Wednesday 22 – Thursday 23 May 
10am – 5pm 
ACO | Sydney

Inspire is a groundbreaking and unmissable event exclusively for Innovation Bay members and special guests. Inspire brings together the 250 most influential people in the ANZ startup industry – from visionary founders, ambitious VC and High Net Worth investors, to prominent ecosystem leaders and inspiring innovators – for a crowd sourced collage of what the future holds across the next 5-10 years for the startup ecosystem.

The future is…

Over two thrilling days, Inspire is designed to empower futures and ignite ideas. Set under the overarching theme ‘The Future is…”, the event will be a multidisciplinary exploration of our collective future as told by the people who are building and investing in it. 

Inspire will provide a platform for the exchange of revolutionary thoughts and ideas, where attendees walk away with a competitive advantage, mind’s full of inspired perspectives from a unique collective without parallel.

Speakers

The Hon. Ed Husic MP, Minister for Science & Industry
The Future of Australia is…

Melanie Silva
Managing Director & VP of Google Australia and New Zealand
The Future is Reimagined with AI, Presented by Google Cloud

Dylan Alcott AO
The Future is Accessible, Presented by theField.jobs

Craig Blair
Partner & Co-Founder, Airtree
The Future of Venture Capital is…

Anna Wright, Founder & CEO, BindiMaps
The Future is… Inclusive

Chris Jewell, CEO & Co-Founder Zepto
The Future of Money is…

Elaine Stead
Partner, Main Sequence
The Future of Media and how it will shape venture capital, technology, and new industries

Greg Miller
Partner, Arena Mars
The Future is…Australia standing tall among the OECD leaders in Innovation

Nina Curtis
The Future of Sailing

Mick Liubinskas, CEO, Climate Salad
The Future of Climate is…

Melissa Widner, CEO, Lighter Capital
The Future of Funding Female Founders is…

Iain McDonald
Founder, CEO, 8seats
The Future is Superhuman…

Sarah Nolet
Co-Founder & General Partner, Tenacious Ventures
The Future of Food is…

Olly Bridge
Human Performance Expert, Principal of Essentio Health
The Future of Health & Wellness

Jeremy O’Brien, PsiQuantum
The Future of Quantum

Chris Capon
CEO, Nominal Systems
The Future of Space is…

Inspire 2024 Agenda Overview

DAY 1 | 22 MAY

10:00am – 12:00pm

Welcome & Context

The Hon. Ed Husic MP – The Future of Australia is… & Moderated by Ian Gardiner

Greg Miller, Arena Mars – The Future is Australia standing tall among the OECD leaders in Innovation

Mel Silva, Google – The Future of Digital, Presented by Google Cloud

Anna Wright, BindiMaps – The Future is Inclusive

12:00pm – 1:15pm

Lunch

1:15pm – 3:00pm

Community Specific Breakouts – sessions designed for each of our communities across founders, VC and angel investors

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Break

3:35pm – 5:15pm

Elaine Stead, Main Sequence Ventures – The Future of Media and how it will shape venture capital, technology, and new industries

Chris Jewell, Zepto – The Future of Money is…

Olly Bridge – The Future of Health & Wellbeing is…

Dylan Alcott AO – The Future is Accessible, Presented by theField.jobs

5:30pm – 7:30pm

Cocktail Party

DAY 2 | 23 MAY

10:00am – 12:00pm

Craig Blair, Airtree – The Future of Venture Capital is…

Melissa Widner, Lighter Capital – The Future of Funding Female Founders

Chris Capon, Nominal Systems – The Future of Space is…

Sarah Nolet, Tenacious Ventures – The Future of Food

Iain McDonald, 8seats – The Future is Superhuman…

12:05pm – 1:05pm

Lunch

1:05pm – 2:30pm

Community Specific Breakouts – sessions designed for each of our communities across founders, VC and angel investors

2:30pm – 3:00pm

Break

3:00pm – 5:00pm

Jeremy O’Brien, PsiQuantum – The Future of Quantum is…

Mick Liubinskas, Climate Salad – The Future of Climate is., Presented by IAG FV

The Great Debates – Teams to be revealed

Nina Curtis – The Future of Sailing

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Closing Drinks & Networking

Some kind words about our events

Who’s attending?

Representatives from the following companies will be in attendance:

1835i
2040 Ventures
3 Towers
4You Innovation
8seats
Airtree Ventures
Alberts
Allectus Capital
Altered Capital
Amazon Web Services
Antler
Archangel Ventures
ARENA
ARENA
Arena Mars
ASX
Atlas Platforms
Aura Ventures
Aussie Angels
AWS Startups
Backbone Partners
Bailador
BetterLabs
BindiMaps
Bitwise Ag
Blackbird Ventures
Bridgewest Ventures
Burda Principal Investments
Cake
Canaccord Genuity
Carthona Capital
CartonCloud
CEFC
Climate Salad
Community VC
Corrivium
Digital Agriculture Services
Dynamic Uplift
Ecotone Partners
Empress Capital
Essentio Health

Everclime
Evermed
Firemark Ventures
Five V Capital
FreightExchange
Fundabl
Gilbert + Tobin
Goldman Sachs
Google Cloud
Grace Papers
Guinevere Capital Esports & Entertainment
Halkin
Helia
Hockey Stick Advisory
Hutly
IAG Firemark Ventures
IDA Ireland
Intervalley Ventures
Jelix Ventures
Juno
KC Ventures
Kilara Capital
KttiPay
Lighter Capital
LIIVELY
MA Growth Ventures (part of MA Financial Group)
Macquarie VC
Main Sequence Ventures
Marshall Investments
Mass Dynamics
Mentorloop
Merton Lawyers
MINIMUM bio
Mirvac Ventures
MyPass Global
NAB Ventures
Neo Intelligence
Nominal Systems
Nuance Capital
NUVC.ai

NZTE Investment
OneVentures
Orion Industrial Ventures
Partners For Growth
Possible Ventures
Powerblocks
Powour
Primary
Privy
ProSpend
Prosus Ventures
QBE Ventures
Rampersand
Savic Motorcycles
Scripted Health Technology
SCV
SecondQuarter
SEEK Investments
Shearwater Capital
Simple KYC
Skip Capital
Sprint Ventures
Step Ahead Capital
Sync Technologies
Sypkes Family Office
Take2
Techvisa
Terra Digitalis
Third Horizon
Tidal
Touch Ventures
Utiliti Ventures
Veyor
Veyor Digital Pty Ltd
Vigilum Technologies Pty Ltd
Wallet Nation
Wiise
WNT Ventures
Zepto

Keen to attend?

Inspire is exclusively for Innovation Bay members. 

If you’re keen to unlock the accelerated success that comes with being a member of our community, please get in touch HERE

Members will have received their registration links. Please notify your community manager if you require the link. 

Partners

Inspire is made possible by our collaborations with: