2019-08-06 S&O Agenda - Item 4 - Attachment 1 - Peregian Digital Hub E-newsletters

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There is more to come in July - the Screen meetup features Ken Crouch of
Screenworks, the organisation that has helped the Northern Rivers area of
NSW become a film powerhouse. More below.

I'm particularly looking forward to hosting a HubLunch with another world-
renowned figure - the man who predicted Trump, Brexit and ScoMo, the big
data expert, Professor Bela Stantic. More on this below.

My favourite moment this month was seeing the full Atmail team of 30plus
employees come together from various corners of the earth to little Peregian
Beach for their annual sales conference this week. Atmail remains the shining
example of creating high-value employment opportunities in Noosa through
digital innovation. What Founder Ben Duncan and more recently Dave Richards,
Glen Lynden and the team at Atmail have achieved, is simply phenomenal and
we're proud to have them at the Hub.


I hope those of you taking time off during the July holidays have a restful break.

Kind Regards,

Chris Boden
Digital Hub Director




Lightbulb Moments with Raeleen Kaesehagen, Founder of mudputty.com

 Raeleen is a local mum, serial entrepreneur and CEO. She founded her first
company, a retail management SaaS startup called Octahedron Software, at 22
years old, grew it to clients in 27 countries and exited in 2017. She now
somehow balances being a full-time mum and being CEO and founder of

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exciting new startup mudputty.com which enables people to find and book
classes or activities in their local area. Visit mudputty.com




 As we move into term 3 and 4, we have an action-packed calendar with
exciting programs designed specifically for girls.

Project Athena
The Hub has partnered with 3 of our local state high schools, Sunshine Beach,
Noosa District and Coolum to create a unique program that helps grow the
number of girls participating in STEM fields.

Through terms 3 and 4, Project Athena will see 10 girls from each of these
schools in grades 8-10 come to the Hub for 3 days of inspiring workshops and
mentoring led by world class female STEM practitioners. Workshops will cover
advanced topics like DNA extraction, machine learning, wearable technology
and software development. These STEM students will also go on excursions
with high tech companies like Boeing and collaborate on entrepreneurial STEM
projects of their own with ongoing support from mentors.


Flying Inventor Program for Girls
Drones are powerful flying robots. Learning how they work and how to fly them,
we believe, is a great way to give students exposure to important engineering
and computer science concepts and encourage them to pursue these pathways.
For term 3, the Hub has partnered with the Noosa Library service to offer
a Flying Inventor program program exclusively for 20 girls from of our local
schools in grades 9 or 10. The 6 day program will see ten teams of two girls
learning to build, fly and race FPV (first person view) drones for prizes.

After-school Robotics & Engineering Club for Girls
Starting in term 3 we're introducing an after-school club for girls on Mondays
from 4-6pm. Taught by Australia's champion senior girls robotics team, this fun

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engineering and robotics workshop will teach the essentials of building,
programming and competing with the Mindstorms robotics platform with a wide
array of projects.




The Hub is excited to be hosting Professor Bela Stantic for a HubLunch on the
22nd of July. Bela is the acclaimed big data scientist who humbled the
professional pollsters by correctly predicting the Trump election, the Brexit
referendum result, the recent Coalition win and other high profile decisions.


Bela is Professor of Computer Science and Head of School of ICT at Griffith
University as well as founder and Director of their “Big Data and Smart
Analytics” Lab. He is internationally recognised in the field of data analytics and
applying Big Data analytics in the tourism, environment and health domains,
having published over 130 peer reviewed journal publications.

This HubLunch event will feature a fireside
chat with Prof Stantic, hosted by locally-based
technology executive Kirsty Telburn, Head of
Deep Learning & Personalisation at Telstra
Digital.

The HubLunch series of events invites world class technologists, authors,
thinkers and researchers to come to Noosa and share their insights about the
future with the key leaders and influencers in our community. Previous events

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have featured technologist and investor, Steve Baxter and MIT Professor and
author, Andy McAfee.




There is an exciting schedule of monthly events happening at the Hub each
month which bring together members of various digital industry groups to
network, share ideas, and hear inspirational talks from top notch presenters.



Are You A Coder or Technologist?

Coding From Beach is the leading industry group for technologists on the
Sunshine Coast. The group has around 490 members and meets at the Hub on
the first Thursday of every month.

 June's meetup featured space
technology with 85 people coming out
on a chilly Thursday evening to hear
from some of Australia's top space
technologists. Four amazing talks from
actual rocket scientists, asteroid miners
and satellite agronomists. Watch the
live-stream recording, here.

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The next Coding from Beach meetup takes place on Thursday 6th of June 2019
from 6-8pm at the Hub and will kick off Maker Month.

Bring your maker projects to show and tell with other makers and hear from a
panel of Aussie makers who recently attended the very last Maker Faire Bay
Area in Silicon Valley, visited makerspaces, labs and more, and met with the
founders and key people from influential brands such as Autodesk, Prusa,
Arduino and Kickstarter. Join the Coding from Beach group here.




Are You A Digital Marketer, Agency or Creative?

REBOOT is a new industry group created to support the Digital Creative and
Marketing Industry in the Noosa Region. REBOOT aims to grow the profile of
the sector and attract opportunities for local service providers.

The June REBOOT Meetup saw 65 of our local digital creatives and marketers
come together to enjoy inspirational talks from 3 fantastic speakers.


Karina Sharpe talked us through the
importance of product imagery in digital
marketing and how she takes a sensory
approach to creating incredible product visuals
for startups and major corporates.




                                Darren Clark showed why he is in demand as a
                                business coach to billion dollar companies by
                                sharing his approach to working with leaders
                                to amplify their strengths and solve for their
                                weaknesses.


Ben Johnston closed with a fantastic talk
about the journey of Josephmark, his world-
renowned digital agency and how he has
evolved it into a venture studio spinning out
exciting startup projects which leverage the
talent of the JM studio and their years of
experience and international network.

