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    The Financial Review’s reputation for news-breaking, agenda-setting and authoritative analysis finds new expression in AFR Live, a series of premium, independent and hard-hitting business events.

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    Investing in the cryptocurrency space can be daunting.

    Reshaping finance

    Probing the changing outlook for cryptocurrency investing, decentralised assets, blockchain technology and Web 3.0 at the Financial Review’s Crypto & Digital Assets Summit 2024.

    Penten was founded in 2014 and specialises in cyber security technology for defence industry players and the government.

    AFR Cyber Summit 2024

    Insights and strategies businesses need to safeguard their operations.

    Black.ai co-founder Keaton Okkonen says Zoox and Waymo are pointers to the AI talent pool in Australia.

    Look at Zoox and Waymo to see Australia’s AI potential

    The local ecosystem for investment in artificial intelligence is in its infancy, but could thrive if given the right funding.

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    • 30 July 2024
    • Canberra
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    Government Services Summit

    • 20 August 2024
    • Sydney
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    Higher Education Summit

    Presented with Nous

    • 3 September 2024
    • Melbourne
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    Asia Summit

    In partnership with Asia Society Australia

    • 9 & 10 September 2024
    • Sydney
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    Property Summit

    Presented with Cushman & Wakefield

    • 17 September 2024
    • Sydney
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    Cyber Summit

    In association with Deloitte

    • 23 September 2024
    • Sydney
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    Crypto & Digital Assets Summit

    Presented with Monochrome

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    Energy & Climate Summit

    • 29 October 2024

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    June

    Work-related chat messages are draining our attention, an Economist Impact report has found.

    How to tell if work stress is burning you out

    Behavioural scientist Jemma King says most people have one of three “instant stress styles”. Determining yours could help you avoid burnout.

    • Euan Black
    Lucy Liu, the co-founder of Airwallex, says female entrepreneurs still face biases and stereotypes when raising capital.

    ‘I fire people just as quickly as my male co-founders’

    High-profile female entrepreneurs including Airwallex’s Lucy Liu have hit out at sexist attitudes, and male-led venture capital investors.

    • Tess Bennett

    ‘What if a cruise ship got in the way?’ Rocket wrapped in red tape

    Australia’s first home-grown rocket launch has been slowed down by a nervous regulator, says Gilmour Space Technologies CEO.

    • John Davidson
    Flying Fox Ventures’ Kylie Frazer and Employment Hero chief executive Ben Thompson agreed the market had returned to normal.

    Super funds ‘should be forced’ to back start-ups

    Employment Hero chief executive Ben Thompson has proposed a novel aid for the flagging start-up sector: reserving 1 per cent of superannuation money for it.

    • Nick Bonyhady
    Matthew Koertge, Sydney-based managing partner of Titanium Ventures.

    Telstra looks to cash out of venture capital investments

    Telstra Ventures has changed its name to Titanium Ventures, as the telco mulls selling its venture capital investments.

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    Kylie Frazer of early stage VC fund Flying Fox said unionisation of start-ups was unrealistic.

    Start-up funding bounces back, as two-speed sector emerges

    New data shows early signs that the tech funding winter is thawing, with Aussie tech deals up 30 per cent on this time last year.

    • Tess Bennett
    Sydney cityscape aerial view. Sydney suburbs with warehouses, commercial and residential property.

    What does a “higher-for-longer” world mean for the property sector?

    The Property Summit gathers the industry’s most influential leaders, investors, commentators and disruptors to discuss the trends, threats and opportunities in commercial and residential sectors.

    Linkby co-founders Andrew Chak, Chris Wirasinha and Adrian Fagerland have raised $4 million in Series A funding.

    This ex-Young Rich Lister built a top media company, now he’s trying tech

    Chris Wirasinha co-founded Pedestrian almost 20 years ago and bootstrapped the company until it was acquired by Nine. With Linkby, he’s taking a different path.

    • Yolanda Redrup
    Aengus Tran, co-founder and CEO Harrison.ai at AFR’s 2024 AI summit.

    Sonic Healthcare-backed Harrison.ai boots up $100m-plus Series C raise

    Harrison.ai’s management team has commenced discussions with a handful of potential investors regarding the cash call.

    • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
    GPN Vaccines, led by Tim Hirst, is developing a vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes middle ear infections, pneumonia and sepsis.

    Aussie vaccine start-up scores $300m valuation

    GPN Vaccines has raised $18 million in a round led by Forepont Capital and Kern Capital.

    • Yolanda Redrup
    Kate Turner of First Sentier says that while the importance of nature is intrinsically understood, it’s harder to account for it in a financial sense.

    Nature the next frontier but boards lack skills

    Biodiversity is critical for maintaining a liveable planet, but a deficit of skills at the board level is proving a roadblock in accounting for its value.

    • Lucy Dean
    David Atkin says Australia should not “cherry pick” the sustainability reporting standards.

    Australia is ‘cherry-picking’ sustainability reporting standards

    It is one of few jurisdictions that has agreed to apply new reporting standards only partially, says former super fund chief David Atkin.

    • Sally Patten
    Anthony Miller, the chief executive of business and wealth at Westpac.

    Companies undeterred by failure of the Voice referendum

    Big companies such as Westpac say the failure of the Voice referendum will not dissuade them from campaigning on social issues.

    • Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
    Alexis Cheang is the head of investment stewardship for TCorp.

    Investors ought to show fossil fuel companies ‘understanding’: TCorp

    The journey to net zero is ‘riddled with uncertainty’ and investors need to have some sympathy for companies, ESG executive Alexis Cheang says.

    • Ronald Mizen and Joanna Mather
    HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey. says the fund Ms Blakey said the fund wants to know how food companies are thinking about antibiotics use and the risks.

    Super funds target fast food giants over antibiotic use

    Superannuation funds have opened a new ESG front by demanding companies such as McDonald’s provide more information about their use of antibiotics.

    • Ronald Mizen
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    Treasury’s Alex Heath says action, honesty and detail are key to avoiding greenwashing claims.

    Honesty and action key to limiting ‘real’ greenwashing

    The risk of regulatory crackdowns should not turn companies off making climate change commitments, provided they manage them well.

    • Hannah Wootton
    Ampol managing director Matthew Halliday.

    Climate targets ‘challenged’ as energy transition stumbles

    The energy transition is proving much more costly and difficult than anticipated.

    • Sally Patten
    CBA director Anne Templeman-Jones says small- and medium-sized businesses could win by getting ahead of sustainability reporting requirements.

    In the ESG debate, this is what’s really torching shareholder value

    For all the talk about the “E” in “ESG”, what gets CEOs sacked and costs investors money are old-fashioned social licence and governance issues.

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    • Anthony Macdonald

    May

    Higher education has had a bad year.

    Higher Education Summit

    The Higher Education Summit critically examines the policy shake-ups, big ideas and bold strategies that aim at equipping the sector to meet the needs of our economy for decades to come.

    Australia’s investment visa requirements are set to be lifted.

    Securing Australia’s Asian destiny

    The Asia Summit provides fresh perspectives on how Asia is transforming Australia’s future through geopolitical competition, economic growth, technological innovation and social change.