Bonfire Festival 🔥

​Get ready to ignite your entrepreneurial spirit at Bonfire 2024! 🔥

​Hosted by UQIES, our inspirational innovation festival is happening:

• ​Saturday August 24th 2024

• ​9:00 AM to 7:00 PM

• ​Advanced Engineering (AEB) (49), UQ St Lucia Campus

​A full day packed with conference-style talks and workshops from founders to industry and VC, designed to spark your creativity and fuel your ambitions ✨

​And did we mention the free food? That's right, come for the wisdom, stay for the full day of delicious food!

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​Schedule:

​🧨 9am: Welcome

​Yazz Krishna, Leigh Ford (UniQuest)

​🚀 10am-12pm: Young Founders session

• ​Vishnu - Founder, Lewi Software

• ​Riccardo - Senior Product Manager, Leonardo.AI

• ​Riva - Associate Software Engineer (Frontend), Canva

• ​Felix - Co-Founder, MindMuse

• ​Jack - Co-Founder, MindMuse & 2024 UQ Chief Student Entrepreneur

• ​Anh - Co-Founder, La Foundary

• ​Theia - Marketing and Community, Blackbird VC

• ​Callum - Associate Manager, Accenture Song

• ​Bradley - Co-Founder, Exam Insights

• ​Ozzie - Founder, Uvents

• ​Lachlan - Founder, LifeWatch. AI

• ​Grace and Emma - Co-Founders, Speachy

• ​Nathan - Founder, Cauldron Today

• ​Sid and Patrick - Co-Founders, Mushee Co.

• ​Arjun and Charlie - Co-Founders, SuperOrder

​🥯 12-1pm: Lunch / Networking

​🦾 1-2pm: Female Excellence Panel

1. ​Holly Hunt - CEO, Women In Digital

2. ​Peta Ellis - Founder, EverydayEntrepreneur365

3. ​Bel Lloyd - Senior Technical Account Manager, Amperity

4. ​Holly Wright - IBM, Software Security Architect

5. ​Tiffany Guan - Co-Founder and CTO, OD-AI Pty Ltd

6. ​Emily Price - Co-founder, Tallystone

7. ​Tegan Scates - Founder, Bloomly

​🔥 2-4pm: UQEUS Technical Pitching Workshop and UQBA Workshop with Walshs

​EUS:

• ​Jamie Tuppack - Founder, Xplainable

• ​Arjun and Charlie - Co-Founders, SuperOrder

• ​David Elchuck - UQ Ventures

• ​Kristy Ouwerkerk - Founder and Ceo, Veilability & WediPay

• ​Alok Patel - Azcende

​UQBA:

• ​Tim and Bailey - Walshs, Financial Firm

​♻️ 4-5pm: Sustainability and Social Impact Panel with UQSIC

1. ​Anh Van - La Foundary

2. ​Yas Grigaliunas - Circonomy

3. ​Alok Patel - Azcende

4. ​William Smith-Stubbs - Dala Health

​🌯 5-6pm: Dinner / Networking

​📣 6-7pm: Major Startup Panel

1. ​Aninda Saha - Senior AI Research Engineer at Leonardo.AI

2. ​Yotam Rosenbaum - YC Founder, 77 Partners

3. ​Tony Harcourt - Co-Founder at WorkGuru. io

4. ​Marc Orchard - CEO, Planet Startup - fractional CFO

5. ​Kristy Ouwerkerk - Founder and Ceo, Veilability & WediPay

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​Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or just curious about the startup world, this is the perfect opportunity to network, learn, and get inspired.

​Email [email protected] for any further enquiries.