BizSpark Australia

A BizSpark Dev Camp -Especially for Start-Up's!

2013-05-09T07:28:00Z

Please join us for a special Windows 8 Developer Camp event for Start-ups. Supported by BizSpark, Windows 8 DevCamps cover developing for Windows 8, Phone & Azure, and are free, fun events for developers, by developers.

This special BizSpark DevCamp will be presented by Microsoft technical experts Nick Hodge & Lachlan Hardy.

What am I going to learn?

This Windows 8 Camp will help you super-charge your app ambitions. Developing for Windows 8 lets you build quickly for phone, PC and cloud platforms. 4 Platforms in ½ a day, presented by Nick Hodge, will give you all the hands on tools you need to start developing across Windows 8, Windows Phone & Azure. Then put your skills into action with a mini #Appfest mentored by Lachlan Hardy.

The Windows 8 BizSpark DevCamp is a great place to get started with Windows 8 App development!

Register for one in your city:

Sydney: http://aka.ms/ghlrkx

Melbourne: http://aka.ms/zoamdk

Gold Coast: http://aka.ms/s5a30c

Brisbane: http://aka.ms/cobvc2

Perth: http://aka.ms/gahtpo

Join GovHack on the Gold Coast

2013-05-09T06:26:00Z

Join the GovHack Weekend

http://www.govhack.org/locations/gold-coast/

What is GovHack?

We fill a room with as many web and application developers, open data & visualisation gurus, user experience folk, accessibility peeps, augmented reality-ists, mobile maesters, user experience
fanatics and anyone interested in open government as we can find and set them loose on government data sets to create new mashups, data visualisations and apps.

We provide everything you¹ll need to hack to your hearts content, for glory, or money, or both!

On hand will be:

€ Data ³owners² and mentors from a range of technology
backgrounds

€ Facilitators to help teams focus, and move forward throughout the
event

€ Copious amounts of power, wifi, food and caffeine

€ A range of developer
tools and support throughout the 48 hours

Governments collect and publish enormous amounts of data, but have limited resources to get it into the hands of their citizens in engaging ways.

GovHack is an event to draw together people from government, industry, academia and of course, the general public to mashup, reuse, and remix government data. GovHack is about finding new ways to do great
things and encouraging open government and open data.

GovHack is a FREE event which runs over 48 hours starting with drinks and the competition announcements on the night of Friday 31 May 2013. On Saturday you will need to register your team by midday and you can
attend technical workshops to help with your project. Mentors in a range of areas will be on hand to help out. Teams work through the weekend and then on Sunday afternoon you¹ll have 5 minutes to present your prototype to everyone, including the judges.

GovHack 2013 has been scheduled for June 1-2 2013 and will include a number of locations around Australia, including the Gold Coast! The competition will include national and local prizes and is a great way for
local developers to strut their stuff with government data. By combining user experience and service design with hacking the 2013 GovHack will be bigger and better than ever.

The Gold Coast satellite event will be coordinated by Gold Coast City Council in partnership with Silicon Lakes - www.siliconlakes.com.au

Silicon Lakes is a non-profit information and communication technology resource development organisation that provides services to assist early-stage tech start-ups, with a particular focus on app development.

Located within the Robina Community Centre, Silicon Lakes offers:

co-working office space | start-up incubator program | mentoring, coaching and professional services | events, seminars and training.

GovHack Gold Coast needs all kinds of hackers, coders, user experience, mobile, story tellers, artists, so make sure you help us get the word out there!

Join Us for a Windows Azure Dev Camp!

2013-04-26T05:30:49Z

You’re invited!

Please join us for a special Windows Azure Developer Camp event. Windows Azure DevCamps are free and fun events for developers, by developers.

This special DevCamp will be presented by Microsoft technical experts. You do not want to miss this unique event.

What am I going to learn?

At this DevCamp you will learn how to use the new Windows Azure features and services including Windows Azure Virtual Machines, Web Sites, and Visual Studio 2012 to build and move a variety of apps to the cloud. You will see how to build web sites, mobile applications, and enterprise-class applications.

The Windows Azure DevCamp is a great place to get started with Windows Azure development or to learn what’s new with the latest Windows Azure features.

Details

Melbourne May 23rd 2013- Register Here

Adelaide May 22nd 2013- Register Here

Perth May 28th 2013- Register Here

Attendee Pre-requisites

Along with your laptop computer, we ask that you activate your free 90 day trial Windows Azure subscription prior your arrival. If you have not yet activated your subscription, please go to the Windows Azure Subscription Activation page and follow the instructions provided.

Fees

This event is brought to you by your local Microsoft office and is free of charge. However, delegates are responsible for booking and paying for their own travel and accommodation.

Creating Value in Digital Businesses

2013-04-16T23:49:00Z

Creating Value in Digital Businesses
18 April, 2013 | Brisbane

Our BizSpark Network Partner River City Labs is hosting a fantastic event tomorrow evening with AIMIA in QLD.

Most digital agencies and website development firms have been founded by youthful, passionate programmers, designers and entrepreneurs seeking a goal that once achieved provide them a ‘lifestyle’ business. Very few understand or have even considered an exit strategy until this stage.

This session is aimed at discussing way in which business owners and managers of digital business can create value through the development of intellectual property, client portfolios, and sustainable and renewable revenue streams that underpin improved business valuations.

It will address tactics, techniques and ideas that build barriers to price driven competitors, methods for exploring and developing Intellectual Property that can be commercialized and other ways in which tangible value can be created and sustained.

Audience

The session is aimed at Digital Entrepreneurs, Digital Agency Owners and Managers, Freelance Practitioners, Investors and Start-ups.

