Regional Innovation Summit
2024-09-13 08:00 - 18:00 (Australia/Perth) | Hilton Garden Inn, Busselton
Explore the latest tech and innovation for sustainability at the Regional Innovation Summit

Gain insights from keynote speakers from across Australia about future industries holding immense promise for the South West region including Future Food, Productive Oceans and Sustainable Seafood, and Technology for Net Zero.

Connect with dynamic trailblazers with fresh viewpoints and ingenious solutions including entrepreneurs, researchers, government representatives, corporates, and investors.
Engage in panel discussions featuring innovators sharing their remarkable success stories through the power of sustainability and creativity.
Hear compelling pitches and see new innovations from emerging startups in partnership with investor network, South West Angels.
Enhance your day and choose from two optional bespoke tour experiences of Shelter Brewery and Busselton Jetty’s Marine Discovery Centre. Limited spots available—add the tour at checkout to secure your place:

Experience Shelter Brewery starting with an in-depth exploration of their brewing process, from grain selection to the final pour. Engage in discussions on how their innovative technology shapes the brewing industry, ensuring their beers excel in taste, quality, and sustainability.

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Explore the Marine Discovery Centre to encounter sharks up close, listen to whale songs, and control underwater submarines through interactive exhibits. Hear from specialist Marine Biologist Sally Bolt as she delves into the comprehensive environmental initiatives undertaken by Busselton Jetty.

Event details:

Friday 13th September
8am to 4pm, followed by networking
Hilton Garden Inn, Busselton Foreshore
Provided: Light breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, networking drinks and canapes

Tickets: $115 + GST
Speakers:

Josh Whiteland, Wadandi custodian and Koomal Dreaming founder, Welcome to Country, and sharing his cultural knowledge for sustainable production.
Kylie Hansen, Founding Director of Impact Seed, Western Australia’s peak capacity builder for impact investment and social enterprise development, and co-founder of Impact Investment Alliance of WA, Western Australia’s key reference group for market development and stewardship of impact investment in WA.
Susie O’Neill, Head of Industry Engagement and Megan Redmond, Head of Government Relations and Policy for Food Frontier, the independent think tank on alternative proteins in Australia and New Zealand committed to growing the region’s protein supply with new, sustainable and nutritious options that create value for businesses, farmers and consumers.
Thomas Nann, CEO and Co-founder Allegro Energy, powering the future with efficient, sustainable and safe energy storage with unique, proprietary, water-based electrolyte technology, bringing us one step closer to a zero carbon economy.
Michael Wear, Founder and Managing Director of Tidal Moon, a collaborative project with three Aboriginal communities, Mulgana (Shark Bay), Bayungu (Coral Bay / Exmouth) and Thalanyji (Onslow), aiming to develop a viable commercial sea cucumber business while maintaining cultural heritage and environmental stewardship.
Chandni Jaga, Ventures and Sustainability, Plug and Play, a platform to make innovation open to anyone, anywhere, by connecting entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors worldwide. Over the past 15 years, they have brought together 35,000+ startups, 500+ world-leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across 20+ industries in 50+ locations globally.
Amy Carter-James, Co-founder and CEO of Raaise, accelerating climate startups by making capital raising easier.

Andrew Outhwaite, Managing Director of For Blue, centre for blue economy innovation for the Indian Ocean.
Scott Bell, Co-founder of Aquafarms, a solar powered facility including state of the art hatchery supplying over 90 farmers across Western Australia to produce over 60 tonnes of ultra premium marron to food businesses domestically and internationally.
Dr Julia Reisser and Michael Kingsbury, co-founders and co-CEOs of Uluu, a West Australian start-up that has developed the world’s first truly compelling alternative to plastic.

Rob Hulme, CEO of The Boralis Group, an agribusiness consulting firm that helps enterprise design, build and operate sustainable food production and processing systems, enabling enterprise to be financially viable, environmentally friendly and socially responsible.
Boaz Kogon – General Manager Sustainability at Milne AgriGroup, a private agribusiness comprising Milne Feeds, Mt Barker Chicken and Plantagenet Pork. They are a leading producer of pelleted feed and has been servicing livestock producers in WA for over 110 years.
Danielle Griffiths, Commercialisation Manager, Future Batteries Industries Cooperative Research Centre which is enabling the growth of battery industries to power Australia’s future. They bring together industry, researchers, governments and the community to ensure Australia plays a leading role in the global battery revolution.
Kali Norman, Social Impact Specialist at Atlassian Foundation, a company that tackles disadvantage on a global scale and in their own backyard. They contribute 1% of their equity, profit, employee time and products to the Foundation, believing that education and business have the power to change the world.
More speaker announcements coming soon!

