EMERGE is for scientists and researchers wanting to enhance research impact through commercial or social value, while learning transferrable skills necessary in project management and for general career development

HATCH is for anybody playing around with a business idea, and anybody with an existing business that wants to add a new service or pivot their existing offering.

Event schedule:

• Emerge 1 ideation & IP: Mon 9 May, 12PM-4PM

• HATCH 1 lean canvas: Fri 13 May, 1PM-4PM

• Emerge 2 Finance: Tue 17 March, 1PM-4PM

• HATCH 2 Pitch: Fri 20 May, 1PM-4PM

• Emerge 3 Customer: Mon 23 May, 1PM-4PM

• HATCH 3 Pitch event: Fri 27 May, 1PM-4PM

This workshop covers the following topics:

• Finance 101

• Company structure

• Strategies for funding innovation

• IPO

Presenters:

• Dr Esther S Pronker; Esther recently started at the UNE SRI in January of 2022. With a PhD on innovation management, entrepreneurship and valorisation, she is a passionate business developer and business coach to the start-up companies in the region.

• Associate Professor Subba Reddy YARRAM; Subba Reddy Yarram is an Associate Professor of Finance at UNE Business School. He joined UNE in 2006. Prior to that he worked with Monash University at Sunway Campus in Malaysia, and Institute for Financial Management and Research, India. He received a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning at the Australian Awards for University Teaching in 2015 and a Teaching Excellence Award from the UNE Business School in 2014. He received best paper awards at international conferences in Malaysia, Mexico, USA and India. His publications appeared in Economic Modelling, Economic Record, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Managerial Finance etc.

This event is proudly funded by the NSW Government in partnership with Armidale Regional Council and UNE SRI.