LIVE event alert ft. Daniel Petre & Katherine Squire. Tickets quickly selling out!
You're invited to this special event in partnership with the Wade Institute on the 25th Oct, featuring Daniel Petre (Co-founder Airtree VC), and Katherine Squire (Senior Vice President, Culture Amp).
Curiosity Center and the Wade Institute are proud to present:
Daniel Petre (Co-founder Airtree VC), and Katherine Squire (Senior Vice President, Culture Amp) LIVE in this special fireside event moderated by Vidit Agarwal.
Limited tickets now on sale and nearly sold out, and yes they are covered by us at no charge to attendees.
The venue only has capacity for 40 seats, get in now to avoid regret.
(Please only register if you will attend to avoid others missing out).
DETAILS:
Live in Sydney: Wednesday 25th Oct
Time: 6-7:30pm (includes Fireside + Networking)
Limited seating of 40 people
Thanks to event partners: Wade Institute, The High Flyers Podcast, Canva and Yes You Can.
Organisers
** Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship is a leading centre for entrepreneurial training based at Ormond College, the University of Melbourne. Wade Institute delivers immersive education programs to accelerate learning, creation and connection. Wade Institute’s programs include the co-delivery of the University of Melbourne’s Master of Entrepreneurship, investor education program VC Catalyst, teacher workshop UpSchool and custom masterclasses.
** Curiosity Center is widely recognised as a leading on-demand intelligence network for founders, investors, executives and students with an audience of over 200,000 across their suite of products -- The High Flyers Podcast, Association Series Newsletter and 7-Star events.
** The High Flyers Podcast re-imagines the traditional notion of a "high flyer" and is a premier product of the Curiosity Center. The podcast showcases the journeys of relatable role models from their sunrise (childhood) to today. Listeners love the unique and direct inside access to these relatable role models, companies and industries in every walk of life to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.
140+ guests have joined Vidit Agarwal on the show from around the world including Heads of state, Olympians, Business and cultural leaders, social Advocates, Investors, Entrepreneurs and more.
Speakers
Daniel Petre, Co-Founder of Airtree Ventures & StartGiving
Daniel is a leading player and investor in the technology industry and has been for more than 35 years, including time working for Bill Gates at Microsoft’s headquarters in the US. He founded AirTree Ventures, Ecorp and Netus, producing outstanding returns and establishing many (now) mainstream technology and media companies.
StartGiving was founded in 2022 by Daniel, and is focused on inspiring tech founders and executives to start their philanthropic journey now by establishing their own foundations. The goal of StartGiving is to establish a culture of giving in the innovation community so that giving becomes the norm in Australia, not the exception.
Daniel serves on a range of corporate and not-for-profit boards including the recently announced National Reconstruction Fund, the biggest investment in Australian manufacturing capacity in living memory.
Katherine Squire, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Culture Amp
Katherine has over 25 years experience in the technology industry and is currently the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Culture Amp. She has spent many years architecting and building algorithmic financial trading systems and has worked for Bankers Trust, Macquarie Bank, IRESS, ASX and Nasdaq. Her experience encompasses both vendor and client side which enables her to have a unique perspective on the challenges of building and buying software solutions.
In her current role, she is responsible for driving innovation in the generative AI space with a team of brilliant data scientists and engineers that are focused on building responsible and ethical solutions for HR practitioners.
Moderator
Vidit Agarwal
Vidit currently holds multiple roles, including being Investment Lead at Ecotone Ventures, investing in ClimateTech startups bringing the future today. He is also a globally top 10% ranked podcaster (hosting The High Flyers Podcast with 140+ episodes), Techstars Selection Committee member, Startmate and Blackbird mentor, and founder of the Curiosity Center which is widely recognised as a leading on-demand intelligence network for founders, investors, executives and students with an audience of over 200,000 across their podcast, newsletter and events products.
Vidit has spoken at leading international events including Forbes, SXSW, Sunrise festival, Purpose Conference, Live Podcast interviews, Pitch Nights, and more to audiences of over 5,000 people.