REBOOT Meetups are curated to inspire and up-skill digital agencies and those
creative professionals who provide digital marketing services to clients.
Meetups take place on the second Tuesday of every month. Join here.

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Are You A Digital Storyteller?

The Sunshine Coast Screen Collective is an industry group for the many
talented visual storytelling creatives living on the Sunshine Coast who are
involved in film, tv, video, photography or related services. The purpose of the
meetup is to organise, inspire and up-skill the screen industry on the Coast to
grow the profile of the sector and attract opportunities for local creatives.

 At the next Screen meetup on Monday 1st July, we will learn from Ken Crouch,
CEO of Screenworks, how the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales has
established a thriving film industry and how the Sunshine Coast could follow in
their footsteps.

Ken will focus on the screen-related
development and networking
opportunities that Screenworks
provides. The floor will then open up for
a Q&A session so that attendees can
engage directly with him, as well as
with Screen Queensland VP of Content
Samantha Laidlaw.

Make sure you don't miss this one. Join here.


Are you an electronic music producer or DJ?

Sunshine Coast Producers Group is a monthly meet-up designed for local
electronic music producers and DJs based on the Sunshine Coast. The group
aims to build a community of people who are interested in developing their
skills as either DJs or producers, put local talent on the map, foster
collaborations and develop young talent.

Meetups take place on the second Thursday of every month and are hosted at
the Hub. The next one is on Thursday 11th July at 6pm. Join here.


Are You A Crypto Geek?

NoosaCrypto has a new date, with meetups now taking place on the 3rd
Thursday of every month at the Hub from 6-8pm. The NoosaCrypto group have
joined forces with the growing Holochain community and will be learning more
about building scalable distributed apps with data integrity.

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Meetups typically cover latest crypto news, security best practices, updates on
Noosa Power, Holochain news and upcoming activities. The next meetup is on
Thursday 18th of July.

Tell a friend about these groups




It was fantastic to have Peter Corke, Distinguished Professor of Robotics at
QUT at the Hub last week, as part of the Intro to AI series that we're co-
curating with the Noosa Chamber of Commerce.


If you missed Peter's fascinating talk on robotics, autonomy and computer
visions, fear not because it was live-streamed from our Co-Lab and you can
watch the recording at your leisure. This includes the insightful panel featuring
local technologist Andy Fitzsimon of RedHat and Data Scientist, Dr Ruth
Luscombe.


Keep an eye out for the 3rd edition of the Intro to AI series.

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There's only one week to go to book your kids into the exciting lineup of July
Holiday workshops for Noosa's young digital talent.


You can treat the young techie/s in your family to no less than 7 different
programs covering everything from Girls-only Robotics Workshops to 3D
Design & Printing to Drone Racing to LEGO Mindstorms Sumo Robots.


Gather up some friends and get in quick because these workshop places
disappear like hotcakes. Note that all proceeds go to the amazing high school
students who are teaching these workshops.


Holiday Program Schedule

 Activity                             Who for?                   Date             Tickets

                                                                 4 days
 Drone Camp                           12y/o and older                             $160.00
                                                                 30 Jun - 3 Jul

 Girls Engineering &                 Girls only aged             29 Jun           $32.74
 Robotics Workshop                   9-13y/o                     30 Jun           $32.74

 3D Design & 3D Printing             Boys & Girls aged           9 Jul            SOLD OUT
 Workshop                            9-13y/o                     10 Jul           $32.74

 LEGO Sumo Robotics                  Boys & Girls aged           13 Jul           $32.74
 Workshop                            8-13y/o                     14 Jul           $32.74



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The Hub's digital industry and talent development program is supported by
TechnologyOne.

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Kick off your day with your favourite cuppa from our on-site barista and riff on
ideas with a brilliant co-worker at our Co-Op bar. That's before you've tapped
into the gigabit internet at your sit-stand desk and taken a conference call in
our private meeting rooms.


Take a 5 minute stroll to beautiful Peregian Beach Village and grab lunch with a
colleague at one of over 10 awesome restaurants and eateries. Award-winning
sushi, health food bar, Indian, French, Thai and one of the best pubs on the
Coast.


The Hub's unique location lets you slap on the sunscreen and take a run with
colleagues along 10km of pristine beaches, just 50m away then cool off with a
swim and shower.


Get connected to industry colleagues through the packed calendar of top class
events hosted at the Hub's Co-Lab for technologists, digital creatives,
entrepreneurs and young talent.


Full-time and flexible membership options available for startups, technologists
and digital businesses.


Apply now or tell a friend who would benefit from being at the Hub.

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                                            Burning Platform

                                            Each Hub newsletter will use this slot to remind
                                            ourselves that CO2 levels in the atmosphere is the
                                            burning platform. The latest reading (June 20) is 414.06
                                            ppm. According to the science, 450 ppm is a point of no
                                            return when we lock in warming of more than 2`C and
                                            the planet becomes uninhabitable. At the current rate,
                                            that happens in the late 2030's.




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                      I wanna hear the dogs crying for water
                   I wanna see the fish go belly-up in the sea
                And all those lemurs and all those tiny creatures
                 I wanna see them burn, it's only 4 degrees
                            AHNONI - 4 DEGREES


In 1965 technologist Gordon Moore predicted that computer chips would double
in price/performance every two years. Unlike, say, a pollster predicting the result
of an Australian federal election, Moore was spot on with his prediction and that
exponential improvement in computing power has provided the engine for
innovation in the 54 years since.

Moore’s law was the only curve in town. The belief that transistor counts on a
chip would double every 2 years became the predominant hypothesis for
investment in technology and the current masters of the universe surfed its
wave to fame and fortune displacing oil barons and industrialists in the Forbes
list. But there’s a new curve in town: the Keeling curve.

The Keeling Curve graphs the accumulation of carbon dioxide in Earth's
atmosphere using continuous measurements at the Mauna Loa Observatory in
Hawaii from 1958 to the present day. The curve is named after scientist Charles
David Keeling, who started the monitoring program and supervised it until his
death in 2005.

