Aerospace Elevate
Learn how to start a air and/or space business and validate a market in
our 2-day workshop
Dates: 28-29 October 2025
Cicada Innovations, South Eveleigh NSW
Applications Now Open for Aerospace Elevate
2-day business fundamentals workshop for early-stage innovators in aerospace, defence, and space.
Do you have an idea, see a market opportunity, or want to solve a real-world problem in aerospace or space science?
Aerospace Elevate is a hands-on 2-day workshop designed for researchers, technologists, and early-stage founders working on emerging technologies (TRL 1–3).
Whether you're shaping a concept or validating a problem, this workshop will help you take the next step towards commercialisation.
Facilitated by Tim Parsons, a leader in deep tech commercialisation and space innovation, this workshop will help you:
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Uncover your ideal customers and understand their needs
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Map your competitive landscape
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Define and test your value proposition
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Explore practical pathways to market
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Build your business model using a startup-friendly canvas
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Craft a clear and compelling story to pitch your vision
You’ll walk away with the tools, insights, and frameworks to better understand your opportunity—and the confidence to pursue it.
Meet your experts
Alex Shapilsky
Cicada Innovations
Group Executive Deep Tech
Nameeta Bhole
Cicada Innovations
Expert in residence
Sian Priest
Cicada Innovations
Group Executive Impact & Ecosystems
Application form
“Space Elevate is a great program for people considering or starting early-stage ventures. It broadly covers how to explore your ideas through a lens of product development and business… and was a stepping stone for us into the Space Fast Start program.”
— Clyde Webster, Past Participant
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The National Space Industry Hub
The National Space Industry Hub is a home for anyone with the ambition to create and launch space tech innovations. Delivered by Cicada Innovations and supported by the NSW Government, the Space Hub offers a physical space, resources, mentoring, and connections for emerging space ventures and researchers in Australia.
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