Livingstone Big Ideas Challenge 2024

Thanks to the generous support of Livingstone Shire Council, Future Anything is proud to bring the Big Ideas Challenge to Yeppoon once again!

The Big Ideas Challenge has been purposefully designed in collaboration with educators to engage young people in a fun and fast paced day of listening, learning and doing. 

Taking a deep dive in to the critical issue of sun safety, students will hear from engaging guests including John Ferguson (Central Queensland Hospital & Health Service) and Crystal Newton (skin cancer prevention advocate). Students will tackle the following challenge: “As an enterprising leader, pitch a community led action project that will create sun safe environments and increase uptake of five sun safe behaviours.”

Who should attend?

This event is open to groups of students in Years (7-12) from schools in the Livingstone LGA region (NB students may not attend individually). Tickets are free thanks to the generous support of Livingstone Shire Council. We are seeking a broad mix of students, both in capability and talents, who would benefit from exploring entrepreneurial skills in a motivating and supportive setting.

Draft Agenda (exact content/timings subject to change)

• 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: Panel & Q&A 
• 10:00 – 10:30am: Picking a problem and group forming
• 10:30-10.50am: Morning Tea break
• 10.50 -12:30pm: The Entrepreneur’s Odyssey (Steps 1-6)
• 12:30– 1:00pm Lunch break
• 1:00– 1.30pm: The Entrepreneur’s Odyssey (Step 9-10)
• 1:30-2.15pm: The ‘Shark Tank’
• 2:15-2:30pm: Winner’s Announcement + Closing, Final Reflections

Venue & Transport

The event takes place at Yeppoon Town Hall. Each participating school will be required to organise and manage the transport requirements for students and supervising staff/parents attending the event. 

Permissions and Supervision
Participating schools are required to manage parental permission requirements 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’ entrepreneurial mindset in the classroom. All students must have a caregiver complete a media permission form (emailed upon registration). 

What Students Need to Bring:

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

THANKS TO:

ABOUT FUTURE ANYTHING:

Future Anything transforms young people’s passion and curiosity into innovative ideas that make their world a better place. We support educators to lead authentic learning experiences that are not only Australian Curriculum aligned, but also connect students to the real world. Click here to read more about our programs or drop us an email to hello@futureanything.com to find out more! 

MEET THE GUEST SPEAKERS: 

John Ferguson is a Health Promotion Officer with the Public Health Unit in Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service. His focus is on the prevention and early detection of skin cancer.
John has a master’s in public health with a major in health promotion from the University of Queensland. He works with his colleagues in public health who collaborate with the Prevention Strategy Branch of Queensland Health, as they initiate a skin cancer prevention project. The goal is to increase advocacy for, awareness of, and access to skin cancer prevention strategies and early detection services in regional Queensland.The Central Queensland community awareness campaign ‘Sun Safe CQ’, is an initiative that aims to improve skin cancer prevention knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours while reducing sunburn rates among Central Queensland community members and support local health providers to provide effective early detection services.

Crystal Newton is a ardent advocate for skin cancer prevention in Central Queensland. With personal experience of skin cancer at young age Crystal understands the true agelessness of melanoma. She is passionate about spreading awareness and improving understanding about skin cancer among
young people.