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Day 3 of Food & Hospitality show in Sydney. Albert Jindra Eva Krejcirikova Ivana Galic meet us in stand B27 till 4pm today!

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 🗓️ July 1 –3, 2026
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𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗔𝗜) 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲: 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝖬𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋: Dr Samantha J. Horseman, 𝖧𝖣𝖱 𝖨𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 & 𝖨𝗇𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝖫𝖾𝖺𝖽, 𝖩𝖢𝖴; 𝖢𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗇𝗌 𝖠𝖨 𝖧𝗎𝖻, 𝖣𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋; 𝖠𝖨 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗎𝗆, 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗗𝗿 Vin Rajeswaran 𝖣𝗂𝗌𝗋𝗎𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖬𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖤𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗎𝗋, 𝖯𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖵𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖯𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖲𝗄𝗂𝗇 𝖢𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋 𝖢𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖾 𝖠𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖺(𝖲𝖢𝖢𝖠), 𝖡𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖮𝗐𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗍 𝖥𝖭𝖰𝖧 𝖨𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖬𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗆𝖺 𝖢𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖥𝖭𝖰𝖧 𝖯𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗒, 𝖣𝖾𝗋𝗆𝖤𝖷 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖠𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗍 - 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 Donna Patane, 𝖥𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋, 𝖣𝖱𝖨𝖯𝖫 , 𝖨𝗇𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝖦𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗍𝗁 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆 (𝖨𝖦𝖯) 𝖠𝖽𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗋 - 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 Adam Jacobson, 𝖠𝖨 𝖲𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖠𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍 & 𝖧𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁 𝖳𝖾𝖼𝗁 𝖨𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 - 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Hilary Watson, 𝖨𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋-𝗂𝗇-𝖱𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖩𝖢𝖴 𝖨𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗌 𝖫𝖺𝖻, 𝖡𝗂𝗈𝖳𝖾𝖼𝗁 𝖨𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 - 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌:  • 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 (𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇)  • 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗒)  • 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍)  • 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌, 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌)  • 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾, 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇) 𝖨𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝖾𝗅 𝗂𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾: 𝖠𝖨 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝖠𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗉𝗍 𝖠𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌.

If you work in healthcare, community services, or workforce planning (or know someone who does) come join us at the Novotel this Thursday. Artificial Intelligence in healthcare is no longer about the future - it’s about solving today’s workforce challenges. Join us this Thursday, May 28 for a FREE industry event for the Allied Health and Social Services sector, proudly supported by CheckUP Australia, Regional Jobs Committee & Cairns Local Jobs Program. The program features a panel discussion where we will bring together leaders in healthcare, technology, governance, and innovation to explore one powerful question: 👉 Can AI help solve healthcare’s biggest challenge - workforce capacity? The panel, led by JCU: James Cook University, Australia Dr Samantha J. Horseman, will move beyond theory and into real-world application - showing how AI is already helping healthcare teams. Panel speakers include: • Dr Vin Rajeswaran – healthcare innovator and clinician • Donna Patane – AI governance and risk specialist • Adam Jacobson – AI solutions architect in health tech • Hilary Watson – biotech innovator and investment strategist Healthcare doesn’t have a technology problem, it has a workforce challenge. AI is the tool that can help solve it. Importantly, this is not about replacing people, it’s about supporting our healthcare workforce so they can do what they do best - deliver quality care. Attendees will gain practical insights, real examples, and actionable strategies they can take back into their own organisations. Register here - https://lnkd.in/giADujuD

Its 15/5/2026 - Day 4 : 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 & 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 from Women in Tech Global Conference® 2026 : Amazing panel discussion by 𝟱 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 Dr Samantha J. Horseman , Dr Kranthi Addanki , 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻, Rebecca-kay Francis, Freesia Gaul on the topic "𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁: 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀" Thank you to all the panelists for such an honest, practical, and inspiring conversation on women founders, deep tech, innovation ecosystems, and scaling impact globally. One message strongly resonated with me: 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. The discussion highlighted that women deep tech founders do not lack confidence, skill, ambition, or ideas. Many times, the real friction is structural: Access to early believers Access to capital Access to customers Access to clinical, research, or industry partners Access to sandboxes, pilots, and real-world validation Access to people who understand both technology and market translation My key takeaways: 𝟭. 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 A great idea becomes impact only when it meets validation, adoption, regulation, customers, and scalable business models. 𝟮. 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 Building in isolation can create impressive demos. Building with users creates real products, trust, and traction. 𝟯. 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 Mentorship matters, but deep tech also needs infrastructure — funding, labs, pilots, regulatory support, IP guidance, industry access, and ecosystem bridges. 𝟰. 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 Strong ecosystems reduce friction, open doors, connect founders to markets, and turn innovation into measurable impact. My biggest reflection: 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗱𝗼. As technology leaders, investors, mentors, and ecosystem builders, we must create environments where women founders can move from idea to validation, from prototype to product, and from innovation to global impact. Thank you Anna Radulovski & WomenTech Network for brining up this event where women can learn! #WomenInTech #WomenFounders #DeepTech #InnovationEcosystem #StartupLeadership #TechnologyLeadership #WomenInTechnology #Entrepreneurship #AI #ImpactInnovation

less than a week till the Cursor Melbourne Hardware Hack happening this sunday (may 24) 👀 it'll be one afternoon, one ESP32 kit, teams of 3-4. Use Cursor to go crazy and vibe up a hardware project from scratch then demo it to the room. There'll be some nice Cursor goodies too. minimal hardware experience needed (ideally with ESP32s but not a dealbreaker) shoutout to Stone & Chalk for hooking us up with the venue! see u there. (link in comments) cc: Joshua Crowley Chris Rickard Sunita Rao Ben Colley Ben Lang Fawziyah N. Shriabhay S Ömer B. Andy Gelme Anantyash Dixit Caitlin Shepherd

Here's my take on the latest Australian budget as a startup founder, investment property owner, ex-public servant and finance lawyer who spent a lot of time overseas In the backdrop of insanely unaffordable housing, rising inflation and cost of living, a decline in per capita productivity, an economy less sophisticated than Uganda's, reform was sorely needed: - Through negative gearing, property was way too overpowered relative to other asset classes and other countries, leading to extreme property prices and reduced capital flows to businesses which actually produce jobs, exports and improve productivity - Income is taxed too heavily relative to wealth, making it harder for young people to accumulate wealth and easier for wealthier people to get wealthier However, as many have rightfully pointed out, removing CGT discounts on startups have a detrimental impact on our fledgling ecosystem: - New ventures create new jobs, providing much needed diversity in our economy and improved productivity. This is as vital as new housing, and should also be included in CGT discounts. - Entrepreneurial brain drain is already a major issue due to a comparative scarcity of Australian risk capital; taxing startup exits at double other countries' rates will only compound this issue. I'm tired of seeing our best companies leave and end up employing and enriching foreigners instead of our own! - Founders take a huge amount of risk to start ventures, often going unpaid for years while pouring in savings for a small chance of a successful exit (yes, I'm unpaid and poured all my money into Minimis). That should not be taxed the same as just buying an existing house and letting it sit there appreciating passively. People close to me benefit from the NDIS and our amazing health system. I want to contribute a fair share to it. We can have a fairer tax system without penalising aspiration.