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In 1971 Moore and his colleagues at Intel released the first commercially
available microprocessor, the Intel 4004. It contained an incredible 2,300
transistors. That same year, Keeling measured atmospheric CO2 at Manu Loa
at 325.46.

This week’s measurement is 415.22 ppm. Our iPhones now have
microprocessors with 10 billion transistors.

Let’s put that into context, 12 months ago: 409ppm; 50 years ago: 326.66ppm;
250 years ago, est: 250ppm.

According to the science, 450 ppm is a point of no return when we lock in
warming of more than 2`C and the planet becomes uninhabitable. At the current
rate, that happens in the late 2030's - yes, Keith Richards will only be 95y/o and
I guess the Stones will be on their Uninhabitable Planet tour.

What does this all mean for the Hub?

In much the same way as Moore’s law has done for the last 5 decades, it’s my
belief that the Keeling curve will define the core hypothesis for technology
innovation and investment in the decades ahead because of the existential
threat that it charts.


Local tech entrepreneurs, Ant Moorhouse and Brian Keayes, call this movement
#earthtech and this month launched an ambitious new venture from the Hub that
aims to identify and accelerate startups that are working on technologies that
could exponentially reduce the use of finite and fragile resources.

Ant and Brian believe that Noosa is well-positioned to be a global epicentre for
#earthtech offering a living laboratory for innovators who are working on
promising technologies and an attractive environment for technologists and
scientists who want to play by the ocean and raise a family.

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Noosa of course has major skin in the game: a fragile coastal environment at
particular risk of extreme weather or sea level rises and a local economy reliant
on visitors who come to enjoy its natural splendours.

This fits well with the Digital Hub’s mission to help build a world class digital
ecosystem in Noosa by attracting, developing and supporting talent. If you know
of someone working on #earthtech, please tell them Noosa is open for business
and to get in touch with me.

In the rest of this email, I’ll share some of the exciting upcoming activities at the
Hub, including our monthly meetup program, creative residencies, after-school
program, holiday program, AI education series with the Noosa Chamber and
machine learning workshops.

Regards,
Chris Boden
Digital Hub Director

PS: You can share this newsletter with a friend by clicking here.




Artificial Intelligence is the technology topic on everyone's lips. It's a subject
that everyone seems to have an opinion on but no-one knows much about.


We've partnered with the Noosa Chamber of Commerce to deliver a series of AI
events through this year that we hope will help our business learn more about
what AI really means, how it’s created and how it may affect their businesses
and lives in the coming years. Our next event on the 20th of June will zero in on
computer vision.

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Our presenter is one of the world's leading experts on the topic, Peter Corke,
QUT's Distinguished Professor of Robotic Vision and director of the Australian
Centre for Robotic Vision. Peter literally wrote the book on computer vision and
his online Robot Academy has delivered over 750,000 lessons to 120,000
learners from all over the world.


Prior to QUT, Peter was a senior principal research scientist at CSIRO where he
founded the Autonomous Systems laboratory, a 50-person team undertaking
research in mining, ground, aerial and underwater robotics, as well as sensor
networks. Peter has a Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Engineering
Science degrees, both in Electrical Engineering, and a PhD in Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering, all from the University of Melbourne.



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In June we're kicking off a series of Residencies for Digital Creatives, starting
with a focus on electronic music production. We're thrilled to have house music
producer and DJ Mark Maxwell joining us for an action-packed residency.


As a graduate from the Red Bull Music Academy, Mark has performed across
Australian stages at Splendour in the Grass and Listen Out music festivals.
Mark's original productions regularly feature on the Aria charts with his current
single Free, currently featuring in the club charts.


Mark also leads the Sunshine Coast Producer's Group which meets monthly at
the Hub to connect and collaborate around electronic music production. He is
an expert on songwriting and production in Ableton Live and a fantastic

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teacher. We're thrilled that he will be giving two hands-on Ableton workshops
during his residency.


Mark will be based at the Hub and holding "office hours" in the afternoons
during which visitors can drop in and connect with him to discuss electronic
music, production techniques and collaboration opportunities.


Residency Schedule
Tues, June 11 - Solo work, office hours, Workshop 1 (6-9pm)
Weds, June 12 - Solo work, visit to Hub from school group
Thurs, June 13 - Solo work, office hours, SCPG (6-9pm)
Fri, June 14 - Solo work, office hours,
Sat, June 15 - Solo work, Workshop 2 (1-4pm), Open decks + closing drinks


Workshop 1 - Begin Production in Ableton Live (10-15 ppl)
Workshop 2 - Remixing in Ableton Live (10-15 ppl)


The Creative in Residence series is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund.



                                  Sign up for Production Workshop




The Hub's digital industry and talent development program is supported by
TechnologyOne.




There is an exciting schedule of monthly events happening at the Hub this year

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Dear <<First Name>>

The theme for the last month at the Hub has undoubtedly been "learning".

If you'd hidden out in the Co-Lab over the last 4 weeks you may have learned
an advanced visual effects technique from a Hollywood editor; or how to use
the Fusion 360 design tool to create your next invention, from a world class
engineer; or how to optimise your online marketing funnel, from the guy who
does that for Ford.


You may also have learned how to make house music with Ableton Live, from
a top-charting Producer; or how a data scientist does their job from a real-life
practitioner; or how to use the Holochain distributed ledger to change the
world, from the creators of that project.

Over the Easter school holidays, curious young technologists have been
learning how a computer is constructed and how to program the Arduino
micro-controllers, from a young engineering prodigy & his team. This weekend,
50 young students learned how to create a LEGO robot, from the country's
leading school robotics team.

To round things off, I was invited to give the graduation speech to the CQ
University class of 2018 this week and the theme was "learning" - more
specifically, why you need to become a learning machine in the age of

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machine learning. Here's the text of the speech for those that may be
interested.

