Citation - Graeme Wood - UQ News - The University of Queensland The Graeme Preston Foundation for Life was created to honor, celebrate and pass along Graeme's infectious, unflagging spirit. Danny has been recognised through many awards including a Churchill Fellowship, RMIT Alumnus of the Year, EY Social Entrepreneur of the Year, UN PRI Social Investment Pioneer and the Medal of the Order of Australia.He has degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Business Administration, a Certificate IV in outdoor education and he did a half day beekeeping course many years ago. From offering scholarships to deserving youth, to helping local families who have suffered an . He played his last Tests against Pakistan and the West Indies in 1988-89, when recalled . Repurposing of the industrial buildings is complete. The Wood Foundation | Home Bourgogne-Franche-Comt. Report this profile Report Report. Entrepreneur Graeme Wood is set for a massive payday after Expedia launched a bid for Wotif.com Holdings yesterday. Plus, your basement might feel slightly warmer if it were built from wood rather than concrete. For more than 30 years, environmental campaigner Dr Barry Traill has been at the forefront of environmental protection in Australia, working as a research ecologist, consultant to industry and advocate. (SMHS) / Fiona Wood Foundation (CAHS) Greater Perth Area. I have rights of audience in all courts in England and Wales the Republic of Ireland and courts of the European Union. He was Suncorp Queenslander of the Year in 2008, and . Mr Wood is the founder and Chief Executive of WildMob, a not-for-profit, non-political organization that coordinates volunteers for environmental projects in remote and iconic Australian destinations. Currently managing director of the progressive Graeme Wood Foundation, and director of Spring Bay Mill once home to the worlds largest wood chip mill repurposed and rejuvenated as an events space for arts, music, politics and ecology. Foundation Support; Global Leadership Awards; About Us. In other words, you are constantly open to and searching for left-field ideas that can bring the future victory forward. "And it's really only the elites of the gaming and music industries that can afford voice actors and professional audio mastering today, but Replica and SuperRes aim to make them accessible to everybody.". Sam led the management buyout of Axieo (now DKSH) a leading supplier of functional products for the food, life sciences and agriculture sector and served as President of Chemistry Australia. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and teaches at Yale University. And he hasn't made it into Wayne Swan's terrible trio of greedy rich people who oppose the Gillard government. Mr Wood is co-founder and chairman of The University of Queensland Endowment Fund (UQef), Director of The Graeme Wood Foundation and Founder and Chief Executive of WildMob. The US-based travel booking giant is bidding $3.30 a share in a deal valuing the company Wood founded at $703 million. Danny was the inaugural Social Entrepreneur in Residence at RMIT, the founder and former CEO of Engineers Without Borders Australia and is the co-founder and Chair of the Impact Investment Group. When Wood decided to back The Guardian he said there was room for both, and that he really supported independent quality journalism which he saw as a foundation of a healthy and civil society. THE PASSION FILMSis a series of intimate short films, capturing some of Australias most exciting actors in exclusive, commissioned performances, exploring and re-imagining key texts and modes of performance in contemporary settings. Social-media confusion ensued. Graeme Wood is a staff writer for The Atlantic. Graeme Wood, best known for founding hotel booking site Wotif.com, has teamed with an Australian entrepreneur who sold his last company to Twitter to form a venture capital fund, targeted at making Brisbane a hub for artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the entertainment industry. While the closure of TGM isnt the positive start to the year the Australian media industry had hoped for, it shouldnt be considered a knock-out punch. Wood may not have ever run for office but he has arguably had more political clout by making Australias biggest ever political donation of $1.6 million in 2010 to the Greens. My husband had read about Gudelon in France Today; we dreamed of visiting the site. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. The organisation unlocks the creative potential of young people through experiential learning in the performing arts, through programs such as WotOpera. We at Spring Bay Mill are deep in the planning of Project Rewilding a national project to mobilise abundant Natural Capital Funds to scale the many dedicated but under-resourced groups engaged in ecosystem regeneration. The mill was processing 600,000 tons of forest residue per annum, or about 100,000 trees clear felled every year. Graeme Wood Profile: Contact Information & Network | PitchBook The New Daily, which launched in November 2013, is part-funded by a new player, the industry superfunds network. He is the founder of online travel site Wotif.com and has made investments in media, including backing The Guardian Australia and founding The Global Mail. Need an excuse for a walk on the wild side? Pacific Biotechnologies (Australia) Pty Ltd 2023, 8/663 Victoria Street Abbotsford VIC 3067. Europa Lawyers. Entrepreneur Graeme Wood is set for a massive payday after Expedia launched a bid for Wotif.com Holdings yesterday. Don't delete me. Second, understand that environmental vandals are generally stubborn conservatives who are easily outflanked by nimble, creative campaigners. In 2011, Wood acquired the Triabunna Woodchip Mill in Tasmania. Graeme Wood is the creator and co-founder, Wotif.com in 2000. "We need our best software engineers starting companies, and not enough of them do," Mr Phillips said. Journalist Graeme Wood, author of "The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State," takes a minute to discuss the difference between ISIS and al Qaeda, and if ISIS has truly been defeated. JUDGE & MENTOR Regeneration of the natural ecosystem began in 2018. Graeme Wood's Global Mail felled by financial reality - The Conversation But with The Guardian he was up-front: he wanted the Australian edition to make money. We support initiatives that will lead to pollution reduction, natural ecosystem regeneration and the scaling of democratic action opposed to political elitism and corruption. But with the mill rendered inoperable and owned by environmentalists, the question was: What next?. His expertise is in contract (commercial and consumer), commercial and business law, equitable claims and disputes, common law including professional and non-professional negligence and cross border law and practice including EU Law. Hes a self-confessed serial entrepreneur. This is used to get the current Tailwind screen. According to reports, Wood initially pledged A$15 million to the project and expected nothing immediately in return apart from quality journalism, saying in 2011: I think eventually therell be a financial business model for this sort of thing, but it aint there yet. Graeme Wood | Saxton Speakers document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Postal Address:Suite 302, Level 3, 135 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Vancouver-based Wealth One Bank fined for anti-money laundering violations. His book The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State (Random House, 2017) was a Foreign Affairs "Best Book of the Year" and won the Canadian Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction. Colin is the Chief Executive Officer at the Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO). Graeme Wood is one of Queensland's most successful entrepreneurs and a national leader in philanthropy for education, arts, the environment and youth. Wood says he became a serial entrepreneur in the 1980s. Graeme Wood (left) and Stephen Phillips are funding an AI lab in Brisbane via their Mawson Venture Capital fund. 'Wotif' you too could make a cool $155 million in one business day? He was keen on graduates in physics, mathematics and electrical engineering in particular, as they had proven most adept at unpacking and applying the algorithms in the publicly accessible academic papers behind Google WaveNet. 2012 Successful opening of a new independent school with Ofsted approval. After the failure of the Global Mail, Wood emerged as the backer of the Australian arm of British media organisation The Guardian. He has a passion for sustainability, innovation, and disruptive technologies. New College is not a weak target, and if Christopher Rufo wants to challenge an entrenched bureaucracy, then he will have a fair fight. The Graeme Wood Foundation has supported the establishment of the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research. [10] In January 2013, Wood became a prominent backer of the digital arm of British newspaper The Guardian in Australia,[11] which he said would add quality and diversity to Australian media and foster a closer interaction with the rest of the world. He founded the websites Wotif.com and The Global Mail. The deal sparked controversy in the Apple Isle because Cameron and Wood, both passionate environmentalists, plan to turn the mill into an eco resort in about five years time. Mike Holmes: Here's what I think is the best material for building a Graeme Wood, Wotif.com founder Graeme Wood revolutionised the travel industry in Australia when he created the concept for, and cofounded, Wotif.com in 2000. The Graeme Wood Foundation engages in campaigns and investments that help shape a more sustainable future. Bourgogne-Franche-Comt is a region of east-central France, created in 2016 through administrative reorganisation from Burgundy and Franche-Comt. May 30, 2022. And The Guardian, under the editorship of Katharine Viner, proved to be the publication of choice, attracting close to 1.2 million browsers per month in October last year to place it inside Australias top ten news websites. He has a passion for sustainability, technology, and business transformation. Graeme holds an Honorary Doctorate in Economics from the University of Queensland and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012. The foundations grant will go towards supporting our sailing programs in 2020. In 1999, he founded the online travel website Wotif.com, and later founded Wotnews, which evolved into We Are Hunted that was sold to Twitter in 2013. We acknowledge the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. With Junior and Open categories, mentorships, prizes and a premiere event held in Tasmania. Wotif founder Graeme Wood's plan to shift Brisbane into the AI era with Mr Wood has used his entrepreneurial skills, his wealth and his position to give back to the community and raise the profile of philanthropy in Australia. Her commercial experience includes marketing roles at Foxtel, and within advertising agencies across leading global brands including Microsoft, WWF and O2 mobile. