The Australian Defence Force is proud to support this year’s FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2023 with aerial and ground displays by Navy, Army, Air Force and Defence Force Recruiting.
On the ground will be the Air Force Balloon, Team Army’s supercharged project cars, M1 Abrams Tank, Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle and M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier, a Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat crewed by members of HMAS Cerberus, the Australian Defence Force Academy Formula SAE Racing Team, and ADF Drone Racing. You will also be able to try your hand at a flight simulator and interact with the Defence Force Recruiting display.
Not only will you be able to see a range of Defence technological capabilities up close, but also chat to the highly trained ADF personnel who operate them.
Dark Shadow Studio is an independently owned and operated video games company that’s pushing the boundaries of traditional games and esports by building new competitive esport titles and merging games and the sporting worlds together.
Drone Legion is a competitive drone racing game that incorporates realistic drone physics from top drone pilots in a unique checkpoint-style racing circuit racing through digital replicas of Melbourne’s iconic stadiums.
Drone Legion will be exclusively available across the Australian Grand Prix weekend giving away great prizes to the winners
Science is deadly! It is how we make sense of the world. As a nation, and at DeadlyScience we know we have a cultural responsibility to our first scientists. And not only to our first scientists, also to our future science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) specialists too!
STEM is a lifelong pursuit & a continuous search for knowledge that has been advancing for generations. DeadlyScience celebrates Indigenous people in STEM to continue that tradition through inspiration, connection, innovation & discovery.
Go Girl is a volunteer-run program on a mission to educate and inspire girls that technology – and more broadly; the disciplines of Environmental, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (ESTEAM) – is an exciting and happening area to be a part of.
We’re here to flip the statement of “you can’t be what you can’t see” that especially falls on girls and women. Go Girl challenges the stereotypes – and through the volunteers, show real and relatable females that girls can aspire to be in the future.
Check us out on www.gogirl.org.au to hear what Go Girl is up to next!
What does indoor skydiving have to do with car racing? Both are adrenalin sports, both involve physics and aerodynamics and, both allow you to have amazing fun!
Our workshop will allow you to design, create and simulate a parachute for a drag race car. The car that goes the least distance (has experienced the most air resistance from the parachute deisgned) will WIN an iFly Indoor Skydiving Experience!
iFly Melbourne indoor skydiving centre provides an opportunity for educators and students to experience science-by-doing with practical activities on solving real-world problems within the world of flight context. Not only do our excursions have strong links to the ACARA achievement standards, but they are also a great initiative for schools to engage in quality STEM education experiences.
So, if you want to do an excursion of a lifetime, tell your teachers and come ask Kristina all about it!
Karting Australia is the governing body for the sport of karting in Australia. Karting is a sport that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, from the youngsters that can get behind the wheel at six through to the more experienced in life at 66 (and older).
It is truly a sport that has racing for all ages. There are more than 65 affiliated Karting Australia Clubs across the country, visit karting.net.au to find one near you.
Get ready to race at our demo booth! LANdu Gaming and E-sports invites you to experience the thrill of high-speed racing using two cutting-edge sim racing PC setups, complete with VR headsets. Enter our daily competitions for a chance to win prizes for the fastest lap times, and don't forget to stop by our booth to register for the chance to win a Logitech G923 TRUEFORCE Racing Wheel and more!
As a community-based organization, LANdu hosts gaming events in Melbourne featuring a mix of PC gaming, console gaming, and tabletop games. Our events are designed to be family-friendly and welcoming to everyone, with a special focus on retro gaming. Join us for our next big event on June 24th in Ravenhall, VIC.
Experience the thrill of virtual racing with us! LANdu is grateful for the generous support of our sponsors, Zarbtech and Ravenhall Group, who make our events possible. We can't wait to see you there!
Melbourne University Racing (MUR) Motorsports brings together a diverse cohort of University of Melbourne students to design, build and race Formula SAE cars annually - from scratch. The team comprises over 40 engineers, ranging in experience from first-year undergraduates to final-year Master’s students.
We are the biggest engineering student team at the university and compete against other universities worldwide. 2023 marks an exciting journey and will see us designing a new electric vehicle.
Students involved with MUR gain invaluable skills applicable to professional life beyond university studies.
Mindflight7 offers Australian school students career guidance and subject-specific educational experiences using immersive virtual reality (VR) technology. The VR-based learning is accessible through in-school incursions and long-term integrated programs, providing contextualized and affordable career guidance to all including rural and remote students.
Mindflight7's range of curriculum-aligned VR experiences help students comprehend educational concepts in an engaging way and choose a career pathway that is relevant to their strengths, interests, and potential. By using VR, students can experience the reality of working in a particular field, making more informed career decisions.
Have you always been interested in Esports? Or maybe you're looking to take your talents to the next level? Did you know that Motorsport Australia has developed an Esports program.
Find out more by speaking to our friendly staff and set some times on our simulators.
For more information, visit https://motorsport.org.au/events/esports
Quantum Victoria is a Centre of Excellence and Innovation in STEM Education that cultivates curiosity and inspires creativity, motivating students and teachers across primary and secondary schools to develop the capabilities needed in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to succeed.
Our programs incorporate:
- Scientific Inquiry
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Design Thinking
- Building Resilience through Productive Failure
- Games-based Learning
- 3D Printing and Modelling
- Coding and Arduinos
- Robotics and Engineering
- Augmented Reality and Simulated Experiences
- Scenario-based Challenges
Visit our website for details on student and teacher programs, events and announcements https://www.quantumvictoria.vic.edu.au/
Reground are on a mission to build waste free communities through circular waste collections and system change. We’ve diverted over 1 million kilograms of ground coffee from landfill to local community gardens (that’s the equivalent of over 30 million lattes!).
