In 2020, how we communicate and share experiences has been challenged in ways we never predicted.

Handshakes aren't the norm. Video calls are more common than coffee catch-ups. And many of those who have adjusted to a remote working lifestyle won't return to offices ever again.

Through all of this, we've seen a desire to break the boundaries of what it means to be connected to each other and to common ideas, and a longing to find the humanity and warmth in tech-enabled interactions.

That's where we come in.

We've rallied some of the brightest former _southstart speakers - across tech, the startup world and the creative industries - to help you make sense of this new world we've found ourselves in.

The conversations are free to watch and will be live-streamed online, direct to you.

We're calling it the _southstart Connection Series.

In this conversation you'll hear from Phil Morle, a Partner in the CSIRO’s venture capital fund, Main Sequence Ventures.

They specialise in backing deep tech, science-driven founders.

He's also a Director of the Food Agility CRC, and before this was CEO of startup incubator Pollenizer.

The _southstart Connection Series is hosted by technology writer and journalist Joan Westenberg.