Social Impact

The social impact of tech: disrupting with purpose and heart

Be inspired by founders that are driving real social impact with purpose and heart.

The social impact of tech: disrupting with purpose and heart | Stone & Chalk

Event date:

Thursday 20 Oct 2022

Event time:

6:30:00 pm–5:30:00 am

Delivery mode:

online, in-person

Venue:

Stone & Chalk Melbourne
121 King St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Social impact is a major consideration for modern entrepreneurs, especially in an era defined by relentless progress.

Technological change is accelerating, to the point that seemingly insignificant trends can have a significant impact on businesses and lives. Innovation may well be a primary force behind these changes, but many of the effects are also social in nature, improving the quality of the environment and human life in different ways.

We invited inspiring startups to share with us how they are driving real positive social and environmental change and making a radical difference in a way that is full of purpose and heart.

Our founders

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    Co-founder, Inaam

    Arjun Agarwal

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    Co-founder, Inaam

    Arjun Agarwal

    Arj is a financial and investment executer, a solution driven practitioner and power networker, he gets things done. Arj loves finding the root cause of a problem and the intersection of how the solution can challenge the status quo. Arj has helped businesses build in house solutions for various operational inefficiencies from the ground up. Arj is really passionate about using his financial and investment knowledge to propagate positive impact through investing.

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    Founder, Reusably

    Mary Kelly

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    Founder, Reusably

    Mary Kelly

    As an innovation ecosystem leader and a startup founder, Mary has spent the last few years working to build the South Australian startup ecosystem, taking startups from ideation to scaling and growth stages, through to projects with SME’s, government and corporates. With a passion for sustainability and fostering innovation across various sectors, her startup, Reusably, addresses single use plastic waste through a tech-based circular economy solution.

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    Founder & CEO, Kindship

    Summer Petrosius

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    Founder & CEO, Kindship

    Summer Petrosius

    Summer Petrosius is a passionate social entrepreneur, qualified speech pathologist and social media influencer with 10+ years' experience in the health and disability sector. Summer is motivated by community-led social change, peer support and advocacy opportunities, and wellbeing.

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    CEO, Fulle

    Molly Fullee

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    CEO, Fulle

    Molly Fullee

    Molly was previously a Captain in a major Australian Airline and also one of the youngest Female Australian Airline Captain. One of the main roles of an Airline Pilot is to be constantly assessing the weather hence becoming a real-world climate expert. As a passionate open water diver, she has seen first-hand the devastation from the bleaching of coral reefs around the world. And as a mum, viewing the world through the eyes of her 3-year-old daughter, Emily, has been the trigger to dedicate her life’s purpose to developing climate solutions and promote equality.

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    CEO & Co-founder, Evitat

    Sonja Markovic

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    CEO & Co-founder, Evitat

    Sonja Markovic

    Sonja has more than 20 years of experience in brand, technology, digital strategy, design thinking and experience design. She worked at intersection between business and digital experience and successfully delivered outcomes that that are embedded in human-centred design thinking. For over a decade, Sonja has helped companies, corporates, government agencies and startups to create engaging experiences that compassionately connect us all in our diverse world by building meaningful relationships and purpose. Evitat combines her passion for sustainable architecture, with her experience in design thinking and a strong impact purpose to tackle one of human mankind biggest challenge, climate change.

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    Founder

    Nigel Bradshaw

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    Founder

    Nigel Bradshaw

    Nigel has always been driven by a passion for justice, fairness and equality in society. This has manifest in various contexts: from the school yard to the local neighbourhood, from the class room to the sporting field, from one nation to another across the global economy, including an intergenerational lens as we cohabitate this earth.

    Nigel's strong sense of stewardship to preserve, or even improve, the world in which we live and work as well as his academic education and applied learning in political economics, global banking and finance, and the not for profit sector, has driven him to seek out opportunities to influence and impact the world to co-create a better future of sustainable flourishing for people and the planet.

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