Digital Nations 2030 | Conferenz Ltd | 19 February 2018 | The Cordis Auckland, 83 Symonds St, Grafton, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Digital Nations 2030 is an international summit coinciding with the visiting Ministerial and business delegations from the world's leading Digital Nations and the D5 meeting. International thought leaders will be joined by digital leaders from throughout New Zealand's government and industry to engage in stimulating dialogue and aspirational discussions on actions needed to create a truly digital nation by 2030.

Who will be there
The Digital Nations 2030 Summit has been crafted to attract Ministerial, CEO and digital leader audiences from:
Government
Local, central and international, D5 Ministers and their delegations; invited government officials from other nations; central & local government agencies
Academia
Academia, tertiary and training institutions
Technology
Local and international - Leading NZ hi-tech firms; local IT providers; multi-national ICT suppliers; telecommunications providers
Social Sector
Government and NGO - The Third Sector (NGOs); social sector agencies; healthcare including DHBs, private healthcare providers, PHOs and supply services; education
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Entrepreneurs and the start-up community including investors and incubators.
Business
Large local - Top 200 companies; major local brands; large NZ manufacturers

2018 Speakers

Kat Lintott
Co-Founder, Wrestler, New Zealand

Evan Blackman
Education Sector Manager, Microsoft New Zealand, New Zealand

Jonny Wilkinson
Co-Founder and Director, Equitise

Gabe Rijpma
Sr. Director Health & Social Services Asia, Microsoft, New Zealand

Dr Robyn Whittaker
Clinical Director Innovation - Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Waitemata District Health Board, New Zealand

Stuart Wakefield
CIO, Ministry of Education, New Zealand

Suresh Vaghjiani
Managing Director, Global Processing Services

Andrew Slater
Chief Executive Officer, Homecare Medical, New Zealand

Derek Handley
Founder, Aera Foundation, New Zealand

Christine Bennett
GM - Government Information Services, Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand

Tim Occleshaw
Deputy Government Chief Digital Officer, Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand

Amelia Loye
Managing Director, engage2, New Zealand

Suan Yeo
Head of Education, Australia and New Zealand, Google

Russell Craig
National Technology Officer, Microsoft New Zealand, New Zealand

Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi
Associate Director of Research and Doctoral Research Fellow for Innovation and Change, Fletcher’s Institute for Business

Anders Langlands
Visual Effects Supervisor, Weta Digital, New Zealand

Mark Forman
Global Head, VP and General Manager - Public Sector, Unisys, United States

David Clearwater
General Manager, Conscious Consumers, New Zealand

Jose Clastornik
Executive Director of AGESIC, Office of the President of Uruguay, Uruguay

Pauline Cleaver
Associate Deputy Secretary Curriculum, Pathways and Progress, Ministry of Education, New Zealand

Richard Dean
Senior Data Scientist, Public Health England, New Zealand

Alex Benay
Chief Information Officer, Government of Canada, Canada

Alderman Charles Bowman
Lord Mayor of the City of London, United Kingdom

Shai-lee Spigelman
CEO – Digital Israel, Ministry of Social Equality, Israel

Mike Cunnington
Deputy Commissioner, Information Intelligence & Communications, Inland Revenue, New Zealand

David McLean
Chief Executive Officer, Westpac, New Zealand

Liam Maxwell
National Technology Adviser, HM Government, United Kingdom

Rosalie Nelson
General Manager – Strategy, Impacts and Insights, Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand

Rod Oram
Business Commentator, New Zealand

Tomáš Ižo
Engineering Director, Google, USA

HyeYoung Kim
Director General of Personal Information Protection Policy - e-Government Bureau, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, South Korea

Andrew Dentice
Senior Associate, Hudson Gavin Martin, New Zealand

Wayne McNee
CEO, LIC, New Zealand

Bruce MacDonald
Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Ahmad Jubbawey
Founder & CEO, Vensa Health, New Zealand

Dame Diane Robertson
Social Sector and Data Entrepreneur, New Zealand

Mitchell Pham
Director, Augen Software Group, New Zealand

Chris Upton
Chief Executive, Upper Hutt City Council, New Zealand

Simon Moutter
Managing Director, Spark, New Zealand

Jolie Hodson
CEO, Spark Digital, New Zealand

Adrian Bowling
Chief Executive, MoleMap NZ, New Zealand

Jordan Carter
Chief Executive, InternetNZ, New Zealand

Daniel Parsons
Cloud Architect, Revera, New Zealand

Bradley Ward
General Manager Commerce, Consumers & Communications Branch, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE), New Zealand

Carolyn Tremain
Chief Executive, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, New Zealand

Graham P. Waller
VP Distinguished Analyst, Digital Business Leadership, Gartner, United States

Graeme Codrington
CEO & Futurist, TomorrowToday, South Africa

Tim Stephens
Digital Innovation Lead, Jasmax, New Zealand

Judith Swales
Chief Operating Officer – Velocity & Innovation, Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd, New Zealand

Sam Minnée
CEO and Co-Founder, SilverStripe, New Zealand

Nicole Williams
Head of Product, SilverStripe, New Zealand

Siim Sikkut
Deputy Secretary General for IT and Telecom, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia

Sue Suckling
Independent Director & Future Strategist, New Zealand

Vic Crone
Chief Executive, Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand

Sandra Ng
Group Vice President Asia Pacific, IDC, Singapore

Kristine Dery
Research Scientist
MIT Sloan School of Management, Australia

Ian Taylor
Chief Executive Officer, Animation Research Ltd, New Zealand

Frances Valintine
Founder, Tech Futures Lab, New Zealand

Andrew Grant
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Singapore

Victoria MacLennan
Managing Director, OptimalBI, New Zealand

Rachel Paris
Partner, Bell Gully, New Zealand

Leigh Flounders
Board Member, NZTech, New Zealand

Dorothy Adams
Acting Chief Executive, Social Investment Agency (SIA), New Zealand

Scott Miller
Chief Executive, Volunteering New Zealand

Colin MacDonald
Chief Executive, Secretary for Internal Affairs; Secretary for Local Government, New Zealand

Te Aroha Morehu
Chief Innovation Officer & General Manager of Culture & Identity, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Maia, New Zealand

Mark Jeffries
Managing Director, Mycare, New Zealand

Derek Wenmoth
CoreEducation, New Zealand

Liz MacPherson
Government Statistician, New Zealand

Russell Burt
Principal, Pt England School, New Zealand

2018 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Spark NZ
• Westpac New Zealand Limited
• SilverStripe Limited
• Google
• Unisys
• Microsoft

PARTNERS:
• New Zealand Government
• Te Tari Taiwhenua Internal Affairs
• Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED)

NZ INNOVATION SHOWCASE DRINKS:
• Jade Software Corporation Limited

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• MOTAT, Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology
• Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
• Code Club Aotearoa
• Code Avengers
• Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ)
• New Zealand Health IT (NZHIT)
• EdTech New Zealand
• FinTechNZ
• AI Forum New Zealand
• New Zealand IoT Alliance
• Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ)
• OMGTech!