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Facilitators & Experts

Aaron Roberts

Founder of Seneca

Alan Jones

Pre-seed tech investor and mentor

Amanda Johnston Pell

Amanda Johnston-Pell

Advisory Board Member

Andrea Culligan

Advisory Board Member

Andrew Hambly Portrait

Andrew Hambly

Co-founder and Design Director of Companion Couch

Andy Howard

Director at Astronaut

PAUL MARTIN CROPPED

Associate Professor Paul Martin

Company Secretary

Bianca van Riet

CEO & Founder of Be Your Truth

Bill Lo

Lawyer at Swaab

Brendan Roberts

Brendan Roberts

Head Teacher HSIE at Yass High School

Catherine Eibner

Catherine Eibner

Startup Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services

Cheryl Mack

National Head of Community at Stone & Chalk | Startup Mentor & Advisor

Christina Gerakiteys

Christina Gerakiteys

Co-CEO of SingularityU Australia

Courtney Molloy UON

Courtney Molloy

University of Newcastle

Daniel Smith

Innovation Program Lead

David Caspari

Member of Audit, Finance and Risk Committee

David Goad

Startup mentor and facilitator

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David Gregory

Founder of Xcursion

Dilupa Nakandala

Senior lecturer in Management at the School of Business at Western Sydney University

Dr Dave Kennedy

Advisory Board Member

Dr Michael Molinari

Advisory Board Member

Dr. Peter Kelly

Dr Peter Kelly

Professor of Practice, Aalto University

Dr Raji Ambikairajah

Member of the University Council and Non-Executive Director for UNSW, Foundation Board

Dr Sarah Jones

CEO

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Emeritus Professor Annabelle Duncan

Independent Director and Chair

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Emeritus Professor Mark Wainwright

Emeritus Professor

Emily Chang Cropped

Emily Chang

Director, Entrepreneurship

Erfan Karami

Ambassador at Engineers Australia

Felipe Rios Ribeiro

Innovations Programs Manager at Stone and Chalk

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Fiona Pak-Poy

Independent Director

Frances Lee

Director, Operations

Garry Haworth

University of Newcastle

Helen Rule

Advisory Board Member

Isabella Löwengrip

Creative Director for Löwengrip and co-founder of Nordic Tech House

James Alexander Portrait

James Alexander

Co-founder of Galileo Ventures

Jaye Dunn

Teacher at Epping Boys High School

Jennifer Nunez

Senior Product Designer Deloitte Digital Australia

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Jillian Kilby

Advisory Board Member

Jo Burston

Serial entrepreneur and founder

Jo Palmer

Founder of Pointer Remotes Roles

John Rohan

Board Member, AARNet

Kayleen Wood

Southern Cross University

Kim Burdett

Growth Marketing Lead

Klaasraaijmakers

Klaas Raaijmakers

Chief Product Officer at Deputy

Krithika Ramakrishnan

Information and Business Systems Support Officer

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Lauren Goritsas

Teacher at Sydney Secondary College

Liane Gawne

Government Nominated Director

Lynn For Website

Lynn Erkens

Senior Operations Officer, Policy, Projects and Administration

Mandi Gunsberger Portrait

Mandi Gunsberger

Founder and CEO of Babyology

Mark Brand

CEO of Mark Brand Inc., Founder of A Better Life Foundation, Executive Chef at The American Refugee Committee

Martin Rogers

Advisory Board Member

Maryam Khajeh Tabari

Advisory Board Member

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Matthew Brimer

Co-founder of General Assembly, an entrepreneur, community builder and angel investor

Mel Rosenthal

Founding director of South View

Michael Haynes (1)

Michael Haynes

B2B Growth Accelerator

Murray Hurps

Murray Hurps, Director of Entrepreneurship at UTS

Nada van Kempen

Project Coordinator

Nathan Robertson-Ball

Nathan Robertson-Ball

Social Innovation Manager at Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Nicola Hazell

Advisory Board Member

Nicole Cook (1)

Nicole Cook

Chair of Advisory Board

Owen Hogan

Executive Officer, Southern Cross University

Paris Cutler

co-founder of Career Crowd Thinkers

Peter Sahui

Senior associate at Navitas Ventures

Phil Hayes St Clair

Phil Hayes-St Clair

Mentor, lecturer and serial entrepreneur

Pingis Hadenius

CEO/Founder of Löwengrip

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Pocket Sun

co-founder and managing partner of SoGal Ventures

Professor Brigid Heywood

Member Representative Director

Professor Denise Kirkpatrick

Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University

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Professor Glenn Wightwick

Member Representative Director

Professor John Germov

Academic Committee Member

Professor Philippa Pattison

Academic Committee Member

SCU Robyn Stonecash

Professor Robin Stonecash

Dean and Head of the School of Business and Tourism at Southern Cross University

Professor Todd Walker

Academic Committee Member

Rachel Noonan

Social Science Head Teacher at Warners Bay High School

Ramon Marmolejos

co-founder and partner of Emzingo Group

Robert Hsiung

Managing Director for Udacity China

Sally-Ann Williams

Chief Executive Officer at Cicada Innovations

Sam Bhatia

Product Innovation Specialist

Sean Wise

Lecturer at Ryerson University, Partner of Ryerson Futures, Host and Executive Producer of Dragon's Den

Sophie Musumeci

CEO and Founder of Real Entrepreneur Women

Sophie Taylor

Chief of staff at Blackbird Ventures

Stefan Engsall

Startup specialist and Business Coach.

Stephanie Hannon

Stephanie Hannon

CPO of Strava

Steve Blunt

General Manager of Automation & Innovation at University of Sydney

Steve Fanale

CEO and Founder of DriveYello

Susie George, SSE Member Representative

Susie George

Member Representative Director

Suzannehartsuyker

Suzanne Hartsuyker

University of Newcastle

Tanya Egerton

Southern Cross University

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Tyler Thurston

Co-founder of Smith and Thurston Inc

Tze Masters

Independent Director

Vicky Lee FA Sqe

Vicky Lee

Director, Finance

Zac Zavos

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Shearwater Growth Equity

Zoe Williams

Member of Audit, Finance and Risk Committee