Hear from someone who took the leap – Student to Startup founder!

In 2019 Ryan took an idea developed in his Honours and leapt into the international business world when he was the runner up in the international James Dyson Award.

He’s now launched his idea into a business and is running Gecko Traxx today!

Hear from Ryan about his journey of taking an idea from a Uni project and turning it into a business and what support he gained to get there, including the James Dyson Award.

Format:

12:30pm – Welcome and introductions

12:35pm – Keynote by Gecko Traxx founder Ryan Tilley

12:50pm – Q&A

1:30pm – Event end

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About the James Dyson Award Competition

The James Dyson Award is an international design engineering competition which rewards socially conscious, innovative students and recent graduates for developing meaningful solutions to real world problems. It is open to current and recent students (in the past four years) of engineering, product design and industrial design.

In an exciting new addition to this year’s competition, the James Dyson Award introduced a second international winner, focused on Sustainability. This could be through its materials, design process, methods of manufacture, or even the solution to the invention itself.

The prize:

● The International winner receives a prize of $55,000, plus $9,500 for the winner’s university

● The Sustainability winner receives a prize of $55,000

● The two International runners-up receive $9,500

● Each National winner receives $3,500

What’s next?

The competition will be open for entries until 16 July 2020.

How do students enter?

Candidates enter through an online application form via the James Dyson Award website .