Schools & educators
Explore collaborative projects, practitioner involvement and international learning experiences.
FOUNDERS · STUDENTS · PROFESSIONALS
Connect globally. Build what comes next.
A community shaped by Australia and Japan, opening new connections with US schools, businesses and professionals. Bring your ideas, experience and ambition.
PITCH. CONNECT. GROW.
Familiar foundations. New possibilities.
Founder communication and community remain at our heart. Our next chapter brings those strengths into collaborative projects, international learning and partnerships.
Explore Founder StageTHE INVITATION
Bring a perspective. Build something together.
Innovators Campus connects education with practical experience. We welcome students and professionals as collaborators, with room to contribute through research, design, technology, business and community work.
Businesses & organizations
Bring a practical challenge, contribute expertise or help support a program.
Professionals & students
Share what you know, learn from others and contribute to a team working toward a useful outcome.
GLOBAL REACH · LOCAL DELIVERY
Start with a connection. Make it real in Japan.
Our global initiative develops international relationships, with an initial focus on US schools, businesses and professionals. Innovators Campus Japan provides localized implementation through PW KK.
GLOBAL / DFI
Relationships & program development
Connect partners, shape opportunities and bring people together.
JAPAN / PW KK
Local coordination & participation
Adapt activities, connect local communities and support delivery.
FIRST CONVERSATIONS
Help shape the first collaboration.
We are inviting partners to develop a focused pilot: a real challenge, a mixed team, regular feedback and a result participants can share.
Explore program conceptsFROM OUR COMMUNITY
The work that brought us together.
Explore original articles and event stories by Matt Ainsworth.
FROM THE ARCHIVE · BY MATT A
Why Your Pitch Loses the Room in the First 60 Seconds
Workshop notes on listening, persuasion and communicating a business idea.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE · BY MATT A
World-Ready Pitch Night – 1 July 2026
A cross-border pitch format hosted by Matt Ainsworth and Thom Peace, with Ryan Ahamer as guest judge.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE · BY MATT A
Five Storytelling Frameworks That Work in Any Room
A session with Matt Ainsworth, Thom Peace and David Castillo at Venture Cafe Tokyo.
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Meet Thom and Ryan.
Learn about our current direction, our organizational home and the people who helped build Innovators Campus.
About Innovators Campus