StartCon 2019 | StartCon | 21 November 2019 | Royal Randwick Racecourse, Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031, Australia

Australia's largest startup and growth conference is the cornerstone event for the community.

Now in it’s 9th year, StartCon has gone from strength to strength, selling out 8 years in row and delivering exceptional value.

Get actionable insights from the world’s best to help accelerate your company through highly-measurable growth and marketing tactics.
The 2-day conference will feature world-famous keynote speakers from some of the largest companies in the world, 600+ startups, 150+ expo floor, networking events, Pitch for $1 Million competition, hackathon & the Annual Australasian Startup Awards.

2019 Speakers

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull
29th Prime Minister of Australia

John Mcafee
Founder, McAfee Antivirus, Cryptocurrency evangelist

Dr Christyl Johnson
Deputy Director For Technology And Research Investments, NASA

Dan Lok
Founder and CEO, Closers.com and Copywriters.com

Joe Fahed
Global Product Operations Manager, Uber

Jenny Arden
Director of Design, Lyft

Taryn Williams
CEO & Founder, theright.fit

Petra Hofer
Technology Leadership Adviser, Consulting, ebay

Eric Siu
Owner & CEO, Single Grain

Katie Burke
Chief People Officer, HubSpot

Amy Peck
Senior Director of Enterprise Content, HTC Vive

Fred Schebesta
CEO and Co-founder, Finder

John Winsor
CEO and Founder, Open Assembly

Greg Cross
Serial Entrepreneur, Soul Machines

Dr. Jemma Green
Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Power Ledger

Alex Moss
CEO & Head Designer, Canaria

Dr Michelle Perugini
CEO & Co-founder, Presagen

Daniel Wearne
Head of Design, UP Banking

Craig Rees
VP of Engineering, Airwallex

Peny Wong
Emerging Technology Evangelist and Co-founder, RadMis

Sarah Tang
VP, Enterprise, Freelancer.com

Navin Danapal
Director SE ASIA, MOX, SOSV

Craig Blair
Co-founder & Managing Partner, AirTree Ventures

Sophie Hampel
CEO and Co-founder, Inkling

Matt Barrie
CEO, Freelancer.com

Tony Aug
CTO & VP, Technology & Strategy, Digital, Arrow

Helen Souness
CEO, RMIT Online

Vivek Bharadwaj
Marketing Science, THE ICONIC

Richard Savoie
CEO & Founder, Adiona

Tobi Pearce
Founder & CEO, SWEAT

Alex McCauley
CEO, StartupAus

Clayton Howes
CEO and Co-founder, MoneyMe

Lucy Lin
Founder & CMO, Forestlyn

Steve Nouri
Head of Data Science, Ribit

Nick Belshaw
Course Designer, Canva

James Spenceley
VC Investor & Mentor, Jamesspenceley.com

Alberto Antinucci
Digital Innovation Strategist & China Expert, Antinucci Consulting

Ashik Ahmed
CEO, CTO & Co-founder, Deputy

Robert Tadros
Founder, CEO, Impress!ve Digital

Gretta Van Riel
Founder, Influencer, Hey Influencers

Nick Bell
Co-founder, Removify

Hayley Warren
CEO & Founder, HALO Medical Devices

Randall Noble
COO, Hive Gaming

Sam Zheng
CEO and Co-founder, Curious Thing AI

Adrian Turner
Ex CEO, CSIRO's Data61

Simon Banks
Managing Director & SVP, HyperWallet

Grant Colthup
CEO, Mine Digital

Simon Cant
Co Founder & Managing Partner, Reinventure

Samantha Dybac
Managing Director, The PR Hub

David Jackson
Managing Director & Co-founder, S2M Digital Recruitment

Rosa Clare Willis
Coach & Founder, Bootstrap Marketing

Tom Larter
CEO ANZ, With You With Me

Chris Smith
Founder & Director, Big Esports

Ali Anderson
Manager of Outreach Programs, Australian Institute for Machine Learning

