Invitation to Graphene+2018: The 4^th Industrial Revolution conference

Monday October 8, Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne

Scientists, academia, advanced manufacturers and global start-up incubator leaders address: How Australia can spearhead the technology, and foster the start-up culture, that will drive the next generation of interconnectedness through the Internet of Things using graphene as the enabler of change.

Speakers include — 

Government:

• Daniel Mulino MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance, Victoria

Startup incubation:

• Omer Gozen, VP, New Materials & Packaging, Plug and Play (USA)

Academia:

• Professor Linda Kristjanson AO, Vice Chancellor, Swinburne University
• Professor Bronwyn Fox, Director, Manufacturing Futures Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor David Officer, Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Research

Business:

• Chris Gilbey OAM, CEO Imagine IM; Chair, Australian Graphene Industry Association
• Ray Gibbs, CEO, Haydale Limited
• Brendan Swifte, CEO, Geofabrics
• Elina Ollila, CEO, UX-Fit (USA)
• Dominic Rohrmus, Senior Engineer, Siemens AG (Germany)
• Professor Peter Middendorf, Director Arena2036 (Germany)
• Volkmar Doericht, R&D for Digitalization and Automation, Siemens (Germany)

Issues to be discussed include —

• Graphene: Solving big problems
• Designing Materials: Doing more with less
• From startup to billion dollar markets
• Invention, research and IP
• Making Australian manufacturing globally relevant

For the complete agenda, please visit: grapheneindustry.org.au/conference/schedule

The Future of Place Summit aims to be a day filled with critical discussion, knowledge sharing and networking around the intersection of people, place technology and data.

The event will focus on four themes:

• Designing for digital lifestyles — A new human-centred planning approach
• From precinct plans to development reality — The evolving digital and data DNA of urban growth
• Data-inspired discussions — Tapping into the real voice of the community
• Streets reimagined — The digital backbone for better experiences

Delegates can take part in person or via Zoom.