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Invention Convention

Questacon Invention Convention

Don't just use the latest technology- create it!

Students learning robotics at an Invention Convention

Workshops for students

School Workshops

Workshops in Canberra

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Holiday Workshops

Workshops during the school holidays

students building their prototype

Touring School Workshops

Touring workshops brought to your classroom.

students building their prototype

Virtual Excursion

Live workshops streamed from our studios in Canberra to your school.

Two presenters presenting to a video camera

Workshops for teachers

Teacher Workshops

Accredited workshops for teachers.

three teachers doing a teacher activity

Social Media

See what everyone's been up to.

Workshops around Australia

Within the Community

Enterprising Australians

Find out about Australian inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs.

Taj Pabari, founder of Fiftysix Creations, works with a student

Community Events

Public events and talks.

presenter showcasing new technologies

Make at Questacon in Canberra

Enterprising Australians

All over the country, talented professionals and enthusiastic amateurs are working busily from their studios, backyards and kitchen tables to create brilliant new innovations. We want to share their stories with you.

Enterprising Australians is supported by our Principal Partner, The Ian Potter Foundation.

Dr Susanne Samuelsson stands in the Australian outback holding a dog.
 

i-Vet
Mel Fuller, Co-founder of AbilityMade, sits in the maker space at the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre at UNSW in Sydney.
 

AbilityMade
Aboriginal artwork of the Stone Country Devil, named Namande from Kakadu, by Neville Namarnyilk.
 

Indigital Storytelling
 

Agency of Sculpture
man holding 3d printed key ring parts
 

Plastic Fantastic
 

Homemade Solar Bike
Hamish young app developer poses in front of a banner
 

Apps to save the world
Evolve electric skateboard
 

Evolve Skateboards
 

Are you an Enterprising Australian?
Taj Pabari and a young girl work on a Fiftysix Creations tablet
 

Fiftysix Creations
A fish cruises over a colourful coral reef
 

Coral Sunscreen
Woman wearing white dress made from an alternative beer product.
 

Fermented Fashion
Mick Spencer, founder of ONTHEGO SPORTS, hangs out with kids he's helped through the Fair Game program.
 

ONTHEGO SPORTS
A young boy stares in awe at a 3D hologram produced by VoxieBox
 

Voxiebox
A large telescope pointed at the night sky and the milky way with a shooting star.
 

Cuberider
Image of a drone hovering above a breaching humpback whale in the ocean
 

Whale snot
Alon Ilsar playing the AirSticks with motion-based visuals in front of him on a screen
 

AirSticks

 

MAAK Clothing
Image of Erica Hediger.
 

The Creative Element
A traveller holds Scrubba Wash Bag in the wilderness
 

Scrubba Wash Bag
David Hobbs teaches a young boy to use Orby
 

Orby
Zero Net Energy Town Uralla
 

Z-NET Uralla
A young woman named Olivia leaning on a unpainted rocking horse holding a wood filing tool.
 

Olivia O'Connor Rocking horses
Submerged artificial reef
 

MARS
3d render of sealz, the rapid transition glasses
 

Sealz
 

SnapTrap
Olympia Yarger from Goterra sorting through a tub of fly larvae
 

Goterra
The Questacon Smart Skills Initiative is a multifaceted programme that includes Questacon Maker Project, Questacon Smart Skills, Enterprising Australians, and the Questacon Invention Convention.
Proudly supported by Principal Partner The Ian Potter Foundation.

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