8.00am – 9.00am
Registrations and Networking
9.00am – 9.45am
Welcome & Mihi Whakatau
9.45am – 10.00am
Opening Address
Room: Middleware Auditorium
10.00am – 10.45am
Opening Keynote Speaker – Living, working and learning in a time of exponential change
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Mark Pesce, Futurist, Inventor, Multiple Award-Winning Author, Podcaster, Educator & Entrepreneur
Sponsored by ASX, AWS & Franklin Smith
Room: Middleware Auditorium
10.45am – 11.45am
XO Recruitment Morning Tea and Networking
11.45am – 12.25pm
Innovation from the Edges – A Founders View
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Sasha Lockley, Co-founder and CEO | Money Sweetspot -
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Melissa Davies, Founder | Holdmine
Room: Middleware Auditorium
11.45am – 12.25pm
Lessons from the Adversary: What Cybercriminals Can Teach Us About Thriving Together
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John McPherson, Director | nWebbed Intelligence
Room: Trimble Stage
11.45am – 12.25pm
Project Management that moves at the Speed of Tech Workshop
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Sean Whitaker, Project Management Consultant | Crystal Consulting
Room: Smudge Stage – “The Learning Hub”
12.35pm – 1.15pm
Panel: What almost every startup founder does poorly
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Donna Henderson, Co-founder | Rivir -
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Simon Collins, Co-founder | Lightning Pay -
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Kate Radcliffe-Reid, Co-founder | Backkr -
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Steve Leftly, Co-founder | Myovolt -
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Zach Warder-Gabaldon, Head of Programmes | Ministry of Awesome
Room: Middleware Auditorium
12.35pm – 1.15pm
The Future of Imaging
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Neryda Duncan, Programme Manager | MARS Bioimaging
Room: Trimble Stage
12.35pm – 1.15pm
Accelerating Innovation through AI Workshop
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Grant Wells, Innovation & Information Systems Project Manager & Consultant | Nextant
Room: Smudge Stage – “The Learning Hub”
1.15pm – 2.15pm
Hello Better Digital Lunch and Networking
2.15pm – 2.55pm
Building an Aerospace Nation
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Mark Rocket, CEO | Kea Aerospace
Room: Middleware Auditorium
2.15pm – 2.55pm
Scaling Beyond Borders: What you need to know about EU trends, the Cyber Resiliency Act and data sovereignty
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Chris Cormack, Kaihuawaere Matihiko | Catalyst -
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Dale Wheeler, Enterprise Account Executive | Canonical
Room: Trimble Stage
2.15pm – 2.55pm
Beyond Good Intentions: Turning Neurodiversity into High Performance
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Rachael Hurren, Director of Learning and Development | Inde Technology
Room: Smudge Stage – “The Learning Hub”
3.05pm – 3.45pm
What is required to succeed in an Agentic World – The Back is the New Front
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Hamish Rumbold, CIO of the Year 2024 | Ex Chief Digital and Technology Officer
Room: Middleware Auditorium
3.05pm – 3.45pm
Evolutionary Architecture – New Design Patterns enabled by Agents and MCP
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Andy Masters, Lead Solutions Architect | Custom D
Room: Smudge Stage – “The Learning Hub”
3.45pm – 4.30pm
Eagle Technology Afternoon and Networking
4.30pm – 5.10pm
Building International Scale: Inside Lumin’s Global Growth Strategy
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Max Ferguson, Founder & CEO | Lumin
Room: Middleware Auditorium
4.30pm – 5.10pm
From Black Box to Open Platform: Transforming RiskScape into New Zealand’s Natural Hazard Risk Engine
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Russel Garlick, Head of Projects | Catalyst IT
Room: Trimble Stage
4.30pm – 5.10pm
DevOps 2.0: How AI is Transforming Software Delivery Workshop
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Hamish Watson, DevOps Consultant & Managing Director | Morph iT
Room: Smudge Stage – “The Learning Hub”
5.15pm – 5.45pm
Closing Keynote Speaker – Get Lit: How to thrive in an era of exponential change
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Janine Croft, Founder | The Lit Strategist
Sponsored by ASX, AWS & Franklin Smith
Room: Middleware Auditorium
5.45pm – 6.00pm
Wrap up and Closing Remarks
Room: Middleware Auditorium
6.00pm – 7.00pm
Enable Networking Drinks and Nibbles
