10am - 5pm
Saturday 24 October 2026
Advanced Engineering Building (49), St Lucia
Get ready for a high-energy celebration of student innovation, entrepreneurship, and startup culture!
Whether you're curious about startups, dreaming of launching your own venture, or just keen to meet like-minded changemakers, this event is your backstage pass to the world of entrepreneurship.
Dive into a day of inspiring speakers, hands-on workshops and exciting competitions.
Spots are limited, so register now to be part of the action.
Keynote Speakers
Luke Anear: The making of a unicorn company
Luke is the Founder and Executive Chair of Mitti (by SafetyCulture).
Luke set out to revolutionise safety and quality management in 2004 when he created Mitti, which developed the world’s most used safety and quality inspection app, iAuditor.
Today, Mitti is a $2.5bn global technology company with over 2 million users worldwide relying on the mobile-first platform to power their improvement.
Luke set out to revolutionise safety and quality management in 2004 when he created Mitti, which developed the world’s most used safety and quality inspection app, iAuditor.
Today, Mitti is a $2.5bn global technology company with over 2 million users worldwide relying on the mobile-first platform to power their improvement.
Brad Moran: From the AFL field to global tech companies
CEO and Co-Founder, CitrusAd
Brad co-founded CitrusAd and led it from startup to a $205 million acquisition by Publicis Groupe in under four years.
Brad brings practical lessons from building and advising businesses, with insights on backing yourself, winning your first customers and scaling globally.
Brad co-founded CitrusAd and led it from startup to a $205 million acquisition by Publicis Groupe in under four years.
Brad brings practical lessons from building and advising businesses, with insights on backing yourself, winning your first customers and scaling globally.
Remy Tucker: Turning everyday challenges into opportunity
CEO and Founder, ON THE HOUSE
Remy founded ON THE HOUSE, an organisation making menstrual products freely accessible through an innovative advertising model.
Remy shares practical insights on taking ideas from concept to reality, challenging conventional thinking and building a business that creates value for both customers and community.
Remy founded ON THE HOUSE, an organisation making menstrual products freely accessible through an innovative advertising model.
Remy shares practical insights on taking ideas from concept to reality, challenging conventional thinking and building a business that creates value for both customers and community.
Adeep Mitra
Co-Founder & CEO - Khotan
Started by building an agency as a teenager; now building software that helps teams turn critical operations into maintained applications.
Started by building an agency as a teenager; now building software that helps teams turn critical operations into maintained applications.
Billy Jeremijenko
Founder - Symbolia
Previously founded Aquila, exploring long-range wireless power transmission. His path offers a lens on ambitious ideas, setbacks and choosing what to pursue next.
Previously founded Aquila, exploring long-range wireless power transmission. His path offers a lens on ambitious ideas, setbacks and choosing what to pursue next.
Yarra Kiseleva
Co-Founder - Seatfinder
A law/computer science student whose Ventures experience helped her redirect her from a planned investment-banking path toward building a travel startup.
A law/computer science student whose Ventures experience helped her redirect her from a planned investment-banking path toward building a travel startup.
Interactive Workshops
Making the leap - from AU to SF
Thinking about moving your startup to the US? Join NextGen Ventures for a deep dive into why 55% of the young founders they've backed relocated within 9 months, and how 5 startups managed to get into YC, with several raising Seed rounds from top-tier US VCs. Drawing on first-hand experience and insights from supporting nearly a dozen Aussie startups who’ve relocated, you’ll get practical advice on:
- Why moving to the US early increases the chances of building a globally great company
- The playbook on how to best make the move to SF as a young Australian founder at inception
- Real stories from founders on what worked (and what didn't) when moving to Silicon Valley
- How to decide if you should move overseas, and if so, what city is best and when do you go
- Why moving to the US early increases the chances of building a globally great company
- The playbook on how to best make the move to SF as a young Australian founder at inception
- Real stories from founders on what worked (and what didn't) when moving to Silicon Valley
- How to decide if you should move overseas, and if so, what city is best and when do you go
AI Agents: From Idea to Action
Join Peter Chen, AI Researcher and Community Lead, and John ‘JC’ Cosgrove, Codex Ambassador and Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Cloudwerx, for a practical introduction to AI agents and how you can start using them.
You’ll learn:
- What AI agents are and how they differ from chatbots
- How agents can use tools and workflows to get things done
- Where founders and teams can use agents today
- How to turn an idea into a simple agentic workflow
- What to consider around reliability, oversight and responsible use
No technical background is required. Come along with an idea, a problem, or simply some curiosity about what you can build with AI agents.
You’ll learn:
- What AI agents are and how they differ from chatbots
- How agents can use tools and workflows to get things done
- Where founders and teams can use agents today
- How to turn an idea into a simple agentic workflow
- What to consider around reliability, oversight and responsible use
No technical background is required. Come along with an idea, a problem, or simply some curiosity about what you can build with AI agents.