We’ve also recovered 43,00 kilograms of chaff and 128,000 kilograms of soft plastic. Reground is helping to lead the way in waste and recycling education through work with local and state governments, businesses, apartment buildings and schools.
By doing so we’re helping to keep the benefits of resource recovery within the local community!
Robogals Monash will be exhibiting their classic Lego Robots activities and new Arduino coding challenges. These activities aim to give both primary and secondary students a basic introduction into coding and coding concepts through the Lego Robot activities, and expand on existing coding skills through the Arduino coding challenges.
These activities also actively showcase different disciplines of engineering in practice, giving students a taste of mechatronics, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering to name a few. Our volunteers are current engineering students at Monash University from different engineering disciplines, and can answer all questions students may have regarding studying engineering at university and engineering in general.
Safe journeys, every time!' This is what we strive for at Safe Transport Victoria.
As the safety regulator for commercial passenger vehicles, busses and maritime, our role is to inspire confidence and safety every time someone uses one of these services.
Across these industries, we engage, educate and enforce all in the name of safety. We also manage compliance, accreditation and registration.
As an intelligence-led regulator, we are agile to technological disruptions in the market and responsive to community expectations and needs.
We believe safety and trust go hand in hand: when the public feels safe, this builds trust in these industries and in us.
The St John Ambulance CPR Lab experience uses fun tech to teach or refresh your CPR in just 10 minutes – see your results instantly on screen via Bluetooth-connected manikins! This is all part of the St John mission to save more lives with CPR and defibrillation. Everyone, including children, should know these life skills - it’s easy to learn!
SportsGrad Members have landed over 320+ jobs in the sports industry!
Yep, 320+ people living the dream.
This is exactly what we do, we help people land dream jobs they LOVE in sport.
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If you like a career in sport here's how we can help:
1. Listen to the SportsGrad Podcast - there are over 233 episodes with experts who tell you how they got their job
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Otherwise, come and stop by our stall if you'd like to get started.
- Reuben & Ryan (Co-Founders)
The UK knows GREAT motorsports and is thrilled to bring the best of UK tech to the FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2023. The UK Innovation Station in the Tech Hub challenges you to see things differently and quench your thirst for new ideas. We aim to inspire creative thinkers, daring dreamers and curious scientists, all while bringing the UK-AU trade to the front of your mind.
From electric vehicles to virtual reality, come explore what the UK has on offer in Australia. Including exhibits from Micro Focus, JCB, Grimshaw, Bremont and a highlight of Australia-UK research innovation.
Road Policing Command is responsible for road safety across Victoria.
With centralised specialist resources across Enforcement, Strategy, Operations and Investigations, and Projects, Road Policing Command provides statewide support across Victoria Police to achieve desired road safety outcomes.
We also work with government and key road safety partners, including Department of Transport, Department of Justice & Community Safety and the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), and share a vision of zero deaths and serious injuries on Victorian roads by 2050.
Victoria Police is focused on prevention and enforcement, designed to deter offending and prevent death and serious injuries on our roads. Our fleet of specialised vehicles are equipped to target high-risk driving behaviours that contribute to road trauma, including speeding, impaired driving, distraction, seatbelts, unauthorised driving and intentional high-risk driving.
We are committed to keeping the community safe on our roads and driving down road trauma
Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteer-based organisation, providing emergency assistance to minimise the impact of emergencies and strengthen the community’s capacity to plan, respond, and recover when emergencies occur.
We are the control agency for flood, storm, tsunami, earthquake, and landslide throughout Victoria. We also provide the largest Road Crash Rescue network in Australia, with specialist teams in 104 of our 150 units across the state.
The Grand Prix provides a great opportunity for VICSES volunteers to engage with the community to deliver our emergency key messages, recruitment, and showcase our impressive fleet of vehicles.
Have you ever wanted to experience the exhilaration of driving a real race car? Well, VRS will have 3 of it’s SIM RIGS at the track this year where you’ll be able to jump in and get about as close as you can to the real thing… All 100% FREE!
Just stop by our demo space, jump in the sim cockpit, and go for a spin. We have many to choose from. Also, while you’re there, you can register to win our VRS DirectForce Pro 3 Pedal set valued at over $1,000AUD. Plus, we’re giving away a host of other prizes like VRS Jersey’s, a year's subscription to VRS where you can race and check your telemetry just like the professionals do, and more.
Come and see for yourself why some of the best real drivers in the world use VRS sim racing hardware to get ready before each race. See you there!
The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) is the admissions service that administers applications for tertiary courses, scholarships and the Special Entry Access Scheme on behalf of its member institutions.
VTAC is the responsible authority for the calculation of the ATAR for the universities, TAFEs and independent tertiary colleges in Victoria. Our vision is to empower, connect and support learners and institutions to enable inclusive access to higher education.
Please get in touch with us at www.vtac.edu.au to access our free resources and to better understand your future study opportunities.
The FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) is the world’s newest global motorcycle racing championship and entertainment property. Bringing the world’s best supercross athletes to iconic cities and stadiums spanning the globe, WSX promises to offer millions of supercross fans the opportunity to witness and experience a global championship.
The WSX format will introduce a legion of new fans, of all ages and backgrounds, to a unique combination of championship racing, live music and entertainment.
Historically, the FIM World Supercross Championship had been bound geographically to the USA, however this pioneering endeavour by the series commercial rights holders, SX Global, promises to elevate Supercross to a truly global motorsport, for the first time in history
