In the vein of South by South West, Rethink is partnering with the Bleach* Festival as part of the Coworking by the Beach activation to bring the first Rethink conference to the Gold Coast. The day is designed to showcase advanced thinking and ambitious experiments with leading pioneers and provacateurs from around the world.
• Explore Disruptive Ideas
• Learn about Real World Fixes
• Get Inspired & Get Started
Rethink is a global community and destination for interesting discussion, events and experiences. Originally inspired by Oscar Wilde’s view that everything popular is wrong, Rethink started as an ideas briefing and interesting conversation on global affairs, business, design, culture, innovation, science and life.
Cherishing unconventional thinking and exploring what happens when we ask different questions, Rethink gathers the vanguard of business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors.
Fiercely independent and almost underground, Rethink has provided the backdrop for ever evolving and surprising ventures and adventures.
Join us for the first Rethink Conference as part of Bleach!
Full program details to be released shortly
Artistic Director Opera Australia
Regional State of Mind – The Process of Creating Inspiration and the Out of the Ordinary
Lyndon was appointed as the Artistic Director of Opera Australia in 2009 after a highly successful international opera career as well as a successful career as an actor,director and writer. Since that time, he has reinvigorated Australia’s largest performing arts company - and also the idea of what opera can be. His appointment as Artistic Director of the 2006, 2008 and
2009 Brisbane Festivals came after outstanding success in the same role at Queensland MusicFestival.
As Artistic Director of Brisbane Festival 2006 and 2008, Lyndon created the largest program to date; including a major world forum, bringing Mikhail Gorbachev and a host of Nobel Peace Laureates to Brisbane, as well as hosting some of the greatest performing arts companies in the world, alongside outstanding free and ticketed events.
Mayor New Work City – New York
The New Economy
Tony Bacigalupo has been organizing communities for independent workers in NYC since 2007. He is cofounder and Mayor of New Work City, which he uses as his headquarters for various awesome things, and helps people develop leadership skills with the Community Builder Masterclass.
Over the years, Tony has organized or helped to organize a variety of events and organizations, from BarCamps to Meetup groups to parties and more. He helped to start GirlDevelopIt, and consulted with the Downtown Alliance to build the Hive at 55. He also consulted Tony Hsieh’s team as they developed an approach to building their community for their Downtown Las Vegas revitalization project.
Managing Director Reload Media
Building and Growing Award Winning Businesses: Stories from the Trenches
Llew is the Managing Director of Reload Media, one of Australia’s leading digital marketing companies specialising in Internet marketing, social media and web strategy.
With 55 staff, Reload Media has won a Queensland Premier’s Export Award for its innovative overseas expansion and has experienced triple digit growth over the past four years. Prior to forming Reload Media, Llew co-founded one of Australia’s fastest growing digital companies that was sold in 2006 to a consortium led by the STW Group.
Llew is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and sits on the AIMIA Queensland executive. He also recently won the “Young Business Person of the Year Award” at the Lord Mayor’s Business Awards.
Marketing & Operations Black Milk Clothing
Three years ago Black Milk Clothing didn’t exist. Then one day in 2009, James Lillis sold a pair of leggings for $10 that he’d stitched together around his kitchen table. The dream was launched. Two and half years later Black Milk Clothing is a multi-million dollar, 100% Australian-owned business employing 150 people and selling out of everything they make… driven by an unbelievably loyal following of raving fans, 400,000+ of them on Facebook, alone! Not to mention the 50+ ‘meet-up’ groups that connect globally, all manned by volunteers who have a shared pasion and love for Black Milk. Oh, and they’ve done this on a modest marketing budget of ZERO DOLLARS! Yep, nudda. Zip!
So sit back, pull on some shiny leggings and listen up as Cameron Parker (Black Milk’s first employee) shares with us exactly how they’ve driven and encouraged their customers to post thousands of selfies every day across their entire social media and website using hash tags. Cameron has over 10 years of Marketing and Advertising experience working in Australia and the UK.
Sun 24 FEB - Sun 3 MAR
11am – 6pm weekends
9.30am – 5.30pm weekdays
Gold Coast Bulletin Bleach* Hub, Queen Elizabeth Park, Marine Parade, Coolangatta. In a space designed by Bene, one of the groups behind Google’s new offices in London, Coworking by the Beach will bring an ideas festival and WiFienabled coworking area to the Gold Coast Bulletin Bleach* Hub. Come and experience the global coworking phenomenon in a world first pop-up Coworking by the Beach – bring your laptop, tablet, mobile device, ideas and curiosity and hang out in the ultimate office overlooking Coolangatta Beach. Expect to bump into scientists, surfers, futurists, artists, innovators and all kinds of people from the business, social enterprise and creative fields. The Rethink Festival will feature talks, debates and forums on a range of topics. Expect to leave with new experiences, friends, ideas and inspiration.
