Monday 10 August - IT Start-Ups Day
The Future of Online Monetisation
When: 12pm to 1pm
Where: Multi-Purpose Room, Level 1, The Spot, 198 Berkeley St, Melbourne University
What: Melb Uni student Philip Kingston runs Kingston Development, a website and software development firm employing university students to offer low-cost solutons. Philip has also started various web-based businesses including Flogd, a web app that allows people to easily and instantly start their own online store on a Facebook or MySpace page.
Lessons from Silicon Valley
Presented by Ed Hooper
(Winner, Microsoft Imagine Cup; Alumni 2008, Melbourne Uni)
(Winner, Microsoft Imagine Cup; Alumni 2008, Melbourne Uni)
When: 1pm to 2pm
Where: Multi-Purpose Room, Level 1 The Spot, 198 Berkeley St, Melbourne University
What: Hear from Ed Hooper, who while still a student at Melbourne Uni was on the winning team of the Microsoft Imagine Cup among 100,000s of entries from 100 countries. Fresh from a recent visit to Silicon Valley, where he met the CEOs of Google and Microsoft, Ed shares his experiences and lessons learnt.
Introduction to Entrepreneurship (Monash)
Presented by Richard Hack
(Founder, The Taboo Group)
When: 2pm to 4pm
Where: Lecture Theatre M3, Building 13A, Monash University, Clayton
NICTA ICT Start-ups Panel
When: 4:30pm to 6pm
Where: eZone Theatre, Level 1 Architecture Building, Melbourne University
Panel:
- Rhys Hayes; Founder and Managing Director, IE
- Ahyud Nagara, Xilo Online
- Bradley Birchill, Founder, Asatori
- Stuart Cole, Business Development Manager, NICTA
Mobile Monday - Student Edition: Mobile Live Pitch
When: 6pm to 8pm
Where: Prince Phillip Theatre, Architecture Building, Melbourne University
Speakers: Ross Hill (Yabble), Michelle Mathews (Deck of Secrets)
What: Mobile Monday (MoMo), the monthly networking event for entrepreneurs in mobile industries, comes to the University of Melbourne in August. In this special student edition, we will hear from two mobile entrepreneurs as per standard MoMo format, followed by some student teams pitching their mobile business ideas to the audience for $2,000 worth in prizes! Speakers:
- Ross Hill, Yabble
- Michelle Matthews, Deck of Secrets
- James Ramsay, Transient - an application that uses location features (e.g. GPS) of modern devices (e.g. iPhone) to provide improved arrival and departure information for public transport
- Shiraj de Silva & Anand Vemuri, Integrating an artificial voice box into a mobile phone - Messaging is one of the most commonly used features on a mobile phone. However, it is also the cause of many accidents. We plan to incorporate voice box technology to a mobile phone to enhance voice-to-text capability and make texting safer and easier.
- Marita Cheng, Nudge - an SMS or phone call reminder for patients taking prescription medication. Ordered and paid for through their pharmacy.
- Jaque Qian, ChoreCop Mobile - alert service and interactive tracker for households that helps to distribute the housework minus the nag. From the same team that created the existing web-based ChoreCop.