UQ Weekend of Startups

When we think about sustainability, it’s easily dismissed as a recent overused buzzword. But the fact is that solving problems with long term solutions is something that we can all have an impact on.

Whether it be socially, environmentally or economically — we cannot maintain our quality of life and look to challenge inequities without planning for the future.

While environmental change is a huge part of sustainability this challenge is not limited to that avenue. Education, technology, health and relationships or anything with underlying faults can have a long term solution — a sustainable one.

The root of long term change lies in understanding and striving for sustainability, where the solution will encompass the requirements of the present in addition to that of the future. This is your chance to take this challenge head on and see how your ideas can be the next sustainable solution.

The UQ Weekend of Startups is not-for-profit and is run by UQ students and staff volunteers as well as Brisbane's entrepreneurial community.

Over the weekend, you’ll be put into teams and be challenged to come up with the next innovative and sustainable business idea. With support from our team and mentors, by Sunday night, you’ll have prototyped and validated your big idea and your team will be ready to deliver your pitch to our experienced panel of judges.