Tropical Innovation Festival 2026

#TIF2026

🌴 Tickets are fully refundable if the event doesn’t proceed 🌴

We’re gearing up to bring back the Tropical Innovation Festival in 2026 – and we’re inviting our community to get behind it early.

While final confirmation of the festival depends on Queensland Government partnership, private sponsorship and partner support, your early ticket helps us demonstrate the demand and support needed to make it happen. With enough momentum, we’ll be back in 2026!

What to expect at #TIF2026

TIF is unapologetically informal and unapologetically ambitious where outcomes, connections and conversations matter most.

Just like a great music festival, we’ll give you the headliners, themes and spaces to connect, and then you can craft your own path. Whether you're chasing customers, capital, collaborators or inspiration – the festival is designed around the diverse goals of our community.

Expect:

• WARM winter fun - that you'll forget you're working

• Short, sharp sessions – which will leave you wanting more

• Opportunities to meet speakers and experts at networking events and "founder-only" rooms

• Time and space to connect outside of scheduled programming

• A mix of structured and spontaneous experiences, designed for learning, connection and collaboration

• A week of energy, colour and creativity in the heart of tropical Queensland

Why book now?

- It helps us bring the festival to life and demonstrates the need for TIF to keep running
- Your ticket is fully refundable if the festival doesn’t go ahead
- You’ll be first in line for updates, earlybird perks and opportunities

Whether you’ve been before or are thinking about attending for the first time – this is your chance to help shape what comes next for innovation in the tropics.