The Australian Investment Council is pleased to be hosting our second annual Venture Capital Industry Forum on Wednesday 1 May 2019, in partnership with leading global professional services firm, PwC.
This half-day forum has quickly cemented itself as one of the premier knowledge sharing and networking events for the leaders of Australia's innovation ecosystem.
This year's forum will be attended by around 150 fund managers, investors, entrepreneurs and corporate advisors, who will gather at PwC's Sydney headquarters to hear from a range of leading international and domestic experts in a variety of fields.
Headlining this year's event will be Fred Giuffrida, Managing Director of global US investment firm, Horsley Bridge Partners. Fred will share his views on the state of play for venture in the US, Australia and other markets around the world, and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead for the sector.
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Chief Investment
Officer MLC &
General Manager,
NAB Asset
Management
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Co-Founder,
Blackbird Ventures
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Managing Partner,
OneVentures
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Co-Founder and
Managing Partner,
Reinventure
Group
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Founder & CEO,
Baraja
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CEO, the Office of
Innovation and
Science (OISA)
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Chief Executive,
Australian
Investment
Council
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Investment Director,
Global Private
Capital, QIC
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Managing Director,
Horsley Bridge
Partners
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Director, Asia
Principal Capital
(APCL)
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Head of Alternative
Investments, Telstra
Super
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Audit Partner - Private
Clients, Assurance &
Advisory, PwC
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Head of Private
Equity, HOSTPLUS
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CEO, Agerris
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Stephen Thompson
Managing Director,
Brandon Capital
Partners
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Kristin Vaughan
Director of the Clean
Energy Innovation
Fund, Clean Energy
Finance Corporation
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Further details about the half-day program will be provided in coming weeks. Highlights include:
| 12:00pm |
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Networking lunch and forum open |
| 12:30pm |
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Opening welcome |
12:35pm
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CEO address
Yasser El-Ansary, Australian Investment Council |
| 12:45pm |
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Opening keynote address
Farms of the future: Cultivating Australia's AgTech opportunity
Professor Salah Sukkarieh, Agerris
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13:20pm
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Are we there yet? Technology enabling the autonomous vehicle
revolution
Federico Collarte, Baraja |
13:50pm
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Sector spotlight: Emerging themes and trends in CleanTech &
FinTech
Kristin Vaughan, Clean Energy Finance Corporation ; Simon Cant,
Reinventure Group |
| 14:30pm |
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Afternoon tea |
| 14:50pm |
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Institutional investor perspectives: Expectations of venture
strategies
Jonathan Armitage, NAB Asset Management ; Nicholas Guest, QIC ; Neil
Stanford, HOSTPLUS ; Kate Misic, Telstra Super ; Craig Matthew, Asia
Principal Capital (APCL) |
| 15:30pm |
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Fund Manager insights: How to adapt, evolve and respond to the
opportunities of the future
Rick Baker, Blackbird ; Amanda Hjorring, Square Peg Capital ; Anne-Marie
Birkill, OneVentures ; Stephen Thompson, Brandon Capital Partners ; Manoj
Santiago, PwC |
| 16:10pm |
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Break |
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16:30pm
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Venture Capital: A global perspective
Fred Giuffrida, Horsley Bridge Partners
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| 17:10pm |
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Innovation policy discussion: Realising prosperity through
innovation
Yasser El-Ansary, Australian Investment Council ; Dr Charles Day, the Office
of Innovation and Science Australia |
| 17:40pm |
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Closing remarks and thank you |
| 17:45pm |
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Networking drinks and First Robotics demonstration
FRC Team 3132: Thunder Down Under |
| 18:00pm |
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End of demonstration and networking to continue |
| 19:30pm |
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Major Corporate Partner
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Major Government Partner
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