Canberra Innovation Network

19/10/2026

Three more of our nine speakers for the speaking session at Canberra's Innovation Showcase.

Traci Inglis has extensive experience driving growth and innovation in fashion and direct to consumer business, including multiple CEO roles. She helped scale TechStyle's global fashion portfolio, from startup to a $800M ecommerce company as President of its Global Fashion Division, and pioneered data-driven personalization strategies for direct to consumer brands. She's been featured in the Wall Street Journal, and a guest judge on Project Runway. Come hear her insights on the future of commerce and the direct to consumer operating model.

Dr Omar Zuaiter is a dentist and cofounder of Dentroid, a dental technology company that recently raised over $30 million. Dentroid is developing a pipeline of photonic and robotic tools, including Nuralyte, designed to enable needle-free dental procedures. Omar will share how unexpected partnerships helped the company navigate challenges and create significant value, offering a glimpse into the underestimated power of partnership.

Dr Lyle Roberts is a physicist who builds navigation sensors. He co-founded Vai Photonics, an ANU spin-out developing laser-based velocity sensors, which was acquired by Advanced Navigation. He now leads the precision sensing team there, taking products from early prototypes through to production, including a sensor designed to help land spacecraft on the Moon.

Wednesday 4 November · 2:00–6:30pm · UNSW Canberra City
Register now: https://showcase.cbrin.com.au/

12/10/2026

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

We're kicking things off with the first 3 of 9 speakers for the speaking session at Canberra's Innovation Showcase. More to come soon.

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗟𝘆𝗼𝗻𝘀 is a former Senior Executive Director at Boeing, he has led global engineering and technology programs across aerospace, sustainability and manufacturing, with a multi-billion dollar budget. He now helps leaders and founders scale technology, strengthen teams and execute go-to-market plans. Come hear him challenge entrepreneurs to think big and achieve more in the context of global megatrends.

𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗠𝗰𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘁𝘁 is the founder of Longitude Advisory and co-founder of Lumenas, helping Australian leaders make confident technology decisions. A former startup CTO who scaled internationally, and later led Ecosystem Capability at the Tech Council of Australia, she brings rare experience across startups, enterprise and national tech policy. Come hear her insights on how founders can find the right projects, and how they can become better technology leaders.

𝗘𝗹𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗻 is a Canberra founder building spaces and systems that help people do work they love. Founder of Blank Cultural Platform, he turns vacant city space into creative hubs, mentoring artists and activating places like Civic and Bible Lane. Earlier, he founded Thorial and was recognised with ANU's Tillyard Prize for community impact. Come hear a different kind of innovation story: grassroots, creative and built for community as much as commerce.

This is set to be our biggest Showcase to date. Free to attend.

Wednesday 4 November · 2:00–6:30pm · UNSW Canberra City
Register now: https://showcase.cbrin.com.au/

12/10/2026

25/09/2026

First Wednesday Connect is heading to University of Canberra this month, cohosted with Canberra Cyber Hub. As part of Cyber Action Month, most pitches will be cyber focused. Come along to hear from founders in the space and connect with Canberra's cyber community.

Register here >> https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/first-wednesday-connect-october-2026-tickets-1999341803154?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true