QUT Entrepreneurship

Meet the finalists of the Innovation Leadership Award 2024!    These exceptional leaders who have not only mastered the art of innovation but have also driven their teams to achieve remarkable success.     They are the backbone of their companies and communities, blending visionary thinking with meticulous execution to create impactful products and services.    Please join us in celebrating:    Lauren Barber (MACN, CNS), a former clinical nurse turned entrepreneur, founded NeedleCalm and developed a Class One medical device that reduces pain during injections, helping the one-in-four Australians who fear needles. Her ability to identify unmet needs in the health care industry and translate them into groundbreaking solutions has been remarkable.    Professor Rowena Barrett, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Entrepreneurship and Regional Innovation at QUT, has been pivotal in fostering an entrepreneurial culture through successful programs and strategic partnerships with entities like MIT and the Office of Queensland Chief Entrepreneur, which she helped establish. Known for her visionary thinking and deep empathy for regional Queensland, she believes that all Queenslanders should have equal opportunities to grow and fulfill their potential regardless of where they live.    David Burt was appointed director of entrepreneurship at UNSW in 2020. Since then, he has transformed the Founders Program by expanding the Founder Fund from $240,000 to $4 million annually and increasing support from 12 to 30 startups per year. His leadership has significantly influenced the university's innovation culture. This has helped UNSW earn recognition as Australia’s most entrepreneurial university of the last decade.     Dr. Payar Radfar, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Smart MCs, transformed the startup from concept to a global brand specialising in microcarriers and smart biomaterials for large-scale cellular therapy and agriculture. With a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney and expertise in droplet microfluidic systems and biomaterials, his visionary leadership has driven significant strides in the bioprocessing and biomanufacturing industry.    Join us for an unforgettable night of innovation & celebration at the InnovationAus.com Awards for Excellence Gala in Sydney. Tickets are available via here: https://hubs.la/Q02N6Jrn0  Book a table for your team and have your logo displayed on screens across the venue and in the event program as a table sponsor. #InnovationLeadership #TechForGood #DigitalTransformation #InnovationAusAwards 

For the last few years I have been coaching the QUT (Queensland University of Technology) #3MT (Three Minute Thesis) finalists. This isn't work. I LOVE it. I get to hear the exciting work the students are doing. I learn more about the students' passion for their research. And most of all I get to see how the students grow through conversations about pitching and the value of their research. It is also an immense pleasure to work with the GRE D team Shastra Deo and Katherine Theobald who contribute great insight to the pitching conversations. I feel like a proud parent watching our finalists' final pitch: Callan Alexander who pitched his research on using AI to eavesdrop on birds in vineyards to help bird conservation. Elise Bray who pitched her work on flexible learning spaces for children on the spectrum and students agency and experiences of these spaces. Lisa Coulburn who pitched the problem of indoor mould found in so many homes which affects residents' quality of life and what policy and practice could fix the issue within 48hrs. Saraniya D. who pitched her research on the effectiveness of sustainable travel influencers in promoting travel that has a positive effect on the environment. Julia Solonenka who pitched the speedy scientific process of creating plant-based vaccine and her work on creating an efficient and cost effective platform to extract pure medicines from the plants. Jessamine Giese who pitched how policy can make teamwork dreamwork in early child care settings. Yasaman Memari pitched her mathematical modelling work to optimise the efficiency of the train network using sensor data that maps the tiny shape-shifting in the rail tracks. Shanshika Maddumage who pitched the effect of smart shoes (cloud platform and mobile app) she is researching that send signals between foot and brain to help people with Parkinson's disease walk and live a better life. Congratulations all - I cannot pick the winner!! People's Choice has chosen Yasaman! Congratulations And the judges have a special acknowledgement for Callan, runner up is Julia and the winner is Shanshika! Woo hoo ....amazing job all! Christopher Barner-Kowollik Esa Jaatinen Margaret Sheil AO Troy Farrell Ana Deletic Patsy Yates Amanda Gudmundsson Lori Lockyer Ruari Elkington Gene Moyle Professor Kerrie Wilson QUT Entrepreneurship

Information Evening TOMORROW night at the foundry - QUT Gardens Point Campus, Level 2 B Block! Come and find out how you can progress your business idea! Register here https://lnkd.in/gR9KfGCZ Course info here - https://lnkd.in/gGN8fEgT

So proud of what the QUT Entrepreneurship Budding Entrepreneur Scholars can achieve. On Saturday I went to Lasso, a Country Music Festival (https://lassocmf.com.au) organised by Ashlyn Dinsdale through her Goldstar Entertainment company. Ashlyn is a 1st year student at QUT (Queensland University of Technology) . She curated a lineup of country music artists and groups. They performed to an appreciative multi-age crowd at Distillery Road Market in Eagleby. Fantastic music, great location, enthusiastic line dancing and a wonderful fun event. Anything is possible when you start. And find support. That’s what the Budding Entrepreneur Scholarship does, applications will be open by QUT Open Day (28 July). #entrepreneur #students #fun #university

This week it’s the Future You Summit QUT (Queensland University of Technology). Some 350 Year 11 &12 students from across Qld and northern NSW are joining us to learn more about the discipline they are interested in studying. Hands on, real world, innovative engagements across the week, learning with the best will help them decide their ‘future you’. On Friday we run an ‘Entrepreneurship Bootcamp’. If you want to hear what these young, curious thinkers belive can address the UN Sustainable Development Goals, then sign up below to hear and support the pitches! #FutureYou #QUT Entrepreneurship #innovation #curious #future