Event News

More than 30 businesses, 75 students, 6 mentors and 10 industry observers and guests (including the Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Science and the Arts, the Honourable Leeanne Enoch) participated in the Ribit experience. The employer pitches were impressive as ever, and the calibre of the students in attendance was astounding. A …

Health & Medtech Jobs Networking @ Parliament House, Brisbane (22/03/2018) Read More »

More than 46 industry leaders, business representatives, and students gathered for our unique data-driven insights talk and panel discussion, led by Ribit researchers with international guest speaker Matthew Sigelman, CEO of Burning Glass. The discussion was focused around how data is informing the transformation of the Australia workforce, with important key takeaways including; Hybrid skills …

Burning Glass @ CSIRO Data61, Sydney (14/03/2018) Read More »

It was a super sunny start when 80 students and mentors shone and rose to meet each other at Ribit’s IWD breakfast today. We’re grateful that you came and hope you enjoyed yourself! Well done to the 39 students who we saw plunge in with gusto, we hope that you enjoy the benefits of the …

IWD Shine & Rise @ CSIRO Data61, Sydney (08/03/2018) Read More »

Data61’s Ribit kicked off its new partnership with AustCyber (the Australian Cybersecurity Growth Centre) on December 7 in style at the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship. AustCyber CEO Craig Davies spoke at the event and said he was excited to be partnering with Ribit to try address the massive growth in demand for cybersecurity skills. AustCyber …

AustCyber Speed Networking @ SSE, Sydney (07/12/2017) Read More »

Fourth time around and it never gets old! In late 2015, Stone & Chalk was the very first partner to open their doors to student interns (or “Finterns” in this case). Since then, Head Hustler Alex Scandurra and his great crew have always stepped up to help us create more opportunities plus for a new …

Fintern Fever Summer @ Stone and Chalk, Sydney (28/11/2017) Read More »

100 PhD students in a room. Makes for a high level gathering!

Exclusive? We aren’t. At the heart of Ribit, we’re engineers. Social Engineers. As a match making platform led by a female founder, the team feels strongly about connecting the right people who represent a cross-section of genders, cultures, skills and backgrounds. We advocate that diversity in the workforce leads to the best ideas, decisions and …

The crucial ‘where are we going’ conversation: the participation of women in tech Read More »

We’ve been playing with a new “pop-up” style of the student-business speed dating. It’s pretty straightforward stuff – the session is held within a larger conference, but still involves the 10 rounds of interviews, business pitches and mentors. Having debuted the idea as part of the D61+ Live showcase in Melbourne last June, we decided …

Health Speed Dating @ Gold Coast University Hospital (20/10/2017) Read More »

The recent Spark Festival was a 13 day celebration of all things startup and innovation across Sydney and wider NSW. It was the perfect opp to get even the youngest citizens excited about the future.

70 students from eight unis connected with 20 startups. All power to the ‘Burn