Future Founders Festival
Are you considering your career options?
The Study Melbourne Future Founders Festival, brought to you by Study Melbourne and StartSpace allows you to step into the world of entrepreneurship and explore future opportunities, hear inspiring founder stories, gain valuable insights and connect with others.
The festival includes a full day and evening featuring informative panel talks, interactive sessions, the Pitch Competition Final sponsored by Scape and an evening party with networking among international students, aspiring founders and business leaders.
The 2023 Festival was held on Friday 24 November, 10:00am - 9:00pm at State Library Victoria. It will be back again in 2024! Stay tuned for updates in the new year!
Inside The Festival
This video gives you a glance at what to expect at the Study Melbourne Future Founders Festival. Get your free ticket to take advantage of a full day and evening of programming surrounded by international students, aspiring founders and business leaders.
Keynote Speakers
Grace Wong is a lawyer turned tech entrepreneur redefining hospitality through technology as the founder of Liven. Grace travels the world spreading Liven’s vision, forging relationships with industry legends like Bill Tai and Richard Branson.
Past speaking engagements include the Milken Global Conference and Asia Summit, Consensus, and the very first Future Founders Festival in 2020!
Her awards include the B&T 30Under30, SmartCompany Smart30Under30, JPMorgan’s 100 Powerful Women in High Growth Businesses Asia, and Grace was a Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Awards finalist.
Rebecca Scott is the Co-founder and CEO of STREAT, a Melbourne-based social enterprise that works with marginalised young people aged 16-24 years and provides them with a healthy self, job and home. The organisation runs a portfolio of 12 foodservice businesses, including cafes, an artisan bakery, a catering company, and a coffee roastery.
Rebecca is also heavily involved in building Australia’s social enterprise sector through her work with SENVIC, ASENA, peak bodies, incubators, universities, government advisory bodies and board positions. She’s currently collaborating on the development of the Purpose Precinct, a new social enterprise retail precinct in Melbourne’s CBD, and also on Moving Feast, a social enterprise network creating a fair and regenerative food system for Victoria.
Guest Speakers
Offering a range of expertise, tips and practical advice, be sure to catch as many as you can of our festival guest speakers who are experienced founders and leaders, many of whom have international student or migrant backgrounds. We can all learn a lot from their journeys.
Events
Festival event recordings
Watch our Future Founders Festival 2022 event recordings to catch up on insights and tips from experienced founders and leaders covering everything from lived experience, the startup ecosystem and how to get started, to funding and networking.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Have you got any questions about the 2023 Future Founders Festival? Hopefully you will find the answers below. If you still have questions please email the team at StartSpace: [email protected]