Workshops and seminars
Promoting your business
Strengthen your capability and stand out with our “Why choose your business” video series. Each one delivers practical tips in just 5 minutes. There are four short videos in the series comprising of:
- Write a strong capability statement
- Master contract delivery
- Supply into major projects
- Tender with confidence
If you find these short videos helpful and want to dig a little deeper, you can register for one of our upcoming workshops and webinars. These sessions will give you a more immersive experience with added peer to peer learning.
Business Capability Development Workshops
The department offer a series of three workshops to develop your business capability.
1. Writing an Effective Capability Statement Workshop
Help your business stand out from the crowd and improve your chance of securing contracts by attending a Queensland Government hosted capability statement workshop. These interactive workshops help businesses develop and prepare effective capability statements.
Our workshop will help you learn:
- Why a capability statement is important
- How to use your capability statement to market your product or service
- How to use your capability statement to accompany contract tender submissions
- Best-practice fundamentals for developing and drafting a powerful capability statement
- How to access the latest information on Queensland's supply chain opportunities
2. Tendering for Business Workshop
This practical and interactive workshop will help you to prepare comprehensive and conforming bids to tender for government and private sector contracts, large and small.
You’ll learn how to write an effective tender response that outlines the expertise, experience, and value-add activities of your business to procurement managers who are responsible for assessing if you are the right fit for their supply chain. In the workshop, we’ll cover:
- How to interpret tender documentation
- How to prepare responses to key criteria
- Understanding the importance of non-price criteria vs price
- Common pitfalls and traps
- Where to look for current and upcoming tendering opportunities
- How to conduct market research to maximise your chances of success.
3. Contract Delivery Workshop
Have you just put in a tender or won a contract? After a long tender process, it’s great to win a supply contract. The next step is successful delivery of the contract. This practical and interactive workshop will help you understand:
- Terms and conditions
- Contract variations
- KPIs
- Milestone payments
- Tips to support successful contract completion.
If you would like more information about these workshops, please email us or contact your Regional Office.
Learn about Cyber Security
We hosted three free webinars about how to protect your business against cyberattacks. These webinars are in no-nonsense plain English and introduce what kinds of cyber security you need to protect your business. You’ll learn more about information security management and the new edition of ISO 27001, the internationally used system for keeping businesses cyber secure.
You can’t afford to ignore cyber security. Our webinar recordings can help you develop supply chain resilience in the face of cyberattacks.
You can view the webinar recordings and the supporting information sheets below:
- Introduction to Information Security Management Webinar
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- Information Security Management and the new edition of ISO 27001 Webinar
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- Information Security Management: Developing your System Webinar
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- Managing your Cyber Security Webinar
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- Information Security in the use of Cloud Services Webinar
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- ICT Readiness For Business Continuity Webinar
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Cyber safety key resources
Cyber Safety continues to be a critical topic for businesses. We have hosted multiple joint initiatives with key agencies including The Department of Home Affairs, Cyber Wardens, Scam Watch and ID Care to deliver statewide webinars to enhance knowledge of Cyber Safety for businesses.
We encourage you to keep exploring ways to learn about and strengthen the cyber security posture of your business. The following links are a great starting point and provide a wealth of valuable, free, online information.
Australian Government – Australian Cyber Security Centre
- Ten things to know about cyber security
- Cybersecurity incident response planning: Practitioner guidance
- For access to how-to guidance and a range of resources for small business cyber security, visit cyber.gov.au.
- Keep your business secure from common cyber threats through the Small Business Hub, including the Small Business Cyber Security Guide.
- Check out the Ransomware Playbook for small and medium business
- Access the incident assessment portal at Have you been hacked?
- You can also sign up to the Australian Government’s Cyber Security Partnerships Program. As a Business Partner, you will receive monthly newsletters and ongoing access to the latest information on cyber alerts, advisors, news and targeted guidance for business.
Australian Government - Department of Home Affairs
- Check out the Australian Cyber Security Strategy 2023-2030 and the associated Action Plan on the Department of Home Affairs website.
Cyberwardens
- For further information regarding the Cyber Wardens program visit their website.
Scamwatch
Scamwatch is led by the National Anti-Scam Centre, and works across government, the private sector and the community to protect Australians from scams. Visit the Scamwatch website to:
- report a scam
- protect yourself from business impersonation scams and download a factsheet on scams impacting small business.
- learn how to stay safe using Stop. Check. Protect.
- download the Little Book of Scams, available in 20 different languages and formats.
- watch Katy’s Story about her experience of an investment scam, along with other scam stories generously shared by real victims.
You can also follow Scamwatch on Instagram for regular scam warnings.
In addition to the above, we wanted to share the following resources also referenced during our presentation:
- the National Anti-Scam Centre’s 2024 Targeting Scams Report
- the Small Business Debt Helpline
ID Care
- Make use of the Small Business Cyber Resilience Service
- ID Care offers a range of services for small businesses, organisations and run Cyber Resilience Outreach Clinics or call 1800 595 160.
Optimise your SupplyTMR profile and EOI responses Webinar
SupplyTMR is an online supplier registration platform hosted by BenchOn that intelligently matches people, products and materials directly to the suppliers who are best suited to support a project. SupplyTMR gives you safe and easy access to EOI’s, tenders and workforce contract opportunities for projects like the Department of Transport and Main Road’s Queensland Train Manufacturing Program (QTMP).
In just a few clicks, you can keep on top of all the opportunities, see others you weren’t aware of before, apply for those that match your capabilities, and control who has access to your information.
This webinar will help you learn how to use the SupplyTMR portal efficiently and how to create your profile to increase your chances of securing contract opportunities.
At this webinar, you will learn to:
- Navigate the SupplyTMR portal
- Optimise your profile on SupplyTMR
- Respond to opportunities with more success.
Learn about Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Department hosted the Exploring AI Opportunities for Your Business webinar in partnership with the National Artificial Intelligence Centre (NAIC) and SMEC AI.
AI is recognised as a critical technology for Australia’s economic prosperity, national security, and social cohesion. This session explores how AI is shaping our nation’s future, with practical insights for businesses of all sizes and industries.
Why you should watch this webinar:
- Understand how to adopt AI successfully with best practices and frameworks from NAIC to help your organisation confidently integrate AI
- Discover the unique strengths and innovations of Australia’s AI sector with case study examples
- Get practical and actionable strategies for SME’s to start their AI journey
- See how AI can boost productivity and competitiveness and act as an enabler across industries
Supplying into major projects
Understand the requirements and certifications needed to join a major supply chain
Major projects and their associated supply chains comprise a significant part of the Queensland economy, totalling 73% of GDP. There are many major projects both underway and in the pipeline for our region and through this workshop and Meet the Buyer networking session you will learn about supply opportunities and what you need to strengthen your capabilities - enabling you to become ‘business ready’ to target these opportunities. By investing your time to enhance your capability and meeting major project participants, your business will benefit!
Workshop attendees will receive a detailed toolkit and meet with major project proponents to elevate your business capability.
If you would like more information about these workshops, please email us or contact your Regional Office.
Find out more
Are you interested in finding out more about regional opportunities for your business? Submit your details via our online form for more information.
Growing our defence capabilities
With the growth of defence industries in Australia and internationally has come increased complexity in the skills needed to deliver modern equipment and services. We’re ensuring Queensland businesses have access to resources they need to fulfil defence contracts.
Subscribe to hear about upcoming Defence events and training sessions.
Last updated: 26 Mar 2026