Event MC Myles Pollard has twenty years experience as an actor, writer, director and producer at the coal face of ﬁlm and television production. He has appeared in many Australian television series including All Saints, Macleod’s Daughters, Packed to the Rafters and Underbelly and his feature film credits include Wolverine, Drift (which he also produced), The Turning, Looking For Grace, Jasper Jones and The Gateway. Myles was the Director of the Creative Arts Initiative (CAI) and has been a CinefestOz Patron for the last 10 years helping regionally based CinefestOz grow into a renowned international ﬁlm festival.
This event is presented by Innovation Cluster and supported by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation through the New Industries Fund – X-Tend WA Program, West Tech Fest, City of Busselton, South West Angels, South West Development Commission, and Creative Tech Village.

Meet the Entrepreneur: Mohinder Jaimangal
2024-11-15 16:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | The SET, 1/25 Burler Drive, Vasse, Australia
Join Mohinder Jaimangal, founder of Curve Tomorrow, as he shares his journey from engineer to CEO, developing innovative health technologies that address real world challenges. With over 20 years of experience, he will reveal how design thinking can transform products and drive impactful change in the health care industry.
Attendees will gain practical strategies for tackling challenges and creating opportunities for innovation in their businesses.
Free for The SET members.

Meet the Entrepreneur Series: Olivia Humphrey
2024-12-09 11:30 - 13:00 (Australia/Perth) | The SET, 1/25 Burler Drive, Vasse, Australia
Olivia Humphrey spent many years in film distribution at Roadshow Entertainment, BBC and Austar/Foxtel before founding the independent streaming platform, Kanopy, which forged a new channel for streaming films to library members. Olivia boot-strapped the company in 2008 before uprooting her young family away from Perth to move Kanopy’s head office in San Francisco, USA. She spent the next 7 years scaling the business across North America and into Europe before selling to the private equity firm, KKR in 2021. Kanopy was listed as one of the top 10 Australian M&A exits that year, securing the platform as one of the great Australian media-tech success stories.
Olivia is an Adjunct Professor for Entrepreneurship in Curtin University’s Business and Law Faculty.
Attendees will gain insights into overcoming imposter syndrome and exploring what it means to lead a meaningful life, drawing from personal experiences to inspire resilience and purpose in both professional and personal journeys.

When: Monday 9 December 2024
Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm, followed by light lunch and refreshments
Where: The SET: 1/25 Burler Drive, Vasse
Refreshments: Light lunch and refreshments provided
Cost: Free

The Meet the Entrepreneur Series is supported by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation through the New Industries Fund – X-Tend WA Program.

Entries Close for Future Founders
2025-02-24 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA
Calling all young entrepreneurs!
The 2025 Future Founders Youth Entrepreneurship Program is now open for applications!
This FREE program is designed to empower local youth aged 16+ with the skills, knowledge, and mentorship to turn their ideas into reality. Plus, every participant will receive a $1,000 scholarship upon completion to help bring their business dreams to life!
Key Dates for 2025:

Applications close: 5:00 PM, Monday, 24 February 2025
Afterschool Workshops & site visits: March–May 2025
Graduate Showcase Event: May 2025

Apply now: https://innovationcluster.com.au/future-founders-program/
This program is supported by the X-TEND WA grant from the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science, and Innovation.
Let’s empower the next generation of innovators!
For more info, contact info@innovationcluster.com.au

HARVEST AgTech Accelerator Info Session: Insights & Opportunities
2025-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA
HARVEST is WA’s leading agtech business program for businesses looking to innovate in the Agtech industry. Now in its ninth year, HARVEST has supported over 80 businesses. The program is valued at over $10,000 and is FREE for successful applicants.
We are holding a FREE Online Information Session to those who are looking to gain further insight and ask questions about the program.🗓️ Friday the 21st of March @ 12pmJoin the call to hear direct from the following HARVEST alumni:
Mat Welch – Red Earth Pollen
Lucy Anderton – myFARMSMART
Tim Hopper – resonAg Pty Ltd
To see if the program is right for you, register for the Online Information Session here: https://lnkd.in/eFCdq4zY

earlyHARVEST Agtech Pre-Accelerator Workshop
2025-04-09 08:30 - 12:00 (Australia/Perth) | Wrays, Wrays, Level 7, 863 Hay Street, Perth, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
The HARVEST Agtech Pre-Accelerator Workshop will be led by Natasha Teakle, Managing Director of AgriStart and will focus on key aspects of the Agtech sector, including understanding industry challenges, identifying target customers, refining value propositions, and validating ideas.
Date: Wednesday 9th April
Time: 8.30am – 12pm
Location: Wrays, Level 7, 863 Hay Street, Perth
Facilitator: Tash Teakle, Managing Director AgriStart
Morning Tea & Lunch provided

