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Welcome to our Exciting and vibrant coworking space, located in Adelaide's South Eastern CBD

02/11/2026

Our extensive scientific research (walking around the building at 12:30pm) shows most people eat lunch hunched over a keyboard. We are putting a stop to it 🥪

Lunch & Link is on Wednesday 18 November at The Innovation Factory, 12:00pm to 1:30pm.

No slides, no keynote and nobody making you share a fun fact about yourself. Just good food and a table full of members and friends from across the community.

https://events.humanitix.com/lunch-and-link-november-member-lunch

29/10/2026

October 2020. The Innovation Factory opened its doors at 60 Halifax Street.

Nine months later, it was full.

So a second location opened on King William Street. That one filled in four months.

Today we are back at our original home on Halifax Street, refreshed and reimagined, with private offices, desks and meeting rooms for businesses at every stage.

We tell you this partly to brag, and partly because good space in this building does not sit empty for long.

Ask Lukas Le what is available right now: [email protected]

27/10/2026

Need a C*D business address, but not a desk every day? 📬

A Virtual Office at The Innovation Factory gives your business an address at 60 Halifax Street, Adelaide, with mail handling, so your clients see a C*D address instead of your home one.

When you do need a desk or a meeting room, we are here.

Email Lukas Le at [email protected] to find out more or book a tour.

25/10/2026

On Thursday, around 1,100 business owners, founders and operators will sit inside Adelaide Town Hall and hear, from people who have already spent the money, what AI is actually returning.

That matters more than most people realise. Nearly every business is now paying for AI in some form, through software, subscriptions or staff time. Very few can say whether it is paying them back. McKinsey's 2026 State of AI survey found only 37% of respondents could point to any impact on profit.

The businesses that work this out first will not announce it. They will quote faster, answer customers sooner and show up when someone asks AI for a recommendation. Their competitors will notice later, usually in the numbers.

This is the one afternoon this year where Adelaide gets Minister Chris Picton, Toby Walsh, Anton van den Hengel, Clayton Cross and Jack Bear on one stage, talking about what has worked and what has not. Melbourne and Sydney did not have a seat left on the day.

If you are still deciding whether to go, you are probably the person who most needs to be there.

📅 Thursday 29 October 2026
📍 Adelaide Town Hall
🕚 Doors 11:00am, programme 12:00pm to 3:00pm
🎟 30% off with ADELAIDE30 at opensummit.ai/adelaide

22/10/2026

💘 Name: The Innovation Factory
Age: Opened October 2020, so still young
Location: Leafy southeast corner of the Adelaide C*D
Looks: Former shoe factory. High ceilings, original walls. Great bones.
Into: Coffee & Connections mornings, member lunches with no presentations and no agenda, people who reply to emails
Looking for: A business that has outgrown the spare room. Must be comfortable with other people saying good morning.
Dealbreaker: Taking calls on speaker in shared spaces

Swipe right by emailing Lukas Le at [email protected] for a tour.

21/10/2026

Slatters made shoes inside 60 Halifax Street. 👞

Today the old shoe factory in the leafy southeast corner of the Adelaide C*D is home to founders, small businesses, investors and professionals. The high ceilings and original walls stayed. The production line did not.

What replaced it: private offices, permanent desks, hot desks and meeting rooms, in a building with more character than any glass tower on King William Street.

Come and see it for yourself. Email Lukas Le at [email protected] to book a tour.

18/10/2026

Ask ChatGPT for the best accountant, builder or café in Adelaide. Now ask it about your industry.

If your business is not in the answer, nobody rings to tell you...the customer simply goes somewhere else.

The National AI Centre found 44% of Australian small and medium businesses were using AI in some form in February 2026. The more honest number sat underneath it. Nearly one in five said they simply do not know how to use AI in their business.

That is not a technology problem. It is a "nobody has shown me" problem.

On Thursday 29 October, Open Summit AI brings a session called Getting Found in the Age of AI to Adelaide Town Hall, with Jack Bear from Norg AI, a company built around exactly this question. Toby Walsh, Anton van den Hengel and Minister Chris Picton are also on the programme.

30% off with ADELAIDE30 at opensummit.ai/adelaide

16/10/2026

Signs you are using a café as your office ☕

☕ You have bought four flat whites to justify one table
📞 You have taken a client call next to the coffee grinder
🔌 You know where every power point is better than you know your own business plan

The Innovation Factory at 60 Halifax Street has hot desks, permanent desks and private offices, plus meeting rooms for the calls that matter.

You can still buy the flat white. You just do not have to.

Book a tour with Lukas Le: [email protected]

13/10/2026

NOW HIRING 📢

Role: Chief Listening Officer
Location: Adelaide Town Hall
Date: Thursday 29 October 2026
Hours: 12:00pm to 3:00pm (doors 11:00am)
Pay: You pay them $129.50 (use code ADELAIDE30), which is still the best deal on this job board.

Duties
✅ Sit in a very nice chair inside Adelaide Town Hall
✅ Listen to Minister Chris Picton, Toby Walsh and Anton van den Hengel talk about AI
✅ Go back to the office on Friday and act like you knew all of it already

Requirements
No technical background. Open Summit AI was very clear about this.
Must survive three hours without checking your inbox. Most applicants fail here.

How to apply
opensummit.ai/adelaide with code ADELAIDE30 for 30% off.

Applications close when the Town Hall is full. Melbourne and Sydney have already filled their positions.

13/10/2026

Dear Kitchen Table,

We need to talk.

You have been there for me through every Zoom call, every spreadsheet and every lunch eaten over the keyboard.

But I need more. I need a meeting room that is not also where we eat dinner. I need people to talk to who are not the dog. I need a door that closes.

It is not you, it is me. Actually, it is a bit you. Your chairs are terrible.

I have found someone else. They live at 60 Halifax Street, they are called The Innovation Factory and they have private offices, desks and meeting rooms with no cereal boxes in the background.

Please do not make this hard.

If this letter feels personal, Lukas can show you around.
📧 [email protected]

Address

60 Halifax Street
Adelaide, SA
5000

Telephone

+61870823897

Website

https://theinnovationfactory.com.au/

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