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Tuesday 2 October 2018

1.00pm - 3.30pm 
4.00pm - 5.00pm
Workshop: Powerfully Integrating Technology
​Marc Prensky, Founder and Executive Director, The Global Future Education Foundation and Institute​
Public Lecture: Civilisation Level Change In Education ​
​Marc Prensky, Founder and Executive Director, The Global Future Education Foundation and Institute​
5.30pm - 7.00pm 
Welcome Reception, ​Ara Institute of Technology

Wednesday 3 October 2018

7.30am - 5.00pm
Registration Open
9.00am - 10.30am 
Conference Welcome
Keynote 1: Expanding Minds For The Third Millennium​, Marc Prensky, Founder and Executive Director, The Global Future Education Foundation and Institute​
10.30am - 11.00am
Morning Tea and Exhibition
11.00am - 12.30pm
11.00am - 11.30am - Keynote 2: ​The Student Experiences And How Technology Can Enable This (Make This My Student Experience!) Harriet Compton-Meon, ​Student
11.30am - 12.30pm - Panel: ​More info to come
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Lunch and Exhibition
1.30pm - 3.00pm
1.30pm - 2.15pm - Keynote 3: Earths Education Approach, What Would Martians Think? David Hollands, United Nations Association of Australia
2.15pm - 3.00pm - Keynote 4:Western Australia Catholic School Transformation, Aiden McCarthy, Microsoft
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3.30pm - 5.00pm
Concurrent Session 1
Session 1A
Room: K213A/K213B
Session Chair: Nicola Walmsley
3.30pm - 4.00pm: 
Centrally Managed Digital Signage – One Solution That Doesn’t Break The Bank
Paul Cowan, University of Waikato
4.00pm - 4.30pm: 
See It, analyse It, Interact With It: Anytime, Anywhere
Bronsun Miranda, AUT
4.30pm - 5.00pm: 
Vision API And Its Application In Tertiary Sector 
​Amitrajit Sarkar, Ara Institute of Canterbury & Sudeep Ghatak, Intergen
Vertical Divider
Session 1B
Room: K215
Session Chair: Andy Keiller
3.30pm - 4.00pm:
Using AUT's Bot To Simplify Our Application Process
Tim Davison & Seong Hoon Jho, AUT
4.00pm - 4.30pm:
How An All-In-One Quick-Built Technology With VR And Smart Speaker Benefit
Spencer Lee, AUT
Vertical Divider
Session 1C
Room: K208
Session Chair: Rabindra Das
3.30pm - 4.00pm:
It’s all about the learning experience and the learning experience is all about the network, Mark Verbloot, Aruba
​4.00pm - 4.30pm:
John Godfrey, DXC Technology
4.30pm - 5.00pm:
Creating Campuses With Physical And Cybersecurity Solutions, Tim Morris, ​Fortinet
6.15pm - late
Cyclone Dinner (by invitation only)

