8.00am | Registrations & Networking |
9.00am | Welcome Mihi Whakatau: Ngāi Tūāhuriri Louisa Taylor, General Manager, Canterbury Tech |
9.35am | Opening Address: Graeme Muller, CEO, NZTech |
9.45am | Opening Keynote Speaker | Sponsored by ASX Owning the Future: Intellectual Property vs the World How AI is reshaping the future of IP, scientific research and the future of knowledge Melissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM |
10.30am | XO Recruitment Morning Tea Facilitated Networking - A simple way to make valuable connections |
11.30am | Stream 1: Electrify Everything A cherry farmer goes from electrifying his whole farm to challenging us to electrify 10 million fossil fuel machines by 2030 Mike Casey, CEO, Rewiring Aotearoa Stream 2: Innovation as a science Can you predict what might succeed and what might fail? Hear about Doblin's Ten Types of Innovation model and explore its application through the lens of innovative product development. James Bergin, Executive General Manager of Technology Research & Advocacy, Xero Stream 3: Agentic AI - A new frontier? Join a discussion on the realities and possibilities of this emerging technology Casey Orr, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS Rik Roberts, Co-Founder & CTO, Inde |
12.20pm | Stream 1: Securing your success Cybersecurity and data protection strategies as you scale for global markets Dimitri Souleliac, Director of Cybersecurity Consulting, Coresilium Stream 2: From laptop to supercomputer In the heart of your laptop are the same components you find in the big supercomputers that are used to crack the world's toughest problems. But clearly, your phone or TV can't be used for such extremely demanding tasks. So, why is it the same, but also different? Ruud van der Pas, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Oracle Stream 3: Christchurch's regenerative economic ambition - Technologies that can save the world? Hear from two local and highly innovative companies with big visions working towards waste and energy transition and join the discussion on how Christchurch can achieve its new strategy to become a regenerative economy Sam Kivi, Co-Founder & CTO, Grid Share Harmaan Raj Madon, Founder, Alimentary Systems |
1.00pm | TTC Global Lunch & Networking |
2.00pm | Stream 1: Digital Transformation Masterclass | Sponsored by Smudge Approaches to digital strategy, platform modernisation and creating contagious commitment to change in teams Elsamari Botha, MBA Director, UC Business School Michelle Shields, Founder & Consultant, Fulcrum Associates Nikolai Blackie, Principal Architect & Co-Founder, Adaptiv Integration Stream 2: NZ's year for FinTech Innovation Opportunities for developers and businesses to think differently about payments, finance and even banking. With massive changes in open banking protocols, NZ's first stable coin and security protocols, there are endless new possibilities for Kiwis Louise Macfarlane, Head of Customer Success, Easy Crypto Adrian Smith, Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder, BlinkPay Stream 3: Product in Motion: What does good look like? An interactive session Hear about the product thinking transition of this business partnership as they take the participants through an interactive assessment and mapping exercise to use for their own business and teams Tasneem Gould, CEO & Co-Founder, GSD Alliance Matt Duffy, Head of Product, Grade Control Applications, Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies |
2.50pm | Stream 1: Member not Vendor Showcasing how our global healthtech product community model has supported our growth and impact Stella Ward, CEO, Streamliners Stream 2: Continuous Integration - Continuous Deployment - move fast and break nothing Unraveling the intricacies of CI/CD and the how can it be turbocharged by AI tools Sam Sehnert, Chief Technical Officer, Custom D Stream 3: What is behind great software and App design? An interactive session using the concept of Balance to deliver successful App development Reuben Bijl, Managing Director, Smudge |
3.30pm | Eagle Technology Afternoon Tea & Networking |
4.15pm | Stream 1: Data, data and more data Businesses need to shift from overwhelming volumes of data to actionable insights, enabling everyone to extract true value without needing a statistics degree Sophie Bolton, Head of Emergency Management, Foodstuffs South Island Stream 2: AI for Developers Masterclass: From RAGs to riches How to stop experimenting, training and testing with Retrieval Augmentation Generation and finally get your AI models in commercial production even in regulated industries like healthcare Grant Patterson, Principal Solutions Architect, Elastic Eduard Liebenberger, Chief Technology Officer, Streamliners |
5.00pm | Closing Keynote Speaker | Sponsored by AWS World class collaboration: A story of how to change the world through working together Graham Grant, Chief Executive Officer, Seequent |
5.25pm | Wrap Up & Closing Remarks: Canterbury Tech |
5.45pm | Enable Networking Drinks & Nibbles |
6.45pm | Event Finishes |