Australia Spring 2026 Demo Day: Meet new portfolio startups

We’re excited to bring the Chief of Staff Network (COSN) community together in Brisbane to close out our first year in Australia. Year one has been about building connections among Chiefs of Staff and senior operators across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Before the year ends, we want to celebrate what’s been built and hear from you about what you’d like to see from the community in Year 2. A special thank you to Zoe Zropf for hosting and leading the growth of the Chief of Staff community across Australia. Date & Time: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · 5:30 PM AEST Location: Shared upon confirmation of attendance This informal, in-person meetup brings together Chiefs of Staff and adjacent operators for an evening of relaxed conversation, meaningful connections, and candid discussion about the realities of operating in strategic leadership roles. New this time: Hot Takes 🔥 Alongside networking, we’ll run a short “hot takes” discussion: controversial ideas about the Chief of Staff role, put to the room for debate. When you register, share a hot take of your own and we’ll use a few to kick off the conversation. What to expect A casual, welcoming environment A “hot takes” discussion on the Chief of Staff role A look back at year one and your input on Year 2 of the Australian chapter Drinks, conversations, and new connections Who is this event for? This event is for operators currently serving as Chiefs of Staff, Founders’ Associates, or in similar BizOps, strategy, or operations roles. Please include your current job title and company so we can verify your role and approve your registration. If you’re interested in helping shape the Chief of Staff community in Brisbane, including helping host future local events, we’d love to have you join us. Spaces are limited to keep the group intimate — please RSVP to save your spot. For more information about the Chief of Staff Network and our upcoming events, programs, conferences, and more, visit: https://www.chiefofstaff.network/

CALLING ALL BUILDERS! If you wish to demo your product, please fill out this form here: Open Google Form A curated evening of production-grade AI demos built by founders, engineers, and researchers. The focus is on real systems: working agents, automation layers, developer tools, and vertical applications that deliver observable impact. Atlassian is hosting this event and will share a bit of information about the Atlassian for Startups program but the demo lineup spans far beyond the Atlassian ecosystem. The objective is to showcase the most credible, high-leverage applied AI work happening in the community. Preferred demo types. Product born out of AI-native startups: a product invented out of an organisation with artificial intelligence as it core foundational architecture, operating model, and value proposition Autonomous or semi-autonomous systems operating on real data with minimal human steering. Workflow automation that removes coordination steps in product, engineering, ops, or support. Developer tools that accelerate understanding, coding, testing, or deployment. Knowledge systems that turn unstructured inputs into reliable, actionable outputs. Multi-agent coordination with clear delegation and error-handling behavior. As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided! Demo List: we will select 5 demo among the people keen to share (apply here). Note that everyone is welcome to attend and network! Please be advised: Space is limited at these events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!

🏓 CPL Sydney presented by Independent Reserve If you've been waiting for IR's next breakfast or lunch club, this November we're trying something different. CPL Sydney brings the city's crypto and fintech community together for four Wednesday nights of social pickleball at House of Pickle, the rooftop courts on the ICC Event Deck at Darling Harbour. Tonight is opening night. Whether you play every week or have never picked up a paddle, come along, get a few games in and meet people from across the industry. How it works Entry is free Come on your own or with colleagues, we'll pair everyone up on the night Winner stays on: win your game and you keep the court Licensed bar courtside for when you're off court We're back on the 11th, 18th and 25th, each with its own page Please register here so we know how many to expect. On the night 6pm: Arrive, pair up and get on court Rotate in and out through the evening Drinks and networking courtside 🏓 What to bring Casual activewear Paddles and balls are provided All levels welcome, no experience needed 📍 Getting there House of Pickle, Level 4, ICC Sydney Event Deck, 14 Darling Drive Light rail: Convention stop Train: about 12 minutes walk from Central or Town Hall Inside ICC, take the first escalator up, then the second set up to Level 4 Parking available onsite Wheelchair and lift access 📸 We'll have a photographer and videographer with us tonight. If you'd rather not appear, just let us know on the night. Questions? Get in touch with Lydia at lydia@cryptopadel.xyz or Taleb at taleb.sleiman@independentreserve.com.

It’s part of Who’s In The Room? | Curated Conversations for Business, a series focused on: Conversations with the people shaping tomorrow. Sigourney Cantelo is a journalist and Founder and Publisher of Beauticate, the popular Australian beauty and lifestyle media brand she has grown independently for 12 years in an industry dominated by big corporates. A former Beauty and Health Director at Vogue Australia with over two decades in publishing, she’s now building Australia’s first editorial e-commerce platform. She hosts the Beautiful Inside podcast and speaks on brand, media, business and building a career on your own terms. Who should attend Editors, writers and creatives inside a big title, quietly weighing whether to leave it. Founders building in beauty, fashion or wellness, working out how editorial, community and commerce fit together. Brand and communications leaders rethinking where authority sits now that the gatekeepers have changed. People whose careers look complete from the outside, and who are asking what that is costing them on the inside. What you'll take away A clearer view of how influence in beauty and media has moved from the magazine to the founder-led platform, from someone who has worked both sides. An honest account of what it takes to leave a title that defines you, and what you find when you do. Direct access to Sigourney and to the room around you: people across fashion, beauty, media and the creative industries, and worth knowing. The evening 5:30pm sharp — Doors open, arrival drinks 6:30–7:00pm — Sigourney Cantelo 7:00pm — The Press Collective, live Capacity is held to 50 seats. This one is built to stay a room, not become an audience. We look forward to seeing Who’s In The Room? Who’s In The Room? | Curated Conversations, Featured Guest Hosted by Robert Ian Bonnick At The Press In collaboration with The House of XYZ

Cerebras is excited to present Cafe Compute Meetup, hosted by Cerebras Ambassador Graeme Provan Enjoy the fast vibes, great food, cool people, and more. Bring your laptop. This is a space to code, collab, and build in a cozy evening vibe. The event runs from 6pm to 8pm sharp. We'd love for you to be there from the start! 6:00pm - Doors open, grab something to drink and settle in 6:15pm - Quick intro to Cerebras and what we're building today 6:30pm - Code, experiment, ask questions 7:45pm - Open networking and wrap up 8:00pm - That's a wrap! Cerebras is the world's fastest AI inference, up to 15x faster than leading GPUs. Cerebras Inference is powered by our Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE-3) - the world's largest AI chip. Experience the speed for yourself with OpenAI Codex-Spark, powered on Cerebras, or one of the open source models like Quen 3.8 27B. Get free compute at Cerebras.ai. Join our rapidly growing communities: Discord ↗ Reddit ↗ X ↗