelerator programs, and you will also get the lowdown on the evokeAG Startup Network Program and why you should apply. Hosted by AgriStart & evokeAG

Speakers:
Dr Natasha Teakle, AgriStart Pty Ltd
John Harvey, AgriFutures Australia
Fernando Felquer, GrainInnovate
Michael Macolino, BDO Australia
Matthew Pryor, Tenacious Ventures
