Exponential Innovation Leaders
Scholarships to attend Ci2019 Asia Pacific
“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.”
We are searching for the most outstanding emerging leaders, exponential thinkers, entrepreneurs and innovators from across Australia who are creating the future. They are the game-changers in society who are not content to just let the future happen, but rather are actively working to implement ideas that make a difference… Leaders that may at times feel afraid or uncertain, yet still rise to confront the needs and challenges of society head on.
The Creative Innovation Global scholarships are provided to emerging leaders to prepare them for the challenges of tomorrow and help them access key decision makers across society and the economy.
Read the Ci2019 Scholarship Winner Media Release
Scholarship winners receive:
- A full place for the entire Ci2019 event
- The opportunity to present their vision for the future in the conference program and on the website
- A 60 second speaking spot during the main conference program
- A free 3 month Exponential Hot Desk membership at Dimension5 co-working space
- Invitation to mentoring program and events at Dimension5 to build upon learnings, insights and networks gained at Ci2019.
Scholarship Selection Panel:
Tania de Jong AM – Social Entrepreneur, Soprano, Founder & Executive Producer Creative Innovation Global; Founder Creative Universe, Creativity Australia, Mind Medicine Australia, The Song Room, Dimension5, Pot-Pourri
Peter Hunt AM – Investment Banker & engaged Philanthropist; Founder Women’s Community Shelters and Mind Medicine Australia
Justin Presser – Former CEO, Marketing Director and Engineer
Eligibility Criteria:
- Australian or New Zealand based (can be an international student on a study visa)
- Developer or owner (individually or jointly) of the innovation
- Documented plan to implement your innovation
- Can be a commercial, social or other type of innovation
Ci2019 Scholarship Winners
- Professor Ruth Salom (VIC) is Professor / Director of Pathology at Monash University, and has developed an AI and Internet based technology for rapid diagnosis for cancer and other pathologies to support the lack of medical resource and training in 3rd world countries. This innovation has already shown that we can successfully train AI to diagnose breast cancer in 92% of cases.
- Madeline Green (TAS) is the Co-Founder of Otlet a social enterprise enabling scientists to share, source and request biological samples for scientific research projects. Otlet facilitates the sustainable reuse of the 94 million biological samples collected by scientists across the globe annually.
- Jordan Yim (VIC) is Co-Founder and Director of INHAABIT, designed for the future of retail, allowing you to see furniture in situ in your own home using only your standard mobile device. INHAABIT is already one of Australia’s leading Augmented Reality start-ups in a market that is set to grow from $48BN to $170BN globally by 2022.
- Kerry Anderson (VIC/WA) is Founder of Operation Next Gen, a social enterprise program to empower and transform rural Australian communities for Entrepreneurship and Innovation utilising current community resources.
- Melissa Warner (VIC) is Education Officer of Mind Medicine Australia, a forward-thinking charity for next generation mental health care. The charity acts as the central node for the promotion of regulatory approved and research backed psychedelic medicines to assist with the treatment of mental health in Australia. First clinical trials have commenced at St Vincent’s in Melbourne.
- Will Zhong (VIC) is Co-Founder and Partnerships Guru of Goodie, a social enterprise platform which matches young volunteers (“Goodies”) with volunteering opportunities offered by non-profits by using social media marketing strategies to increase outreach and scalable proprietary technologies.
- Angus McDonald (NSW) is Director of Compass IOT, a commercial enterprise leveraging the ‘Internet of Things’ to record, analyse and deliver real time reporting of public and private transportation data for effective future town and transportation planning and government policy.
- Claire Bremner (TAS) is Founder of KELPD, a social enterprise start-up in the FMCG sector that aims to build a bridge between environmentalism and commercialisation by harvesting and promoting nutrient rich sustainable KELP related food and wellness products from Tasmania.
Read the Ci2019 Scholarship Winner Media Release
