Jump to: Wednesday 8th | Thursday 9th | Friday 10th
1:30pm until 6:30pm |
ITx Innovation "Field Trip" Tour
The ITx Innovation Tour is a bus "Field Trip" visiting some of the most The tour will finish with refreshments at MIT's new $100m ultra- Your ITx ticket includes entry to this event, however places are limited to 150. |
IITP Stream 1 WhereScape Room |
IITP Stream 2 Orion Room |
CITRENZ Designertech Room |
CITRENZ/CSANZ SENZ Room |
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8:30am |
Registrations Open |
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9:50am | Opening Comments from ITx MC Ray Delany | |||
10:00am | Opening Address | |||
10:20am | Morning Tea, courtesy of Vector Communications | |||
10:50am | Greg Cross (CEO, PowerByProxi) The PowerByProxi Story Keynote presentation sponsored by MBIE |
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11:30am |
Mary Quin (CEO, Callaghan Innovation) |
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12:10pm | Lunch, courtesy of Planit Testing | |||
1:00pm |
Panel Discussion: Commercialising Innovation in New Zealand Sam Morgan reckons we are wasting money on grants, but the Govt says that the investing in commercialisation pays dividends for the country. Who is right, and how should you go about making money from your smart ideas and IP? |
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1:50pm | Changeover | |||
2:00pm | Innovating with Natural Language Processing | Evolving in the Cloud Era | The Role of Activism in ICT for Sustainability | The Games the Thing: Levelling up from Novice Status |
2:30pm | Changeover | |||
2:40pm | The Developer Ecosystem | ICT Transformation: More than meets the eye | The Cloud Assessment Learning Environment | Practicising What we Teach: Applying Agile Principles to Tertiary Computing Education |
3:10pm | Afternoon Tea, courtesy of Catalyst IT | |||
3:30pm | Raising Capital in Five Minutes | The State of the State’s ICT Programme Management | Introductory Programming and Educational Performance Indicators - A Mismatch | Stay LinkedIn with ICT Graduates and Industry |
4:00pm | Changeover | |||
4:10pm | Identity Verification: without people, you get dogs | Business Success with Supplier Engagement Models | Embedding Indigineous Accelerated Learning Techniques into Programming | Electrical Circuit Creation on Android Tablets |
4:40pm | Changeover | |||
4:50pm | Ian Taylor (Founder, Animation Research Ltd) From New Zealand to the World |
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5:30pm | Day 1 Closing Comments |
5:40pm until 7pm |
Snap ITx Welcome Function
Catch up with old friends and make new ones at the Your ITx ticket includes entry to this event, including refreshments. |
IITP Stream 1 WhereScape Room |
IITP Stream 2 Orion Room |
CITRENZ Designertech Room |
CITRENZ SENZ Room |
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9:00am | Arrival Tea/Coffee available | |||
9:20am | Day 2 Opening Comments from ITx MC Ray Delany | |||
9:30am | John Hosking (Dean of Science, Auckland University) An ICT Academic’s Role in Industrial Innovation (a reprise) |
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10:10am | Morning Tea, courtesy of MBIE | |||
10:40am | How Technology Profits the Non-Profits | Tipu: Successful Continual Improvement | Mandatory Review of Qualifications Forum | Student Mentors in ICT Education |
11:10am | Changeover | Changeover | ||
11:20am | Plugging IT into life | Key Elements to Sealing the Deal | When Innovation Fails: Methods for Collection of Student Feedback | |
11:50pm | Changeover | Changeover | ||
12:00pm | iBeacon and the Internet of Things | Raising the ICT Game for Boards of Directors | Devshop: Bridging the gap between Academia and the real World | |
12:30pm | Lunch, courtesy of Datacom | |||
1:20pm |
This panel of industry and academic representatives will discuss what industry are looking for in a graduate and how the tertiary sector can address those needs. The panelists will also discuss ways in which industry and academia can work together to ensure work ready graduates. Panelists include Assoc Professor Alison Clear, EIT Auckland (Chair), Professor Philip Sallis, AUT University, Damian Adamski, Te Wananga O Aotearoa, Gareth Cronin, Wynyard group, TechnologyOne Consulting Director Tony Hafoka, and Mona Akmal from Code.org. |
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2:20pm | Changeover | |||
2:30pm | Coding Bootcamps: Growing the tech talent pool | ICT Project Failure: The Human Factor | Examining the Role of Mathematics in the IT Curriculum | Using Apps on Tablets and Smart Phones to Enhance Student Engagement in Large Lectures |
3:00pm | Afternoon Tea, courtesy of MYOB | |||
3:20pm | Depression: "To Be or not To Be" | Just how critical was your Criticality Assessment? | Teaching and Assessing Database Concepts using GIS | Framing IT Capstone Development Projects as Design Science Research Principles |
3:50pm | Changeover | |||
4:00pm | The Digital Revolution | Legal trends in tech that impact you | A Critical Enquiry: Teaching Systems Analysis and Design Beyond 2015 | Techniques for Aligning IT Education with Industry Demand |
4:30pm | Changeover | |||
4:40pm | Mona Akmal (USA) Director of Product/Curriculum, Code.Org Keynote presentation sponsored by Orion Health |
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5:20pm | Day 2 Closing Comments |
5:30pm until 7pm |
Conference Networking Drinks andCodeClub Aotearoa Launch Event
Come and enjoy refreshments as we celebrate the launch of CodeClub Aotearoa, courtesy of Microsoft NZ. Your ITx ticket includes entry to this event, including refreshments. See www.codeclub.org.nz for info |
IITP Stream 1 WhereScape Room |
IITP Stream 2 Orion Room |
CITRENZ Designertech Room |
CITRENZ SENZ Room |
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9:00am | Arrival Tea/Coffee available | |||
9:20am | Day 3 Opening Comments from ITx MC Ray Delany | |||
9:30am | Sir Ralph Norris ex-CEO Air New Zealand, ASB Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
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10:10am | Morning Tea, courtesy of University of Auckland Computer Science | |||
10:40am | The Authorised Biography of a Complex System | SKA: The Ultimate Big Data Project | Cloud Computing and the Future of Degree Teaching Forum | Adoption of Computer Science in NZ Schools |
11:10am | Changeover | Changeover | ||
11:20am | The Privacy Pendulum Swings Back | Significant Factors Influemcing the Adoption of Moodle at Te Wananga O Aortearoa | ||
11:50pm | Changeover | Changeover | ||
12:00pm | Rescuing 111 | The Future of ICT Security | Teaching, Learning and Research | |
12:30pm | Lunch, courtesy of Wynyard Group | |||
1:20pm |
So the election's over and we have an ICT Minister again. But what should his or her |
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2:20pm |
Peter Dengate Thrush (USA, Past Chairman of ICANN) |
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3:00pm | Afternoon Tea, courtesy of University of Auckland Computer Science | |||
3:20pm |
Paul Fenwick (AUS, Melbourne-based Life Hacker) |
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4:00pm | Henry Lane (Co-Founder, EPIC Innovation Hub, Christchurch) Rebuilding innovation: Making the best of a bad situation |
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4:40pm until 5pm |
Conference closing comments and CITRENZ conference awards |
7:00pm until late |
NZ Excellence in IT Awards Gala Dinner
Jeremy Corbett hosts the inaugural Excellence in IT Awards, an In partnership with MYOB and Software Escrow NZ Your ITx ticket includes entry to the Gala Dinner. See www.iitp.org.nz/awards for info |