Ten free TIF tickets available for PNG and Pacific Participants – For the 2025 Tropical Innovation Festival (TIF), The Bunker offered six Gold Passes to entrepreneur and entrepreneur support structures in PNG, and this year we are extending it to ten places at the TIF for PNG and Pacific entrepreneurs.
Why provide free tickets – The reason we offer these tickets is that we have found that it is the fastest way to accelerate business growth. This is the fifth TIF, and I have seen dozens of business demonstrate this over the years. This includes myself who received a free ticket for the first TIF, and I am more than happy to give others a similar opportunity.
The Program – The program link will show you the full program. There is a welcome lunch on Sunday 22nd of June, so our Pacific group can get to know each other, and a shopping day on the week end. Choose the events that you want to attend.
Our Partners – The Bunker for this project works with Tradelinked – Cairns-PNG-Pacific and EiiC. All organisations have a long history of building relationships and trade between Cairns and the Pacific countries.
The Participants Investment – The investment that participants will need to allow for are the cost of: Visas, Travel, Accommodation in Cairns. The Bunker/Tradelinked will provide daily travel in the city area if required and is in the process of locating funding to help offset accommodation costs or find host accommodation for participants. We suggest you work with your local Chamber’s of Commerce and Government bodies to provide sponsorship for you as your business growth will have a long lasting positive effect on your local community.
Why is TIF so Successful? – There are three components of TIF; Education, Inspiration and Networking. You are exposed to so much information in a short time it will change your mindset as to getting the best out of your business opportunity. It also gives you the opportunity to network with dozens of people and build an ongoing business support structure going forward. Normally over the length of TIF there will be over 1,000 participants, around 2-300/day with multiple rooms operating at once.
What Support will I have? – We want you comfortable and to get the very best out of your investment. Prior to the event The Bunker will run several online networking coaching sessions. Y(E)P who runs TIF are organising the option of a buddy system, where they introduce you to other likeminded participants before the event. We will supply transport as needed, and we will have a WhatsApp Group so everyone is connected, plus we will have some of The Bunker members helping out.
In-country Ongoing Support Post TIF – Where possible we will be working with local in-country support organisations to give you Post TIF support to encourage strong business growth. We encourage leaders in Government organisations, Chambers of Commerce and Entrepreneur hubs to apply for free TIF tickets.