GUESTS ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION

Arrival tea and coffee served

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Welcome to Country, Ingrid Cumming
Rohan McDougall, Director Commercialisation at Curtin University
Professor Harlene Hayne ONZM, Vice Chancellor of Curtin University
Rt Hon Basil Zempilas, Lord Mayor, City of Perth
Hon Don Punch MLA, WA Minister for Disability Services; Fisheries; Innovation and ICT; Seniors and Ageing

IN CONVERSATION

MODERATOR: Rohan McDougall
Bill Tai, Founder of ACTAI Global

presentation

Sam Kroonenburg, Co-Founder of A Cloud Guru

PANEL DISCUSSION: Behind the Scenes with VC's - Opportunities for WA Founders

MODERATOR: Kylie Gerrard, Programme Lead Plus Eight at Spacecubed
Georgia McDonald, COO of Launch Vic, Alice Anderson Fund
James Cameron,  Partner at Airtree Ventures
Tom Humphrey, Principal of Blackbird Ventures

MORNING TEA

PANEL : FINANCING GROWTH OUTSIDE VENTURE CAPITAL

Moderator: Ash Kirvan, Co-founder, Polymath Ventures
David Weir, CEO and Co-Founder of Radium Capital
Matt Allen, CEO of Tractor Ventures
Nick Gainsley, Partner of OneVentures

Rob Affleck, Innovation Engagement Manager at Woodside

lunch

FIRESIDE CHAT: COVID’S SILVER LINING

Michelle Deaker, Managing Partner of OneVentures
Larry Lopez, Director of Australian Venture Consultants

PANEL: RE-ENVISAGING HOW THE CREATIVE AND STARTUP INDUSTRIES CAN IGNITE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH

Moderator: Olivia Humphrey, Producer, Investor, Adjunct Professor Curtin University
Rikki Lea-Bestall, CEO of ScreenWest
Ian Booth, CEO of Indian Pacific Pictures
Nicole Lockwood, Chair of Infrastructure WA

PANEL: THE GLOBAL GAMES INDUSTRY TAKES CENTRE STAGE. WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WA?

Moderator: Chandra Sundareswaran, General Manager at Spacecubed
Natalie Acquisto, Live Streamer on Facebook Gaming (NatChats)
Stephen Cornish, Managing Director & Co-Founder of Pentanet
Steven Bryson-Haynes, Business Growth NFT& Gaming at Polygon Technology

PRESENTATION: HOW WA’S MEDICAL PIONEERS HAVE CHANGED HEALTHCARE GLOBALLY

Katherine Giles, CEO at OncoRes Medical, Venture Partner at Brandon Capital Partners

StartupWA – WEST TECH FEST 2021 In Review

Tom Goerke, Chair of Startup WA

PANEL: FOUNDERS JOURNEY, RAISING CAPITAL AND ATTRACTING TALENT

Moderator: Tash Teakle, Commercialisation Facilitator at Entrepreneurs Programme
Suzanne Dodds, Founder and MD of Complete Home Filtration
Ross Wyness, COO and Co-founder of VetDB
Tejas Bhatelia, Inventor of Spiropak

Introduction & Awards - Consul General David J. Gainer, US Consulate Perth
4 x presentations from the JUST START IT Hackathon Program
Schools Presenting:
Aquinas College
John XXIII College
Darling Range Sports College
Como Secondary College

Closing Remarks

Larry Lopez

NETWORKING DRINKS HOSTED BY THE CITY OF PERTH