Session 1: Growing industry through startups and SMEs (9.00 – 10.30am)
Chair: Associate Professor Clarke Raymond – Head, Centre for Business, Research and Enterprise, Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
The Techshop model – Kim Kelly – GM, Strategic Services, Hutt City Council
Number 8.1 Wire? How we can develop successful physical products in a tech world?– Tom Rabone – Manager, 1st Assembly
The Misprint Co. and the Circular Economy – Priscilla Loong – Co-founder, The Misprint Co. Ltd
Tech start-ups have a problem and we need to talk about it – Ernest Cunningham – Lead Developer, Icy Limited
Morning tea (10.30 – 10.45am)
Session 2: Thinking innovation and influencing policy for ITPs (10.45am – 12.30pm)
Chairs: Associate Professor Marcus Williams – Dean Research and Enterprise, Unitec and Dr Jacquie Harper – WelTec
David Jones – GM, Business Growth and Innovation, Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency (WREDA)
David Wilson – Chair, Economic Developmen Agencies of NZ (EDANZ)
The Role of ITPs in the Innovation System – Simon Rae – Manager, Innovation Policy, MBIE
New models of tertiary education: A system reluctant to innovate? – Professor Sally Davenport – Commissioner, Productivity Commission
Panel session: Thinking innovation, providing practical, engaged, real-world solutions, and influencing policy – with Regional Economic Development Agencies and Government – Productivity Commission, MBIE, Industry Training Federation (Josh Williams, CEO), Callaghan Innovation (Robert Holt, Research Scientist) – Translates into two major actions for Innovate ITPs
Lunch (12.30 – 1.15pm)
Session 3: Big Data – Trends and directions – What’s in it for ITPs? (1.15 – 2.40pm)
Chair: Dr Reza Moosa – IT Lecturer, WelTec
Data – where and what is available out there? – Evelyn Wareham – Statistics NZ / Data Futures Forum
Data mining and setting strategic directions – Gary Blumgart – Theta
Working with Google and IBM in big data and how this turns innovation into solutions – Gert Hattingh – Wintec
Afternoon tea (2.40 – 3.00pm)
Session 4: End of the cycle – Commercialisation – Is it a slippery road? (3.00 – 5.00pm)
Chair: Dr Chris Kroger, Research Manager/Deputy GM Research, GNS / Chair ARMS NZ Chapter
Crowdfunding and the opportunities for New Zealand – Lasith Weeraratne, Managing Director, AlphaCrowd New Zealand
The role of Callaghan Innovation in the Innovation cycle – Robert Holt – Research Scientist, and Paul Mather – Acting Engineering Technology Transfer Manager, Callaghan Innovation
Navigating the funding waters – Dr Bram Smith – GM, KiwiNet
Keynote speaker: A Real Commercialisation Story – Collier Isaacs, CEO, FarmIQ Systems Ltd
Closing Remarks: Dr Jacquie Harper – WelTec
