The Taranaki Technologyu group is presenting an opportunity to be part of the Software New Zealand Technology Summit on 12 July, without having to leave the region like no other.

Learn how to make it on the world stage from leading New Zealand technology companies. Discover what worked - and what didn’t - directly from the owners and CEO’s. You will uncover the secrets of becoming a global success from New Zealand and what it takes to go from ‘local darling’ to a truly global hero. Attendees will hear the stories directly from the people who are living the dream – and those who helped them along the way. The event will finish with an inspiring panel session followed by drinks and networking.

When: Tuesday 12th July, 2011 from 1pm (afternoon tea provided) with drinks and networking after 5pm
Where: PwC, Level 7, 54 Gill Street
Registration: rsvp to kirsty.v.godfrey-billy@nz.pwc.com 

The outline for the afternoon is as follows, so you can come along for the speakers you are interested to hear: 

1.00pm: Start

1.10pm: Paul Hargreaves, Co-Founder, Datacom

Paul is a Hi-Tech flying Kiwi, recognised by his industry peers for not only co-founding one of our largest and most successful technology companies, Datacom, but for decades of service dedicated to advancing technology, science and business in New Zealand. Datacom is a privately owned company that was founded in Christchurch in 1965. With a long successful trading history, Datacom is consistently growing and profitable and has a track record of delivering innovative, value for money technology solutions. Datacom was the 2010 PricewaterhouseCoopers Hi-Tech Company of the Year.

1.45pm: Scott Bradley, Chief Executive, Vouchermob

Scott has a proven track record of building successful technology companies. Before founding Vouchermob and while living in the UK for 10 years Scott co-founded Utilyx, the UK’s largest online retail energy brokerage. Utilyx won Microsoft's Internet Business of the Year with trades in excess of £5bn in energy. VoucherMob is a powerful marketing tool for businesses wanting to directly incentivise consumers to buy from them. VoucherMob seeks to deliver a low-cost, accountable solution using best-in-class marketing, technology and design in order to help our clients maximise sales. VoucherMob won the Hi-Tech Awards 2011 Ministry of Science and Innovation Best Hi-Tech Start-up 2011.

3.05: Andrew Cardno, Chief Technology Officer, BIS2

Andrew is BIS2‘s Chief Technology Officer. He is recognized as a 'data visualization' visionary, with a track record of creating leading data visualization business intelligence software.BIS2‘s vision is to create state-of-the-art technology that enables human capability. BIS2‘s goal is to deliver Business Intelligence software that allows massive amounts of data to be visually presented in a way that is easy to understand and useful. BIS2‘s corporate headquarters are located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with representative offices in Europe, the United States and New Zealand. BIS2‘s were finalists in Hi-Tech Awards 2011.

3: 40: Craig Richardson, Chief Executive, Jade

Craig joined Jade Software Corporation as Chief Executive in March 2009. Prior to this, he was Chief Financial Officer for ASX-listed anchor bottler, Coca-Cola Amatil in New Zealand and before joining Coca-Cola Amatil, Craig was vice president of Finance for BlueScope Steel’s integrated manufacturer New Zealand Steel. Jade Software designs and develops next generation applications and builds high-performance data management. Jade has recently released JOOB. JOOB is a family of products solving hard business problems in mobile integration, operational intelligence and data.

4.20pm: Anthony Doesburg ,freelance technology writer

Anthony is a freelance technology writer. He has been writing about technology for a couple of decades, first for Computerworld, and now for a range of publications including the New Zealand Herald in which he has a weekly column. Anthony won the SwayTech Journalist of the Year in 2010 and 2011.

4.40pm: Panel discussion: How can we do a better job of promoting NZ technology to the world? And the NZ Public?

5.10 or so...Head to Montrose