What is Cicada x Tech23 and who can participate?

Cicada x Tech23 is Australia's longest-running annual deep technology conference, now under Cicada Innovations' custodianship, that celebrates and supports Australian deep tech innovators. The inaugural cohort features 23 ventures selected from over 130 applications across Australia, the highest number received in the conference's 13-year history.

What are the five main categories or themes at Tech23?

The 23 ventures are grouped under five overarching categories: ending waste and creating circular economies; the rebuilt environment for sustainable and smart cities; shifting medicine from cure to prevention; co-designing with nature for food, medicine, and energy; and reimagining time through advances in manufacturing, infrastructure, and computing.

How has Cicada Innovations changed the Tech23 conference format?

Cicada has redesigned Tech23 by moving away from traditional pitches and prizes toward inspirational talks and in-depth panel discussions that focus on systems-based approaches to solving global problems that transcend individual industries or technologies.

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