BridgeTech 3-Day Symposium. Room Three Sixty, Brisbane. 29-31 July 2025
Thank you so much for your contribution to our 3-Day Symposium. We look forward to welcoming you to the event! To facilitate a seamless experience for our speakers and chairs, we have prepared the following information. If you have any questions or would like to discuss anything, as always, please let us know.
Location, Arrival and Venue Information
Directions: Room Three Sixty, Gardens Point Campus QUT, Brisbane CBD (Level 10, Y Block). Room Three Sixty is our premier venue with surround views of Brisbane city.
A microphone, lectern and standard AV equipment will be available at the venue. Please let us know if you have any special requirements.
Upon arrival, please check in with a BridgeTech Program QUT team member, who will provide you with a lanyard and an AV overview prior to your presentation to ensure you are comfortable with the controls.
We encourage all speakers to be at the venue at least 45 minutes prior to their presentation time or a meal time, to have the AV briefing 5 minutes prior to the session start.
Accommodation
We have secured some discounts at close-by CBD hotels. Please find them in the attached PDF: Accommodation discount codes Brisbane 2025
Audience Profile
Please find more information about our particpant demographics here
Speaker Schedule – draft copy
Latest iteration in draft form for your information only is here. Highly subject to change.
Biography & Photo – needed by 18 July
Please send us a high-resolution photo and a copy of your biography (250 word version plus a short version for introduction), which includes details of your career. This will be published on the event website (an app-type website for attendees). In addition, please send us a shorter bio, approximately three sentences in length. Your chair will use this to introduce you prior to your presentation.
Dietary Restrictions– needed 14 July or ASAP
Please let us know of any dietary restrictions by 14 July
Symposium Dinner Event – 7:00pm on 30 July
We would be honoured if you would join us for the Symposium Dinner Event on Day 2 of the Symposium, 30 July. This will be held in the same room, starting with drinks at 7:00pm. We will announce the winners of the Pitch Competition and have a keynote speaker. RSVP here.
Please let us know if you would prefer a chicken or beef dish.
Presentation Information
Background
Our participants are from a range of backgrounds, professions and areas of research in the medical device, medical technology and research space. We have online modules which provide basic foundational knowledge and skills, however we would encourage your presentation to be from your unique perspective, and not include any proprietary or commercial in confidence information.
On the stage, there will be a podium, slide clicker, a current slide screen and a microphone. The screen at the podium will show the current slide as the audience sees it and may not be able to show notes screen. Please bring printed notes if you have them in your slides as a backup.
Format of PowerPoint
To assist in the smooth transitions of slides, please ensure your presentation deck is in the following format:
- PowerPoint file (not PDF)
- Widescreen slides 16:9
- Alert the team to any videos/sounds
- Emailed to the team by 21 July
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners
If you would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this event will be held, the appropriate wording for acknowledging the Yugara and Turrbal people is here
Stage
Here’s what the two screens looking at the stage/podium will look like:
Chairperson and Q&As
Your session chairperson will be a member of our partner consortium. They will receive your contact details and may contact you prior to the event. If there is a panel in your session, your chair will facilitate an audience Q&A with other session speakers.
Uploads, Recordings and Photos
There will be a photographer present at the event and we will be posting to social media. Please let us know if you would prefer not to have your photo taken on the day.
We would like to include a PDF copy of your presentation on the QUT online learning platform for participants to review after the event (this is a password and QUT protected secure site). Please advise us prior to the Symposium if you would prefer your presentation not to be uploaded to the website.
Seating – allocated upon arrival
The BridgeTech Program philosophy is based around collaboration and creating networks. With this in mind, participants will have 3 dedicated sessions of the Collaboration Experience (a group pitching exercise) throughout the event. Participants are seated in teams for these sessions, and we have a dedicated Industry Seat for you to sit amongst our participants and get to know them. Immediately prior to your session, you will be asked to sit at the Session Table nearer the stage and then you’ll be able to return to your table afterwards.
Useful Information
| Dress code: | Business casual |
| Parking information: | Paid parking available beneath the neighbouring “P” building, please ensure you have validated your ticket before leaving the room. |
| Arrival time: | 45 minutes prior to presentation or closest meal time |
| Event day numbers: | Katy: 07 3138 0882 (redirects to our mobiles) |
| Kylie: 07 3138 0876 (redirects to our mobiles) | |
| PowerPoint due date: | Friday 25 July email here at the latest |