Open State

About Open State

Ten days of collaboration, innovation, ideas and enterprise to address the complex challenges of the future.

Keynote Speaker

Rachel Botsman

Rachel Botsman is known around the world for her visionary thinking on how the power of collaboration and...

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Harnessing Architecture for Future Cities

This year the Australian Institute of Architects National Conference – How Soon is Now focused on the t...

Future Cities

Wednesday 26/10

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Hub Spark Showcase

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The Spark Winter Showcase is a culmination of work presented by five young entrepreneurs who have gone th...

Future Money

Wednesday 26/10

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Adelaide to Zero Carbon Challenger Day Workshop

The Adelaide to Zero Carbon Challenger Day workshop will bring together all non-finalist participants who...

Friday 21/10

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Better Together Showcase 9 – Future Money: Exploring opportunity in the collaborative economy

Join leading experts in exploring how technological advances, and shifts in power and trust from institut...

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Thursday 20/10

Keynote Speaker

Steve Baxter

Tech start-up investor Steve Baxter was born in the remote town of Cloncurry, Queensland and raised in ...

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Adelaide Festival of Ideas 2016

The Adelaide Festival of Ideas (AFoI) provides South Australians and visitors alike with access to speake...

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21-23 October

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IAP2 Australasia Conference 2016: The Future of Engagement and Democracy

Public participation has evolved significantly in the past two decades and we are on the cusp of an excit...

Future Democracy

17-19 October

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CU@OpenState

CU @ Open State is inviting the public to come along and listen to children ask their questions to an exp...

Future Leadership

Friday 21/10

Keynote Speaker

Pia Mancini

Pia Mancini is one of the world’s most prominent democracy activists. She is a co-founder of Dem...

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Winnovation Awards

The Winnovation Awards showcase and celebrate the successes of female innovators changing the game in Sou...

Future Leadership

Tuesday 25/10

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Foresight 2050: How can science inform the future?

Craft a shared future at Foresight 2050. Foresight 2050 is an opportunity to investigate scenarios that w...

Future Cities

24-26 October

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Adelaide Pitch For Good

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Help support Adelaide’s best emerging social entrepreneurs at Pitch for Good, a live crowdfunding e...

Future Money

Thursday 27/10

$30

Keynote Speaker

Indy Johar

Indy Johar is an architect, co-founder of 00 (project00.cc) and a Senior Innovation Associate with the Yo...

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Adelaide to Zero Carbon Challenge DEMO Day

From 150 entries worldwide, 11 finalists have been selected in South Australia’s Low Carbon Entrepreneu...

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Tuesday 18/10

Keynote Speaker

Shari Davis

Shari Davis is responsible for the strategic development and management of The Participatory Budget Proje...

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Watchdogs & Whistleblowers

Integrity and openness are necessary for public faith in decision makers and our public institutions. Ant...

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Wednesday 19/10

Engaging now

Find out how South Australian citizens are influencing government decision-making

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Bright Minds, Brilliant City

Cities have never been more important, nor the competition between them more intense. Adelaide must posit...

Future Cities

Tuesday 25/10

$15

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Exploring Citizens’ Juries

Citizens’ Juries are changing the way democracy is done in South Australia by creating a new balance be...

Monday 17/10

Keynote Speaker

Christopher Choa

A native New Yorker, Christopher Choa is based in London and leads the Cities practice for AECOM. He spea...

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Innovation Box

The not-for-profit sector, industry, academia and government are working together to bring you… Innovat...

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Monday 24/10

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Keynote Presentation: Steve Baxter

As part of PitchFest South Australia, don’t miss Channel Ten’s Shark Tank Australia Steve Baxter ...

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Friday 21/10

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Kristin Alford

Dr Kristin Alford from UniSA talks about the importance of Open State and the future of work.

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Open State

Premier Jay Weatherill addresses the audience at the launch of Open State.

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Future of Enterprise, Impact & Advantage

A new economy is emerging – where social, environmental and commercial imperatives are intimately int...

