Inventors, founders, investors and supporters of the deep tech ecosystem are invited to view Australia's most promising scaleups as part of this year's Australian Technologies Competition National Finals & Awards Ceremony on 25 & 26 October 2021

Monday 25 October 2021 - National Finals & Judging starting 9.00am AEDT

The National Finals is a full day showcase of this year's best technology scaleups from across Australia, where finalists competing in 11 different industry categories will deliver a 5-minute pitch LIVE, in front of the Judges, immediately followed by ten minutes of Q&A.

Presenting companies will span a range of verticals - from clean energy and the circular economy, to cyber security, food and agribusiness, medtech & pharma, mining and more!

Come and be part of the audience to view this year's 18 emerging tech-based companies with the greatest global potential.

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Duration: The National Finals is an all day event (9am - 4.30pm)

Tuesday 26 October 2021 - Leadership Panel starting 2.00pm AEDT

Prior to the Australian Technologies Competition Awards Ceremony will be an exciting Leadership panel discussing: 'Sustainability: Opportunities and lesson for the tech sectors'. Esteemed panel guests include:

Patrick Mooney, Executive Chair, Impact Tech Ventures (Sydney)* Moderator
Mara Bun, Chair of Australian Impact Investments (Brisbane)
Michele Lemmens, Head Business Sustainability & CTO APAC, TCS (Singapore)
Dr Jemma Green, Cofounder & Chair, Powerledger (Perth)
Dr. Arul Shanmugasundaram, Executive Director, Ayana Power (India)

Panel Duration: 1 hour panel followed by 15 minutes Q&A

Tuesday 26 October - Awards Ceremony starting 4.30pm AEDT

Prepare to find out who this year's winners are on 26 October starting at 4.30pm AEDT. Compared by radio personality, media expert and public speaker James O'Loghlin - tune in for some fun and humour as the winners of the Australian Technologies Competition are announced.

Duration: The Awards Ceremony will be approx. 1.5 hours, concluding at 6pm

Thanks to our Sponsors

This year's host state and sponsor of the Australian Technologies Competition is the Victorian Government. We express our sincere appreciation to the Victorian Government - champions of innovation and small business - alongside fellow key sponsors, including: The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, i4Connect, the Australian Space Agency, IMCRC, AustCyber, FIAL, METS Ignited, MTPConnect, NERA, NSX Australia and FB Rice.