Some interesting speakers are lined up to speak at the region’s peak business networking group in coming months.
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Wollongong born Australian best selling author Nikki Gemmell is the next guest of The Illawarra Connection on June 5 at the Novotel.
Ms Gemmell is the author of 13 fiction and 5 non-fiction books including her best-selling "The Bride Stripped Bare".
Nick Hartgerink will interview her on a range of topics such as conquering the literary world and how her relationship with and the loss of her mother has been formative in her views on euthanasia.
At the following dinner on August 7 the keynote speaker is The Mentor himself Mark Bouris who is also the executive chairman of Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management.
Meanwhile a recent push for Wollongong to be considered as an ideal home for Google Australia’s headquarters has prompted TIC and iAccelerate program manager John Kerr to remind the Illawarra community that University of Wollongong’s business incubator is also a great facility to encourage and nurture entrepreneurs.
TIC president Graham Lancaster said members could demonstrate their support for sustaining the region as an ideal location for startups and SMEs by taking up an invitation from Mr Kerr to tour iAccelerate this Wednesday or Thursday.
Mr Lancaster said it would be a chance to see some interesting businesses in various stages of development.
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Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
