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2016 PROGRAM

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Festival of Ideas: Overview 2

OVERVIEW

TIME DESCRIPTION LOCATION8.30am - 10.30am Festival of Ideas SYMPOSIUM with Marita Cheung, Mark Sowerby,

Ian McLeod, Malcolm Middleton and Deb Noller. Facilitated by Paula Tapiolas.

Civic Theatre

10.30am - 11.00am Morning Tea Civic Theatre Foyer

11.00am - 12.00pm Facilitated Interactive 1 hour Q&A with Symposium Speakers Civic Theatre12.00pm - 1.30pm Lunch: Includes Creative Industries & Young Entrepreneur Mentoring

Program Finals Pitch in Civic Theatre. Civic Theatre Foyer

1.30pm - 3.00pm MASTERCLASSES: Session 1• Entrepreneurship• Mastering the Digital Marketing Landscape• Do or Die: Community-owned business models for regional regeneration and resilience in the 21st Century

• Reshaping Digital Innovation and Inclusion• Pop-Up/Start-Up: Starting a pop-up business• Transforming Townsville: New strategies for a regional city• Design Thinking or Decline Thinking. We all have a choice!

Reid Park Complex

3.00pm-3.30pm Afternoon Tea Reid Park Complex Breezeway

3.30pm - 5.00pm MASTERCLASSES: Session 2• Entrepreneurship• Mastering the Digital Marketing Landscape• Do or Die: Community-owned business models for regional regeneration and resilience in the 21st Century

• Reshaping Digital Innovation and Inclusion• Pop-Up/Start-Up: Starting a pop-up business• Transforming Townsville: New strategies for a regional city• Design Thinking or Decline Thinking. We all have a choice!

Reid Park Complex

5.00pm - 7.00pm NETWORKING EVENT: Includes Creative Industries & Young Entrepreneur Mentoring Program AWARDS.

Civic Theatre Foyer

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Festival of Ideas: Symposium 3

SYMPOSIUM

DATE: Wednesday 2 November 2016TIME: 8.30am – 12noon AT: Civic Theatre & Reid Park Complex, Boundary Street, Townsville.

Keynote speakers will each have 15 minutes to set the scene for the Festival with thought-provoking insights and challenges, followed by an audience-led interactive Q&A panel discussion expertly facilitated by Paula Tapiolas.

Mark SowerbyChief Entrepreneur for Queensland

Mark is the Founder and Managing Director of Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited, an ASX listed (ASX: BLA) alternative asset manager investing across private equity, venture capital, private real estate, water, infrastructure, hedge funds and agriculture.

Deb NollerCEO and Co-Founder of Switch Automation

Deb shares her journey from computer science studies at JCU; to imagining how to shatter the status quo in a slow-moving environment; breaking through barriers to build a scalable solution; empowering a diverse team; and creating an internationally-awarded software solution.

Ian McLeodChairman, QLDFutures Institute, Energy Committee

With a track record for strong financial and operational business performance, thought leadership and innovation, Ian is passionate about leveraging these capabilities to create value for customers, employees and shareholders.

Malcolm MiddletonQLD Government State Architect

Malcolm is an advocate for the recognition of well considered design processes. He provides project advice and undertakes design reviews for projects across many areas of government as well as chairing the Queensland Urban Design and Places Panel.

Marita Cheung, Engineering Visionary & 2012 Young Australian of the Year

Marita Cheng founded Robogals Global in 2008 as a response to the traditionally low levels of participation by women in engineering and technology. Robogals uses fun and educational activities to teach schoolgirls about engineering.

Paula TapiolasSymposium Facilitator and ABC Radio Current Affairs Presenter

For the last eight years Paula has presented a radio current affairs program on 630 ABC North Queensland. Paula won a Queensland Media Award in 2004 for her coverage of the Palm Island riot and was a finalist for best new talent on ABC Local Radio in 2008.

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Festival of Ideas: Masterclasses 4

MASTERCLASSES DATE: Wednesday 2 November 2016TIME: Session 1: 1.30pm – 3.00pm (All Masterclasses) Session 2: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (Repeat All Masterclasses) AT: Civic Theatre & Reid Park Complex, Boundary Street, Townsville.

The Festival of Ideas Masterclasses will run concurrently and participants will have the opportunity to attend a different masterclass in each session.

ENTREPRENEURSHIPFacilitated by: Mark Sowerby and Deb Noller

Building on their dynamic keynote presentations, Mark Sowerby and Deb Noller come together for the first time to co-facilitate an intimate masterclass on the topic of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

As unabashedly candid personalities, Mark and Deb will share their unfiltered personal stories—the good, the bad and the ugly of entrepreneurship.

