DIF2023 is just around the corner, and CDH is excited to be an official partner and host the DIF Hub Cremorne!

Cremorne Digital Hub are excited to be the host of the DIF Hub Cremorne and have been busy preparing for the Digital Innovation Futures Festival (DIF2023) which runs from 23 August to 6 September.

The CDH team has worked hard, in collaboration with the wider community, to design a program that ranges from data privacy and the impact of the upcoming federal legislation changes, through to an immersive experience that shows you what it's like to be under cyber attack. 

As passionate members of the Cremorne community, the inaugural CDH Community Challenge taking place across Cremorne on Tuesday 5 September. Teams from across the Cremorne digital landscape are gearing up to take out the prize for the best solution to wicked social problems and the competition is already heating up. 

Talking of problems, it's no secret that getting women into tech and providing them opportunities to advance their careers at the same rate as their male counterparts is a huge challenge for the digital sector. As highlighted in the World Economic Forum's 2023 Global Gender Gap Report, women make up almost half (49.3%) of total employment across non-STEM occupations, but just 29.2% of all STEM workers. 

Mentorship plays a vital role in career progression, and developing meaningful and sustainable mentorship programs will contribute greatly to helping women access and thrive in the industry. On Wednesday 6 September we are delighted to be partnering with Innovation Melbourne to host a co-design workshop geared toward female executives with experience as mentors and mentees. This interactive session will uncover strategies for fostering industry-driven mentoring initiatives that amplify the skills and potential of this sector. 

La Trobe University will provide an opportunity for Victorian regional high school year 8, 9 and 10 students to participate in a Break IT/MasterTech Day. This experience will provide them with hands-on, digital, cyber and IoT experiences, showcasing the opportunities and career pathways available to them in the digital space and cyber security sectors.  For some participating students it will be their very first-time they’ve visited Melbourne so they, and their teachers, are super excited.

CDH will be hosting “DIF Live Lunch’n’Learn Sessions”.  This will be an opportunity for those of you that are in Cremorne for the day to swing by CDH during lunchtime, watch the livestream while you eat your lunch, and network with peers.  Just remember to bring your lunch with you. Check out the dates, and keep up to date with our other events here cremornedigitalhub.com.au/events.

DIF2023 - DIF Hub Cremorne program

Tuesday 29 August, 12 noon - 1.30 pm 

Cremorne Connect: Changes to Australia's privacy laws are imminent - are you ready?

On Tuesday 29 August you are invited to join us for our DIF edition of Cremorne Connect. The second of our forums aimed at bringing together the ‘doers’ of the industry to share ideas and help each other accelerate progress. 

In this informative and engaging session, you will have a conversation with founder of Privay Robert Postill and Drew Pearse, Executive Manager – CX Platforms at REA Group. They will give you an overview of what to expect when the Act comes into play as well as constructive and manageable tips on how to implement effective change.

If you’re a decision maker that has influence over your organisations privacy strategy, or you work with customer data – you can’t afford to miss this opportunity. It is open for any Cremorne-associated industry professionals to attend. 

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Wednesday 30 August, 1 pm 

Transforming the future - LLM workshop with NVIDIA

Boab AI and CDH are thrilled to be hosting an afternoon with NVIDIA Chief Technologist, Dr. Ettikan Kandasamy Karuppiah. This two-part event, for the Victorian AI start up community, will include a workshop starting at 1 pm, followed by a fireside chat and a Q&A session with the NVIDIA experts. 

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Tuesday 5 September, all day

CDH Community Challenge

Cremorne will come alive with the inaugural Cremorne Digital Hub Community Challenge. The Community Challenge will bring together Cremorne’s most influential digital organisations in an all-day hackathon style challenge, tackling some of the key social challenges facing Victoria at the moment. Teams should consist of 6 – 8 people and organisations need to be Cremorne based.

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Wednesday 6 September, 9.45 am - 1 pm 

Women in tech: What is good mentorship?
Co-designing mentorship to elevate the tech sector. 

This co-design workshop focuses on the current state of mentoring within the local digital sector, particularly among women professionals, and delves into the promising opportunities for designing targeted mentoring programs. Geared toward female executives with experience as mentors and mentees, this dynamic event aims to uncover strategies for fostering industry-driven mentoring initiatives that amplify the skills and potential of this sector.

To kick off the day, an esteemed panel of senior women in tech will share insights from their personal career journeys, shedding light on their experiences both as mentors and mentees. Their wisdom will encompass strategic preparations for a successful path within the tech industry.

Subsequently, the workshop will transition into an engaging co-design session. Here, we will address the pressing issues influencing the employment, retention, and advancement of women within the sector.  We encourage experienced individuals of all genders to participate. 

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Wednesday 6 September, 3 - 5 pm 

Cyber Security Escape Room: Immersive business cyber-attack experience 

To wrap up our DIF2023 program, the team from La Trobe University will be hosting a Cyber Security Escape Room experience. 

This immersive activity provides the experience of being under a whole of business cyber-attack. Identify theft, meta-data, phishing, authentication, and ciphers – the world of cyber security can be a bit perplexing. Cyber security isn’t just for the IT department though, everyone is responsible for keeping information safe and the bad guys out. 

This session gives a primer of the fundamental concepts and techniques for keeping your organisation safe and is aimed at the normal employee not just the IT-whiz. The activities are based around educational escape rooms to create a memorable, collaborative learning environment where you can nut-out all the puzzles together.

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The Cremorne Digital Hub is a unique platform, that brings together the brightest minds in business, industry, education, research and technology to generate new pathways for innovation, opportunity and growth in the digital economy of Victoria.

Specifically, the Cremorne Digital Hub provides

• Businesses with bespoke project-based services, that connect them to the digital expertise, tech, talent and partners they need to maximise their growth in the digital economy.

• Entrepreneurs and founders with an ecosystem of connections and services, that provide the expertise, funding pathways, networking and talent access they need to design, launch and/or scale their startup in the digital economy

• Individuals help to take the next step in your digital career by providing mentoring and professional development to identify new opportunities

• New career pathways in the digital economy through advice, training and opportunities. 

CDH is here to benefit all members of the community navigate their pathway through the Victorian digital economy.

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