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Keynote Talk: “Creation, Creativity & Crowdfunding” | Blended Learning and Technologies Forum 2019

In May 2019, I hosted the quarterly meeting of e-Learning practitioners across New Zealand at the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA Northern). During the 3-part event had a…

Talk: “The Singularity is Diversity” for EMA’s Digi_X & TechWeek NZ ’19

In May 2019, I gave a talk at Digi_X Digital Decisions 2019. The event was organized by The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA Northern) and it took place…

Talk: “The Age of Smiths” at Telco & Digital Service Futures Conference by Competenz

In March 2019, I was invited to be a speaker for the Telco & Digital Service Futures Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. The event explored converging technologies for…

[:en]Workshop collaboration: Be.Institute’s Future Scenarios Project.[:es]W[:]

[:en]The insights from this project will underpin the emerging Be. Lab – Aotearoa’s first centre of access innovation.[:]

[:en]Opening Speaker: Autodesk 2020 – The Shape Of Things to Come[:]

[:en]In August 2017, I was invited by Autodesk to share my perception of the future of Manufacturing and Generative Design.[:]

[:en]Closing Keynote Speaker: PRINZ 2017[:]

[:en]In May 2017, I was the Closing Keynote Speaker for PRINZ 2017 in Christchurch, New Zealand.[:]

[:en]Speaker: Newkind Festival in Tasmania[:]

[:en]In March 2017, the Tactile Education team shared the journey of building new educational experiences through accesible technologies in Tasmania.[:]

[:en]Startup Weekend Auckland[:]

[:en]In November 2016, I participated in Startup Weekend Auckland and represented MESHED.[:]

[:en]SingularityU New Zealand Summit.[:]

[:en]In November 2016, I secured patronage for a group of 10 participants from Manurewa High School to attend the SU NZ Summit and spark their potential to solve New Zealand’s grand challenges.[:]

[:en]Tactile Sound[:es]TactilSound [:]

[:en]Tactile Sound is the Open Source Engine to make IoT beacons playback audio through a Raspberry Pi. It was developed at the Open Source Open Society 2016 Hackathon.[:]

[:en]Open Source Open Society 2016[:]

[:en]In August 2016, I participated in the #OSOS16 Conference and represented MESHED, a collective of volunteers and organizations that develop STEAM projects for youth and community in South+ West Auckland.[:]

[:en]Semi Permanent 2016[:]

[:en]In August 2016, Google New Zealand sponsored my attendance to Semi-Permanent. SP is a global creative and design thinking platform.[:]

Drones – #SMCAKL Speaker: The NZ Roadless Economy

In July 2016, I was invited to be a guest speaker and panelist for the Social Media Club Auckland meet-up on Drones.

June 2016: Strategy & Consulting – Future Of Work by NZ Labour Party

In June 2016, I participated in the Labour Party Future Of Work Commission session on the implications for the ICT sector -and related sectors- in knowledge-intensive manufacturing and services industries.

Volunteer: Makerhood

I am volunteering with MESHED, a collaborative of designers, thinkers and hackers to develop community-based initiatives for makerspaces.

Speaker: Future of Learning at Blended Learning & Technologies Forum

This presentation was an introduction to exponential technologies for an audience of designers and developers of workforce training materials.

Participant: Global Service Design Jam 2016

In March 2016, I participated in the Global Service Design Jam. Our team developed a unique service to reduce the water usage in cities through an IoT approach in faucets.

Building a talking forest with next-generation sensors at NatureHack Hackathon in New Zealand

In November 2015, I participated in the NatureHack hackathon which happened after a successful business introduction to New Zealand of Swedish provider Confetti and Sqore to enable the C Prize UAV competition also in 2015.

Fellowship Participant: Inaugural MIT SOLVE 2015

In October 2015, I was invited with a fellowship to participate in the inaugural SOLVE Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Research Trip: Synthetic Biology at iGEM 2015

In September 2016, I attended the iGEM 2015 conference to learn more about the field of Synthetic Biology and how youth are developing a new wave of citizen science projects, new digital workflows for pioneering research and civic engagement.

Participant: Business Innovation Factory 2015 Summit

In September 2015, I was invited by Saul Kaplan to the BIF2015 Summit.

Semi Permanent 2015

In July 2015, I attended Semi Permanent for the first time. This is a gathering of Designers and Marketing professionals.

Participant: Global Service Design Jam 2015

People who are interested in service design and using design-based approaches to problem solving and creativity will meet all over the globe.

Kiwi Foo 2015

In February 2015, I was invited to attend Kiwi FOO 2015 ! Kiwi Foo Camp is a private gathering of around 150 people from New Zealand, Australia, and the…

TEDxAuckland 2014

I am on the core organizing team for TEDxAuckland.