As we have the Tech Summit on November 24th, our monthly in-person events are finished for 2022. Instead of the monthly in-person meetup, we have invited Marian Johnson from Ministry of Awesome to join us for a Lunchtime Session to celebrate 10 years of MoA helping the high-growth start-up and…
Canterbury Tech is supporting the 2022 New Zealand CIO Summit which will be held in Christchurch for the first time. It’s happening one week after our own Canterbury Tech Summit After over two years of disruption and rapid innovation, the Summit provides the opportunity to connect with your fellow IT…
Did you know it is estimated 1 in 10 New Zealander’s are dyslexic? Canterbury Tech has partnered with Dorenda Britten Ltd and Dorenda’s amazing team of researchers and dyslexic experts to deliver one of Canterbury Tech’s first special projects, that is, supporting dyslexic people into tech careers. The…
We are proud to say that, it’s live!! The Canterbury Tech Ecosystem Map, powered by OrbViz is up and running at ecosystem.canterburytech.nz. This is something that many stakeholders across the tech scene have been asking for – from job seekers, to companies looking for suppliers, to economic development agencies. We…
Following the transition to the Orange level of the Traffic Light (COVID-19 Protection Framework), the team at Canterbury Tech have reviewed our stance on in-person events and the requirement of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for our guests. We are happy to report that we will be returning to holding our monthly…
We have some great things planned this year at Canterbury Tech – and we are looking for a couple of associates to join our volunteer committee to help shape and drive the strategy of what we do. We are after two more associate committee members with specific skills as below:…
CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – February 22, 2022 – Geoscience software company Seequent, a Bentley company, has been named Best Established Business in the New Zealand International Business Awards 2021. The New Zealand International Business Awards are the country’s most prestigious awards for export businesses. A previous Supreme Award and Best Established Business winner…
Just two weeks until entries close! Entries close on Monday 7 March 2022 at 5:00pm. It’s time to polish up your entries and get them ready to be submitted into the awards portal. Here at Canterbury Tech, we’d love to see more South Island entries! Entering the NZ Hi-Tech Awards:…
Our NEW Lunchtime Tech Sessions will cover a diverse range of subject matter in an online format whilst we are unable to run in-person events at scale. They will be delivered to a live online audience with opportunities for Q&A. They will also be available to view after the fact on…
After five years as Treasurer, I am excited to step into the Chair role. I am passionate about the role that tech plays in making business better – and it is exciting to have Canterbury Tech in a position to champion this. With another COVID-disrupted year ahead of us we…
We are absolutely gutted, but Tech Summit will NOT be going ahead on Wednesday 26th January. We hope you are already all aware of this, and received the comms we sent out regarding this on Sunday night. We are unable to proceed as an in-person event, due to the government…
Big Problems and Big Ambitions A growing Christchurch agritech company has big ambitions to create a global rural network to revolutionise biosecurity. Working as the Innovation Manager of Synlait Farms gave Ryan Higgs the opportunity to see first-hand the challenges of tracking staff and contractors across their 13 farms. They…