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Tuesday 18/10

Keynote Speaker

Erin Brockovich

Venue: The University of Adelaide, Bonython Hall Erin Brockovich is a modern-day “David” who loves ...

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Icebreaker 16: Transformation and disruption are the new normal

In order to survive and thrive, we need to make sense of this new world. We need to be able to synthesise...

Future Money

Wednesday 19/10

$18.34

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Workshop: Design a Better Business – New tools, skills and mindset for Strategy and Innovation

For too long, people have pretended that business is linear, and predictable. For too long have they trie...

Future Money

Thursday 27/10

Keynote Speaker

Mark Beam

Mark is a social architect, entrepreneur, impact investor and cultural theorist. After managing big egos ...

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eRSA: Innovation Symposium: Disruption

The Innovation Symposium: Disruption will tackle concepts like big data, data analytics, digital disrupti...

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Tuesday 25/10

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Future Forum : Future Transport : What’s the Plan?

Throughout history our cities have been shaped by their transport systems. We are about to enter the most...

Future Cities

Wednesday 26/10

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Innovation as a Cultural Mindset

The Centre for Wellbeing (SAHMRI) presents this important forum to discuss the importance of a healthy an...

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Monday 24/10

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Renewing SA’s economy – what’s next?

In 2016 South Australia’s economy is at a crossroad. The pending closure of Holden and associated decli...

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Friday 21/10

Video

Farrin Foster

Farrin Foster talks about what it means to be an Open State

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An ‘Open State’ is a state that welcomes new ideas, from both within and outside its borders, to transform its economy and create new industries and jobs.

Keynote Speaker

Mark Pesce

Mark Pesce is an inventor, writer, entrepreneur, educator and broadcaster. Pesce co-invented VRML, was a ...

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Keynote Speaker

Kevin Koym

Kevin Koym is a seven-time startup veteran and CEO / Founder of Tech Ranch Austin – a venture accel...

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SPACE: Tours through Architecture

Proudly curated by the Australian Institute of Architects Over the weekend, the doors of Adelaide will be...

Future Cities

22-23 October

$15 - $55

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Better Together Showcase 10: Future Democracy – Reforming democracy in the Digital Age

Hear from leading experts to explore how the digital age and online platforms are transforming the way ci...

Future Democracy

Tuesday 25/10

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South Australia’s Low Carbon Entrepreneur Prize

As part of PitchFest, join us for the presentation of the South Australia’s Low Carbon Entrepreneur Pri...

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Friday 21/10

Video

Warren Bebbington

Prof Warren Bebbington from the University of Adelaide discusses the Children’s University’s involvement in Open State.

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GovHack Australia – National Red Carpet Awards

Digital entrepreneurs, app developers, game makers, data custodians, data analysts, engineers, designers,...

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Saturday 22/10

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Sarah Thomas

Sarah is a strategic communication, digital and community engagement specialist with 20 years global expe...

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Social Innovation Labs and what it takes to prototype policy and services with people

This interactive session will explore the work of a small but growing movement of government and social i...

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Thursday 27/10

$30

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Intrapreneurship Forum

Join IPAA SA and the Intrapreneurship Community of Practice for a snapshot of the cutting edge intraprene...

Future Leadership

Wednesday 26/10

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Adelaide – World’s Best Future City Imagined

The Adelaide Smart City Studio is working with a range of technology partners, local and state government...

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Wednesday 26/10

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Future Forum: Modulation

Estimated to be worth A$12.3 billion dollars in 2014-15, the Australian pre-fabricated building industry ...

Future Cities

Wednesday 26/10

Keynote Speaker

Rich Karlgaard

Entrepreneur-turned-publisher, columnist, author, television commentator, private investor and board dire...

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Beyond the Vote. Democratic Innovation in Australia

Is Voting enough to ensure a vibrant democracy? In this showcase, leading scholars and practitioners will...

Future Democracy

Tuesday 25/10

Keynote Speaker

Cory McAbee

Cory McAbee is a world-renowned writer, film director, singer, songwriter, musician, actor and illustrato...

