Great iniative Liam and love the idea of the bus collecting hackers on the way down. If I didnt have prior committments would be jumping on that bus at Wollongong and keen to see what has been happening down your way.
All the best and let me know if you would like free use of our BuzzyTV event games to for some playful challenges etc across the week. Happy to help where possible. Cheers,Mike. On 5 Apr 2016 12:06 am, "Liam O'Duibhir, Director, SoccerFit" < lia...@soccerfit.com.au> wrote: > Hi All, > > As best we can determine, our action-packed programme of > StartUp/Tech/STEM/Coding events making up *Regional Innovation Week in > the Bega Valley*, is the first programme of it's kind in Australia. The > week will run from Apr 27th to May 3rd. > > Details here - begainnovation.com.au and please see attached press > release. > > It's fantastic to be having a crack at this level of ambition from 'the > bush'. > > We are delighted with the speakers and sponsors that have come on board, > and the range of audiences we are attracting. > > We have 'no beef' with metro...but many skilled > software/design/entrepreneurial people like to ply their trades surrounded > by lush green (or sometimes brown) fields, and the sound of lowing cattle. > OK so it's not quite exactly like that...but small rural towns such as, > Bega and Merimbula, make for a very pleasant place to live, and a real > opportunity to focus and build a massively scalable digital business > without some of the scary overheads. > > Jane Cay of Birdnest (birdsnest.com.au), Cooma, did precisely this...and > she is, unsurprisingly, one of our headline speakers. > > Google Map link to the region - click http://goo.gl/SlcWgl > > So have a think about it...visit the web-page, begainnovation.com.au and > we hope to get as many Sydney-siders/Canberrans/Melbournians down to the > area for a truly great celebration of innovation, and undoubtedly some > great startup escapades a-forming. > > We are running the 'Innovation Riders' bus from iCentral in Sydney, > stopping off in Wollongong on the way...with space for about 30 > people...and some on board are bringing tents to make a bit of a camping > bash out of it. We are linking up with the Start Society (Pete Cooper and > Co) and Hackagong crew for this happy journey. If interested visit - > http://intoitsapphirecoast.com/event/innovation-riders-bus-2016/ > > Specific info about flights and accomodation is provided here :- > http://intoitsapphirecoast.com/accommodation-options/ > > The programme is being run by regional entrepreneurship group IntoIT ( > www.intoitsapphirecoast.com) in partnership with Canberra’s leading > StartUp Advisory Service, Lighthouse Innovation ( > http://lighthouseinnovation.com.au/). > > Happy to answer any questions anyone may have. > > Regards, > > Liam > > -- > Liam O'Duibhir > > Co-founder IntoIT Sapphire Coast (http://www.intoitsapphirecoast.com) > > -- > > Liam O'Duibhir > > 0417 579 079 > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Silicon Beach Australia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.