Early bird access available exclusively to Swinburne students.
General public release Wednesday 31 March.

The Accelerator for Enterprising Women is a national initiative funded by the Australian Government.

The program is designed to support and empower young women aged 18 to 24 year to create self-made career paths, pursue entrepreneurship as a viable career choice and to ensure Australia’s next generation of businesswomen have the skills required to run their own businesses and transform the industries in which they work.

The Summit aims to offer enterprising women resources, connections and the opportunity to brainstorm and develop ideas on the road to the National Kickstarter Challenge. Guest speakers and panellists include:

  • Dr Amanda Caples, Victoria’s Lead Scientist
  • Dr Elaine Saunders , Chair of Swinburne’s Innovation Precinct Advisory Board
  • Kim Anderson, Head of Growth Acceleration, Amazon Web Services
  • Dr Rosalie Hocking, Vice Chancellor's Women in STEM Fellow
  • Professor Virginia Kilborn, Swinburne Dean of Science
  • Deepa Prabhu, Biomedical Engineer and inventor of Cue Sleeve

Event contact

mkrischer@swin.edu.au

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