Tech23 The Sydney Event You Don’t Want To Miss

By Frederique Bros
on 15 November 2015

Now in its seventh year, Tech23 2015 will be held on Tuesday 17 November at the Auditorium in Surry Hills, Sydney.

Tech23 2015 is where 400+ of Australia’s best and brightest minds come together to shine a light on the BIG ideas that are changing our world.

Tech23 The Sydney Event You Don’t Want To Miss

About Tech23

Tech23 2015 will bring together the ecosystem – investors, entrepreneurs and innovators from across Australian enterprise, government and industry sectors. It will showcase 23 world-class startups with high growth potential, and technical expertise who are tackling big problems.

What To Expect

  • Tech23 2015 will be dedicated to improving the communication and coordination among the key stakeholders – across enterprises, universities, industry and startups.
  • Tech23 2015 will showcase the best examples of university/industry collaboration.
  • Universities will showcase their research commercialisation/accelerator programs on Innovation Island.
  • Tech23 2015 will assist all attendees to gain a better understanding of their role and the role their organisation should take in making Australia an innovation powerhouse.
  • Tech23 2015 will try and demonstrate the end-to-end innovation process; and help all stakeholders collaborate better by exploring the specific cultures and drivers of each stakeholder.
  • Tech23 2015 will provide corporates with the opportunity to meet and network with innovative, high-growth companies and the commercialisation/accelerators of R&D organisations.
  • Tech23 2015 will concentrate on the ideas, people and companies that will make Australia great.

BIG ideas of course deserve BIG prizes

Thanks to their generous prize sponsors, this year’s winning companies have a shot at a cool $50k in cash prizes thanks to AMP, CSIRO, Data61, REA Group, PayPal, ATP Innovations, Addison’s Lawyers, RDA Sydney and Capital Markets CRC. Other prizes up for grabs include co-working space courtesy of Fishburners and Tyro Payments; a Fast Track to the USA with Elevate61; and much more

High Profile Speakers Include

Larry Marshall, CEO, CSIRO; Adrian Turner, CEO, Data61; Dr Michelle Deaker, Founder, Managing Director and CEO, OneVentures; Elaine Stead, Investment Director, Blue Sky Ventures; Doron Ben-Meir, Executive Director, The University of Melbourne; Cyan Ta’eed, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Envato; David Spence, Chairman, Vocus Communications.

Tech23 2015 is sponsored by CSIRO, Amazon Web Services, Data61, AGSM @UNSW, Citrix, ATP Innovations, Capital Markets CRC and is supported by Advance, AVCAL and KCA.

Click here to see the full program.

Image Credit: Wikipedia

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