Welcome to the Canterbury Tech events calendar. You will find the regular Canterbury Tech Tuesday events, technical MeetUps and relevant conferences we are supporting all listed here in one handy place.
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Organised by: Canterbury Angels
Venue: Greenhouse
Address:Great Information, Great Fun, Free Pizza Thursday 21 February, 5.30pm at GreenHouse - 146A Lichfield Street Yes! It's that time again! Pizza & Pitch is next week. This is a great event for startups who are looking for investment during the next six months. The format will be four pitches with a relaxed “dragons den” with a...
Organised by: Assurity
Venue: HAGLEY OVAL PAVILION
Address: 63 Riccarton Ave, ChristchurchHeld at the Hagley Oval Pavilion, tickets are now available for Agile Christchurch 2019. The format includes four speakers in the morning and an open session in the afternoon. Schedule 08:30 Doors Open 08:50 Welcome : Joe Kearns 08:55 A word from our sponsors. 09:15 The Golden Age of Agile Coaching : Shane Hastie 10:00 Tea Break...
Organised by: NZ Tech Alliance
Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre
Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandHow will AI transform the customer experience in Financial Services? Join AI Forum NZ and FinTechNZ at the first joint event of the Tech Alliance 2019 event series, exploring how AI will transform the customer experience across the financial services industry. Hosted by Xero, hear from industry experts discussing the use of AI in customer-facing scenarios:...
Organised by: Minstry of Awesome
Venue: Ministry of Awesome, Ara
Address: Kahukura Building, Moorhouse / Madras St, ChristchurchMinistry of Awesome’s Startup Breakfast Club - powered by MYOB - is your monthly morning caffeine hit where you’ll find valuable social networks, gain business insight, and find the critical support to power your venture forward. So - you want to get funded? At this month’s Breakfast Club, we’ll take you through the ins and...
Organised by: Canterbury Tech
Venue: Tait Communications
Address: 245 Wooldridge Rd, HarewoodOur monthly Canterbury Tech Cluster events provide a great opportunity to network and listen to speakers present on a wide range of topics. REGISTER NOW Join us at our upcoming monthly Cluster event on Tuesday 5th March at Tait Communications, 245 Wooldridge Rd, Harewood. We have a 'Design' theme for the evening and will hear...
Organised by: SIGNAL ICT Grad School
SIGNAL ICT Grad School is hosting an Industry Showcase A celebration of our 2018 SHIFT cohort! Join us on Tuesday 12 March for drinks, nibbles and networking and hear first hand from our SHIFT students about their trials, learnings and successes, and the positive impact of their SHIFT Industry experiences. We will be joined by...
Organised by: SIGNAL ICT Grad School
Venue: Signal ICT Grad School
Address: EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus), 76/106 Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand, New ZealandLooking for a career change, or maybe you’re a recent graduate looking to stand out. Shift into the booming tech sector with Signal’s industry-focused 1yr SHIFT course. If you’ve completed any degree you can shift to a tech career. Join us for this info session with pizza provided to find out what tech roles are...
Venue: University of Canterbury
Address: John Britten 102 Conference Foyer, University of Canterbury, ChristchurchITP Students meet Industry BBQ 18 March 2019: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm University of Canterbury Club BBQ area, 87 Ilam Road The popular (always excellent!) ITP "Students meet Industry" BBQ is an annual event where future IT Professionals can mix and mingle with industry folk informally over a BBQ (includes vegan and gluten-free options)...
Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre
Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandCome and join us for this informal panel discussion looking at policy-centred opportunities to support the local tech sector. This is a free event. About this Event Join us for a brief discussion of public policy and what can be done to drive the tech sector forward. This will be a panel discussion where we...
Organised by: NZTE
Venue: Vodafone Xone
Address: 213/221 Tuam St, Christchurch, New ZealandOn Thursday 21st of March, Canterbury Angels (CA), New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), and the Angel Association New Zealand (AANZ), hosted by the Vodafone Xone are holding two interactive workshops aimed at early-stage / growth companies and investors. Demystifying Term Sheets, 2.30pm - 3.45pm Presenters: Avid Legal, Lane Neave Format: A presentation providing a...
