In line with Homelessness Week 2025, join us for the Brisbane Big Ideas Challenge 2025, when your young people in Years 7-9 will be supported to ideate, prototype and pitch their own innovative solutions to the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness.

Powered by Future Anything in partnership with Orange Sky Australia and QUT Entrepreneurship, students will learn from changemakers who are making a difference, every day, to the critical issue of homelessness.

The mission for participants:

"As a community leader, pitch an innovative idea that prevents, ends or reduces the suffering of those experiencing homelessness and hardship."

It's set to be an engaging and real-world learning experience for young people in Years 7-9. We’d love to see you and your students there!

TICKETS & WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The event is designed for school groups of students in Years 7-9 (Students may not attend individually)
Up to 20 student tickets are available per school. If you require more than this, please indicate this when registering and we will let you know if additional tickets become available. Educators/supervisors go free.

Schools with a ICSEA* Value <1000:

Early Bird: Free
Full Price: $39+GST per student

Schools with an ICESA* Value >1000:

Early Bird: $24+GST per student
Full Price : $39+GST per student

* ICSEA stands for Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage. ICSEA is a scale which allows for fair and reasonable comparisons among schools with similar students. ICSEA provides an indication of the socio-educational backgrounds of students; it has nothing to do with the staff, school, facilities or teaching programs at the school. ICSEA isn’t a school rating. You can check your school's ICSEA Value at https://www.myschool.edu.au/

KEY TIMINGS:

8.30am – 8.45am Schools/students arrive & register
9:00 (PROMPT) - 9:30am: Welcome (Intro, Overview of the Day, Future of Work).
9:30 - 10.00am: Guest Speaker Q&A
10:00 – 10:30am: Picking a problem and group forming
10:30-10.50am: Morning Tea break
10.50 -12:50pm: The Odyssey (exploring problems & creating solutions)
12:50 – 1:20pm Lunch break
1:20 – 2.00pm: The Odyssey continued (prototyping and pitching)
2:00 - 2.15pm: The ‘Shark Tank’
2:15 - 2:30pm: Winner’s Announcement + Closing, Final Reflection

VENUE & TRANSPORT:

The event takes place at the Education Precinct Function Room (E Block, Level 5, in the KG-E5 Function Space), QUT, Kelvin Grove Campus,149 Victoria Park Rd, Kelvin Grove QLD 4059. Schools are required to organise and manage their own transport requirements for students and supervising staff/parents attending the event. Please ensure your travel plans enable you to arrive in good time for the start and stay for the whole event.

PERMISSIONS & SUPERVISION:

Each participating school should manage risk assessment & parent permissions according to their own policies, and ensure a suitable level of staff supervision for their students attending the event. While participating teachers/parents will not be required to formally facilitate the sessions, their engagement in the activities will increase teachers’ skills and confidence in unlocking students’ enterprising mindsets in their classrooms.

IMPORTANT: All students will be required to have a caregiver complete Future Anything's Media Permission Form here (fillable PDF).

WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO BRING:

Their own refillable water bottle
Lunch, and morning/afternoon tea (if required) as no catering is provided.
Students are required to wear their school uniform
Completed Media Permission Form here (fillable PDF)
A dash of enthusiasm, an open mind and a willingness to engage with others.

POWERED BY:

SUPPORTED BY:

Brisbane Big Ideas Challenge 2025

Choose your tickets

Educator/Supervisor ticket

Student Ticket : Full Price ticket