Final chance for tickets to MADC Presents ‘Create Activity’ with Tim Kentley Klay tomorrow night

It’s the last chance to secure tickets to MADC’s revamped Speaker Series, MADC Presents –  with the first event for 2022 kicking off tomorrow night, Tuesday April 5th, hosted at The Local Taphouse with keynote speaker Tim Kentley Klay, founder of Melbourne animation studio XYZ and post house Crayon and autonomous vehicle and mobility start-ups Zoox and HYPR.

The evening will be a welcome return to post-Covid events in an informal setting comprising of a look behind the scenes of Klay’s career, following by a Q&A hosted by Matt Lawson and Sarah McGregor.

Klay is a creative and technical entrepreneur. After graduating from Swinburne, he began his career here in Melbourne, later founding the multi award-winning XYZ Studios, followed by Crayon. He eventually followed his ambition and instinct state-side, to found Zoox and then HYPR; two AI robotics companies developing mobility systems that ‘improve as they move’.

In 4 years, he built Zoox into a company valued at $3.2B, raised $800M in two rounds, hired 500 people, and filed 125 patents across software, hardware and design. Zoox was acquired by Amazon and Tim moved on to his next adventure, HYPR.

Says Sarah McGregor, director of MADC Presents: “The first MADC Presents has been a long time coming but we are so looking forward to getting together in person over a few drinks to hear about Tim’s fascinating journey with autonomous vehicles, what he’s learned along the way, where he sees things going next and how he uses creativity to solve real world problems.”

Event Details:
MADC Presents Tim Kentley Klay “Create Activity”
Date: Tuesday April 5
Time: 6.30pm for a 7pm start
Location: The Local Taphouse
Address: 184 Carlisle Street, St Kilda East
Tickets: $19 Purchase your tickets here