Chair

Michael Burke - MD Liquid Interactive – (President AIMIA Queensland)

The Panel

Ben Johnston, CEO, Josephmark

Steve Fanale, CEO, The App Village

Anna Rooke, CEO, QUT Creative Enterprise Australia

Dr Paul Campbell, Principal Consultant, Cognetia

Event Details

Date: 18th April 2013
Time: 6pm
Where: River City Labs, Level 2, 282 Wickham St Fortitude Valley

Adelaide Windows Phone 8 Developers Workshop

2013-04-16T23:38:00Z

Adelaide Windows Phone 8 Developers Workshop

Fri/Sat, May 3rd and 4th

Calling all SA Adelaide based Mobile developers, Microsoft and Nokia are delighted to announce that we’ve have extended the Windows Phone 8 Developer series of workshops to now include Adelaide.

Windows Phone 8 is a huge step forward, not only maintaining compatibility with existing Windows Phone apps, but embraces a number of core Windows 8 technologies, bringing significant performance improvements, support for managed and native C++ development, in app purchase, wallet, NFC, developer access to the Bluetooth and speech APIs, and more.

See Windows Phone 8 developer platform highlights. This two day workshop is scheduled for Friday May 3rd and Saturday May 4th. The first day is a presentation day that will get you up to speed with the Windows Phone 8 developer platform. Day two (Saturday) is a hands on labs day to guide you through the experience of building Windows Phone apps.

Day 1 - Presentation Day

Day 2 - Hands on Labs Day

World IP Day @ The Sunshine Coast

2013-04-11T05:45:00Z

World IP Day 2013 The Sunshine Coast has won the opportunity to host the international World IP Day 2013 for Queensland. The event will involve a series of workshops and information seminars based around this year's theme of 'Creativity: The Next Generation'. Learn about Brand Protection, Trade Marks, Copyright, protecting your ideas and working with other forms of Intellectual property to gain a competitive edge.
Date	24th April 2013
Time	12:30pm (for a 1:00pm start) to 5:00pm
Venue	Sunshine Coast TAFE 34 Lady Musgrave Drive Mountain Creek QLD 4557
Registration	$15.00
More info	www.worldipday2013.com.au or download the World IP Day 2013 flyer.

Introducing A Nudge Start-Up Moment- Get Your Questions Ready

2013-04-11T00:20:00Z

Do you have a finance question you would love an accountant to answer, but not sure who to ask?

We are lucky to have the awesome Emma Petroulas from Nudge Accounting here to answer your start-up finance questions each month. Maybe your wondering how to deal with cash flow, or whether or not the way you run your accounts is similar to what most start-up's do. You might have a really specific question, that has been stored up in the back of your mind for months! Not to worry, each month Emma will be answering your questions via a video blog!

So send your questions in by commenting below or tweeting us via @BizSpark_au and the hastag #nudgemoments. Get your questions in by the end of the month & we will select the best question to be answered each month via Emma's video blog!

For more details on Nudge...http://www.nudgeaccounting.com.au/

ilab Invites you to Demo Day!

2013-04-10T01:20:00Z

Are you an ambitious tech start-up looking to grow? Here’s a chance to showcase your business and network with people who can help you achieve your objectives.

ilab is inviting early stage high-tech companies from Regional Queensland to apply to participate in Demo Day in Brisbane. If selected,
ilab will reimburse $300 towards travel expenses for each company located further than 300km fromBrisbane.

Demo Day is an open day where we invite students, business leaders and angel and VC investors to visit and network with some of
the start-ups being incubated in the ilab facilities. We are inviting up to 10 companies from Regional Queensland to participate in Demo Day to
showcase their work to the Brisbane public, meet other tech entrepreneurs, and learn more about ilab services and
support for founders of early stage companies.

If selected, we also invite you to a cocktail event and celebration of our Germinate Program in the late afternoon, officiated by the
Queensland Chief Scientist, Dr Geoff Garrett AO. At this event you will have opportunity to network with Industry, Investment, Government and Academic leaders.

If you are an early-stage ICT company based in Regional Queensland, we invite you to apply before 26^th April 2013.

Date: Friday 3^rd May

Time: Public Open Day 12:30 – 4:00pm.

Cocktail Event 4:30-7pm

Where: Gate 4, 80-120 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly

About ilab

Owned by UQ, ilab supports and assists entrepreneurs and early stage, high-tech companies through the first few years of development
providing seed funding, team development and mentor networks for founders; creating investor ready companies with increased chances of success. ilab has incubated over 100 start-up companies and helped then raise over $70 million in grant and investment capital to fund their growth and generate nearly 400 technology jobs. ilab is proudly supported by the Queensland Government.

For more information about ilab, visit our website.

Welcome to Global Windows Azure Bootcamp!

2013-04-03T03:10:00Z

Welcome to Global Windows Azure Bootcamp!

For more information check out http://globalwindowsazure.azurewebsites.net/

and register via the following links:

Melbourne - http://gwab-melbourne.eventbrite.com/

Sydney - https://register.eventarc.com/15349/global-windows-azure-bootcamp-sydney

Intelligent Cities Asia Pacific Summit

2013-03-26T23:40:00Z

BizSpark Australia

A BizSpark Dev Camp -Especially for Start-Up's!

Join GovHack on the Gold Coast

Join Us for a Windows Azure Dev Camp!

You’re invited!

What am I going to learn?

Details

Attendee Pre-requisites

Fees

Creating Value in Digital Businesses

Adelaide Windows Phone 8 Developers Workshop

World IP Day @ The Sunshine Coast

World IP Day 2013

Introducing A Nudge Start-Up Moment- Get Your Questions Ready

Do you have a finance question you would love an accountant to answer, but not sure who to ask?

ilab Invites you to Demo Day!

Welcome to Global Windows Azure Bootcamp!

Intelligent Cities Asia Pacific Summit