Gold Coast’s brand-new eBook, The Imagination Collective, was recently unveiled at AIME, and is a collection of stories about the people, the industries and the growing IQ in the burgeoning city.
This launch comes as Destination Gold Coast pushes ahead with the next phase of its business events strategy to profile the city’s changing profile as a hub for innovation.
Business leaders, entrepreneurs, academics and industry experts are the first to be featured in this inaugural version. These include neuroradiologists Hal Rice and Laetitia de Villiers, business leader Rebecca Frizelle, and disability advocate and 2021 Queenslander of the Year Dinesh Palipana.
The Imagination Collective also features brothers, Adam and James Gilmour of Gilmour Space Technologies, who are emerging as a world leader in hybrid rocket technology, as well as Queensland-based journalist, Kathy Kruger, who is driving collaborations and investment into the pioneering work underway at the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct.
Destination Gold Coast’s head of business events Selina Sinclair said these stories will show Gold Coast’s diverse economy and the talented people behind the scenes who are doing extraordinary things that can be leveraged to attract more business events.
“The book is not only a collection of stories about the knowledge, innovation and creativity growing in our city but celebrates many of the Gold Coast’s most famous and beloved destinations,” Sinclair said.
This initiative comes off the back of the launch of the revitalised Gold Coast ambassador’s programme, BE Connected Gold Coast, which includes leaders from the valuable academic and scientific world, in addition to a new generation of industry leaders, thought leaders and game changers who are driving change, growing their industries, and helping to move the city forward.
