Year in Review 2022_23

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                  18 SEPTEMBER 2023



Hub Event Program
Date              Detail
March 2023        SunCoast Angels Pitch sessions for tech startups
May 2023          SunCoast Angels Pitch sessions for tech startups
                  Creative in Residence (Dylan Baron - DBX), Music Producer. 5 days (1:1
Aug/Sept 2022
                  lessons/mentoring)
Aug 2022          The Path workshop - AI x Art - with SC Council Creative Arts
Aug 2022          SportX (sportstech workshop)
Sept 2022         Gary Bolles talk - Future of Work (audience: Career Counsellors)
                  Big Chats x The Path panel - Digital Transformation for Arts/Creatives (with
Sept 2022
                  SC Council Creative Arts)
Oct 2022          Biotech Showcase
                  AtlassiVan (venue host for SC) - road trip across East Coast to promote tech
Oct 2022
                  industry, remote working
Nov 2022          Firetech pilot trials 1
Nov 22 / May 23   Firetech pilot trials 2
                  Welcome to new Qld Chief Entrepreneur (Julia Spicer) & ecosystem
Dec 22
                  breakfast
                  AI Creative Residency (Pip Bingemann) - presentation, workshops, 1:1
April 2023
                  mentoring
May 2023          FWD INVEST event
May 2023          Sunny Coast Showdown workshop
June 2023         LGAQ visit - tour of AI Lab
June 2023         UniSC visit - engagement with Hub programs, tour of AI Lab
June 2023         The Refinery 5.0 workshop - AI/tech for creatives

Hub Talent Programs
Cadetships: The Hub’s cadetship program ran across term 3 and 4 in 2022 with two streams: digital
design and web development. There were 15 Cadets in the Digital Design stream and 21 Cadets in
the Web Development stream, from 10 high schools across Noosa and the Sunshine Coast.
The cadetships drew on industry mentors leading expert sessions and workshops for students. A
number of those cadets have graduated into the Hub’s internship programs and are working with
Hub members and partners.

Holiday Programs: (Sept 22, Jan, April, June 23): Across four holiday programs - 20 workshops,
with a total of 554 kids. This included 16 kids who trained during the June holiday program and
formed teams to compete at RoboRAVE robotics competition, held 15-16 July 2023 at UniSC.

Inventor Club: there has been increased interest from January 2023. The group comprises 21
budding engineers, coders and makers aged 9 to 15 (up from 14 kids in 2022). The current leaders
are three Grade 9 boys from St. Andrew’s Anglican College and Noosa Steiner School. Their projects
have ranged from learning to pilot a small drone, game design (Unity), 3D designed (Fusion 360),
printed & arduino coding of a passion project, 3D designed/printed, laser etched ‘holo’ nameplate,
and in Term 3 2023 - 3D designed/printed mini-battlebots (Fusion 360, gears, motors, servos etc).