#TIF2025 Social Impact

Name: #TIF2025 Social Impact
Start: 2025-06-24T07:30:00+1000
End: 2025-06-24T16:30:00+1000
Location: Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort

Tue, 24 Jun, 7:30am - 4:30pm AEST

Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort

Cairns City QLD, Australia

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Event description

Where Innovation Meets Purpose at the Tropical Innovation Festival

Tuesday, June 24th, 2025

Breakfast – 7:00am – 9:00am

Immersion 10am – 4:30pm

Be Part of a Movement Where Ideas Create Change

Join us for an extraordinary day of connection, collaboration, and conscious innovation at the Social Impact Immersion Day – a new event as part of the Tropical Innovation Festival 2025.

For the first time, TIF brings together social enterprise leaders, changemakers, and purpose-driven innovators for a full day dedicated to amplifying your impact and forging meaningful connections that matter.

Hosted by Visionary Social Impact Leaders

Your day will be facilitated by an exceptional team of social enterprise contributors:

Nicholas Marchesi OAM – Co-founder of Orange Sky, whose mobile laundry and shower services now operate 68 vans across 57 locations nationwide, transforming lives from city streets to remote communities
Taz Devadass – Social enterprise leader committed to creating sustainable solutions for community challenges, workforce and multicultural communities.
Emilee Rigby – Innovative force from Future Isle, pioneering new approaches to social impact in regional areas with expertise and passion in youth, women and leadership.
Duncan Kerslake PSM – Empowering First Nations innovation and Indigenous business success throughout Queensland

BREAKFAST SESSION - Social Impact and Small, Family & Indigenous Enterprises

In collaboration with Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads

Included in SILVER, GOLD, PLATINUM passes, Networking After Hours and Individual Registration available.

7am	Breakfast served from 7am in Tropical Terrace
7:30am	Social Impact Breakfast Commences
7:45am	Host introduction and welcome Rhyanna Handsaker \| TMR Duncan Kerslake \| TMR
8:00am	Social Impact and Small, Family & Indigenous Enterprises Topaz McAuliffe \| 15X Better Julie Ann Lambourne \| QIBN Chairperson Shane Kennelly \| Kennelly Construction Sandra Kemp \| EVMC Tim Klass \| Mandandanji Traditional Owner Dean Helm \| Roadtek
9am	Breakfast Concludes

SOCIAL IMPACT IMMERSION DAY PROGRAM

Included in SILVER, PLATINUM, Networking After Hours Passes and Individual Registration.

Time	Topic	Speakers
10am	Welcome, Introductions and State of Play for the day	Nicholas Marchesi \| Orange Sky Taz Devadass \| Future Isle Emilee Rigby \| Future Isle
10:30am	Social enterprises @ TIF	Facilitated chat around who is attending - what they do and the skills they bring to TIF
11:00am	Social Enterprise Success Case Studies	Short success lightening talks and case studies
11:30am	Support for your social enterprise panel	Government, Community and other support for social enterprises
12:30pm	Morning close and afternoon briefing	Collaborative activity and solution room overview
12:45pm	Networking Lunch	Networking lunch, group formation and adding to solution room post its.
1:15pm	Collaborative problem-solving activity	Teams compete to create something of value for local social enterprise – Our Future Mentors
2:30pm	Our Future Mentors and the impact that the social enterprise has on Far North Queensland Community.	Marc Harbrow \| Harbrow Mentoring
2:45pm	Solution Room: Problems worth solving to build sustainable enterprises	Nicholas Marchesi \| Orange Sky Taz Devadass \| Future Isle Emilee Rigby \| Future Isle
4:20pm	Close and Thanks
4:30pm	Zumba & Water Zumba By the Pool
5:30pm	Welcome Function