ON the Agenda
ON Core features two segments and all sessions are by invitation only. The first is only for our Alumni, Mentors and Facilitators, and in the second we bring together the wider ON community.
For a deep dive into the sessions and masterclasses, take a look through the Session Program.
Segment One: ON Core Focus Session (ON Alumni, Mentors and Facilitators only)
10:30am – 2:45pm (AEDT)
Panel sessions and masterclasses, including a networking lunch featuring insights and lessons from ON Alumni for ON Alumni.
| 10:30am | Arrival and registration | |
| 11:00am | In the Plenary
Acknowledgement of Country, welcome and overview Tennille Eyre and Phoebe Jackson Morison |
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| In the Plenary | In the Studio | |
| 11:30am | Panel with Q&A:
ON startups: Insights with hindsight and what I wish I’d known from the start Moderated by Tennille Eyre James Bradley – Co-founder, Diffuse Energy Helen Souris – CEO, CardiHab Louise Brown – Co-founder and CEO, HydGene Renewables
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Fireside Chat:
Innovation visionaries: leading the frontier with Clare Fairfield Interviewed by Phoebe Jackson Morison |
| 12:15pm | Networking Lunch | |
| 1:25pm | In the Plenary
Guests seated for session two |
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| In the Plenary | In the Studio | |
| 1:30pm | Panel with Q&A:
Celebrating diversity in innovation Moderated by Torres Webb Joni Sytsma – CTO, iLAuNCH Trailblazer, UniSQ Luli Adeyemo – Executive Director, TechDiversity and Founder/Director, Best Case Scenario Scott Allen – Managing Director, Nallawilli Pty Ltd |
Masterclass:
Storytelling for success with Catriona Dixon, Toothless Parrot Communications |
Segment Two: ON Core Main Event (All Stakeholders)
2:45pm – 5:00pm (AEDT)
We’re opening the doors to the wider deep tech innovation and investment ecosystem for a special plenary session that will explore upcoming initiatives with the potential to transform the sector, opportunities to be unlocked, and how to best play your role in uplifting Australian innovation.
| 2:45pm | Arrival and registration |
| In the Plenary | |
| 3:10pm | ON Core Main Event START |
| 3:20pm | Welcome to Country
Uncle Allan Murray |
| 3:30pm | Keynote address:
Professor Doug Hilton AO, Chief Executive (CSIRO) |
| 3:50pm | Fireside Chat:
National interventions powering innovation. Moderated by Dr Jill Freyne, CSIRO’s Deputy Chief Scientist Dr Thomas Ting – Executive Director, Australia’s Economic Accelerator Sandra Roussel – General Manager Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, Department of Industry, Science and Resources Dr George Feast – Deputy Director SME Connect, CSIRO |
| 4:15pm | Panel with Q&A:
The power of the innovation intersection: Where commercialisation and investment collide. Moderated by Jen Baxter, Head of Operations at Main Sequence and Executive Manager in CSIRO Strategic Programs Callum Benson – Senior New Ventures Manager, Monash University Dr Silvia Pfeiffer – Director and Co-Founder, COVIU Clare Birch – Investment Associate, Blackbird
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| 5:00pm – 7:00pm | Networking:
Connect across the ON community, investment, government, and industry. |