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…
The NZ government has signalled for some time that a transition to a new Covid 19 Protection Framework was on the cards (aka the traffic light system). Like many organisations, Canterbury Tech has been considering our stance on the matter of vaccination status with respect to our in-person events, not…
Canterbury Tech is calling for nominations for the 2022 Canterbury Tech committee. There are two (2) positions to be elected. Voting will take place from 30 November – 5 December 2021 via an online voting platform. Our committee consists of six (6) elected committee members and in addition, can include up to 3 ex-officio members and associate…
Notice is given that the 2021 Annual General Meeting of Canterbury Software Incorporated (trading as Canterbury Tech) will be held on Tuesday 7 December 2021. Member-only event. Registration essential! Venue: Morrell & Co, 280 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch Time: From 5:30pm – 8:30pm (AGM from 6pm – 6:30pm – followed by…
Over the last few months there have been a lot of conversations, plus chatter on social media, about the issues facing tech companies trying to hire new staff. The issues vary, but in the last 18 months, the situation has undoubtedly become much more acute due to Covid-19, with incoming…
Hands up if you’ve ever used Lumin PDF? You’d be joining over 60 million users globally who are using it to annotate, share and review documents digitally. But did you know that this smart little tool was developed right here in Christchurch, by a University of Canterbury (UC) student? This…
