Meeting papers

8    Work with stakeholders to provide      • RADF CIP projects - Tech Creatives in Residence - a funding partnership with the Digital Hub in 2018-19,
     opportunities to showcase                2019-20, 2021-22 & 2022-23. In 2023, the Hub’s tech residencies mainly focused on showcasing AI tools for
     emerging technologies to engage          creatives, tech/digital sectors, entrepreneurs and the wider community learn and engage with this emerging
     early adopters                           technology
9    Work with stakeholders to support      • RADF CIP projects - Tech Creatives in Residence - a funding partnership with the Digital Hub in 2018 - 19,
     the migration of existing creative       2019-20, 2021-22 & 2022-23
     practitioners to the digital space     • NRG's programs and workshops were migrated to the new Noosa Regional Gallery website as instructional
                                              videos during COVID
10   Work with stakeholders to              • Noosa Libraries, in partnership with the Peregian Digital Hub delivered an Engaging Science grant funded
     encourage and support our young          project called ‘Fly for Good’’ – this was an inter-school program where 18 local schoolgirls from five high
     people in adopting digital creative      schools across the coast were taught how to fly drones and use them to resolve important environmental and
     careers                                  humanitarian problems.
                                            • Peregian Digital Hub, in partnership with local high schools/Uni engaged 2 studio/media interns in 2023 to
                                              run the Hub’s new video and podcasting studios
                                            • Peregian Digital Hub, in partnership with SC Screen Collective / Sunny Coast Showdown, provided
                                              opportunities for local film & TV students to gain experience working on several short films / documentaries /
                                              music videos produced during the 2022 and 2023 Sunny Coast Showdown film competitions.

Priority Focus Areas
1    Peregian Digital Hub Council has       • Opened in mid-2018, Peregian Digital Hub has gradually become known as the HQ for our region’s
     taken the plunge into the new           tech/digital industry and, as of late 2023, a vibrant workspace for over 100 ambitious tech entrepreneurs
     digital working world through the
                                             who are building software businesses and/or working remotely for a software/tech business. With the
     construction of the Peregian
     Digital Hub. This facility will make    Hub’s expansion in mid-2023, the Hub has doubled in floorspace, creating a base for the world-first Firetech
     a strong contribution to the growth     Connect program and pilot trials; a state-of-the-art event and education space which hosts hundreds of
     of the local digital sector in both     digital/tech folks each month for professional development and networking events; studios for film
     economic and cultural terms. It         production and podcasting; and additional meeting and data collaboration spaces.
     will support digital cultural
     entrepreneurs through providing        • Since 2019 Peregian Digital Hub has also become known as Qld’s leaders in extra-curricular digital/tech
     co-working space, incubation,
                                             education programs for school kids – through various talent programs (Inventor Club, Cadetship Programs,
     networking and learning.
                                             Holiday Programs, media intern program).
2    Digital Cultural Content Council       • Augmented reality experiences were commissioned as part of the artistic programs of Floating Land in both
     will support the development and         2021 and 2023.
     delivery of locally produced digital   • Augmented reality experiences were commissioned as part of the artistic programs of Floating Land in both
     cultural content. It will recognise      2021 and 2023.
     and showcase local efforts in this     • Peregian Digital Hub provided a production office for the SC Screen Collective’s ‘Sunny Coast Showdown’
     space and support access to new          film incubator in 2022 and 2023, and a base for the SC Screen Collective’s team 2019-2023.
     opportunities and markets.
     Council cultural projects will
     increasingly include digital
     components to showcase
     emerging technologies and
     provide avenues for local digital
     creatives.
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