Upcoming Events

    • 23 May 2024
    • 17:00 - 19:00
    • Cape Hawke Surf Life Saving Club (Downstairs)
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    Helping you take your great ideas and bringing them to life. 

    This year we have over $2000 in prize money to support the winning teams to attend a 2-day incubator so that the best ideas can be tested and refined.

    Do you have a great idea or know someone who does? 

    Come and pitch it to win a share in the prize money and chance to meet with experts who can help bring that idea to reality.

    Encourage the people who keep talking about their great ideas to come and pitch.

    We have partnered with the Alt Collective and Hunter Angels to keep building out the MidCoast Innovation Ecosystem and MidCoast Council is putting in prize money so that the winners can attend a 2-day incubator program.

    Please complete the form below if you wish to pitch or contact info@ftchamber.com.au for more information

    Event Presentation sign up form

    The Evening

    On the evening each successful pitchee will have a 1-3 minutes (depending on the number of candidates) to pitch their idea.

    The judging panel including one local judge, two from the team at the Alt Collective and one from the Hunter Angels will assess the pitches and announce the winners. 

    Also on the evening we will be talking about what is happening in and around the MidCoast in regards to innovation and speak about our ambitions for encouraging great ideas and innovation. 

    The Prize

    In late June the Alt-Collective is pulling together champion ideas from around the Mid and North Coast of NSW to spend two days together refining these ideas. Testing and developing them so that they validated and refined for becoming business ready.

    June 20-21 - 2 Day intensive with opportunity to continue into the accelerator.

    https://www.altcollective.com.au/accelerator

    The prize will support attendance at the event for the first and second place winners. With first also receiving an additional nights accomodation. 

    If you have any questions about the evening please be in touch - info@ftchamber.com.au 

    • 13 Jun 2024
    • 18:00 - 20:30
    • TBD

    It is important for each business to keep an eye out for what is coming up. Join us to listen to the economic and tourist experts speak and offer tips about the outlook for 2025 in our region.

    • 18 Jul 2024
    • 12:30 - 14:00
    • TBD

    Articulating key aspects of your business holds you accountable, enables others to understand you and puts in place measures to understand success and failure.

    • 20 Aug 2024
    • TBD

    With the local elections in September this is an opportunity for the business community to listen and ask questions of those who want to represent us.

    • 14 Sep 2024
    • TBD

    In partnership with our Council the Chamber has secured funding to kick off a new event in town. 

    The Spring Festival is a celebration of all things local with opportunity for our community to come and check out the talent and businesses we have in region. 

    Look out for more details and information to come and keep the day free.

    • 25 Sep 2024
    • 12:30 - 14:00
    • TBD


    • 22 Oct 2024
    • 17:00 - 18:30
    • TBD

    Join the team to think about what are the biggest mistakes businesses are making? 

    Why do businesses make them and how to avoid and learn from those mistakes?

    None of us get it right all the time but understanding common mistakes will help us all.

    • 12 Nov 2024
    • TBD


    • 28 Nov 2024
    • TBD


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