Have a great Easter break.

Regards,

Chris Boden
Digital Hub Director

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An interactive game, an app for reporting blue bottle sightings and a dancing
bear were among the many young inventors’ creations on show at the young
Inventor Awards Expo held at the Hub on the 4th of April to celebrate young
talent.


Inventors between the ages of 8 and 20 were invited to submit their projects
for the awards program, plus attend the Expo night to demonstrate how they
work.

18-year-old Malo Wellbrock took out first prize in the 18-20 age group
category with Smartpark, a system for monitoring parking availability.

“It is great to be recognised with this award – my passion is inventing
hardware and software solutions for real-world problems and my aim is to do
that as a career,” said Wellbrock.

15-year-old Brendan Lewis earned first prize in the 13-17 age group with his
reusable bottle rocket, while 8-year-old Blake Telburn scooped top gong in the
8-12 age category with Beachspotter, a site for monitoring bluebottles and
stingers.

The judging panel – which included tech inventor and marketer Michael Carter
and GravityFit General Manager, Kirsty Richardson – was impressed with the
students’ skills.

“We were impressed with both the ideas and the level of STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills used in these projects. It is very
encouraging to see these young inventors bringing their own ideas to life and
pursuing their passion,” Mrs Richardson said.

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The Awards and Expo help recognise local young people’s achievements in
STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) related learning.

The Digital Hub and Noosa Library Service developed the awards program and
expo for Youth Week, with the support of a $2000 State Government grant.




The Hub's digital industry and talent
development program is supported by
TechnologyOne.




We're pleased to welcome some exciting new companies to the Hub.

Pluggas are digital storytellers producing high quality video and innovative
distribution solutions.

Earthtech identifies & accelerates
technologies which will have an
exponential impact on making
humanity sustainable on Earth.

Shippit aims to be the web’s
simplest shipping platform. Based in
Sydney, they power delivery for the
biggest names in Australia including
Sephora and UNIQLO.

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Radaro is a platform that streamlines
and optimizes “last mile” delivery of
goods or services.




Kick off your day with your favourite cuppa from our on-site barista and riff on
ideas with a brilliant co-worker at our Co-Op bar. That's before you've tapped
into the gigabit internet at your sit-stand desk and taken a conference call in
our private meeting rooms.


Take a 5 minute stroll to beautiful Peregian Beach Village and grab lunch with a
colleague at one of over 10 awesome restaurants and eateries. Award-winning
sushi, health food bar, Indian, French, Thai and one of the best pubs on the
Coast.


The Hub's unique location lets you slap on the sunscreen and take a run with
colleagues along 10km of pristine beaches, just 50m away then cool off with a
swim and shower.

Get connected to industry colleagues through the packed calendar of top
class events hosted at the Hub's Co-Lab for technologists, digital creatives,
entrepreneurs and young talent.

Full-time and flexible membership options available for startups, technologists
and digital businesses.

Apply now or tell a friend who would benefit from being at the Hub.



                                Apply For Co-Work

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There is an exciting schedule of monthly events happening at the Hub this year
which will bring together members of various digital industry groups to
network, share ideas, and hear inspirational talks from top notch presenters.



Are You A Digital Agency?

REBOOT is a new industry group created to support the Digital Creative and
Marketing Industry in the Noosa Region. REBOOT aims to grow the profile of
the sector and attract opportunities for local service providers.

Meetups are curated to inspire and up-skill digital agencies and those creative
professionals who provide digital marketing services to clients. Meetups take
place on the second Tuesday of every month. Join here.



Are You A Coder or Technologist?

Coding From Beach is the leading industry group for technologists on the
Sunshine Coast. The group has around 450 members and meets at the Hub on
the first Thursday of every month. The next meetup takes place on Thursday
2nd May 2019 from 6-8pm. Join here.

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Are You A Digital Storyteller?

The Sunshine Coast Screen Collective is an industry group for the many
talented visual storytelling creatives living on the Sunshine Coast who are
involved in film, tv, video, photography or related services.

The purpose of the meetup is to organise, inspire and up-skill the screen
industry on the Coast to grow the profile of the sector and attract opportunities
for local creatives. The next meetup takes place on Monday 6th May 2019.
Join here.



Are You A Music Producer or DJ?

Sunshine Coast Producers Group is a new monthly meet-up designed for local
electronic music producers and DJs based on the Sunshine Coast. The group
aims to build a community of people who are interested in developing their
skills as either DJs or producers, put local talent on the map, foster
collaborations and develop young talent.

Meetups take place on the second Thursday of every month and are hosted at
the Hub. The next one is on Thursday 9th May at 6pm. Join here.

Tell a friend about these groups




The Hub's digital industry and talent development program is
supported by TechnologyOne.




Peregian Digital Hub is a Noosa Council initiative

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Dear <<First Name>>

Watching wide-eyed surfers zipping through Cyclone Oma's perfect 2m
barrels off the National Park was a reminder that Noosa is one of the world's
great places to play by the ocean.


Judging by some of the stellar digital talents that have recently set up base
here (meet them below), the word might be getting out that Noosa is becoming
an awesome place to work in the digital economy ;-) Meet them below                      .

It has never been easier to connect with your digital tribe because there is now
a vibrant program of digital industry events bringing professionals together
once a month, to network, learn and get inspired. Each event features
insightful presentations from expert speakers along with sponsored pizza and
drinks. I'll show you how easy it is to join your tribe, below          .

For people wanting to join the new economy, there are a growing number of
opportunities to learn and develop new skills, from Drone Piloting (              ) to
Robotics workshops to 3D design/manufacturing (                 ) to Innovation
Masterclasses (    ). I hope you'll read on below to learn more and share those
opportunities with friends or family who would benefit.


Startup founders looking to raise early-stage capital have some upcoming

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opportunities this month with the Ignite ideas grants available (   ) and the
SunCoast Angel investors meeting at the Hub to hear pitches (       ).

