Join us for a landmark gathering of neuroscientists, health professionals, policymakers, researchers, designers, resilience practitioners, leadership experts and entrepreneurs for a day of bold conversations and catalytic collaborations on the future of brain health.

RMIT’s Master of Design Futures celebrates 10 years! Join leaders across design, industry, and policy to explore how design bridges the gap between world-class research and real-world impact. We’ll discuss our submission to the Treasurer’s Economic Reform Roundtable: Design is the Missing D in R&D.

This event mixer focuses on how sound can be used to tell unexpected stories about our lives, our experiences and our passions. From an interview to a sound bite, music to recording nature – we are surrounded by an ephemeral landscape of noise – but how might we capture, edit and refine that landscape and develop a story?

Join us at Kaleide Theatre for an exciting showcase as our latest LaunchHUB cohort presents their startups. Meet the talented founders from the 12-week Pre-Accelerator Program and see how they’re shaping the future through innovation and entrepreneurship. Watch as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges and connect with investors, entrepreneurs, and the RMIT community exploring the startup scene.

The third mixer in this series explores how stories can be told in the public realm through simple, ephemeral materials like paper, wood, or vinyl—highlighting artists and City North Activation projects that bring transient, trace-like narratives to life across RMIT.

This hands-on workshop invites everyone to explore simple design techniques—using paper, vinyl, and wood—to create playful public art statements that tell personal stories through images, words, and cutouts, with all materials and support provided for participants of any experience level.