Cicada x Tech23: Join us Online Celebrate Deep Tech Leadership & Innovation

Cicada x Tech23 has always been about championing bold ideas and the brilliant minds behind them—and in 2025, we’re taking that spirit on tour.

In the lead-up to Cicada x Tech23 in September, we’re bringing together deep tech innovators, industry trailblazers, and emerging leaders across Australia—to celebrate the people shaping the future. Because innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens when we dare to push boundaries, challenge conventions, and forge new frontiers together.

At Cicada Innovations, we believe in the power of deep tech to change the world—but change is driven by leaders willing to take risks, visionaries willing to experiment, and communities willing to back them. This online event is your chance to connect, learn, and spark the collaborations that will shape the next wave of Australian deep tech breakthroughs.

Hosted by Sally-Ann Williams, will feature candid conversations with exceptional founders who have navigated the highs and lows of building deep tech ventures—sharing insights on leadership, resilience, and what it takes to drive real impact.

Meet The Panel

Ruby Jones, Chief Operating Officer at Aquila
Tim Vale, Co-founder and CEO at Telemattica
ShanShan Wang, CEO and founder at Roam Technologies

Tech23 isn’t just an event. It’s a movement. A movement of relentless curiosity, audacious ambition, and unwavering belief in what’s possible. This is your chance to be part of it.

Why Attend

Meet the minds redefining industries
Celebrate the leadership within the Tech23 alumni
Connect with Australia’s deep tech community shaping the future

Join us on the Road to Tech23. Be inspired. Be part of something bigger.

Meet Radical Innovators and Leaders

Aquila

Aquila is building an energy network of light which enables long distance, dynamic charging and energy transmission via beaming and catching infrared (invisible) light and converting it into electricity - similar to how household solar panels. Able to keep a surveillance drone in the air 24/7, charge a commercial electric plane mid-flight, or relay a wireless power line between solar farm and green steel manufacturer - Aquila is rewriting our energy network.

Telemattica

Telemattica is building a smarter, more resilient future for rail transport by automating track inspections using IoT sensors fitted to in-service trains. This enables continuous real-time data on the condition of train networks without impacting network capacity and enabling our customers to set new benchmarks for efficiency, reliability and safety. By safeguarding and elevating the performance of our critical infrastructure, Telemattica is improving the well-being, safety and economic prosperity of our society.

Roam Technologies

Roam is pioneering a breakthrough in oxygen delivery- next-generation medical device for active, everyday use in chronic conditions. Designed to increase endurance, go further, and reduce fatigue, our mission is to enable millions to breathe easier and live longer. Our tankless, continuous oxygen solution unlocks a new era in personalised therapy, empowering patients to live a longer, fuller life.

About Cicada x Tech23

Cicada x Tech23 is Australia's biggest deep tech festival, showcasing 23 of the nation's most promising ventures, and connects visionary founders to a network of investors, leaders and big thinkers.

Register your interest in the main event here
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