Finally, to celebrate Youth Week this year, Noosa Council will be recognising
the amazing young inventors in our community and rewarding their ingenuity
with some fantastic prizes. See more below.

Regards,

Chris Boden
Digital Hub Director

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Some seriously impressive digital talents have decided to settle in Noosa and
have recently made it their home base. Frankly you'd expect nothing less from
a smart bunch of folks like this lot. - they get it ;-)

Carl Hartmann is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He was Co-Founder &
CEO of Temando - a leading ecommerce shipping and fulfilment platform with
some of the world's leading retailers as clients including Toy's R Us, Nike and
ASOS. Carl exited Temando to Paris-based Neopost and moved to Noosa
from SF last year. He is actively investing and co-founding new ventures,
including Shortlyster - which launched this week.

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Elouise Waller, is Co-Founder of Leading Directions - a technology company
specialising in software solutions for Disability providers. Elouise and her
partner, Greg, recently moved to Noosa from Port Lincoln with 3 children and
have quickly settled into life in Noosa.

Anthony Moorehouse has a fascinating background: 10 years as a Special
Forces Counter Terrorism Commander before creating Dynamiq an online
crisis management software company for rescuing kidnap victims, evacuating
workers from warzones, etc. He exited Dynamiq to insurance giant, CGU.
Anthony recently moved back to Australia after 4 years in Boulder, Co and has
co-founded SunRamp, a new accelerator program which fast-tracks
entrepreneurs into the connectivity industry.

Tim Farquhar is Co-founder of Eclipse Travel, a leading online travel agency
specialising in adventure travel to destinations such as Antarctica, the Arctic,
Africa, and South America. After a background in financial markets, Tim
traveled the world building up a deep knowledge in specialist travel before co-
founding Eclipse. Tim has made the move to Noosa from Sydney.

David Tozer is an entrepreneur and investor with a deep background in
technology investing. David was an investment banker with ABN Amro in
London before returning home to become a founding partner of Houlihan
Lokey global investment bank, in Australia. David, now based in the Noosa, is
an active tech investor via his family office with positions in Expert360 and
National Drones - Australia's largest drone service provider, where he is
Chairman.

Dr Ruth Luscombe is a commercial mathematician and data scientist working
on machine learning and artificial intelligence to deliver decision support
systems and control models to multiple industries including resources,
defence, sustainable transport and health care.

Cliff Benns is a repeat entrepreneur having founded and exited multiple
companies in the mining solutions space and now working on an ambitious
biotech startup, Sustainable Food Corporation that automates and accelerates
the transformation of food waste into a useful natural resource.

Dan Tropp is a senior team lead at Cogent, one of Australia's leading software
development houses. Cogent build apps and platforms for founders and
teams. They have a blue chip list of clients from MYOB to SEEK to
Realestate.com.au. Dan has moved to Noosa from Melbourne with his young
family.

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There is an exciting schedule of monthly events happening at the Hub this year
which will bring together members of various digital industry groups to
network, share ideas, and hear inspirational talks from top notch presenters.



Are You A Digital Agency?

REBOOT is a new industry group created to support the Digital Creative and
Marketing Industry in the Noosa Region. REBOOT aims to grow the profile of
the sector and attract opportunities for local service providers.

Meetups are curated to inspire and up-skill digital agencies and those creative
professionals who provide digital marketing services to clients. Meetups take
place on the second Tuesday of every month. Join here.



Are You A Coder or Technologist?

Coding From Beach is the leading industry group for technologists on the
Sunshine Coast. The group has around 450 members and meets at the Hub on
the first Thursday of every month. The next meetup takes place on Thursday
4th April 2019 from 6-8pm. Join here.



Are You A Digital Storyteller?

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The Sunshine Coast Screen Collective is an industry group for the many
talented visual storytelling creatives living on the Sunshine Coast who are
involved in film, tv, video, photography or related services.

The purpose of the meetup is to organise, inspire and up-skill the screen
industry on the Coast to grow the profile of the sector and attract opportunities
for local creatives. The next meetup takes place on Monday 1st April 2019.
Join here.



Are You A Music Producer or DJ?

Sunshine Coast Producers Group is a new monthly meet-up designed for local
electronic music producers and DJs based on the Sunshine Coast. The group
aims to build a community of people who are interested in developing their
skills as either DJs or producers, put local talent on the map, foster
collaborations and develop young talent.

Meetups take place on the second Thursday of every month and are hosted at
the Hub. The next one is on Thursday 11th March at 6pm. Join here.



Are you a Crypto/Blockchain professional or enthusiast?

NoosaCrypto is an industry group for blockchain and cryptocurrency
professionals and technologists in the Noosa area. The group which has
around 160 members, meets on the first Wednesday of each month at the hub
with the next meeting on Weds 6th Feb 2019 from 6-8pm.

Tell a friend about these groups

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From construction to mining to agriculture and beyond, drones are
revolutionising the way we work. They are reducing costs, improving safety
and allowing us to do things we could never do before. There's just one
problem: there aren't enough skilled drone operators to fly them.

Come along to the Digital Hub on Tuesday 16 April 2019 from 6pm-9pm and
learn about the growing career opportunities for commercial drone operators.
You'll get to meet the leaders of Australia's leading Drone services employer
and hear them present on the skills needed to work as a drone operator and
how you can get fast-tracked into this new career.

There will be a chance for Q&A with beer and pizza provided.


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Please share this with local friends who may be looking for a new career opportunity.



The Hub's digital industry and talent development program is
supported by TechnologyOne.

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Computer-aided manufacturing and engineering are going to drive a huge
wave of new job opportunities in the coming years. Whether it’s within
medical, architecture, engineering or any other sector, learning 3d design skills
is a ticket to play.

Fusion 360 is the first tool of its kind that brings together design, engineering
and manufacturing into one easy to use platform. It connects the entire
development process in a single cloud-based platform to enable collaboration
and accessibility. As a result, it is fast becoming the go-to software for 3D
printing and product development in almost every field.