Topics Covered:

Agtech sector challenges and opportunities
Target customers and ag industry stakeholders
Value propositions for agriculture
Validating with customers/users/beneficiaries
Support to commercialise agtech
Intellectual property

This is an invaluable session suitable for researchers looking to commercialise their innovations, businesses looking to apply their technology in the agricultural sector, and farmers who have developed new technology.
And will highlight the benefits of the HARVEST Agtech Accelerator program which is currently open for applications.

HARVEST Applications Close
2025-05-05 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA

Future Founders Showcase
2025-05-23 17:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Perth) | The Goose, 15 Foreshore Parade, Busselton, WA, 6280, Australia

HARVEST Muresk Two-Day Business Bootcamp
2025-06-23 08:00 - 2025-06-24 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA

Farm Business Resilience Program Expressions of Interest Close
2025-06-27 08:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA

HARVEST Field Trip
2025-08-24 08:00 - 2025-08-26 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA

HARVEST Showcase Event & Pitch Night
2025-09-09 17:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Perth) | Burswood On Swan, 1 Camfield Drive, Burswood, WA, 6100, Australia
You are invited to the 2025 HARVEST Agtech Innovation Showcase & Pitch Night on the 9 September, 2025.
We look forward to seeing you.
Read more about this year’s 2025 Harvest Agtech Innovators here.

LEEF Launch
2025-09-17 08:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | The SET, 1/25 Burler Drive, Vasse, Australia

Future Founders Youth Entrepreneurship Emergence Event
2025-09-18 15:00 - 18:30 (Australia/Perth) | WA

AgriSpace Melbourne Investor Tour: evokeAg Side Event
2026-02-16 12:30 - 18:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The 2026 AgriSpace Melbourne Investor Tour is a side event of evokeAg 2026.
Audience – investors/growers/startups.

Tickets limited to only 25 people for this exclusive tour building linkages between investors, growers and startups.
Price includes bus transport, exclusive tours at two Melbourne based innovative agtech businesses – Ornata Ag and MEQ probe, startup pitches and strategies for agtech angel investing.
Tour will also include drinks and canapes at Mountain Culture Brewing, where guests will hear from Emily Tankey of Better Together Brewing about securing Australia’s supply chain for craft brewing inputs as well as provenance.

Join AgriSpace now: www.agrispace.com.au

12:30pm: Depart Melbourne CBD
1:00pm – 2:30pm: MEQ Probe
3:00pm – 4:00pm: Ornata Ag Remote Ops Centre
4:00pm-5:45pm: Sundowner at Mountain Culture Brewing
6:00pm: Afloat for evokeAG Welcome Dinner

BioInnovation Festival - Regional Innovation Summit
2026-03-12 - 2026-03-13 | Caves House Yallingup, 18 Yallingup Beach Rd,, Yallingup, Western Australia, 6282
Regional Innovation Summit & Down South adVentures Tour
The Regional Component of the 2026 BioInnovation Festival
Join us in Western Australia’s iconic South West for the regional flagship events of the 2026 BioInnovation Festival — a two-day experience designed to connect investors, innovators, industry leaders, and government stakeholders with the people and ideas shaping the future of regional innovation.
Join us for the two full days or pick between the Down South adVentures Tour on Thursday or Regional Innovation Summit on Friday!

Down South adVentures Tour — Thursday 12 March
A curated, high-value investor and stakeholder tour travelling from Perth to Yallingup, visiting standout innovation sites, regional businesses, and emerging ventures across agtech, bluetech, and healthtech.
Participants will experience WA’s South West innovation landscape up close, meet founders and industry leaders, and enjoy an evening of cultural immersion through a guided Koomal Dreaming cave experience and bush-inspired dining in Yallingup.
Perfect for investors, policymakers, and partners seeking real insights, connections, and collaboration opportunities in regional innovation.

