Previous EVENTS

We grow as a community through our knowledge experience and what better way to share our knowledge with events. We have a resourceful group of community members that are skilful in their field and love to share their knowledge.

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GC Hub Toastmasters
20210317

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

Economic Recovery and International Trade, Speaker Series
20210316

The Gold Coast Innovation Hub’s International speaker series are bi-monthly events bringing the world to the Gold Coast by facilitating local connections to diplomats in Trade and Business. Each event will focus on a different global region and will provide insights into the economic climate, technological advancements, and opportunities to collaborate.

Set in the luxurious Hilton Hotel in the heart of Surfers Paradise, you will have an opportunity to network with local business leaders and our guest speakers before enjoying a magnificent two-course meal served throughout the presentations.

March Event: Economic Recovery and New Opportunities in the Philippines

To drive economic recovery, we must think forward and develop relationships with countries that are open to collaboration and connectivity to develop new business.

In our March event, guests will hear from the Honourable Consul of the Philippines, Margaret Grummit, and the Vice-President of the Australia Philippine Council on Innovations in the Philippines and business opportunities between Australia and the Philippines.

Honorable Guest Speakers:

Consul-General of the Philippines, Mrs. Margaret Grummitt

Mrs. Grummit’s role as the Philippine Hon. Consul General is to assist the local Philippine Communities and to foster trade and investment between Queensland and the Philippines. Previously Mrs. Grummit was a Divisional Councillor for the City of Gold Coast and was elected Councillor three times, she held that position for over 11 years. A graduate of the Queensland Police Academy, Mrs. Grummit worked with the Queensland Police Service for 30 years and retired from the police force at the rank of Senior Sergeant. Mrs. Grummit also held the position of Prosecutor at the Southport Court House in the very challenging role of Domestic Violence Court Prosecutor.

Vice President of the Australian Philippine Business Council, Mr. Rafael Toda

Founded in April 1975, the Australia Philippines Business Council (APBC) has established itself as the premier private sector organization focussed on increasing and strengthening trade and investment between Australia and the Philippines. The APBC attracts members from many industries based in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and the Philippines. Today more than 50 organizations ranging from SMEs to large, high profile companies are part of the APBC network. Mr. Toda is the managing director of Todax Consultancy Group – a strategic consultancy practice specialling in Change Management across a number of industry sectors including mass transportation/new mobility and renewable energy. He is also a Director of Go Gridless, a leading renewable energy company in the Philippines.

PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210315

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

GC Hub Toastmasters
20210310

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210308

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

GC Hub Toastmasters
20210303

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210301

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

Investor and Partner Pitch Evening
20210226

The Rapid RegTech Accelerator program concludes on the 25th February with a ticketed cocktail event and formal pitch night in front of program investors, partners and the broader innovation community.

A range of additional investment and corporate partners will be provided with VIP seating on the night and granted ‘green room access’ after the pitches are complete to discuss investment or commercial interest in the companies.

GC Hub Toastmasters
20210224

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

LUNCH AND LEARN: Cyber Security Panel
20210223

Cyber security is everyone’s responsibility – DON’T put your head in the sand.

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Cyber Security starts with YOU.

We should also not be scared to share our stories and experiences so that everyone can learn and we can protect ourselves from future threats.

Gold Coast Innovation Hub has assembled a varied group of panelists from the Cyber Security and IT Industry, local Business and Cyber Security education sector.

All of us, no matter which groups we are part of, are affected by this – it is not really discriminated by age, gender, level of experience, company size etc. We can all be impacted in some way.


Panelists

Paul McCarty: SecureStack

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Paul’s spent many years helping organizations deploy applications to the public cloud securely. Eventually, he started SecureStack and built a platform that lets companies identify security and availability gaps in their web applications and then fix those issues without forcing the developers that build those applications to become security experts.

 

Cathy U’ren: Pet Wellness Centre

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Cathy is the founder and Chief Wellness Officer of Pet Wellness Centres, a Gold Coast based animal health business on a mission to transform the way veterinary services and pet health care is provided to our beloved pets. The spark for Pet Wellness Centres came from Cathy’s experiences during her career as a business executive in the dental and animal health industries along with her own very personal experience with her best friend Brain the Boston Terrier.

Cathy really should know better than to not check her backups.

Cathy is an animal lover, a kickboxer, a yogi, a traveller and enjoys indulging her insatiable appetite for new knowledge and interesting experiences.