In this free introductory course, taught by world-class software/hardware
engineer, Malte von Ruden, you'll learn everything you need to know in order
to get started creating informative detailed drawings of your designs in Fusion
360.

The course takes place at the Digital Hub over 3 nights on 8, 10, 12 April from
5-7pm and is limited to 15 attendees.



                                       Book Your Free Spot


                                  Share this opportunity with a friend




The Hub's digital industry and talent development program is
supported by TechnologyOne.

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Kick off your day with your favourite cuppa from our on-site barista and riff on
ideas with a brilliant co-worker at our Co-Op bar. That's before you've tapped
into the gigabit internet at your sit-stand desk and taken a conference call in
our private meeting rooms.


Take a 5 minute stroll to beautiful Peregian Beach Village and grab lunch with a
colleague at one of over 10 awesome restaurants and eateries. Award-winning
sushi, health food bar, Indian, French, Thai and one of the best pubs on the
Coast.

The Hub's unique location lets you slap on the sunscreen and take a run with
colleagues along 10km of pristine beaches, just 50m away then cool off with a
swim and shower.

Get connected to industry colleagues through the packed calendar of top
class events hosted at the Hub's Co-Lab for technologists, digital creatives,
entrepreneurs and young talent.


Full-time and flexible membership options available for startups, technologists
and digital businesses.

Apply now or tell a friend who would benefit from being at the Hub.



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Robotics programs at primary school are a brilliant way to get kids hooked into
science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) - vitals skill areas for the
new economy.

To to raise the technical level of robotics understanding in Noosa, the Hub is
presenting a robotics immersion day in May 2019 for staff and pupils at
Noosa's primary schools. The program, delivered in partnership with
RoboCoast, aims to help develop the region into a top location for robotics
and engineering talent.

The program will be delivered by Noosa-local and champion robotics coach,
Simon Richardson of Chancellor State College, and will help develop student's
and teacher’s skills in building and programming EV3 Mindstorms robots.



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The Ignite Ideas Fund provides grants to support startups and small to
medium Queensland businesses to commercialise innovative products,
processes or services that have reached minimum viable product stage and

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have market potential.

An Expression of Interest round is accepting submissions until 25 March 2019.

Applicants to the Expression of Interest round will be advised of the outcome
within approximately six weeks of the closing date of the round.

Applicants that are successful at the Expression of Interest round stage will be
invited to submit a Full Application within three weeks of invite.



Eligibility

To be eligible for funding, applicant organisations must:

     be a business or startup organisation and be registered for GST
     be headquartered in Queensland
     have no more than than 50 full time equivalent employees

Applicants to Tier 1 must:

     not have received an Ignite Ideas Fund grant previously
     make a cash contribution to the project that is at least equal to 20% of
     the value of the grant funding sought.

Applicants to Tier 2 must:

     have been trading for a minimum of two years
     not have received an Ignite Ideas Fund Tier 2 grant previously
     have successfully completed any project funded under Tier 1 of the
     Ignite Ideas Fund (if relevant)
     make a cash contribution to the project that is at least equal to the value
     of the grant funding sought.



Grant Details
Tier 1: Up to $100k per project
Tier 2: Up to $200k per project



How to Apply

The Ignite Ideas Fund has a two-stage application process:
Open to Expressions of Interest now.

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Closing date and time: 10am, 25 March 2019


Stage 2 – Full Application invitation round

Following independent assessment of the eligible Expressions of Interest
received, a number of applicants will be invited to submit a Full Application.



                              Apply For Ignite Grant




Fundraising is often the most difficult and stressful part of a startup founder's
journey: having to constantly pitch potential investors, negotiate deal terms,
endure due diligence processes and keep momentum going in the business is
not for the faint-hearted.

Having access to active angel investors is therefore of vital important to the
tech ecosystem because entrepreneurs with great ideas need financial backing
at an early-stage to turn them into scalable businesses.

Angel networks like SunCoast Angels fulfil an important market-making role:
they aggregate on the (funding) supply side by building a network of high net
worth individuals who want to invest in technology companies and they
aggregate on the (funding) demand side by offering promising entrepreneurs
the chance to present to those investors at pitch events.

The SunCoast Angels investment group will be gathering at the Hub on the
19th of March at 5pm for a pitch night.

If you are a prospective angel investor wanting access to startup dealflow on
the Sunshine Coast and beyond, please come along and meet the team.

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                               RSVP for Pitch Night




To celebrate Youth Week this year, Noosa Council will be recognising the
amazing young inventors in our community and rewarding their ingenuity with
some fantastic prizes.

Inspire Expo

The awards are open to young people living in the Noosa area who have
shown the initiative and creativity to invent something of their own and bring it
to life using technology - Digital STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
Arts, Mathematics)

Prizes will be awarded in 3 categories: Junior (8-12), Middle (13-17), High (18-
20)

When does it take place?
Thursday, April 4th at 4pm

Where does it take place?
Peregian Digital Hub

How does it work?
Inventors submit their creations for judging by filling out the simple online entry
form at peregianhub.com.au/invent. Parents can do this on behalf of younger
inventors.

Inventors will be notified if they have been shortlisted to have their inventions
shown off at the Expo. The winners in each category will be announced at the
Expo with prizes handed out.

What are the deadlines?

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Entries must be submitted by 8pm Sunday 24 March 2019.




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The Hub is hosting the Innovation Master Class program taught by Colin
Graham and Sandra Arico. The program consists of four half-day workshops
plus a Showcase event running from 27 March to 15 May 2019.

Colin is the former CEO of the Innovation Centre and Sandra is the current
Head of Innovation at Helimods - both have extensive experience leading and
catalysing innovation.

“We have designed the workshop series to be as interactive and practical as
possible, with a balance of sharing real-world examples along with tangible
tools, frameworks and exercises to apply learnings to participants’ own unique
businesses.