Organised by: Canterbury Tech
Venue: Vodafone Xone
Address: 213/221 Tuam St, Christchurch, New ZealandJoin us at our upcoming monthly event on Tuesday 2nd April at Vodafone Xone. This will be a commemorative event for our Tech Community to remember the lives of the victims of the Christchurch Terrorist Attack, 15 March 2019. We will come together to acknowledge those we have lost, connect with each other and share...
Venue: Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce
Address: 57 Kilmore Street, Christchurch, New ZealandCARING FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS POST INCIDENT When: Thursday 4 April 2019 Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Where: Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce, The Chamber, Christchurch Central The events of Friday 15th March 2019 will be affecting people in a range of ways, and each of us will have different ways of coping. For workplaces...
AgriTechNZ, BIOTechNZ and NZ IoT Alliance are joining together to discuss how is the future of AgriTech and BioTech will be enabled by IoT? This event will feature an international keynote speaker from Microsoft followed by a panel discussion on how IoT will impact each sector and where we see the future of these sectors....
Organised by: SIGNAL ICT Grad School
Venue: Signal ICT Grad School
Address: EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus), 76/106 Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand, New ZealandLooking for a career change, or maybe you’re a recent graduate looking to stand out. Shift into the booming tech sector with Signal’s industry focused 1yr SHIFT course. If you’ve completed any degree you can shift to a tech career. Join us for this info session with pizza provided to find out what tech roles...
Organised by: Canterbury Angels
Venue: Ministry of Awesome, Ara
Address: Kahukura Building, Moorhouse / Madras St, ChristchurchPitch & Pizza is an event for start ups who are looking for investment in the next two to six months. The event is a relaxed "dragons den" format with panellists from the Canterbury innovation ecosystem, providing Q&A on what is an investible pitch. The primary objective is to provide start ups with the knowledge...
Organised by: SIGNAL ICT Grad School
Venue: Signal ICT Grad School
Address: EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus), 76/106 Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand, New ZealandLooking for a career change, or maybe you’re a recent graduate looking to stand out. Shift into the booming tech sector with Signal’s industry focused 1yr SHIFT course. If you’ve completed any degree you can shift to a tech career. Join us for this info session with pizza provided to find out what tech roles...
Organised by: SIGNAL ICT Grad School
Venue: Signal ICT Grad School
Address: EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus), 76/106 Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand, New ZealandLooking for a career change, or maybe you’re a recent graduate looking to stand out. Shift into the booming tech sector with Signal’s industry focused 1yr SHIFT course. If you’ve completed any degree you can shift to a tech career. Join us for this info session with pizza provided to find out what tech roles...
Organised by: Aventedge
Venue: Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Address:Wellington | 15-16 May 2019 (Conference) View Full Program Wellington | 14 May 2019 (Pre-Conference Workshop) The 2018 All-of-Government NZ Digital Transformation summit at Westpac Stadium in Wellington was a resounding success – seeing a doubling of delegate numbers, representation from most of the key agencies across New Zealand’s public sector, and a...
Organised by: Canterbury Tech
Venue: University of Otago, Christchurch
Address: 2 Riccarton Ave, next to ChCh Hospital, ChristchurchJoin us at our next event held in conjunction with the University of Otago Christchurch at Tech Week 2019. Our monthly Canterbury Tech Cluster events provide a great opportunity to network and listen to speakers present on a wide range of topics. IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON HEALTH CARE TODAY Technology pervades many aspects of our lives these...
Organised by: HiNZ
Venue: Rydges Latimer
Address: 30 Latimer Square, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand, Christchurch, Christchruch, New ZealandJoin your healthcare colleagues from public, private and community healthcare providers at the 3rd annual Emerging Tech in Health event. How will emerging technologies change your models of care? Engage with digital health experts and explore the possibilities. The event will focus on models of care, and how they will change and be delivered. The presentations will...
