It’s time New Zealand seriously started to invest in promoting technology, the country’s third largest export industry and fastest growing sector of our economy, a leading New Zealand tech businessman …
Continue reading "NZ needs to invest in promoting tech now, as it has been for years with education and tourism"
27 August 2017
New Zealand farmers and companies are starting to use Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, data analytics and automation to decrease impact on New Zealand rivers, a leading national tech expert …
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24 August 2017
Kiwi companies are queueing up to do business with Vietnam and other similar sized Asian countries, a leading New Zealand technology businessman says.
16 August 2017
While evangelists predict human level intelligence by 2029, doomsayers say AI will bring the end of the human race! The truth is likely to lie between these extremes. However things …
Continue reading "How should society prepare for advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI)?"
16 August 2017
Artificial intelligence (AI) Bitcoin, cybersecurity, leadership strategy and hi-tech exports are themes at this year’s Canterbury Tech Summit on 14 September in Christchurch. In a recent Idealog interview Summit chair …
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16 August 2017
Last night we hosted our first Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) Connect Event in Auckland. The sold out event showcased local AI talent, provided an excellent opportunity to …
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16 August 2017
A big thank you to those who attended our recent FinTechNZ Connect event series in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland. If you missed our winter event series, read the highlights and …
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01 August 2017
Every day there is a new article that discusses the sea change disrupting the banking industry. This change, they say, will fundamentally disrupt the financial services value chain for customers, …
Continue reading "Open Banking and the Future of Financial Services – Are you a survivor or thriver?"
27 July 2017
Article from Vito Petan on LinkedIn It seems almost every day that we are hearing of a new Initial coin offering raising tens (or hundreds) of millions dollars in a matter …
Continue reading "Crypto Bubble Will Burst and It Will Be Ugly"
27 July 2017