Often businesses can be cautious about focusing time on innovation, as it can
be perceived as something big and audacious, rather than something practical
and impactful.

The Innovation Master Class is an applied business development program
aimed at owner manager of small and mid sized businesses in the Noosa and
Sunshine Coast council areas.

The program will help you to understand how innovation can grow your
business - and increase profits and impact – and provides you with the

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knowledge, practical tools and support to help identify and implement new
opportunities for your business.

Download the course brochure here.



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Dear <<First Name>>


Did you hear about the Noosa twins earning a handsome living as one of the world's top
Fortnite eSports teams? Or the local company who helped NASA solve the problem of
astronauts forgetting how to walk? Or the Instagram Coach? Or the Kids teaching other
kids to code? Or the upcoming AI conference? Or the weekend hackathon that made your
life better over the holidays?


Well, it's been a busy summer at the Hub and there are lots of exciting digital things
brewing for Noosa in the new year so I thought I'd put it all in a newsletter and share it
with our friends and colleagues. Read on to find out more...


Regards,

Chris Boden
Digital Hub Director




Local Gamer Wins Australia's Biggest eSports Prize

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Noosa's own eSports superstars, Jesse and Jordan Eckley - aka the X2Twins - dominated the Fortnite
Summer Smash which took place at Melbourne Park alongside the Australian Open Tennis. The
competition, described by organisers as “the largest competitive gaming event in Australian history”, had
a prize pool of $500,000.

The event kicked off on Saturday where 500 players went to battle to make it to the top 100 finals. There
was no shortage of international talent, with the X2Twins stealing the limelight. Jesse Eckley, one-half of
the X2Twins, walked away with the $100,000 AUD and was crowned the King of Australian Fortnite.


Jesse and Jordan ran a Fortnite clinic for young gamers at the Hub in the September school holidays last
year and the pressure is on to do that again in April ;-).




Upcoming Events
There is an exciting schedule of monthly events happening at the Hub this year which will bring together
members of various digital industry groups to network, share ideas, and hear inspirational talks from top
notch presenters.


REBOOT


REBOOT is a new industry group for digital creatives and professionals based in the Noosa area who
provide online marketing, web/app development, content creation or related services.

The purpose of the meetup is to organise, inspire and upskill the digital creative community in Noosa to
grow the profile of the sector and attract opportunities for local service providers. These meetups take
place on the second Wednesday of every month, starting 13 Feb 2019 from 6-8pm.


The inaugural REBOOT meetup will feature Peter Bone, a locally-based "Instagram Coach" who has
figured out how to build a large following on the social network. His account, @achievetheimpossible was
set up after his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer, helping him find inspiration through
motivational quotes which he then shared with others. The account now has over a million followers.


NoosaCrypto


NoosaCrypto is an industry group for blockchain and cryptocurrency professionals and technologists in
the Noosa area. The group which has around 160 members, meets on the first Wednesday of each
month at the hub with the next meeting on Weds 6th Feb 2019 from 6-8pm.

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Coding From Beach


Coding from Beach is the leading industry group for technologists on the Sunshine Coast. The group has
around 430 members and meets at the Hub on the first Thursday of every month. The next meetup takes
place on Thursday 7th Feb 2019 from 6-8pm.


Sunshine Coast Producers Group


The Sunshine Coast Producer Group is a new monthly meet-up designed for local electronic
music producers and DJs based on the Sunshine Coast. The group aims to build a community of people
who are interested in developing their skills as either DJs or producers, put local talent on the map, foster
collaborations and develop young talent.

Meetups take place on the second Thursday of every month with the exception of the inaugural meetup
which is being held on Saturday 23rd Feb due to touring special guest availability.




Barception: A New On-site Barista & Reception
Service Give The Hub A Unique Flavour
They say technologists are machines that convert coffee into code so we've launched "barception" - an
on-site barista and reception service at the Hub.


Hub members can now start their day with coffee and a conversation in the Hub's cool outdoor Co-Op
canteen before heading inside to build their digital businesses.


Council has partnered with SevGen Indigenous Corporation who will operate the barception service as
part of their social enterprise activities to provide opportunities for young talent. SevGen currently
operate other Deadly Espresso sites on the Sunshine Coast, including a cafe at Eumundi and a coffee
kiosk at Noosa Reviva.


SevGen Director, Terri Waller said "We're very pleased to be at the Digital Hub and have had received
many messages of support from the Peregian Beach community who are excited to have us here. This
will be a great environment for our Deadly mob to grow and develop their skills."

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The Hub's coffee kiosk is also open to the public. Users of the Peregian Beach Community House and
visitors to the nearby medical facilities can now drop by the Co-Op and get the brew of their choice
whilst checking their email on the Hub's gigabit wifi connection.


Noosa Today Article




GravityFit Lifts Off With Commercialisation Grant And
New Home At The Hub
It’s not commonly known that going into space is actually terrible for your spine and joint health. After
spending a concentrated amount of time in space, astronauts are actually unable to walk off the shuttle
when they land. They have to literally be carried off to undergo extensive rehabilitation and often sustain
long-term damage to their bodies.


Dr. Carolyn Richardson has spent her working life investigating how gravity affects our health and why
this phenomenon occurs in space. Her research with the University of Queensland, European Space
Agency and NASA regarding the effect of gravity on our muscles and bones has laid the foundation for
finding out why this happens and how to fix it.


It is this research that underpins GravityFit, the Noosa-based company run by Dr Richardson's son,
David and his wife, Kirsty. The company has become famous amongst elite athletes, especially golfers,
for its range of exercise tools. Last Friday, Member for Wide Bay Llew O'Brien presented $478,950 to
GravityFit as part of the Accelerating Commercialisation grant.

The money will allow the local company to commercialise production of its G-Suit an intelligent training
garment for athletes and astronauts. The G-Suite is being tested by elite athletes from various codes as
part of their training regime. Its compression function puts more gravity sensory information into the body
and stimulate those deep muscles and stabilises spines and limbs during training and stimulates muscle
memory to aid performance and reduce injury.


