Start-Up Zone & Pitch Fest
The Mobility Live Start-Up Zone is where leaders, investors, and innovators converge to explore the future of mobility technology.
Discover a curated selection of start-ups transforming Australia's mobility landscape, from electric vehicles and fleet management to logistics, public transport, and next-generation mobility solutions.
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Infrastructure Leaders:
Identify emerging solutions to your technology challenges.
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Investors:
Discover the next big player in highway and road technology.
- Media: Uncover breakthrough innovations and stories shaping the industry.
Meet the start-ups bringing fresh ideas, agile solutions, and disruptive thinking to the mobility community.
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PITCH FEST
See innovation in action! Join us for a fast-paced, interactive competition where some of the most promising start-ups pitch their game-changing solutions live on stage.
Watch as founders present their ideas, explain the problem they’re solving, and show how their technology can make a real impact in Australian mobility.
DETAILS:
• When: Day 2, Thursday, 16 October 2025, from 2:20pm
• Where: Main Expo Floor in the Public Transport stage
• Duration: Approximately 1.5 hours
FORMAT:
• Each start-up has 5 minutes to pitch their idea.
• Our panel of judges will select and announce the winner at the end of the session.
Meet Your Judges
Jacqui Duncan
General Manager, NSW
Stone & Chalk
Kirk McDonald
Project Manager
Supercharge Australia, New Energy Nexus
Kristin Vaughan
Climate Tech Investor, Managing Partner
Virescent Ventures
Pitch Fest Schedule
Public Transport, Thursday 16 October 2025
09:40
International Keynote: Delivering the world's longest immersed tunnel - The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel
Public Transport
11:40Bus Depot Electrification
Jonathan Anderson, Sustainable Mobility Manager, Keolis Downer
Public Transport
12:05Panel: Steering the future of public transport – growth, innovation and service excellence
Simon Mueller, Manager, Integrated Transport, Waverley Council
Moderator: Ben Wood, Co-Founder of Hadron Group / Board Chair, Transport Professionals Association
David Gray, Former Director Metropolitan Network, Transport for NSW
Donna Frith, Head of Marketing & Customer Experience, Busways
Public Transport
12:50Panel: The future of accessible community transport
Moderator: Tara Russell, General Manager, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Community Transport
Bethany Langford, Chief Executive Officer, The Community Transport Company
Greg Stanger, General Manager, Activus
Ben Whitehorn, Chief Executive Officer, RWCTG
Public Transport
13:35Panel: Decarbonising public transport
Jonathan Anderson, Sustainable Mobility Manager, Keolis Downer
Harman Josan, National ZEB Infrastructure Manager, Transit Systems
Siddarth Rallapalli, ZEB Transition Manger, Busways
Moderator: Danielle Kwik, Associate Director, WSP
Public Transport
14:20Startup Pitch Fest
Jacqui Duncan, General Manager, NSW, Stone & Chalk
Kirk McDonald, Project Manager - Supercharge Australia, New Energy Nexus
Kristin Vaughn, Climate tech investor, Managing Partner, Virescent Ventures
Justin Stuckey, Senior Tech Marketing Specialist, Telstra
Moderator: Cam Sullings, MC, Master of Ceremonies
Scott McLaren, Founding Managing Director, SEVCI Pty Ltd
John Wheatland, Owner, Ambient/Achieva
Sanglap Saha, CEO, Xfrate
Irene McAleese, Cofounder, See.Sense
Wylie Chak, CEO, NOX Energy
Davood Dehestani, Founder, Smartizer
last published: 07/Oct/25 03:45
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