Regional businesses are navigating a period of significant change, from supply chain disruption and rising energy costs to evolving technology and investment needs. How regions prepare now could shape their ability to adapt, grow and support their communities in the years ahead.
Designing Regional Economies for a Time of Change, presented in partnership with Regen Labs, explores an important question:
What would it take to design regional economies that don’t just survive disruption, but thrive because of it?
Imagine it is 2028. A series of supply chain shocks has disrupted national logistics networks. Supermarket shelves are thinning, energy prices are rising and another national supply crisis is unfolding.
Yet in some regional towns, the lights stay on, the fridges remain full and local businesses continue trading. These communities are not necessarily the biggest or wealthiest. They are the ones that invested in stronger local supply chains, distributed energy, trusted business networks and enterprises deeply connected to place.
Watch this thought-provoking session to explore:
- What resilient regional economies could look like in the years ahead
- Regen Labs’ research for the NSW Government into regional business transformation and regenerative economic development
- How regional businesses, communities and institutions can move from reactive adaptation towards proactive economic transformation
- How small and medium enterprises are already strengthening local resilience through food systems, energy, circular manufacturing and community finance
The webinar also includes a panel conversation with practitioners working within regional communities.
Continue exploring with Regen Labs
Help shape a new business support tool
Regen Labs is developing a business support tool with the NSW Government and is inviting businesses to participate in feedback sessions.
To express your interest, email reece@regenlabs.au.
Creating value through local collaboration
Explore Regen Labs’ Opportunity Mapping and Collaboration Project in the Southern Highlands:
- Read the Southern Highlands case study
- Learn about the ripple effect of regional business value generation
- Download the Opportunity Mapping and Collaboration Playbook
- Discover the Highlands Homegrown Economy initiative
If your community is interested in hosting a similar workshop, contact reece@regenlabs.au.
Exploring community-focused data centre models
Regen Labs is exploring models for data centres that create greater benefits for local communities. To learn more about this work or discuss how to get involved, email reece@regenlabs.au.
Activating local investment
Regen Labs has also explored alternatives to traditional grant funding through a Regen Community Investment Fund prototype in regional South Australia and regional funder roundtables.
Speaker
Reece Proudfoot
Co-founder and Director | Regen Labs
Reece is a Co-Founder of Regen Labs, and a speaker on Regenerative Economy, Innovation and Impact Investing. Reece's work at Regen Labs sees him working alongside a new breed of "Regenerative Enterprises" - businesses with positive social, environmental and local economic impact in sectors, such as energy & carbon, food & fibre, health, education, tourism, finance, manufacturing and FMCG. He led
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