What does it take to accelerate commercialisation and scale of Australian Climate tech companies?

Join us on Wednesday May 15 from 3pm as we showcase findings from Australian founders and recent research on Scaling Climate Tech: How Climate Tech Companies in Australia commercialise, internationalise and scale.

From Hoodie to Hardhats: The Hard Thing about Scaling Climate Tech

Australia needs 'hard-tech' innovation to achieve decarbonisation goals, to stabilise our environment and reduce the negative, potentially irreversible damage of climate change.

For many innovative hard-tech companies, with tangible new products , processes or material science innovation, the road is longer, risk is higher and there are more valleys of death between the laboratory bench and industrial scale or internationalisation. Progressing innovation beyond the lab and start-up stage to commercialisation, internationalisation and scale in Climate tech is also important to stimulating more sustainable economic growth and returns from Australia's R&D and innovation investments.

Further, there are some differentiators in Australia that have influenced the growth path of Australian Climate tech start-ups comparatively to their European or US counterparts that we have fallen short to address.

So how do successful Australian Climate (Hard) Tech companies scale?

Everyone's path to scale is different. However, what can we learn from Australia's first generation of Climate (Hard) Tech Scale Ups that can improve success, lower risk, compress time and ensure Australian innovation contributes to global and national emission reduction goals?

This 2-hour Scaling Climate Tech showcase will include:

1. First look at the UTS - joint industry Scaling Climate Tech Research - Claire Mula, Made For Scale / UTS

Based on insights provided from analysis of the HolonIQ database and 26 founders and CEOs of successful Australian climate tech start-ups and scale-ups.

2. Founder Fireside Chats with Cameron Knox, (CEO Allume Energy) & Phoebe Gardner, (Co-founder & CSO, Bardee)

An honest, intimate conversation with Climate Hard Tech Founders and Leaders on lessons learnt, tips and pitfalls from their journey to industrial scale and internationalisation.

3. Afternoon Tea/Coffee and Interactive Discussion

Join us for a coffee or tea and network with other founders, investors and academics from the climate tech and innovation sector. Share your views as we discuss topics relevent to what it takes to accelerate commercialisation and scale of Australian Climate hard tech innovation and companies.

Space is limited so please register if you would like to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!