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Beyond the Vote. Democratic Innovation in Australia Workshop

This is a workshop to explore democratic innovation – how we can go beyond voting with new methods and ...

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26-27 October

$440

Participation in action

Find out how the ‘Fund My Community’ program is breaking new ground in participatory budgeting.

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D3 Digital Challenge #4 – Schoolkids on the Move

We’re teaming up entrepreneurs with members of the community to discuss, design & deliver innov...

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Friday 21/10

Keynote Speaker

Scott Smith

Scott Smith is founder of Changeist, an Amsterdam-based strategic foresight, research and consulting pra...

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Human Services Partnership Forum – What Would it Take? (People – Structure – Systems)

The Human Services Partnership Forum are hosting a session with Nigel Richardson to discuss the high leve...

Future Leadership

Wednesday 19/10

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IPAA 2016 National Conference: Innovation through Collaboration

The IPAA 2016 National Conference in Adelaide aims to take a dynamic and provocative look at how the publ...

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20-21 October

$Various

Keynote Speaker

Nigel Richardson

Nigel Richardson, has led internationally recognised work in collective impact improving outcomes for chi...

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Influencing with Integrity: a forum and mentoring program for emerging leaders

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It’s not always easy to influence others. 21st Century leaders need to be creative, bold, take risks an...

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Wednesday 19/10

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Andrew Culley

Andrew Culley from Deloitte talks about Open State.

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Speaker

Helen Ahrens

As the brains behind Good Things Marketing, Helen brings creative, technical and geek together to help cr...

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Government House Open Day

Learn about the current workings of Government House and explore the gardens. Visitors are welcome to vie...

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Sunday 23/10

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Fiona Kerr

Dr Fiona Kerr talks about dealing with complexity and the opportunities from community engagement.

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When communities, governments and businesses work together, they become a powerful force for change.

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State-wide Conversation with Older South Australians

People aged over 50 make up one third of the South Australian population – a proportion that is increas...

Future Leadership

Tuesday 25/10

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Get along to Adelaide Festival of Ideas

At Adelaide Festival of Ideas, Bonython Hall

By AFoI Founder and Chairman, Greg Mackie OAM The Adelaide Festival of Ideas (AFoI) is a treasured South ...

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Every Chance for Every child – A Collective Impact Approach in SA – Policy Makers Forum

Junction Australia and Together SA invite you to join Nigel Richardson at the Policy Makers Forum on the ...

Future Leadership

Friday 21/10

Keynote Speaker

Gerry Stoker

Gerry Stoker is Professor of Politics and Governance at the University of Southampton, UK. He was previou...

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Keynote Speaker

Simon Burall

Simon Burall is the Director of Involve. He has long and extensive experience in the fields of democratic...

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Welcome to Open State

By Premier Jay Weatherill Welcome to Open State. We’re hosting this program because there’s never bee...

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Thomas Maak

Professor Thomas Maak is Chair in Responsible Leadership and Head of School of Management at the Universi...

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We’re making Adelaide the world’s first carbon neutral city, opening our doors to global solutions.

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Manal Younus

Manal Younus is a South Australian based freelance writer, performer and creative producer. As a Muslim ...

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Charles Leadbeater

Charles Leadbeater on inviting new ideas

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Liam Goodrich

Liam Goodrich is a Youth Representative for Playford, something he describes as the best thing to happen ...

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Daniels Langeberg

Entrepreneur, urban designer and dreamer. Recently returning from Shanghai where his worked revolved arou...

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Jessica Wishart

Jessica Wishart is a 27 year old Bidjara Woman currently working as an Aboriginal Education and Secondary...

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Rachael Leverton

Rachael’s career spans public sector roles in Adelaide, London and Hanoi. She’s been described as an ...

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Jenny Vandyke

Jenny Vandyke is the managing director of Startup Adelaide, and Jenny is on a mission to help South Austr...

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Mary Patesos

Mary is a professional non-Executive Board Director, serving on both National and South Australian Boards...