Brenda Saveluc
Director & Founder, Black Gold Legal

Jonny Wilkinson
Co-founder, Equitise

Justin Baird
CTO, Muru Music

Lasanka Perera
COO, Independent Reserve

Rebecca Schot-Guppy
General Manager, FinTech Australia

Tim Lea
CEO, Fractonium

Adriana Jennings
Influencer & Marketer, Intuit QuickBooks

Carl Breau
CEO, Saimen

Daniel Gulati
Managing Director, Comcast Ventures

Anthony Nantes
CEO, Wisr

Camilla Cooke
Co-Founder & CMO, Xinja

Ben Williamson
Co-Founder & CMO, Fresh Equities

Katherine Mcconnell
Founder, Brighte

Nathan Walsh
Co-founder & CEO, Athena

2019 Sponsors

• NSW Government
• Edge 196
• Dovetail
• Freelancer
• City of Sydney
• ASX
• Warrior Forum
• Escrow
• Pledge 1%
• Austrade
• BlueMeg
• SOSV
• China Accelerator
• Origin Energy
• Twilio
• Kotra
• Saimen
• Canva
• Nuix
• Airwallex

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• Fintech Australia
• ARC Hardware Incubator
• Sydney Design Thinking
• Dynamic4
• hub Australia
• techready
• Eleanor Ventures
• the Studio
• One Giant Leap Australia
• S2M
• Fishburners
• Stademy
• JA100
• JMC Academy
• HackAUS
• Twolk
• Early Birds
• Flint & Spark
• remi
• Australiance
• NewCastle
• 99starts
• GROK Learning
• Hive Gaming
• catalysr
• Ready Fund Go
• CSIRO
• ribit
• innovation Bay
• boost design
• SaaStock
• SheEO
• Criisp
• sevenmile
• Stone & Chalk
• InCollaboration
• SBE
• OVHcloud
• Innonet

EXPO PARTNERS:
• Escrow.com
• Dovetail Studios
• Stripe
• Canva
• Registry Australia
• Classic Informatics
• Freelancer.com
• Saimen
• Austrade
• SAP
• Airwallex
• Pattens Group
• CustomD
• Twilio
• BlueMeg
• Halfords IP
• App Boxer
• JETRO
• Align Change Scale Pty Ltd
• Catapult
• Warrior Forum
• Zoho
• Jobs for NSW
• Nuix
• Legal Vision
• Access Government Funding Solutions
• Spruson & Ferguson
• Digital Information Partners Group
• Connexus
• Osmosis Advertising
• Sensarii
• ribit
• Spacely
• Databricks
• HERE Technologies
• Fullstack
• Browco
• Pen Brothers
• Experion Global
• Freightlancer
• Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
• The Studio
• Flint & Spark
• KAFNU
• RMIT Activator
• INCUBATE
• Virtual Co-worker
• OFF-PISTE
• Smashy Design
• Venture Cafe Sydney
• The Migration Agency
• Startup Onramp
• NSW Smart Sensing Network
• ProChile
• Vending on Track
• OVHcloud
• Twalk
• Kintell
• Early Birds
• Haymarket HQ
• BaillieuConsulting
• Startup Academy
• Michael Law Group
• Innercode
• UNSW Founders Program
• ADEC Innovations
• Creative Works
• Elite Transnational
• G5 INNONET
• Dot Com Infoway
• Top Tech Service
• Catalysr
• Eco Renewable Energy
• Table Tennis Australia
• Companion Couch
• DetectedED-X
• RELEARN
• Aerologix
• Tactiq
• Clearpoint Ventures
• Passport 360
• Boon Cave
• Visuo
• givvable
• TekTorch Solutions
• Charopy
• Ricemill Group
• Sana Health Intelligence
• Yellowbox
• Vloggi
• 9cloud
• Forum 360
• Study Space
• Numu
• AdroitMinds Software Labs
• Aerofiler
• Gecko
• CryptoSpend
• Interview Trainer
• Nourish Cup
• Cache