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which our events and activities are held. Murdoch University. From naturalist to philanthropist with Dr Barry Traill. VERY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, BAIN STEWART See the film, here. His career started in information technology beginning with NCR and later IBM. Spring Bay Mill: It is hard to believe this was once a woodchip mill. VERY SHORT FILM FESTIVALis a national competition open to everyone to get creative with their storytelling in film. Hey there film lovers! Graeme Wood's $140 million payday: Nine things you - SmartCompany Sam also served as President of Chemistry Australia and on several other boards throughout his career. Mr Wood retired from his role of CEO and Managing Director of Wotif.com in 2007 and is now a director of the company. In March 2010, he gifted $15 million towards a sustainable building to house a new University of Queensland institute that will target solutions for problems linked to global-scale change. The Tasmanian forest industry is up in arms about the deal, believing it threatens the future of native logging and the states timber industry. Rothwell Biodiversity Solutions and the Odonata Foundation which specialise in threatened species and biodiversity recovery programs. To counter this, Mawson has bankrolled an "AI lab" in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, which offers graduates a salary, angel funding to co-found a company, mentoring and administrative support, including subsidised computing power through Amazon Web Services' "Activate Program", on which Mr Phillips said $1 million was spent in 2018. TGM attracted criticism upon launch for its unique side-scrolling layout, leading to a sweeping re-design in October 2012. Wood holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Information Systems. He also had a fine 1981-82 season. ABOUT - Artology She has worked with leading Australian arts and cultural organisations such as: Executive Director of Performance Space, CEO of Sydney Mardi Gras, Director Arts Organisations at the Australia Council, Executive Producer at the National Art School, and has held senior leadership positions at La Boite Theatre Company, Bundanon Trust, Australian Theatre for Young People, Belvoir Street Theatre, Circa Ensemble, Sydney Film Festival and the Australian Film Commission. VERY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, JUSTIN KURZEL The US-based travel booking giant is bidding $3.30 a share in a deal valuing the company Wood founded at $703 million. Louie Douvis, "In AI in particular, the universities or CSIRO are grabbing all the best graduates and holding them.". Graeme Wood AM is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and environmentalist who has more wins than failures so far. Graeme Wood, a staff writer for The Atlantic, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss why he thinks America has forgotten to forgive people for their past mistakes and errors, and some of the negative . Threats of compulsory acquisition floated through the ether. Wood regularly opened for Australia until the end of the 1985 Ashes tour. Graeme remains happily involved in a number of start-ups and provides support through the Graeme Wood Foundation where his philanthropic interests include environmental sustainability, the arts, and public interest journalism. Its varied portfolio of work focusses on three key strands: Venture philanthropy transforming livelihoods in Sub Saharan Africa, developing young people in Scotland, and facilitating economic development in Scotland. Graeme was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012. It also attracted readers not the click-baiters who read a headline, click and run but those who stay on site for between five and ten minutes. Share this with your friends Making Waves Foundation test There are artiliers set up for showing how fabric was dyed by hand, paint made from natural resources (vegetables, plants), wood craft using tools as in the Middle Ages, pottery hand thrown on a manual wheel and fired on hand-made kiln, etc. Fostering creativity enriches lives and society. [10] His executive experience is rounded out with significant experience in the development of sales and marketing strategies, with experience in the markets of Australia, USA, Europe, Japan, Singapore, China, Korea, Hong Kong and the Middle East. Wood still owns 19.7% of Wotif, valuing his share at $138 million. Why did the police care? More recently he led the management buyout of Axieo (now DKSH) a leading supplier of functional products for the food, life sciences and agriculture sectors. Chancellor, in recognition of excellence in business and innovation in the travel and tourism industry and for his visionary philanthropy, I present to you Mr Graeme Wood, Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Information Systems from The University of Queensland, for the award of Doctor of Economicshonoris causabestowed by the Senate of The University of Queensland. Nigel is the CEO of Tiverton Rothwell Partners and Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund having a long history in the property industry including agriculture, natural capital and urban development with a focus on sustainability and regenerative practice. First, get involved in real campaigning, not just digital signatures to online campaigns. There are no great surprises in the announcement by Wotif founder and philanthropist Graeme Wood that he will no longer fund not-for-profit online journalism venture The Global Mail (TGM). Like many people during the pandemic, he preferred to limit his human contact. Graeme Wood - AEGN Theyre all old enough and wise enough to know that journalisms fortunes have long been tied to economic business models (of the private or public kind). He also helped Gavin Larkin create and launch the charity R U OK?. Tamara brings commercial and non profit sector experience to the team, with a career that spans over 20 years. Mr Wood and Stephen Phillips, the fellow Queenslander whose hit-prediction software service We Are Hunted he seeded before it was sold to Twitter in 2013, have poured $2.5 million each in to Mawson Ventures. Her creative projects including screenwriting for film and television and she throws her hat in the ring for stand up comedy (amateur!). Also, wood foundation walls could be prefabricated, which could help cut costs. The Graeme Preston Foundation supports individuals and groups who demonstrate and uphold the principles by which Graeme lived. Launched in 2020 with the deadline for the first festival in May 2021. RIP Linda King Newell, a friend and teacher, and "the boldest Mormon feminist historian of the late 20th century". Project Rewilding was instigated because we know this is the only way to save our precious ecosystems at our doorstop and therefore our one and only planet.