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Health & Well-Being Pitch Night – October 27th, 2026 Apply Here for Health & Well Being Pitch Night The Startup Network is hosting its signature Pitch Night competition this time focusing on health and well being startups. Health & Well Being Pitch Night at The Commons QV – October 27th, 2026 (Tuesday) Dive into the world of innovation focused on health and well-being at our 2026 Health & Well-Being Pitch Night . This event highlights founders creating transformative solutions to improve lives, promote wellness, and revolutionize health and well-being industries. Why Join Us? This evening is dedicated to showcasing startups tackling challenges in health, fitness, mental well-being, and beyond. Whether you're passionate about advancing wellness, investing in impactful solutions, or supporting startups in this critical space, this event is for you. What to Expect on the Night: The Health & Well-Being Pitch Night is a must-attend event for anyone interested in the intersection of innovation and well-being. Guests will: Network with an ever-growing community of investors, founders, service providers, and startup operators. Support four incredible early-stage founders as they pitch their transformative health and wellness solutions. Vote for their favourite pitch of the night. Reserve Your Seat Today! Don’t miss out on this evening filled with networking, innovation, and celebration. Register now to be part of The Startup Network's Health & Well-Being Startups Pitch Night and connect with the changemakers shaping a brighter future! TSN members enjoy complimentary access to our Pitch Nights! Not a member yet? Join today and unlock numerous benefits designed to support your entrepreneurial journey. -------------------------------------------------------- 🧾 Refund & Credit Policy – The Startup Network We’re a not-for-profit committed to building a stronger, more connected startup community. We strive to make our events accessible, enjoyable, and financially sustaina

Build Australia’s AI future with NVIDIA AI Amplified is a day showcasing the best work being done across Australia’s AI ecosystem. Hear where agentic AI is heading from NVIDIA AI engineers and industry leaders who have seen it in production. Watch robots leave the lab in live demos from Australian AI-native teams. Join talks from global technology leaders building all parts of the AI infrastructure stack. See what it takes to move AI from data centre to edge, pilot to production, and create real economic value. Join the people shaping Australia’s AI future. Whether you are a business leader, developer, robotics engineer, infrastructure lead, or part of the channel, you will leave with practical ideas, a dose of inspiration, and the right people in your network.

Are you feeling stressed about having to deal with multiple different personalities, especially those perceived to be difficult people? Do certain personalities make you anxious and you find it challenging to deal with them? Are you experiencing conflict within your environment and you just don’t know how to manage it? Process Communication Model (PCM) is the right tool to help you manoeuvre through all this. Learn invaluable skills to communicate, motivate and build stronger connections with the people around us. Importantly, learn these skills while gaining Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, as PCM is accredited by various medical colleges including RACS, ANZCA and RANZCOG. PCM is an award-winning evidence based communication model, developed in the US following decades of research. Traditionally used by NASA for astronaut selection, politicians during campaigns, and many organisations around the world that aspire to build effective high-performing teams. PCM teaches you the skills to understand the mindset, behaviour, motivation and distress patterns of yourself and others. It is also proven to improve interaction between people, and will help you be a better leader. After the seminar, you will have the skills to: Observe and decode behaviour of self and others Be a dynamic leader by communicating effectively Predict and identify the onset of disruptive behaviour Motivate oneself and others Respond quickly to diffuse potential conflict situations Identify distress signals in self and others, and to properly manage this distress

Founders Unfiltered: Dawid Naude, Founder & CEO of Pathfindr Founders Unfiltered is Stone & Chalk's flagship fireside chat series. This is a long-form, live conversation for founders, by founders. Each month, one founder pulls back the curtain on the decisions, trade-offs, failures, and what they'd do differently, so the founders in the room can go further, faster. This month, we sit down with Dawid Naude, Founder & CEO of Pathfindr, Australia's leading, AFR award-winning AI accelerator on a mission to make AI exciting, accessible, and impossible to ignore. Across two decades, Dawid has held consulting, leadership, and founder roles in digital, technology, and innovation, including leading Cloud Sherpas' data & AI division through its acquisition by Accenture in 2015, where he progressed to Partner and led projects for Qantas, NAB, AMP, Foxtel, and Government. Through Pathfindr, named one of AFR BOSS' Most Innovative Companies in its founding year (2024), he now leads a fast-growing team of AI specialists working with clients including Woolworths Group, Victoria Government, Honey Insurance, and Australia Post. No polished narrative. No pitch. Just an honest, founder-to-founder conversation about how decisions were really made, what worked, what didn't, and what he'd change. Format: 1.00pm – 1.30pm: Arrival, lunch & networking 1.30pm – 2.15pm: Fireside chat 2.15pm – 2.30pm: Audience Q&A This series prioritises founder voices only, curated speakers with real, lived experience from the Stone & Chalk community and alumni network. Come ready to learn, compare notes, and leave with something you couldn't get anywhere else.