Entrepreneur's Day
Entrepreneur's Day
Monash AI Institute
Face-to-face
workshop
Big ideas deserve momentum
Hosted by the Monash AI Institute in the Faculty of IT, Entrepreneur's Day is a full-day experience designed for academics, PhD candidates and coursework students with an interest in AI startups.
Participants will:
- gain actionable insights by hearing from AI founders as they share their journeys, challenges and hard-won lessons
- discover the Monash innovation ecosystem – the programs, networks, resources and support available to academics and students to advance deep tech start-up ideas
- develop a deeper understanding of the University's perspective on deep tech entrepreneurship and the evolving funding landscape.
This event is open to Monash University staff, PhD candidates and coursework students.
Agenda
| TIME | AGENDA |
Session One | |
9.05AM - 9.10AM | Official opening and Acknowledgement of Country |
| 9.10AM - 9.25AM | Scaling AI Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professor Shonali Krishnaswamy, Academic Director, AI Innovation, Monash University |
| 9.25AM - 10.05AM | Founder Journey Mr Navin Suri, Managing Director Financial Services (APAC) Accenture |
| 10.05AM - 10.25AM | Innovation and Commercialism at Monash Dr Ingmar Wahlqvist Chief Commercialisation Officer, Monash University |
| 10.30AM - 11.00AM | Morning Tea |
Session Two | |
| 11.00AM - 11.20AM | Founder Journey Dr Geok Leng TAN, Chairman Fourtitute.AI and Advisor, Phillips Capital, Singapore |
| 11.20AM - 11.40AM | Founder Journey Associate Professor Mo Dirani, Entrepreneur - in Residence, Heart Foundation, Victoria |
| 11.40AM - 12.00PM | Founder Journey Professor Santosh Kulkarni, CEO, Tradie Pal, Professor, Faculty of IT, Monash University |
| 12.00PM - 12.45PM | Monash Eco-System for Founders Moderator: Dr Alison Greenway, Associate Dean and Senior Director, Enterprise and Partnerships, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University Panel:
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| 12.40PM - 1.30PM | Lunch |
Session Three | |
| 1.30PM - 1.50PM | Founder Journey Dr Abbi Sharma GAICD CEO InfoQ, Australia Professor, Faculty of IT, Monash University |
| 1.50PM - 2.10PM | Founder Journey Deva Seetharam CEO Kailash Consulting India |
| 2.10PM - 2.30PM | Founder Journey Professor Amy Shi-Nash CEO Occubuy, Australia Professor, Faculty of IT, Monash University |
| 2.30PM - 3.00PM | VC Perspectives on Deep Tech Startups Moderator: Professor Shonali Krishnaswamy, Academic Director, AI Innovation, Monash University Fire Side Chat
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| 3.00PM - 3.05PM | Closing Remarks Dr Jyoti Joshi Faculty of IT, Monash University |
| 3.05PM - 3.30PM | Afternoon Tea and Networking |