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Join Future Anything and school-age entrepreneurs from across Australia and beyond as we bend the future, one youth-led idea at a time.

Future Anything transforms young people’s passion and curiosity into innovative ideas that make the world a better place.

In 2024, 75+ schools have built enterprising mindsets in their classrooms, challenging their students to create innovative, sustainable and scalable solutions to the problem THEY care about through our award-winning Activate program.

Join us live online on  Tuesday 22 October and Thursday 24 October from 9am AEST as 40 teams of student entrepreneurs pitch their innovative ideas live online to our expert judges in our eight live Future Anything National Semi Finals 2024.

They’ll showcase their epic for-purpose ideas and be in with a chance of progressing to the National Grand Final, where they can win the funding and support to launch their ideas into the real world.

We’ll be streaming live each day from 9am AEST – register below to watch the whole thing or drop in at the right moment to support a team of your choice.

Read on to check out the event details, and to meet our awesome teams and epic judges (NB line ups are subject to change).

Tuesday 22 October

Semi Final 1 (9am – 10am AEST)

Semi Final 2 (10.30am – 11.30am AEST)

Semi Final 3 (12 noon – 1pm AEST)

Semi Final 4 (1.30pm – 2.30pm AEST)

MEET THE TEAMS AND JUDGES BELOW!

Thursday 24 October

Semi Final 5 (9am – 10am AEST)

Semi Final 6 (10.30am – 11.30am AEST)

Semi Final 7 (12 noon – 1pm AEST)

Semi Final 8 (1.30pm – 2.30pm AEST)

MEET THE TEAMS AND JUDGES BELOW!

More than 80 school-age entrepreneurs representing 40 innovative enterprises will pitch in the National Semi Finals 2024.

Pitching live from across Queensland, there are teams from Bowen State High School, Brigidine College Indooroopilly, Brisbane Boys’ College, Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane South State Secondary College, Canterbury College, Emerald State High School, Fairholme College, Ferny Grove State High School, Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School, Kenmore State High School, Livingstone Christian College, Macgregor State High School, Marymount College, Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, Sheldon College, St Andrew’s Anglican College and St John Fisher College.

And pitching live from the rest of Australia, we have teams from Bishop Druitt College (NSW), Cardijn College (SA), Kildare College (SA), Loreto Kirribilli (NSW), Loxton High School (SA), Servite College (WA), Strathcona Girls Grammar (VIC) and Thomas More College (SA).

SEMI FINAL 1 – Tuesday 22 October (9-10am AEST)

Meet the teams and the judges!

Medi Manage

Brigidine College Indooroopilly, QLD

E scooter trailers

Brisbane South SSC, QLD

Meal Mates

Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, QLD

Verti-Grow

Ferny Grove SHS QLD

HydraBand

St Andrew's Anglican College, QLD

Chloe Alley

Founder & Owner

By Chloe / Youngpreneur Markets By Chloe

Noah Pronk

Founder & Owner

Sticky Pronk

Suzanne Thompson

Walking Futurist

Soul Archaeology

SEMI FINAL 2 – Tuesday 22 October (10.30am – 11.30am AEST)

Meet the teams and the judges!

Sun Kissed

Bishop Druitt College, NSW

Rubbish For Refunds

Bowen State High School, QLD

Legend Programming

Brisbane Boys' College, QLD

Bush Safety Checkpoint

Brisbane South SSC, QLD

Sea Savers

Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, QLD

Alicia Cohen

Educational Publisher/Founder

Amba Press

Sam Bricknell

Co Founder

Techvisa

Sandra Gracia

Principal Economic Development & Growth

Brisbane City Council

SEMI FINAL 3 – Tuesday 22 October (12noon – 1pm AEST)

Meet the teams and the judges!

Present Pot

Brisbane Grammar School, QLD

Eco Junior

Canterbury College, QLD

SproutPen

Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, QLD

Sun and Surf Supplies

Marymount College, QLD

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve

St John Fisher College, QLD

Batoul Soliman

Founder

Shawls and Hope

Heidi Eiser

Owner/Designer

Heidi Lou Design

Rosie Thomas OAM

Executive Director

PROJECT ROCKIT

SEMI FINAL 4 – Tuesday 22 October (1.30pm – 2.30pm AEST)

Meet the teams and the judges!

Paws&Pages

Canterbury College, QLD

Street Solutions

Cardijn College, SA

Infinite Swims

Livingstone Christian College, QLD

Booby Bites

Strathcona Girls Grammar, VIC

Pride Hunt

Thomas More College, SA

Dante St James

Director of Innovation & Investment Readiness

Paspalis Innovation Investment Fund

Fleur Johnston

Chief Executive Officer

PeopleBench

Jackson Rowland

Director

Aotearoa New Zealand Stewardship Code

SEMI FINAL 5 – Thursday 24 October (9am – 10am AEST)

Meet the teams and the judges!

MS Breathable Pyjamas

Fairholme College, QLD

ReRoute

Kildare College, SA

Re-Leaf Australia

Loreto Kirribilli, NSW

Girls Only

Sheldon College, QLD

SafeSurf

Matthew Flinders Anglican College, QLD

Juanita Wheeler

CEO | Executive Director

Full & Frank | TEDxBrisbane

Lachalan Munro

Managing Director

Ergo Accounting

Tanya Andrews

Founder

Trellis Collective

SEMI FINAL 6 – Thursday 24 October (10.30am – 11.30am AEST)

Meet the teams and the judges!

Cluck Cluck Covers

Kildare College, SA

Happy-aids!

Macgregor State High School, QLD

Contaminated Canals

Matthew Flinders Anglican College, QLD

BusEase

Servite College, WA

Health T

Sheldon College, QLD

Grace Taylor

Finalist

National Grand Final 2023

Peter Ball

Managing Director

Greater Outcomes

Helen Connolly

Commissioner for Children and Young People

Commissioner for Children and Young People

SEMI FINAL 7 – Thursday 24 October (12noon – 1pm AEST)

Meet the teams and the judges!

The Screen Time Browser

Matthew Flinders Anglican College, QLD

BioTents

Ferny Grove State High School, QLD

Attack Twice

Kildare College, SA

Kikjabs

Macgregor State High School, QLD

Flossy Flavors

Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, QLD

Ashutosh Vaitha

CEO and Founder

Ashan Industries

Carmen Pascoe

General Manager/Co-Founder

WNDR Studios

Pete Horsley

Founder

Remarkable

SEMI FINAL 8 – Thursday 24 October (1.30pm – 2.30pm AEST)

Meet the teams and the judges!

Calm Charms

Emerald State High School, QLD

Bright Knights

Ferny Grove SHS, QLD

EduGo Mobile Tutoring

Kenmore SHS, QLD

AuraRoutes

Loxton High School, SA

Shadow

Queensland Academies for Health Sciences

Abby Ballard

Communications & Content Specialist

Relationships Australia NSW

Anastasia Tyurina

Academic Lead Learning and Teaching, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication

QUT

Zachary Fook

Senior Commercial Strategist

The BUSY Group

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