Are you a small business operator? Here’s a series of August events you do not want to miss.
Small Business Festival 2018 - August 1 - 31
Georgina Jerums
Georgina has written across business, travel, property and marketing for two decades, interviewing the likes of Gough Whitlam, Julia Gillard, Alan Joyce and Cathy Freeman. A former reviewer with The Age Cheap Eats, you'll often find Georgina on a quest to locate the perfect single origin espresso or loaf of sourdough. "There's plenty of competition given this IS Melbourne we're talking about," she says.
Aerial view on skyscrapers of Financial District of Santiago, capital of Chile under early morning fog
Latin American trade spotlight: Santiago office update
Check out the latest trade opportunities in Latin America.
Neon lights at Shinjuku which is one of Tokyo's business districts with many international corporate headquarters located here
Trade tips from Adam Cunneen, Victorian Commissioner to Japan & Korea
Adam Cunneen, Victoria’s Commissioner to Japan and Korea reveals his top advice when seeking to trade and invest within such diverse markets.
Farmers walking across the paddocks
Inaugural forum to connect rural women this August
The inaugural Victorian Rural Women’s Forum kicks off this August, mixing mentoring and networking with workshops and wellbeing.
Students from Galen College in front of NASA sign
STEM spotlight: rural students win big at ‘Robotics Olympics’
Wangaratta secondary students have beaten 600 other teams to take out one of just six highly-coveted 2018 Service Awards at the ‘Robotics Olympics’.
Banner image - Adam Cunneen on a blue background
A chat with…the Victorian Commissioner to Japan and Korea, Adam Cunneen
Adam Cunneen shares an insider’s view on how Victorian businesses can best engage with the two countries.
Farmer examining wheat crop with a tablet
Farm focus: $12 million digital agriculture trial underway
A Victorian Government digital agriculture initiative to trial Internet of Things technology is looking to help future-proof Victoria’s farming.
Portrait photo of Richard Bolt with city background
Secretary Richard Bolt recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
For more than 22 years, Richard Bolt has dedicated his life to public service.
Greenhouse of medicinal cannabis. The farmers in white suits pruning the crop
Victoria set to become the nation’s medicinal cannabis hotspot
A $16 million investment is helping position Victoria as the country’s main hub for medicinal cannabis.
Aaron Foley presenting on stage at the 2018 Victorian Creative Summit
Direct from Detroit: meet Aaron Foley
Detroit’s chief storyteller, Aaron Foley, explains how the simple, yet powerful act of storytelling can help bring communities together.
Madeleine Grummet smiling towards camera
Job-ready for the 21st century: girledworld Summit
The girledworld World of Work Summit 2018 at RMIT University on 16 and 17 June puts female tech trailblazers in contact with teenage girls.
Entry sign to Avalon Airport
AirAsia to take off from Avalon Airport
We check in with the chief of AirAsia, Tony Fernandes, about the first overseas flights planned later this year from Avalon Airport.
Metal statue showing eagles sitting in a wire nest
Small town spotlight: Top six regional art installations
Six Victorian communities have been given a creative shot in the arm by the Small Town Transformations art project.
Alla Wolf-Tasker leaning against a railing outdoors smiling towards camera
Institute of Gastronomy on the menu for Daylesford
A new one-of-a-kind food education institution may be on the cards for Daylesford, led by restaurant doyenne Alla Wolf-Tasker.
An older woman looking into an eye health check machine
Melbourne’s fight against eye health crisis
Laureate Professor Hugh Taylor and his team are working on phasing out preventable blindness in Australia’s Indigenous communities by 2020.
A human form superimposed over a doctor in a lab coat showing medical symbols hovering near the body
Welcome news: world’s biggest pharma firm sets up Victorian partnering office
Johnson & Johnson Innovation is teaming up with one of Victoria’s top research institutions, Monash University. We find out why.
Brett Stevens smiling towards camera
Meet the Commissioner for Victoria to Southeast Asia – Brett Stevens
Victoria’s Commissioner to Southeast Asia is Brett Stevens, a former fish farmer, now hooked on life in chaotic, colourful Jakarta.
A young Aboriginal Australian woman smiles at the camera in a room of young multicultural business people
Supporting Aboriginal startups and entrepreneurs
LaunchVic’s latest grant round – closing 24 May – aims to put Aboriginal entrepreneurs into the driver’s seat.
