Another year in this hybrid world has passed and we would like to take a moment to recognise the thousands of Victorians who connected and exchanged ideas as part of the Digital Innovation Futures initiative. 

Thanks to everyone who took part in DIF this year. Together we delivered 45 weekly event alerts, 70 news articles, 245 festival events, 366 social posts reaching an audience of 20,000 via 38,000 event views, 68,000 video views and 75,000 social media impressions!

The DIF team wishes you all a cyber-safe holiday and a happy new year.

Save the date for the DIF2023 Festival

In 2022, the DIF News featured award-winning leaders, digital trends, and opportunities from across Victoria’s tech ecosystem. See the latest stories below or read some of the 70 articles from 2022.

StartSpace Scholarships announced

State Library Victoria’s startup support service StartSpace has announced the recipients of the 2023 Lisa Ring and Family Scholarships program. 

Melbourne is an ANZ EdTech hub

Victorian EdTech companies account for more than a third of the EdTech companies in the HolonIQ Australia and New Zealand EdTech 50.

Pause Awards 2022

The annual business awards programme for ambitious and forward-thinking companies, Pause Awards has announced 50 bold winners for 2022.

Start-up Gippsland keep connecting local entrepreneurs

Start-up Gippsland recently received funding from LaunchVic to deliver the Start-Up Gippsland Ecosystem Activation Program.

Shout out to the team behind the scenes

The DIF Digital Marketing team was boosted by the talented Digital Jobs participants Michelle Bary (far left), Soo Ho Han (second from left) and Robert Piccolo (not pictured). Enjoying a rare moment in the sun, they were joined by Kelly Hutchinson (second from right) and Bayden McDonald (far right) from the Victorian Government. Thank you for #MakingtheDIF and we wish you well on your career journey.

The Australian Sports Technologies Network has been accelerating sports tech for 10 years. Victoria is home to 44 per cent of Australia's sportstech companies including a 'super cluster' at the Australian Sports Innovation Centre for Excellence (ASICE) launched in Cremorne in March 2022. 

You can catch up on their DIF on Demand sessions below to learn more about the opportunities of this emerging sector which generates $2.72 billion annually in Australia.

DIF2022 Women in Sportstech Panel

As part of ASTN's Future Trends in Sportstech this webinar provides industry insight with Bianca Keel from Sportradar; Iris Cordoba, GSIC; Tod Bergstrom, University of Washington; Jasmine Lim, ASTN and moderated by Emma Sherry, Swinburne University. 
Watch on-demand now!

Future of Sports in the Digital Age