PROGRAMME

Welcome Karakia
Hone Thorpe – Kaiārahi

Welcome
MCs – Rebecca Clapp and Paul Chan

The Spark of entrepreneurship – Professor Carla Houkamau – Deputy Dean, Business School on how the Business School was the genesis of the University’s entrepreneurship drive

Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland – A Global Powerhouse of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Professor Dawn Freshwater – Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland on the thriving ecosystem at the University of Auckland driving impact

From University Lab to a Global Technology Company  – Fady Mishriki – Founder of wireless charging technology company PowerbyProxi and a globally recognised entrepreneur and investor  

Building a Global Business from New Zealand – Hengjie Wang and Alliv Samson Co-founders of EdTech company Kami named by TIME magazine as one of the world’s most influential companies and valued at $300 million

Talent for the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem – Maria Jose (MJ) Alvarez – Managing Partner of investment company WNT ventures on the innovative talent and employees that grow the ecosystem

Innovating at the Edge Creating Global Industries – Alex Kendall – Co-founder and CEO of automated driving company Wayve, who recently raised over $1.7 billion in capital and has partnered with Uber. Investors include Richard Branson’s Virgin Group

Commercialising Science from Professor to Entrepreneur – Professor Greg O’Grady – Co-founder and CEO of pioneering GI diagnostic MedTech company Alimetry

Idea to a Billion Venture – Naomi Ballantyne – founder of Partners Life, Insurance Icon and the first women start-up founder in New Zealand to sell her company for over $1 billion

Start-up the Future Darsel Keane – CIE Director on the next 21 years

Velocity winners – Velocity CEO Cohen Moodley

Celebrations
Owen G Glenn Foyer – Level 1