Wellington's Premiere 2021 Tech Event
Friday 16 July 2021, Te Papa
Wellington ITx Innovation Day
Friday 16 July 2021. Register Now
The Wellington ITx Innovation Day is Wellington's premiere technology showcase, brought to you by the team behind ITx - New Zealand's largest independent tech conference.
Wellington Programme
(As always, the programme is subject to Change. All talks in-person)
Wednesday, 14th July 2021
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CITRENZ 1 CITRENZ venue 1 |
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| 8:30am | Arrival |
| 9:15am | Welcome |
| 9:30am |
Digital Inclusion in New Zealand: Who are we leaving behind?
Laurence Zwimpfer, Operations Director, Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa |
| 11:00am | Morning tea |
| 11:15am |
Studio in the Bachelor of IT
Elise Allen |
| 11:35am |
Using Pair Teaching to enhance Student Engagement and Teacher Development
Bernard Otinpong |
| 11:55am |
Work Integrated Learning in Information Technology: Reflections from a Public Institution
David Weir |
| 12:15pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm |
The Cloud, the Curriculum and the Classroom: A Case Study at one Public Tertiary Institution
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| 1:20pm |
The Landscape of Computing: Benchmarking ITP Computing Degrees
Alison Clear, Associate Professor, EIT |
| 2:00pm | Changeover |
| 2:05pm |
Workshop: Kaupapa Māori Approach to Teaching Computing Dr Blaine Rakena is Undergraduate Team Manager for the Centre for IT at The Waikato Institute of Technology. The title of his doctoral thesis with Waikato University was: "As Proud as We are: A Case Study of Educational Achievement and Learning for Mature Māori Computing students." Blaine also holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Waikato. |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon tea |
| 3:30pm |
Mental Health Disorders among dementia people: How can Technology Support in their Well-being
Geri Harris |
| 3:50pm |
Test Driven Development will make your database deployments hassle free
Amitrajit Sarkar, Senior Lecturer, Ara Institute of Canterbury Alister Macgregor Robert Oliver |
| 4:10pm |
A Comparative Study of Cross-platform Mobile Application Development
Dongliang You |
| 4:00pm | Changeover |
| 4:35pm |
Panel: What computing programmes and research should looks like to support Te Pūkenga Computing programmes: The current state of our computing programmes; The changes needed to align these programmes to the Te Pukenga objectives and to industry needs; and the support needed for these changes Computing research: The current state of research programmes; New areas that should be researched; Aligning research to industry needs; The support needed for these changes |
| 5:30pm |
Free evening Catch up with colleagues or go dancing. Or maybe both! |
Thursday, 15th July 2021
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CITRENZ 1 CITRENZ venue 1 |
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Is “online education” a thing?
Caroline Seelig, Chief Executive, Open Polytechnic Mark Nichols, Executive Director of Learning Design & Development, Open Polytechnic |
| 10:00am | Morning tea |
| 10:15am |
Virtual and Blended Learning in a post-Covid World
Steve McKinlay |
| 10:35am |
Reviewing use of collaboration and video conferencing software on the Timaru campus of Ara
Frina Albertyn |
| 10:55am |
Application Testing in the Agile (CI/CD) world
Adesh Pednekar |
| 11:15am | Changeover |
| 11:20am |
Decolonising Computing Education
Samuel Mann Mawera Karetai |
| 11:40am |
IT educators beyond COVID - one year on
Hamish Smith Samuel Mann |
| 12:00pm |
Why don’t Girls Study IT? Redressing the Gender Imbalance in the Information Technology Sector
Arifah Addison |
| 12:20pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm |
Update on Special Interest Groups Special Interest Groups: Learning environments Software Development Infrastructure Postgraduate Pre-Degree Programmes |
| 1:55pm | Changeover |
| 2:00pm |
Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Automation Testing Frameworks for Web-Application Testing
Bin Van Nguyen |
| 2:20pm |
Investigating Social VR-based Student Presentations
Emre Erturk Brad Taylor |
| 2:40pm |
Towards Mitigating Privacy Concerns on Fall Detection Techniques for Elderly / Physically challenged
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| 3:00pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:30pm |
Workshop: Global Benchmarking and Visualising of ITP degree programs Join this discussion and demonstration on global benchmarking and visualisation of ITP degree programmes. Alison Clear, Associate Professor, EIT Tony Clear, Associate Professor, AUT |
| 4:25pm | Changeover |
| 4:30pm |
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| 6:30pm |
CITRENZ Informal Dinner Details TBC but it'll be a great night! |
Friday, 16th July 2021
| 8:30am | Arrival |
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| 9:30am | Welcome | ||
| 9:40am |
Cyber Security in a broken world
Elf Eldridge, Cyber Security Consultant, ZX Security |
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| 10:20am | Morning tea | ||
Wellington |
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Wellington 1 Wellington venue 1 |
Wellington 2 Wellington venue 2 |
CITRENZ 2 CITRENZ venue 3 |
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Terry Chapman:
Why your next job might be remote and what new skills you need to succeed at it
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Ray Delany:
Is the traditional consulting model broken?
