The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s academic director, Professor Rod McNaughton, has been appointed as the inaugural Director of Innovation and Professional Development within the University of Auckland Business School (UABS).

Sustainable space travel may be on the horizon with University of Auckland alumni venture Zenno Astronautics’ development of a fuel-free satellite control and propulsion system.

The University of Auckland has been awarded an International Council for Small Business (ICSB) Global Award in Entrepreneurship Education Excellence at its 65th world congress, held in Paris. ICSB is the world’s largest international SME organisation dedicated to small business and entrepreneurship.

They say there’s no such thing as a bad idea. A 48 hour Terrible Ideas Hackathon run by University of Auckland Science student Zac Miller-Waugh put that theory to the test. Held at Unleash Space, over 100 participants from across Auckland came together to bring 44 of their worst ideas to life.

The Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) ran a series of free workshops in the Kura Matahuna (Unleash Space) maker space where participants were able to learn about the legends of Matariki and make a lantern that they could take home with them to celebrate the Māori New Year.

A medical device and AI business grounded in research from the University of Auckland is running at pace with the success of its first product, the Digital Knee®. OPUM Technologies Limited optimises care pathways for musculoskeletal conditions, delivering remote patient monitoring to patients with knee conditions.

A bike-focused hackathon powered by Auckland Transport (AT) challenged seven teams of tertiary students and young professionals to re-imagine the biking experience in Auckland’s university precinct. Held at Unleash Space, the event was organised in collaboration with AUT and the University of Auckland’s Sustainability Office.

To all aspiring change-makers, problem-solvers, and creative thinkers - welcome back on campus! This Re-O Week, we have an exciting programme of activities taking place at Unleash Space including our Birthday Party (featuring free cakes, games, and giveaways), virtual reality experience, and mini-model painting station! Check out our full programme here.

A healthtech venture developed by University of Auckland staff is helping people living in a post-Covid world travel safely within communities and around the globe. Orbis Diagnostics is on a mission to re-enable movement during a pandemic by making complex medical testing accessible wherever and whenever it is needed.

A role playing game (RPG) venture is levelling up with a second Kickstarter campaign kicking off, launched with the support of the Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Modular Realms creates magnetic, double-sided, flatpack game pieces for use in tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons.