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NZTech INFORM – What will NZ look like in 2030?
Hi Readers
This week, it’s all go! I’m in Christchurch tomorrow to attend the Canterbury Tech event, then the quarterly NZTech/EDA meeting, following by an NZTech Connect Event in Wellington on Wednesday. On Thursday, our TechLeaders Executive host Minister Curran for lunch. Sprinkled in between flights and meetings there will be very little time left for emails!
Our key focus this month though is the Digital Nations Summit, in Auckland, next week. We’ve pulled the summit together to create a place for leaders in the tech sector, social sector, business and government to come together to develop a plan for New Zealand in 2030. The summit includes collaborative forums to design how we would like to see the future of education, healthcare, finance, production and society. The summit will provide excellent inputs for the yet to be announced CTO.
While there will be over 500 attendees, including nearly 200 international guests, I want to make sure we have a well balanced audience. If you know any teachers or startups that may like to attend, please drop us a note and I’ll provide a discount code for them. We have just over 20 tickets left, so don’t miss out.
Have a great week and hopefully I’ll see you at Digital Nations next week.
Graeme Muller
CEO
NZTech
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Join us at NZTech’s Connect Event in Wellington on 14 February and hear from CEO, Graeme Muller. The Auckland event is now sold out.
Attend FinTechNZ Connect Event in Christchurch 13 February. Be quick as only limited tickets are available. The Auckland event is now sold out.
Join Canterbury Tech on 13 February. Also tomorrow, NZSA hosts Wine-searcher’s Ross Brown in Auckland.
PROMOTE
Celebrate International Women’s Day with TechWomen. Join us on 8 March, as we showcase local diversity success stories in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The events are valuable for men and women, so bring a buddy.
Check out the programme for Y 2K18 on 17 February in Auckland. Read more and register here. Also, Code Club Aotearoa, Code Avengers and OMG Tech are hosting a Young Coders Showcase on 19 February at Digital Nations 2030.
Meet Google’s AI expert on 21 February in Wellington. Then register to attend AI-Day 2018 for more on how the new tech frontier is changing the world.
ADVANCE
Who is investing in, working with and considering AI? Ahead of this year’s report, AIFNZ has released this AI ecosystem infographic. Want to know more? Check out these articles.
Read how our newly appointed Executive Director, Edwina Mistry is on a mission to create more opportunities for women in tech. Plus, Russell McVeagh’s practical new guide for tech start ups.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2018 Hi-Tech Awards. Applications for the third Edmund Hillary Fellowship cohort, close on 20 February.
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