3rd Sydney Hardware Meetup | Manufacturing & Supply Chain in the Era of Tariffs
The Global Hardware Meetup community and the Australian Creative Electronics Society (ACES) are excited to announce our third Hardware Meetup in Sydney!
Come showcase, witness and chat all things consumer hardware, robotics, deep tech, and startups. Everyone is welcome.
A special thanks to Stone & Chalk for generously hosting us at their flagship venue. Stone & Chalk is the largest innovation community in Australia with 6,000+ residents across 515+ startups scaleups, and $1B+ capital raised by residents and alumni.
Your ticket contribution is greatly appreciated in helping run more hardware meetups here and around the world.
🤖 If you have your own hardware to demo, bring it!
You'll have 2 mins during the Community Open Mic to demo a prototype or talk about what you are working on. We're looking for prototypes, finished products, and part samples from the hardware on your desks.
We have a great group of guest speakers
Annabel Hay is the Founder and CEO of CLUTCH Glue, a patented clothes adhesive that offers a strong, sweat-resistant, water-soluble bond that works on all materials. Launching in December 2022, CLUTCH went viral, reaching over 200 million views on social media and selling over 150,000 units in its first two years. Valued at $10M+ and appearing on Shark Tank, CLUTCH is now available in over 20,000 stores worldwide.
Dr Amanda Meng is the Principal Electronic Engineer at Breville. With over 20 years of experience in research and the consumer electronics industry, Dr. Meng has led the development of award-winning products recognised by the Red Dot Design Award and the Australian Good Design Award. Specialising in magnetic and thermal field analysis for induction heating systems and wireless power transfer, Dr. Meng's extensive background spans from prototype design to mass production of kitchen appliances and IoT devices, including hardware design, rigorous testing, and ensuring global compliance and standards certification.
Dr Michael Lucas is the Principal Manufacturing Advisor at Manufacturing Catalyst, where he helps people who make things, make things better. He spent 25+ years as an engineer across four continents, leading the design of several automated manufacturing and material flow systems for a range of industries. An inventor on several patents in agricultural products, beverage trays, software, robotics, materials handling, oil processing, he was most recently accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy and building the machines that build the machines at Tesla.
Danielle Haj-Moussa is an investor from Main Sequence Ventures, a deep-tech fund with $1B under management where she focuses on AI, robotics, semiconductors, decarb and healthcare. Danielle holds degrees in both Law & Mechatronics from USyd, where she was awarded the University Medal for her work on computer vision for autonomous vehicles. She previously worked as an AIOps software engineer at Accenture, undertook extensive policy research in AI, and co-founded Tech for Social Good.
Featuring an async guest appearance from John Forbes of Julian Capital and deepchecks.vc 👀
Food and drinks included
Pizzas courtesy of The Onset, Australia’s leading tech and executive recruitment partner, specialising across multiple verticals, with a strong focus on deep tech engineering. They connect top talent with innovative startups, scaleups, and enterprises shaping the future.
Drinks courtesy of the Australian Creative Electronics Society (ACES), a free, inclusive community formed in response to Australia's scattered and minimal presence at CES, the world's largest tech show. If you want to be part of a community making Australian hardware shine on the world stage, join for free here!
Agenda
6:00 - 6:30pm: Refreshments, mix, mingle
6:30 - 6:40pm: Welcome & intro
6:40 - 7:10pm: Speakers
7:10 - 7:40pm: Open mic
7:40 - 8:00pm: Refreshments, mix, mingle
8:00 - 8:30pm: Speakers
8:30 - 9:00pm: Refreshments, mix, mingle
Thank you to our community partner!
informal is a freelance collective for the best independent professionals in hardware and manufacturing. Whether a client is looking for a single contractor, a full time employee, or an entire team of professionals for product development or go-to-market, informal has the right collection of people for the job. https://www.informal.cc/contact/
About Hardware Meetup
Hardware Meetup started in SF, NYC, and Boston and now runs across 30+ cities with 30,000+ members around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to network and learn from each other. Prior sponsors include: Y Combinator, Kickstarter, SOLIDWORKS and more.
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