We’ve got you covered with a list of exciting events happening on and off campus this November and December, including both free and paid events for QUT Alumni.
Executive MBA Information Evening
Whatever your career ambition, a QUT Executive MBA will help you make it real. Designed for experienced professionals and executives, the Executive MBA will help you elevate your leadership potential and make a real difference in your organisation and community.
Join us at our information evening to meet our team and discover how a QUT Executive MBA can support your ambitions and help you take the next step in your leadership journey.
Whether you’re actively considering an Executive MBA or simply interested in learning more, the evening is a chance to gain first-hand insights into the program and what it could mean for you.
In person:
- Date: Tuesday 17 November
- Time: 5:30pm – 7pm
- Price: FREE (Free parking available on campus for event attendees).
- Location: Executive Education Centre, Level 5, B Block, QUT Gardens Point campus
- Find out more and register
Online:
- Date: Thursday 19 November
- Time: 6pm – 7pm
- Price: FREE
- Location: Online (a Zoom link will be sent by email registration)
- Find out more and register
QUT Commercialisation Club - Excolo! Pitching Competition Grand Final
Now in its fifth year, The QUT Excolo! program supports QUT researchers to explore pathways for translating research into products, services, ventures and other forms of impact. Watch Highlights from the 2025 Excolo! Grand Final.
Our six finalist teams have now been selected and will deliver a 5-minute pitch for a share of $200,000 in investment funding to progress their research concept.
- Muster - A Robot Sharing Marketplace
- Supercapacitors, Reimagined
- TangiEcoTale - A Tangible Technology for a Pro-Environmental Future
- Autonomous Flood Intelligence System
- One Surface, Two Purposes, More Value
- HX - Adaptive Handcycle Trainer.
Our judging panel brings expertise from across the innovation ecosystem, with experience spanning entrepreneurship, investment, commercialisation, venture growth and innovation leadership. The panel will select the Champion and Runner Up winners, while the audience will vote for the People's Choice winner.
- Date: Thursday 19 November
- Time: 4pm – 7:30pm
- Price: FREE
- Location: Room Three Sixty, Y Block Level 10, QUT Gardens Point Campus
- RSVP: by Monday 16 November
- Find out more and register
2026 e-Grad School Global Conference: Translating innovation into global impact
The e-Grad School Global Conference series provides an international platform for graduate researchers to engage with emerging trends, connect with global experts, and explore the broader impact of their work.
Building on the momentum of previous conferences, the free, one-day 2026 e-Grad School Global Conference will focus on how cutting edge research is translated into innovation, impact, and real world change locally and globally.
- Date: Tuesday 24 November
- Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
- Price: FREE
- Location: Live and online
- Find out more and register
Nonprofit State of Play Survey Results Launch
Join Windsor Group and QUT for the official release of the Nonprofit State of Play Survey Results on Tuesday 1 December.
Drawing on insights from nonprofit employees and volunteers across Australia, this landmark research provides a snapshot of the challenges, opportunities and emerging trends shaping the sector today.
Presented by Professor Cameron Newton, the session will explore:
*The current state of the nonprofit workforce
*Volunteer engagement, attraction and retention trends
*Key challenges facing organisations across the sector
*Insights into employee experiences and expectations
*Practical recommendations to help organisations navigate the future
This event will provide valuable data and actionable insights to support your strategic planning and decision-making.
Be among the first to access the findings and hear what nonprofit professionals across Australia are telling us about the future of the sector.
- Date: Tuesday 1 December
- Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- Price: FREE
- Location: Level 4, B Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus
- Find out more and register
QUT Leadership Institute Global Executive Immersion program
QLI LeadLab global executive immersion program is 7 immersive days across Brisbane and Singapore, learning alongside our Leaders in Residence David Moffatt, John Bertrand AO and Najoh Tita-Reid, with Institute Fellows and Expert Arena members sharing their expertise throughout.
The week is designed around three themes.
- Navigating the Currents. Leading through uncertainty, reading the signals early and making the call when the precedent is thin.
- Shaping the Horizon. Influence beyond your own organisation, across stakeholders, sectors and the Asia Pacific region. In Singapore it's investing time inside a living lab for innovation where government and industry trial new thinking at scale and what works moves quickly.
- Lighting the Way. Building an organisation that outlasts you, through culture, governance and succession.
This program is for chief executives and executive directors, chairs and non-executive directors, and senior leaders two or three years from the C-suite, across business, government and not-for-profit.
- Applications close 30 November 2026
- Find out more and register
Looking ahead:
QUT Future of Sport Conference 2027
Technology is changing sport. So is what we understand about people and performance. QUT Future of Sport Conference will bring together leaders from sport, industry, government and research to explore what comes next for sport towards Brisbane 2032 and beyond.
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