 

Bernard Mangelsdorf: BITS Technology Group

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Bernard Mangelsdorf is the Founder and Managing Director of BITS Technology Group who has dedicated most of his career improving access to high performing IT for small and medium size businesses. A few years after graduating from ACIT in 2006, Bernard pursued developing a business around a team of like-minded professionals who worked together to deliver modern IT solutions. 11 years later, BITS has become a trusted partner to clients who share in a vision of growth through operational and technological advancement.

Bernard has led the implementation and advancement of the cyber security offering within BITS and continues to work with clients as their cyber security advisor.

 

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Elan holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, a Masters degree in Software Engineering and a PhD in Information Security. He undertakes consultancy work in Cloud Architecture, Data Center Virtualization, Cyber Security and Software Systems Architecture. Elan is proficient in Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere ESXi and Citrix XenServer based virtualization technologies, security risk assessment, security planning and security implementation. Further, he has more than twenty years teaching experience in Information and Network Security,

Advanced Networking, Software Engineering, Systems Analysis & Design and IT Project Management. Elan gets involved in various community and cultural activities during his free time.


Moderator

Steve Dalton: Refactor & Secluded.io

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Steve is an Electronic and Software Engineer, Entrepreneur and Gold Coast Community connector. He is founder of Gold Coast Techspace, the Gold Coast’s very own Makerspace and geek hub and Refactor, an Agile Hardware and Software consultancy.

His own startup secluded.io specialises in low-power, cloud connected sensors designed for low cost and secluded environments. He regularly takes part in startup education activities such as Startup OnRamp and sits on many advisory boards as a technical expert.

Brunch Like A Boss | Champagne Brunch for Female Founders
20210222

BRUNCH LIKE A BOSS is a proactive Female Founders club thrusting open the doors to the Gold Coast’s badass Boss Ladies, Entrepreneurs, Start-ups and CEO’s.

We welcome you to a new experience of exchange from a female perspective, together we will become storytellers, strengthen networks, create opportunities for investment, nurture innovative ideas and give rise to new and exciting collaborations within our exclusive network.

Receive a glass of bubbles on arrival and enjoy a delicious Brunch from the menu, every boss lady goes into the draw to win one of our famously donated female founder prizes.

Ladies you might want to brush up your elevator pitch because everyone is welcome to share their business story on the open mic. No pressure but remember, we are surrounded by opportunities and your next big break could be sitting in the room with you.

Brunch Like a Boss Speakers: TBA closer to event date

You don’t want to miss this!! Tickets are limited, so be sure to hurry and register today and together let’s smash 2021 out of the ballpark.

Ticket Price $39

PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210222

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

GC Hub Toastmasters
20210217

Join us for an incredible opportunity to enhance and grow your Communication and Leadership skills in a supportive encouraging learning environment with Toastmasters at Gold Coast TechSpace!

As a business owner speaking skills are a must have. Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to effectively formulate and convey your ideas, you open a world of possibilities. You will be more persuasive and confident whether speaking with your colleagues, your community or your family.

Leadership is the art of understanding the needs of others and guiding them to achieve common goals. To do so, you need to communicate effectively and inspire people to work as a team. Toastmasters can help you do both. Learn leadership theories and put them into practice with the GC Hub club so that you can, in turn, apply them to everyday situations.

PALITOW Flow Breathing and Mindfulness Session
20210215

Forget about manic Mondays – start your week calm and in flow by participating in a PALITOW Flow breathing and Mindfulness session!


Bracing yourself for another crazy week?

Juggling your business and family and feeling like you don’t have a moment to alone to think?

Give yourself an hour, before you start your week to disconnect from the noise of the outside world and reconnect with yourself.

Pesamino from PALITOW Flow will guide you through deep breathing and mindfulness exercises to help you reset your mind and relax.

Sessions are currently delivered via ZOOM.

PALITOW stands for Peace and Love Is The Only Way!

 

Griffith University Industry Projects Briefing Session
20210211

Developing a technology solution? Industry projects are a great opportunity for businesses to work with students on a development project.

Industry projects pair small teams of masters and final year ICT and Multimedia students with an industry partner to develop a solution to a technology problem, for two days per week over one or two trimesters (depending on availability). Students are responsible for defining your problem, specifying your requirements, designing a solution for the problem, and developing and testing that solution. Students must manage their team, themselves, the professional relationship with you as the client, and timelines to ensure they deliver a complete solution.

Top projects each year are eligible for the Opmantek Prize and showcased at an annual awards night sponsored by the Gold Coast Innovation Hub.

This briefing and project scoping session is open to all Gold Coast Innovation Hub membership levels – please indicate your intention to attend in the member slack channel. If you are not yet a member, you can apply to join here.

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