EXPLORING IDEAS FOR TOWNSVILLE
Creatively | Innovatively | Differently
WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2016
Civic Theatre & Reid Park Complex, Boundary Street, Townsville.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE 2016 FESTIVAL OF IDEAS

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ABC North Queensland kindly recorded the Symposium talks and you can listen to them via Soundcloud:
Mark Sowerby
Chief Entrepreneur for Queensland
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Deb Noller
CEO and Co-Founder of Switch Automation
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Ian McLeod
Chairman, Queensland Futures Institute, Energy Committee; Past Chief Executive Ergon Energy 2007-16.
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Malcolm Middleton
Queensland Government State Architect
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Symposium Panel Discussion
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For innovation to flourish, communities must create an environment that fosters creativity and brings together diverse and multi-talented groups of people to work in close collaboration, exchanging knowledge, ideas and shaping the direction of the future.

The Festival of Ideas presents this opportunity to collaborate and exchange knowledge, so that we as a city and region can determine our own future, and create the environment for our community to flourish, in spite of – or perhaps because of - our current challenges.

Join us for a day-long event, made up of a symposium in the morning, concurrent masterclasses in the afternoon, and networking in the evening, to help Townsville:
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  • Value imagination and turn ideas into reality
  • Create ideas by identifying patterns and defining new problems and solutions
  • Create inclusive spaces where entrepreneurs, researchers, business, educators and people from all walks of life can collaborate
  • Eliminate barriers to growth for micro and small-to-medium sized enterprises
  • Build human capacity to boost economic sustainability and social mobility

Event Overview


WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2016
Full day catering will be provided.
​• Symposium 8.30am – 12noon 

• Creative Industries & Young Entrepreneur Mentoring Program FINALS PITCH (During lunch) 12noon - 1.30pm
Four finalists who have completed the CIYE Mentoring Program will pitch their start-up ideas to a high level panel for judging

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

• Networking Event 5.00pm – 7.00pm
Includes Creative Industries & Young Entrepreneur Mentoring Program AWARDS
Presentation of finalist certificates and winner award

Symposium


​Date: Wednesday 2 November 2016
Time: 8.30am – 12noon   
At: Civic Theatre, 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.
Paula Tapiolas
Symposium Facilitator and ABC Radio Current Affairs Presenter
Presenters include:
Mark Sowerby
Chief Entrepreneur for Queensland 
Deb Noller
CEO and Co-Founder of Switch Automation
Ian McLeod
Chairman, Queensland Futures Institute, Energy Committee; Past Chief Executive Ergon Energy 2007-16.
Malcolm Middleton
Queensland Government State Architect
Marita Cheung Engineering Visionary and 2012 Young Australian of the Year
Learn more about the Festival of Ideas Symposium and Keynote Speakers

Masterclasses


​The Festival of Ideas Masterclasses will run concurrently and participants will have the opportunity to attend a different masterclass in each session.
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Date: Wednesday 2 November 2016
Session 1: 1.30pm – 3.00pm (All Masterclasses)
Session 2: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (Repeat All Masterclasses)
At: Reid Park Complex, Boundary Street, Townsville.
 1. Entrepreneurship
Facilitated by: Mark Sowerby and Deb Noller
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2. Mastering the digital marketing landscape.
Get seen, get social, get results.
Facilitated by: Lauren Maloney
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3. Do or Die: Community-owned business models for regional regeneration and resilience in the 21st Century
Facilitated by: Warwick Powell and Dr. Gary Lewis
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4. Reshaping digital innovation and inclusion
Facilitated by: Leigh Harris and Julie-Ann Lambourne
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5. Pop-Up/Start-Up: Starting a pop-up business
Facilitated by: Michelle Woodward, Karla James and Dr Jonathan McBurnie
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6. Transforming Townsville:
​New strategies for a regional city
Facilitated by: Malcolm Middleton and Eduardo de la Fuente
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7. Design Thinking or Decline Thinking. We all have a choice!
Facilitated by: Paul Huxtable and Dr Brandon Gien
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 Networking Event


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

Date: Wednesday 2 November 2016
Time: 5.00pm – 7.00pm
At: Civic Theatre, Boundary Street, Townsville.
Refreshments provided 


​Tickets

​Adult: $125
Student/Concession: $40

Tickets include Symposium, two Masterclasses,
Networking Event and full day catering.
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Collaboration Quickstep Breakfast

Thursday 3 November
In addition to the fabulous Festival of Ideas program, Innovate Queensland are hosting a FREE Collaboration Quickstep Breakfast on Thursday 3 November.
Date: Thursday 3 November 2016
Time: 7.00am – 9.00am
Cost: FREE
Venue: Hotel Grand Chancellor, 334 Flinders Street, Townsville.
Festival of Ideas is the combined initiative of James Cook University and Townsville City Council, supported by The Townsville Bulletin
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