It is hard to believe but Round One of CORE Start is already coming to a close! As we enter the final few weeks and our participants prepare for CORE Connect: Ideas Night on July 28, we thought we would do a recap of what our entrepreneurs have learned and what the program has covered this round.

CORE Hub, Perth is a hive of activity when it comes to our regular events. Our curated series of events has been designed to drive connection across the sector and a platform to discuss important ideas and the big issues facing the energy and mining industry. Find out how you can connect.

We are so pleased to announce our newest team member, Natalie Jones who has joined CORE as our Newman Innovation Hub Lead charged with looking after our members and driving engagement within the broader Newman and Pilbara region.

Some things in life are rare, blue moons, truffle mushrooms and office space at CORE Innovation Hub Perth! In fact, office space at CORE is so rare the last time we had any come up was well over 18 months ago. We are very excited to announce we have not one but two office spaces available at our Perth Hub.

CORE is so excited to host Mariel for CORE Connect in June to discuss how collaboration fuels sustainable growth. We sat down with her prior to the event to understand more about her current role with BHP and what she hopes to get out of her session at CORE Connect.

Attending the Data Science for Business Conference & Exhibition this year? Make sure you register for CORE’s workshop, Data Fitness for Your Organisation.

Tamryn and Zane along with Dr Keyao (Eden) Li from the Future of Work Institute will facilitate a workshop to understand the foundations of a Data Fit Organisation and share the Data Workflow Method.

CORE Innovation Hub is excited to be attending the Pilbara Summit this June, along with some of our CORE community members and Hot 30 Winners. Hosted in Karratha WA, the Pilbara Summit aims to highlight and discuss economic growth, investment, development, productivity & innovation across the region.

Meet the CORE Start Mentors: Jasmin Ward, Nick Saunders and Bill Withers. Our highly experienced industry leaders and entrepreneurs in their own right work one-on-one with CORE Start participants to help further grow and scale their businesses.

Over the last six weeks, our five CORE Start founders and co-founders have not just worked in their businesses but have dedicated time to working on their businesses. With the guidance of mentors, advisors and industry professionals, CORE Start gives founders the opportunity to refine their ideas, products, services and their pitch.

That’s right! CORE Is growing and we are very excited to be on the lookout for not one but two new humans to join our team! This is your opportunity to join a small but highly innovative team in a rapidly growing organisation and play a significant role in CORE’s expansion.

It’s official! CORE Innovation Hub is attending the 2022 Pilbara Summit in Karratha this June.

We are even more excited to announce we are on the lookout for two businesses from our ecosystem to join our Innovation Zone and the Summit and exhibit their business for FREE! Find out more!

CORE is excited to announce our Newman site will be opening its doors in the Parnawarri Retail Centre on Lee Lane very soon!

Find out about the space, our foundation memberships, and how you can get coffee round the clock!

CORE kicked off the first round of CORE Start for 2022 recently and we are pleased to welcome 5 new businesses to the program. This cohort represents a diverse range of businesses with operations across the whole of the mining sector - from marketing to AI systems to improve sustainability to battery-powered wireless monitoring sensors, ion exchange technology with copper extraction application and a condition monitoring system that can be retro-fitted to any piece of machinery.

Join Rob Daw, Chief Innovation Officer of Hexagon Mining and learn more about how his team are helping to drive innovation in the energy and mining space. Be the first to hear about the latest project, Autonomous Road Trains and the potential value they can bring to the energy and mining industry.

Ahead of this month’s Tech Talk Tuesday, we sat down with Carlie Byrne, Principal Geophysicist at Rio Tinto to discuss why innovation is so important to both her role and to the future of energy and mining.

Austrade invites you to apply for their San Francisco Landing Pad Summer 2022 Cohort. This cohort will run from July 18 – October 18, 2022. Participants are encouraged to travel to the US and attend this Landing Pad cohort in person and take advantage of the physical space on offer.

With so much happening across Perth & Adelaide in the coming weeks, we thought we would share our curated list of events and networking opportunities in the mining and energy sector. 

CORE is very excited to share our plans to submit a tender to Operate and Activate a new Australian Autonomous Robotics Precinct (AARP) in Western Australia recently released by DevelopmentWA, in collaboration with the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI). Find out how you can keep up to date.

Wednesday April 20 - Join Chief Scientist for South Australia, Professor Caroline McMillen, has extended an invite for South Australian businesses and stakeholders to attend an Industry Roundtable to learn more about the Commonwealth’s Cooperative Research Centre -Projects (CRC-P) Scheme.

Maxmine CEO, Coert du Plessis is often described as 100% passion and 100% relentless drive, making up the 200% energy needed to sustain lasting change. Ahead of his Tech Talk Tuesday presentation we sat down with him to take 5.