A young person's guide to Open State

We asked Ashely Minton, currently studying a Bachelor of Media and Communications at UniSA, about her top tips for Open State. Check out her blog post here on why South Australia needs young people to help turn ideas into action, to positively change and grow our state. Read more in her blog post here.

Events

Are you bug curious? A family friendly bug eating expo

2 Oct / Event Over

Insects are eaten in 80% of the world’s countries. Come along to this public forum to find out why the rest of the world are “bugging out” for bugs!

Mindfulness for the future human

8 Oct / Event Over

In our rapidly changing world, there are many challenges. Mindfulness offers the possibility of meeting such challenges with calm awareness, compassion and wisdom.

Future Jobs in a World of Artificial Intelligence

4 Oct / Event Over

A panel of leading tech figures discuss the future employment options in a world in which Artificial Intelligence and automation displaces millions of jobs.

MOD.CoLAB Design Studio

3 Oct / Event Over

The MOD.CoLAB Design Studio invites young people (15-25) to contribute to exhibition design. Participants will design and prototype their ideal machine for the future through a structured creative process. The...

The Marshmallow Challenge

3 Oct / Event Over

The Marshmallow Challenge is a game for learning about innovation, creativity, teams, collaboration, as well as the value of early prototyping and incremental delivery. Part of the real power of...

Give Democracy a Workout – how young people are making their voices heard in politics

4 Oct / Event Over

Citizens around the world are increasingly disillusioned with politics and young people are fighting back. Find out how young Aussies are challenging the trend of under-representation in democratic processes to...

GovHack SA State Awards

28 Sep / Event Over

The GovHack State Awards celebrates South Australian entrepreneurs who have created winning ideas utilising government open data during the 2017 GovHack competition.

Preparing the digital workforce of the future

28 Sep / Event Over

The world of work is in a massive transition as technological advancements, globalisation and more flexible economies disrupt traditional career trajectories. To prepare young Australians for this future we must...

Democracy: Are young people changing the game?

4 Oct / Event Over

Young people don't care about politics or democracy, right? Think again. YACSA will share its research and YMCA youth parliamentarians will share their insights into how young people engage with...

Children's University @ Open State

3 Oct / Event Over

Can children be leaders today? CU Adelaide thinks so, and has partnered with Open State in hosting a series of keynote speeches as part of the Open State 2017 event....