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Arthur Valle:
Using data science tools and techniques for creating and maintaining a passive investment portfolio
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| 11:15am | Changeover | ||
| 11:20am |
Jocelyn Cranefield,
Mary Ellen Gordon:
From fun-lovers to institutionalists: Uncovering the subcultures of kiwi IT workers
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Russell Ewart:
Transformation at scale: Harvesting the value of Customer centricity during change
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Data Analytics and Web Technologies Paper Presentations
Adesh Pednekar, Trevor Nesbit, Sandeep Vankadari |
| 11:50am | Changeover | ||
| 11:55am |
Andreas Drechsler:
The Future of IT Governance and Business/IT Alignment in Scaling Agile Organisations
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Igor Portugal:
What does post-Covid IT architecture look like?
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| 12:25pm | Lunch | ||
Wellington |
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Wellington 1 Wellington venue 1 |
Wellington 2 Wellington venue 2 |
CITRENZ 2 CITRENZ venue 3 |
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| 1:10pm |
Panel: Surviving and Thriving in Today's Changed World How can we survive and thrive in a world marked by volatility, uncertainty and ambiguity? Our panel explores the world today and what we need as staff, students, leaders and most of all, people, to thrive in the new world we live in. Ray Delany, Founder, CIO Studio Terry Chapman, Managing Director, Axenic Rob England, Managing Director, Two Hills Ltd Amy Ryburn, Partner at Buddle Findlay Sharifa Isaako, IT Student, Whitecliffe |
Web Technologies Paper Presentations
Steve Cosgrove, Prashant Khanna, Chris Baker |
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| 2:10pm | Changeover | ||
| 2:15pm |
John Ascroft,
Amitrajit Sarkar:
Ethical principles in multi-modal application development: a BARJ case study
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Amy Ryburn:
Managing Legal Risk in Agile Projects
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Gloria Gomez:
Workshop: Gaining entry to real settings with Bridging Design Prototypes
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| 2:45pm | Changeover | ||
| 2:50pm |
Aaron Hodder:
Responsible Digital: Humanity in Technology
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Alison Clear:
Tech Degrees: International Developments
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| 3:20pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3:45pm |
Rob England:
Crossing the Streams: the nexus of ITIL, DevOps, and Agility
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Talita Ekandjo:
“MyAnalytics is here to help”: opportunities and challenges of intelligent personal assistants
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| 4:15pm | Changeover | ||
| 4:20pm |
On top of the world: turning disability into ability
Liam Malone, Bladerunner - 2x Paralympic Gold Medalist |
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| 5:00pm | Closing | ||
| 5:10pm |
Refreshments Join us for end-of-day refreshments |
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A Full Day of speakers
The Wellington ITx Innovation Day is a full-day event.
Learn about the latest tech trends, support your team's professional development, hear about the most awesome things happening in tech right now, and most of all: have FUN!
Speakers include:
Elf Eldridge
Cybersecurity Consultant, ZX SecurityRob England
Managing Director, Two Hills LtdLiam Malone
Bladerunner - 2x Paralympic Gold Medalist
Check out all Wellington speakers here
Awesome sponsors
A massive thanks to our incredible Wellington sponsors
Attend the New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards Dinner
Attending the Wellington ITx Innovation Day gives you access to a discounted ticket to the NZ Excellence in IT Awards in the evening of 16 July.
Check out the Gala Dinner
The NZ Excellence in IT Awards are the sector-wide awards recognising the individuals and teams who have truly excelled in our industry. While other awards focus on companies and vendors, the Excellence in IT Awards exclusively celebrates our people.
Attend the Awards at a discounted rate of $149 incl GST
Where and When
The ITx Wellington Innovation Day will be 9am-6pm, 16 July 2021
Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Register Now