Thursday 4 October 2018

8.00am - 5.00pm
Registration Open
9.00am - 10.30am
Conference Housekeeping
9.00am - 9.30am: A World First Tool And How It Is Shaping The Way We Look At Cyber Security In New Zealand, Hayley Power, CERT NZ
9.30am - 9.45am - Keynote 5: Come along and see what Cyclone have been up to in the last year, Leigh Gibbard, Cyclone
9.45am - 10.30am - Keynote 6: Women Aren't Broken, The Tech Industry Is, Emily Hay, Women in Technology Group
10.30am  - 11.00am
Morning Tea and Exhibition
11.00am - 12.30pm
Concurrent Session 2
Session 2A
Room: K213A/K213B
Session Chair: ​Nicola Wamsley
11.00am-11.30am:
My First KISS
Ongelle Buckley, AUT
11.30am-12.00pm:
​Breaking The Mould: Using Citizen Development And Emerging Technology To Change The Customer Experience
Chloe Mansfield & Francisco Molina, Massey University
12.00pm-12.30pm:
Bricks To Clicks
Nick Ford, University of Canterbury
Vertical Divider
Session 2B
Room: K215
Session Chair:​ Tim Davison
Microsoft Excellence Award - Tech Delivery
11.00am-11.30am:
Indiginising The Digital Workplace Using SharePoint Online
Eddie Walker, Te Wananga O Aotearoa  
11.30am-12.00pm:
Creating A Dialogue: Nurturing Culture Through Empowered Internal Communications
Jono Aldridge & Kathryn van Beek, Otago Polytechnic
Vertical Divider
Session 2C
Room: K208
Session Chair: Dion Peszynski
11.00am-11.30am
Driving Innovation And Universities Of The Future Through Digital Transformation, Luke Brown, Dell EMC
11.30am-12.00pm:
Generating Value For Students In The Digital Era
Lincoln Robinson, ServiceNow
12.00pm-12.30pm:
Virtual Gets Real: Immersive Technologies Are Now Reality
Michael Gregg, Blackeye VR (on behalf of HP)
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Lunch and Exhibition
1.30pm - 3.00pm
Concurrent Session 3
Session 3A
Room: K213A/213B
Session Chair: Rachel Gray
1.30pm-2.30pm:
Cyber Security - Improving Your Crisis Management Programme
Campbell McKenzie, PwC
2.30pm-3.00pm:
Effective Strategies For Cloud-Adoption Success
Sanit Kumar & jeff kennedy, The University of Auckland
Vertical Divider
Session 3B
Room: K215
Session Chair:​ Tim Davison
Microsoft Excellence Award - Tech Delivery/Tech Innovation
1.30pm-2.00pm:
High Performance Computing On Demand (Tech)
Darrell Lizamore, Lincoln University
2.00pm -2.30pm:
Transforming Student Experience With Student First (Innovation)
Dave Quennell & Kris Thornley, University of Canterbury, Ian Vanstone, IntegrationWorks
2.30pm-3.00pm:
Adaptive Effective Digital Learning Intertwined With ML, AI, And VR Simulation. (Innovation)
James Hayes, Ara Institute of Canterbury
Vertical Divider
Session 3C
Room: K208
Session Chair: Stuart Reilly 
1.30pm-2.00pm:
​Overcoming The Top Challenges Of Video Learning 
Ravi Khakhar, Panopto
2.00pm-2.30pm:
How To Be Relevant In A Digital Future - What We're Learning About Culture, Strategy And Technology
Lauren Merritt,​ Vodafone
2.30pm-3.00pm: Future Trends In Higher Education, Rob Smith, Microsoft
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3.30pm - 5.00pm
Concurrent Session 4 
Session 4A
Room: K213A/213B
Session Chair: Beth Smith
3.30pm-4.00pm:
​Putting The C In ICT
Ian Birch & Gina Kriletich, AUT​
4.00pm-4.30pm:
​Striving For Excellence Across Diverse Services
Phil Callaghan, The University of Auckland
4.30pm-5.00pm:
​IT Operations 101 – Driving Efficiencies
Roy Cullum & Brett McCready, AUT 
Vertical Divider
Session 4B
Room: K215
Session Chair: ​Tim Davison
Microsoft Excellence Award - Learning, Research & Students 
3.30pm-4.00pm:
The Digital Passport
David Parsons, Rochelle Thorn, Matt Sorkin, Simon Murray, The Mind Lab by Unitec
4.00pm-4.30pm:
Connecting Worlds: Spearheading The Digital Future By Supporting Virtual, Mixed And Augmented Reality Projects
Matt Plummer, Victoria University of Wellington
4.30pm-5.00pm:
Record Of Work For Carpentry Apprentices
Matt Thompson, Otago Polytechnic, Josh Galuska, Record of Work, Leni Fifita, Unitec
Vertical Divider
Session 4C
Room: K208
Session Chair: Nicola Walmsley 
3.30pm-4.00pm:
Towards A Federated Digital-Identity Ecosystem For NZ’s Research And Education
Sat Mandri, REANNZ Tuakiri, jeff kennedy, The University of Auckland
4.00pm-4.30pm:
Data Democratization: BI For Everyone
Kelvin Yau & Benet Langston, AUT
4.30pm-5.00pm:
I've Got Nothing To Hide..
Stephen McWilliams, AUT
6.30pm - late
Microsoft Exellence Award Dinner

Friday 5 October 2018

7.30am - 1.00pm
Registration Open
9.00am - 10.00am
9.00am -9.30am - Keynote 7: How to Successfully Drive a Digital Transformation Program, Neil Osmond, Gartner
9.30am - 10.00am - Keynote 8: The Sleeping Giant Awakes -  Are We Too Late? Alistair James, Huawei
10.00am - 10.30am
Morning Tea and Exhibition 
10.30am - 12.00pm
10.30am - 11.15am - Keynote 9: Riding The Exponential Wave Of Change, Kaila Colbin, SingularityU New Zealand
11.15am - 12.00pm - Keynote 10: Where Is Everything Going With The Government Change Initiative With Education IT… Or What You Think Is Valuable, Sue Suckling, NZQA
12.00pm - 12.45pm
Lunch and Exhibition
12.45pm - 2.15pm
12.45pm-1.30pm - Keynote 11: Evolving Technologies - Tools Or Toys, Alex Hanlon, University of Canterbury
1.30pm-2.00pm - Keynote 12: Jordan Watson, How to Dad
2.00pm
Conference Close