FWD›››FEST 26
3 Days
50+ Speakers
All year long, FWD›››EVENTS bring together bold thinkers, builders, and changemakers. Whether you're launching a new idea, growing your venture, or forging game-changing connections, our community is here to keep you inspired and moving forward.
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Forward Fest 2025 was wrapped up on May 9 2025, marking another milestone for Australia’s regional innovation scene. Held over three days on the Sunshine Coast, the festival brought together entrepreneurs, investors, creatives, and policymakers under the theme “Riding the Wave” to explore the future of business, technology, and impact-driven leadership.
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Over three days entrepreneurs, innovators and their support ecosystem come together to learn, be supported, be validated, be challenged and most especially be connected to a world of opportunity.
Immersion: Entrepreneurship can be isolating, find your people at FWD›››FEST and connect with a community that 1000% understands and supports your journey.
Opportunity: Unlock mentorship, funding and collaborations designed to propel your vision forward. Meet entrepreneurs and innovators at every stage, from idea to proven success.
Solve problems: Join solution finders tackling the world’s toughest challenges through immersive, interactive experiences that inspire lasting change.
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Whether you're just starting out or scaling to global heights, there’s a community for you at FWD›››FEST!
7 - 9 MAY 2025 Sunshine Coast
Silicon Coast and partners pays our deepest respect to the Traditional Custodians of this country; the Kabi Kabi and Jinibara peoples of the coastal plains and hinterlands of the Sunshine Coast, as we honor them as the original storytellers, innovators, and custodians of this land, embracing their wisdom to innovate while respecting the sacred ground on which it takes place.
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