Regional Innovation Summit — Friday 13 March
Hosted at the historic Caves House, the Summit is intentionally designed as an intimate, roundtable-style gathering, bringing together 90 regional and national changemakers for a highly interactive day of keynotes, panels, networking, and startup pitches.
Rather than a traditional conference format, participants sit in facilitated table groups — working collaboratively to unpack challenges, share expertise, and co-design tangible, actionable outcomes for the future of WA’s regional innovation ecosystem. This format encourages deeper conversations, stronger connections, and richer cross-sector collaboration.
Focused on the critical growth areas shaping a resilient, sustainable regional economy — including future food, productive oceans, environmental technology, and health and medical innovation — the Summit blends global perspectives with regional case studies to drive practical momentum.

Why Attend?

Connect with founders, investors, researchers, industry experts, and government leaders
Access on-the-ground insights into WA’s emerging ventures and innovation assets
Experience uniquely curated regional and cultural experiences
Collaborate in small-group settings to shape actionable outcomes for the South West innovation ecosystem
Be part of the BioInnovation Festival’s commitment to advancing life sciences, technology, and sustainable industries across WA

Whether you join the Tour, the Summit, or the full two-day experience, this regional component of the BioInnovation Festival offers unmatched access, inspiration, and connection — all set against the backdrop of one of Australia’s most remarkable innovation regions.

HARVEST 2026 AgTech Accelerator Info Session: Insights & Opportunities
2026-04-01 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA
This session will provide an overview of HARVEST Agtech Accelerator program. Hear direct from our alumni and ask questions to see if program is right for you and learn about other business support options for agtech startups.

Agtech Innovation Workshop
2026-04-29 09:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA
Agtech Innovation Workshop
earlyHARVEST: A Pre-Accelerator program for early-stage innovators – students and researchers exploring commercialisation, growers with innovation ideas, and entrepreneurs solving problems for the agriculture industry.
This one day interactive workshop will provide networking opportunities for innovators in the Agtech sector, exploring industry challenges, identifying target customers, refining value propositions, and validating ideas.

Date: Wednesday 29th April 2026
Time: 9am – 2pm
Location: Wrays, Level 7, 863 Hay Street, Perth
Facilitator: Dr Tash Teakle, Managing Director of AgriStart, plus expert guest speakers
Morning Tea & Lunch provided

Topics Covered:

Agtech sector challenges and opportunities
Target customers across the ag industry value chain
Value propositions for agricultural end users
Validation strategies tailored for ag industry stakeholders
Funding, investment and support services for commercialising agtech
Creating and protecting Intellectual Property
Applying for the HARVEST Agtech Accelerator program (currently open for applications)

This is an invaluable session suitable for researchers looking to commercialise their innovations, businesses looking to apply their technology in the agricultural sector, and farmers wanting to trial new technology.
Register here and contact info@innovationcluster.com.au for more information.
Proudly supported by GRDC, DEED, DPIRD, Wrays, Radium Capital, EZI

And will highlight the benefits of the HARVEST Agtech Accelerator program which is currently open for applications.

Future Founders: Emerging Ag Industries Applications Open
2026-06-17 | WA
Future Founders: Emerging Ag Industries is a 12‑week, industry‑led program designed to give young people hands‑on exposure, mentoring and skills to kickstart a future‑focused career in agriculture.
Who Should Apply?
Young people aged 18–25 from anywhere in WA who are:

Curious about agriculture, sustainability or innovation

Keen to explore new industries and career pathways

Looking to build confidence, networks and real‑world skills

Regional applicants are strongly encouraged

Apply now: https://innovationcluster.com.au/future-founders-emerging-ag-industries-eoi/

Connected Futures Hub Applications Close
2026-06-30 17:00 (Australia/Perth) | WA
Calling Regional WA Women Founders: Master Your Story, Sharpen Your Strategy and Get Investor Ready.

You started with a great idea. You have done the hard work to build it into something real.
Now you are in ready-to-grow mode and you know investment is the next logical step-but the world of investors, pitch decks and
term sheets can feel like a completely different language.
The Connected Futures Hub gives you six months to learn that language,
while deepening your understanding of your own business, sharpening your strategy and building the confidence to walk into any investor conversation ready.

Future Founders: Emerging Ag Industries Applications Close
2026-07-24 | WA
Future Founders: Emerging Ag Industries is a 12‑week, industry‑led program designed to give young people hands‑on exposure, mentoring and skills to kickstart a future‑focused career in agriculture.
This is your chance to learn directly from producers, innovators, researchers and agtech leaders shaping the future of food, fibre and sustainability.