News release

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GovHack Prototype Turns Into Commercial Trial To
Ease Holiday Parking Congestion

Following the inaugural GovHack weekend hackathon held at the Hub in September, Noosa Council
contracted members of the winning team to take the traffic monitoring prototype they had built to a
commercial trial during the Christmas holiday period as part of the Go Noosa Transport initiative.

Local technologists Gary Swanepoel and Mic Black developed a solution which counted traffic flows into
and out of key parking zones to calculate parking availability and traffic congestion. Information was
relayed to mobile VMS (Variable Message Sign) Boards placed strategically around the Noosa Shire, to
display realtime parking availability and suggest alternative transport strategies during peak times. The
information was also made available via the Go Noosa website and mobile app.

Since going live in mid-December, the website has been utilised by more than 1000 people to view
parking capacity and road congestion in Noosa Heads. Website developer Gary Swanepoel said more
than half of all users had logged on to help them decide whether to drive or catch a bus.

"Feedback has been really good,” Mr Swanepoel said "We've had a lot of locals say they've been using
the free buses a lot more over the holidays and hardly using their car and that the live information has
really helped them 'break their routine'.”

Travellers can save the app to their phone via the website

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Kick off your day with your favourite cuppa from our on-site barista and riff on ideas with a brilliant co-
worker at our Co-Op bar. That's before you've tapped into the gigabit internet at your sit-stand desk and
taken a conference call in our private meeting rooms.


Take a 5 minute stroll to beautiful Peregian Beach Village and grab lunch with a colleague at one of over
10 awesome restaurants and eateries. Award-winning sushi, health food bar, Indian, French, Thai and
one of the best pubs on the Coast.


The Hub's unique location lets you slap on the sunscreen and take a run with colleagues along 10km of
pristine beaches, just 50m away then cool off with a swim and shower.

A packed calendar of events at the Hub for technologists, digital
Full-time and flexible membership options available for startups, technologists and digital businesses.


Apply now or tell a friend who would benefit from being at the Hub.




                                              Apply Now




Summer Drone Camp

   The Hub was a hive of educational activity in January at the
   conclusion of our holiday program for young inventors.

   The four day Flying Inventor course taught teenage techies
   how to build and race drones while the two day Micro-
   machines workshop taught 9-13 year olds how to invent with
   micro-controllers. The holiday courses were taught by four of
   the Shire's most promising technology prodigies with minimal
   involvement from adults.


   Year 12 students Eamon Kriz (St John's College) and Connor
   Middleton (Sunshine Beach State High), created an intensive
   4 day program in which 10 students learned the engineering
   principles of FPV (first person view) drones before racing for
   prizes at the Noosa Leisure Centre. The duo were also able
   to secure a special visit from the Australian Army drone
   division and sponsorship support from CQUniversity.

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Kids teaching kids
The Hub aims to help make Noosa a hotbed of home-grown technology and engineering talent in the
years ahead through its skills development and mentoring programs. Having a vibrant holiday program is
a key part of that plan.


George Gleeson and Bryn Mailer, both 15 year old students at Good Shepherd Lutheran College, used
the knowledge gained through their school robotics club to design holiday workshops which had their
class of 17 focused youngsters inventing their own devices. The course earned rave reviews with a
female participant commenting "I learned more in the workshop than I learned over the last year at
school".


These young instructors are being mentored under the Digital Hub's talent development program. "I was
blown away by the level of engagement I observed between the students and instructors" said Roman
Olivera, a parent.

We've been incredibly impressed by the drive and professionalism of Eamon, Connor, George and Bryn.
They've put in many hours of preparation during their school holidays and are fantastic role models for
both the younger kids and their peers.


Noosa Today Article




Event: Surviving The AI Apocalypse
The Noosa Chamber of Commerce is continuing its FUTURE series, examining the future of work and
how technology is changing business.

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A key theme for this year is the impact of AI and Machine Learning. I believe we are on the cusp of
another technological revolution, as we were in 2007 when Steve Jobs launched the iPhone that will
change our lives even more that pocket supercomputers have.


We've partnered with the Chamber to deliver a series of educational events that will help Noosa's
businesses develop an understanding of this mega-trend and move beyond the headlines and cliches to
become conversant in the technology concepts and be empowered to consider the opportunities and
challenges for their businesses.


We'll have a guest panel of presenters for an interactive Q & A session.

Rohan Toll of the AI Academy, as our guest presenter, will demystify our understanding of Artificial
Intelligence (AI), Robotics and Machine Learning. He will explain, what it is, isn't and why this will be the
biggest disrupter of business norms for the next decade.


Event Details


When: Thursday 21 February, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Where: Noosa Boardroom Function Room, Noosa Civic, 28 Eenie Creek Rd Noosaville.
Catering: Finger food and drinks included.

Click HERE for Tickets and More




There is a market of 4.5bn people online around the world today looking for products or services that will
improve their lives.

This equates to a practically limitless number of product and service niches that are yet to be served.
Figure out something that the world wants or needs and learn how to offer it to them online.

This workshop is a fantastic opportunity to learn how to do that and level-up from being a local business
with a website to becoming an ecommerce business that serves a global market.

Thanks to support from Sunshine Coast Council along with Austrade and Trade and Investment
Queensland it only costs $25, including tea/coffee and lunch!

Jump on it or share with a friend who would benefit...


Event Details

Monday 18th February 2016
10.30am to 2.30pm (Including tea and coffee and lunch during the session)
Maroochy RS, Memorial Ave Maroochydore

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Book here




We're always looking for innovative services and apps that help Hub members and our industry
colleagues time and money. Local recruitment tech company, Lode, fits the bill, helping you find and
connect with early-career talent like students and young professionals, on their platform.

Lode users can view the number of candidate students -
real time while you refine your search and then communicate the PD with them within 30 second. Lode is
providing our startup member with a free package in return for our feedback!


Interested? Click here.




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