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Qantas Holds Tech Talk in the Skies During Australian Start-Up Flight

Marisa Garcia

Photo Credit: Qantas 'Ideas That Travel' flight to San Francisco will promote Australian startups and host the world's first TEDx Tech Talk in the sky. Qantas

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Qantas promotes Australian leaders in technology and science with a special tour of Silicon Valley, and inspires passengers onboard with the world's first Tech Talk in the sky. Helping startups is the new startup for the aviation industry. We’re not sure what to make of this trend yet. Give us a minute.

Qantas coordinated the world’s first in-flight Tech Talk on flight 73 departing from Sydney to San Francisco, as part of an initiative to promote the strengths and capabilities of Australian innovators in technology and science helping them make links in Silicon Valley. Called ‘Ideas That Travel’ the Tech Talk was coordinated in partnership with TEDxSydney and will feature four Australian technology and science innovators who share their vision for the future of technology and design in a series of talks held in the nose of the Qantas B747. "The talks will be live-streamed to passengers via the in-fl

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