Nicola Amey

Workshop: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem with Digital Landscape Tools for Inclusion and Diversity

Nicole Amey is the 2022 Teens in Business Australian Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year, 2023 The Next Gen Awards Innovative Educator of the Year Finalist and 2023 Hinkler Series Innovation finalist. She is the Year 12 Coordinator and Humanities teacher who drives innovation for young people at Kepnock State High School, Bundaberg, as well as building community engagement and strengthening the local innovation system. Nicole delivers entrepreneurial programmes through extra-curricular or programmes aligned with the Humanities curriculum. Nicole is an intrapreneur, seeking to be involved in codesigning entrepreneurial programmes and the development of a Global Entrepreneurial Credential. 

She has been recognised and contributed to national research alongside a team of Australian educators as part of the Entrepreneurial Educators Exchange (E3). Nicole has launched the local E3 Chapter events to collaborate with educators and industry to build capacity in our ecosystem to amplify entrepreneurial education, impact on employability for young people and scalability of business in the Region. Nicole is passionate about empowering young people and driving systems change.