HKABA NSW Chapter 27th Business Awards Gala Dinner 2026

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

Event sold out? Try next week: Sydney Founders Pickleball - https://luma.com/event/evt-4mPLwp3DlveYnv8 A relaxed weekly pickleball session for founders to connect, play and sweat a little. We will have a few courts booked and you'll rotate courts and partners. A healthy way to start your Wednesday morning! Most people are beginners and don't know each other yet, so don't worry about that. If you have any questions, just message the WhatsApp group. Networking Try grabbing a coffee afterwards with someone else in the group to get to them better off the court! Logistics Get your tickets via Luma. You can buy for yourself and your friends too. All paddles and balls are provided. There are showers available in the carpark of ICC. Cancellations You can cancel within 24 hours of the event - you'll get a credit to attend a future session. Send a WhatsApp message to Tim to cancel. If it's very wet, we'll cancel it and you'll get a credit for a future session - we'll notify this through Luma via email and also our WhatsApp group. We'll make this call on the morning. Pickleball Basic Rules & Scoring Before your first time playing, please check out this 5-min video which covers the basic rules and scoring: https://youtu.be/pDDwZgepQeE We'll use traditional scoring rules with games up to 11 (you need to win by 2 points). Beginner Tips Don't worry about looking silly - everyone does at the beginning. Before you serve, make sure you say the score, otherwise you will quickly lose track of it. Try to notice your most common mistake to improve that. Try to get to the kitchen line quickly - don't hang back at the base line like tennis. The serve has to be under arm 'in an upward arc' - so no downward slicing, tennis style serve or side arms. The rule everyone forgets is that the ball has to land once on each side (two-bounce rule) before you can start volleying - so remember 'Serve and Stay' and 'Return and Run'. General Etiquette It's just a social game for a bit of fun, so let's kee

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