Venue: Parry Field Lawyers
Address: 1 Rimu Street, ChristchurchWhich tech business models today are poised to be most successful in a sustainable and ethical future? Our kiwi compassionate response to the mosque attacks dramatically demonstrated to the world that “doing good” is integral to who we are in New Zealand. Many of us want our business life to reflect our values and want...
Organised by: Multiplier
Venue: Signal ICT Grad School
Address: EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus), 76/106 Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand, New ZealandThe event will be in two parts: a workshop and a Ask Me Anything (AMA) session. The workshop is designed to give you something you can use in your work when you come back to the office the next day. It will start by introducing the concepts of Doblin's Ten Types of Innovation, a leading...
Organised by: Active Associate
Venue: EPIC Innovation Centre
Address: 100 Manchester St, Christchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandThis event will be in two parts: Short (10-15 minute) presentations from a range of experts, then a panel/AMA (Ask Me Anything) session. Presentation topics include AI-enabled legal chatbots and legal applications of blockchain. Click here for detailed event and registration information.
Organised by: John Watt
Venue: Spark Place @ Tūranga (Central City Library), 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ, 8011
Address: 60 Cathedral Square, Christchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandA great many improvement programs fail simply because they are focusing only on delivering the big bang or worse, they jump to conclusions of what is needed instead of working on is really needed which results in wasted efforts and unhappy employees. Toyota Kata provides a scientific framework to build your continuous improvement muscles 1...
Organised by: SIGNAL ICT Grad School
Venue: Signal ICT Grad School
Address: EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus), 76/106 Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand, New ZealandLooking for a career change, or maybe you’re a recent graduate looking to stand out. Shift into the booming tech sector with Signal’s industry focused 1yr SHIFT course. If you’ve completed any degree you can shift to a tech career. Join us for this info session with pizza provided to find out what tech roles...
Venue: University of Canterbury
Address: John Britten 102 Conference Foyer, University of Canterbury, ChristchurchJoin us at our upcoming monthly Canterbury Tech event at the Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Canterbury where we will hear from 7 guest speakers across two streams. Our theme for the evening is 'The Next Generation of Business and Tech'. Our monthly Canterbury Tech Cluster events provide a great opportunity to network...
Organised by: Red Gate Software Ltd
Venue: Ara Institute of Canterbury
Address: 130 Madras Street, ChristchurchRedgate’s SQL in the City Summit is coming to Christchurch, 7 June, bringing together Data and DevOps industry experts to three cities in the Asia Pacific. Redgate’s Summit will focus on Compliant Database DevOps in the age of digital transformation. The Summit is exclusively for senior Data professionals, IT managers, senior architects, and engineers who work on the Microsoft Data Platform. Sessions will...
Organised by: Hamish Watson
SQL Saturday South Island is back…. On Saturday 8th June we will have the popular Data Platform conference - SQL Saturday. This year the event has gotten even bigger with over 20 speakers! There are 4 speakers coming from the US (Kevin Kline, Steve Jones, Rob Volk and Marsha Pierce), 2 Microsoft Regional Directors (Dr...
Organised by: SIGNAL ICT Grad School
Venue: Signal ICT Grad School
Address: EPIC (Enterprise Precinct and Innovation Campus), 76/106 Manchester St, Christchurch, New Zealand, New ZealandLooking for a career change, or maybe you’re a recent graduate looking to stand out. Shift into the booming tech sector with Signal’s industry focused 1yr SHIFT course. If you’ve completed any degree you can shift to a tech career. Join us for this info session with pizza provided to find out what tech roles...
Organised by: NZ Tech Alliance
Venue: Jade Software
Address: 5 Sir Gil Simpson Drive, Burnside, ChristchurchToday, diversity and inclusion (D&I) is top of mind for most boards and executives. Many businesses have policies and initiatives in place to look at how they can improve D&I within their organisations. However, we find most of these programmes are focused on improving the internal gender statistics, often in the form of meetups run by...