MASTERING THE DIGITAL MARKETING LANDSCAPE

Facilitated by: Lauren Maloney

You’re invited to Xtend your digital marketing with this valuable seminar and workshop. In 90 minutes you will learn how to make smarter decisions about digital marketing for your business.

This session is great for small to medium business owners looking to harness the power of digital marketing and maximise their online advertising return.

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Festival of Ideas: Masterclasses 5

MASTERCLASSES TIME: Session 1: 1.30pm – 3.00pm (All Masterclasses) Session 2: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (Repeat All Masterclasses)

DO OR DIE: Community-owned business models for regional regeneration and resilience in the 21st Century

Facilitated by: Warwick Powell and Dr Gary Lewis PhD

Just as the North talks of boundless possibilities, it has entered a period of not insignificant economic contraction. A perfect storm of cyclical contractions and structural forces is changing the fabric and shape of our socio-economic system.

We are being compelled to rethink how we organise ourselves. Fresh modes of production, distribution and exchange are required emphasising local and regional democratic ownership and control of businesses.

This masterclass will take you through how cooperation, mutuality and collaboration are not just strong traditions but can also provide new inspiration for regional regeneration.

RESHAPING DIGITAL INNOVATION AND INCLUSION

Facilitated by: Leigh Harris and Julie-Anne Lambourne

‘Reshaping digital innovation and inclusion’ will inform, raise awareness and open a discussion about the concept of developing an Indigenous led digital innovation and inclusion incubator for Far North Queensland.

The digital eco-system offers much for regional and remote Queenslanders, importantly it can offer people from disadvantaged background geographical bridges and bring opportunities to become change-makers.

This event is ideal for industry professionals, student and anyone interested in activating digital inclusion and innovation for disadvantaged groups.

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Festival of Ideas: Masterclasses 6

MASTERCLASSES TIME: Session 1: 1.30pm – 3.00pm (All Masterclasses) Session 2: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (Repeat All Masterclasses)

POP-UP/START-UP: Starting a pop-up business

Facilitated by: Michelle Woodward, Karla James and Dr Jonathan McBurnie

Have you ever considered starting your own business? Is a pop-up business a low cost option that will let you dip your toe in to test the waters?

Situated in a street food café this workshop will explore the emergence of pop-ups in cities across the world as means of revitalising cities and CBDs. The workshop is an opportunity to examine the development of place based experiences and the importance of storytelling. Topics include capitalising on the:

• ‘Here today, gone tomorrow’ trend,• Selecting the right pop-up model, and• Attracting the right target market for the pop-up

experience.

TRANSFORMING TOWNSVILLE: New strategies for a regional city

Facilitated by: Malcolm Middleton and Eduardo de la Fuente

What makes a vibrant regional city? Effective strategies to transform cities include:• Urban infill to increase density closer to the centre• Positioning cities to capitalise on existing strengths• Responding to global mega trends• Public transport solutions that link centres• Increasing density around key centres and public

transport nodes• Investment in community infrastructure• Investment in the public realm to improve amenity

and visual character• Partnering with investor to deliver key attractions• Identifying greater resilience in response to

climate change

This workshop explores the potential of the city and how to actualise this with strategies.

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Festival of Ideas: Masterclasses, Networking, Partners and Supporters 7

MASTERCLASSES TIME: Session 1: 1.30pm – 3.00pm (All Masterclasses) Session 2: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (Repeat All Masterclasses)

DESIGN THINKING OR DECLINE THINKING. WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE!

Facilitated by: Paul Huxtable and Dr Brandon Gien

Regional Australia is the forgotten powerhouse of Innovation with a proud history of creativity, and today more than ever, we need to rediscover the transformative power of Design Thinking to shape a better Australia.

Paul and Brandon will take participants on a journey of rediscovery of the power of Design Thinking with particular focus on small business and sole traders.They will also present case studies demonstrating how a Small Regional Community, a Corporation, a single inventor, and a few small businesses have used design thinking to achieve global success.

This presentation will be of particular relevance to Owners, Managers, SME’s, Inventors, Local Government, Education, Industry and Social Innovation advocates.

NETWORKING

DATE: Wednesday 2 November 2016 TIME: 5.00pm – 7.00pmAT: Civic Theatre, Boundary Street, Townsville.Refreshments provided

An opportunity to catch up and brainstorm new ideas with our speakers, facilitators and like-minded community members and includes the Creative Industries & Young Entrepreneur Mentoring Program AWARDS. (Presentation of finalist certificates and winner award.)

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