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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 12 OCTOBER 2021
3.2 Ecosystem Organisation Program
The Hub continues to play the lead role in developing the broader digital industry in the region. Now
in its third year, the Hub’s Ecosystem Organisation Program invests in the underlying professional
networks that make up the digital industry by providing them with organisational support,
infrastructure and other resources.
The Hub supports these networks to run a schedule of regular, curated, industry-led networking and
upskilling meetups and events. Events are hosted, organised and supported by Peregian Digital Hub
except for the Digital Xmas Party which was held on Noosa’s MV Catalina (reduced capacity - 80 -
due to COVID-19).
Event and attendee numbers were impacted by COVID-19 restrictions (indoor venue capacity, social
distancing) in the last 12 months. Meetups (in person) restarted in August and September 2021. At
the time of this report, adult in-person attendance for Hub industry events is returning more slowly
than those events involving children / teenagers. To date, some industry meetup groups are not
reaching event capacity allowed under COVID-19 venue restrictions. However, overall each group
membership has grown in the past 12 months.
Digital sector Group Name Members 6/2020 Members 6/2021
Technologists Coding from Beach 532 635
Digital Agencies, Creatives & REBOOT 250 415
Marketers
Screen Professionals Sunshine Coast Screen 160 284
(Film/TV/Video) Collective
Electronic Music Producers & Sunshine Coast Producer 84 171
DJ’s Group
Tech Startup Founders Founders Network 30 55
E-Commerce business owners UNBOX 30 87
(Feb 2020 - December 2020)
Event Statistics
• Digital industry sector meetups: 40
• Talent development (including Cadetships, holiday workshops): 242
• Other (including Firetech Connect expo’s, Noosa Digital Xmas event): 23
Total number of events - 12 months to 30/6/21: 305
Event attendance - monthly:
7/20 8/20 9/20 10/20 11/20 12/20 1/21 2/21 3/21 4/21 5/21 6/21
Combined - Digital
Industries, Talent
Development, Other 535 401 679 422 695 248 360 401 852 524 508 546
Firetech Connect Program
After almost burning down in the bushfires of September 2019, Noosa Council’s Digital Hub created
the Firetech Connect program to accelerate the adoption of promising bushfire resilience
technologies by emergency response agencies, enterprises and local governments.
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