Canterbury
Tech Summit

This must attend event is an industry-driven tech mecca, created and formed by ordinary Kiwis who are passionate about tech and its ability to make things go faster, better, and more efficiently.

Attendees are guaranteed a packed line-up of quality speakers and workshops across three streams that will focus on business growth and top technologies from AI, AR/VR, and Blockchain to Cybersecurity.

In a little over 15 years the Canterbury Tech Summit has evolved from ambitious startup beginnings to an established conference on the tech industry calendar, attracting over 700 individuals from Canterbury and beyond. Our roots have dug deep in these silicon plains, the country’s second largest ICT hub that comprises some of the most brilliant tech businesses and individuals in New Zealand.

Whether you are a founder, dev lead, business manager, student, or a professional who supports the industry, the Summit is for everyone with an interest in the tech sector.

The purpose of the Canterbury Tech Summit is to connect, learn, and encourage inspiration to create new opportunities through innovation.  Our aim is to help people make the impossible possible, to solve problems with new ideas, develop collaborative opportunities, and to amplify their potential.

Our call for 2019 sponsors is now open, please contact Ian Cartwright on summit@canterburytech.nz if you would like to find out more.

In early 2019 we will call for speakers.

Registrations for the event will open early June.

Why attend?

• Make deals and do business with serious entrepreneurs, industry leaders, innovators, and investors.
• Get access to Canterbury’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and meet up with decision makers in a collaborative environment.
• Engage with multipliers and community members who actively support our ecosystem including Callaghan Innovation, NZTE and ChristchurchNZ.
• Challenge yourself to create solutions that could change our world.
• Cross-pollinate your business with innovative new ideas

Who should attend?

The Summit is for everyone with an interest in the tech sector particularly if you:

• are a founder/ entrepreneur wanting to hear other people’s success stories
• sell software products
• support a tech company with your professional expertise (e.g. marketing, HR, legal, finance)
• manage a dev team
• are a student interested in joining the vibrant tech industry

Need more convincing? Check out the feedback:

• “The Summit was well run with a very high calibre of speakers and excellent opportunities to network.”
• “It’s an essential event for anyone working in the tech sector in the South Island.”
• “Some of the staff at our company were attending for the first time. I think it gave them a sense of just how big and important the IT scene is in Christchurch”
• “The standout event on the annual calendar for our sector to get together, and increasingly to demonstrate how well the sector is faring here in Canterbury.”
• “It is the best value must attend IT networking event in NZ.”