The 12-week program will include mentoring and start-up training by experts who will help move ideas for products or services from early-stage definition right through to market launch.
Rio Tinto Here for Gladstone chair Pine Pienaar said “We hope this program will contribute to a growing and vibrant innovation ecosystem within our region. Our delivery partner, Startup Gladstone, will provide information sessions, hackathons and corporate-led challenges for participants.”
Rio Tinto Here For Gladstone will provide $240,000 towards the partnership over three years.
The Innov8ors Program presentation was attended by Gladstone Region Mayor Matt Burnett, Leanne Kemp Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur, Boyne Smelters Ltd interim G\general manager Leigh Staines, Rio Tinto Here for Gladstone executive officer Michelle Coats and Startup Gladstone Ecosystem Builder’s Luis Arroyo.