Industry Keynotes
Hear from Australia’s leading policy makers, innovation ecosystem builders, investment funds, and technology entrepreneurs
Sector Showcase
Presentations from Australia’s leading semiconductor, quantum, and photonics pioneers
Expert Roundtables
A Quantum Future
Australia’s role in the
quantum revolution
Australia’s
semiconductor
moonshot
Shaping policy and investment to drive in a new manufacturing era
Going global
​
Funding and commercialising Australian innovation on the world-stage
The Scale-Up Lab
Semi-scale-ups pitch to leading VC funds and angel investors
Media Room
Interview room with Australia’s innovation and investment journalists
Post-event Networking Drinks
Raise a glass to Australia’s sovereign manufacturing future
VIP Dinner
VIP, sponsor and presenter dinner
MAINSTAGE PROGRAM
8.00 am
registration
8.30 am
Welcome and introduction
- Stefanie Winwood, BluGlass
- Nadia Court, S3B​
10 mins
8.40 am
OPENING KEYNOTE: Peter Barrett, Playground Global​
20 mins
9.00 am
FEATURE PANEL: Australia's Semiconductor Moonshot - shaping policy & investment to drive in a sovereign manufacturing era
- Moderator: Corrie McLeod, Publisher, InnovationAUS.com
- Innes Willox, CEO, AI Group and Australian Super
- Damian Kassabgi, CEO, Tech Council of Australia
- Donna Looney, Head of International, Trade and National Security Division, Department of Industry Science & Resources
- Ken Morrison, CEO, NSW Government - Bradfield Development Authority
- Coby Hanoch, CEO, Weebit Nano
45 mins
Global impact company presentations
9.45 am
Morse Micro, Andrew Terry
15 mins
10.00 am
Weebit Nano, Coby Hanoch
15 mins
10.15 am
Electro Optical Systems (EOS), Andreas Schwer
15 mins
10.30 am
Silex Limited, Michael Goldsworthy
15 mins
10.45 - 11.00 am
Interactive Q&A Panel with: Morse, Weebit, EOS, Silex
20 mins
11.00 - 11.30 am
Morning Tea
25 mins
SESSION TWO: Semiconductors power the universe
11.30 - 11.45 am
Sector opportunities, challenges and key trends - Jonathan Belz, BFA Global
15 mins
11.45 am
4DS, Peter Himes
15 mins
12.00 pm
BluGlass, Jim Haden
15 mins
12.15 pm
2D Generation, Arye Kohavi
15 mins
12.30 pm
Archer, Simon Ruffell
15 mins
12.45 pm
Interactive Q&A Panel with 4DS, BluGlass, 2D Generation and Archer
Moderated by Ben Kitcher, Bradfield Development Authority
20 mins
1.05 pm
LUNCH
50 mins
2.00 pm
KEYNOTE: Australia's Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley
20 mins
Session Three: Lightening rounds - Building strategic and sovereign capability
2.20 pm
Millibeam, Venkata Gutta
7 mins
2.27 pm
Syenta, Jekaterina Viktorova
7 mins
2.34 pm
Calumino, Sven Sylvester
7 mins
2.41 pm
DeteQt, James Rabeau
7 mins
2.48 pm
Winner of the VC Pitch Lab
7 mins
3.00 pm
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE – Going Global. Funding and commercialising Australian innovation on the world-wide stage
- Marc Kennis, Managing Director, Pitt Street Research
- James Berman, Director, Corporate Finance, Bell Potter
- Nathan Simiana, Director, Smart Manufacturing, Deloitte
- Paula Adamson, CEO, Wrays
- James Walker, Chair, BluGlass
- Mike Nicholls, Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
- Pat Stewart, State Manager, Radium Capital
30 mins
3.30 pm
afternoon tea
30 mins
4.00 pm
Silicon Quantum Computing, Michelle Simmons
4.15 pm
Diraq, Andrew Dzurak
4.30 pm
Quantum Brilliance, Mark Luo
4.45 pm
break
4.55 pm
FEATURE PANEL: A quantum future - Australia's role in the quantum revolution
- Moderator: Michael Falk, Chief Economist, IP Australia
- Michelle Simmons, CEO & Founder, Silicon Quantum Computing
- Mark Luo, CEO, Quantum Brilliance
- Rita Gatt, Partner, Deloitte
- Andrew Dzurak, CEO, Diraq
- Biliana Rajevic, Co-Chair, Australian Quantum Alliance, and Founder, Quantum Women
- Susan Travis, Head of Research, Tech Council of Australia
45 mins
5.40 pm
Closing remarks - Australia's semiconductor sector is a key economic building block with Nadia Court, S3B
10 mins
5.50 pm
Networking drinks
Welcome from Ken Morrison, Bradfield Development Authority
VC LAB with MAIN SEQUENCE PROGRAM
closed pitching SESSIONS
10.00 am
Welcome and introduction
Evaluation form for investors​
10 mins
10.30 am
MILLIBEAM
15 mins
10.15 am
Optera Solutions
10 mins
10. am
Analog Quantum Circuits
15 mins
10.15 am
CruxML
15 mins