We’re still on a high from our massive NEXUS Clean Economy Showcase on Friday 23 August that wrapped up the 2024 Geelong Small Business Festival!
Delivered by the City and Victorian Cleantech Cluster, the event showcased the last 10 years of clean economy action while exploring how to tap into the economic development outcomes over the next decade.
We had over 100 stakeholders come together across business, industry, academia and government to attend presentations, hear panel discussions and view clean economy products and initiatives.
A standout of the day was hearing from visionary CEO and Co-Founder of circular economy consultancy Coreo, Ashleigh Morris, who also features on this year’s Australian Financial Review Sustainability Leaders List.
Ashleigh highlighted the shift from "silos to systems" thinking, the importance of building for disassembly, and emphasised the value of circularity for nature, society, the economy, and organisations.
This home-grown world-renowned speaker also discussed LEGO's transition to a circular economy and was looking forward to the Australian Government’s upcoming National Circular Economy Framework.
We had a full program of illuminating panel discussions about:
- policy and strategy drivers in state and federal government;
- local small and medium sized enterprise talent in the clean economy space;
- councils delivering clean economy initiatives; and
- companies and organisations contributing to the clean economy.
We were also fortunate to have Here Comes the Sun author Andy McCarthy, Yasmin Mobayad and Joshua Maxwell de Hoog from lowercasepoetry and event illustrator Elise Motalli provide thought-provoking content.
It was fantastic to connect with so many like-minded people who are passionate about accelerating the clean economy.
We’ve had resoundingly positive feedback from attendees about the NEXUS program, insights gained and networking.
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed towards making the day such a success.
We’re excited about what the future holds in the clean economy space.