2017 Speakers
Wade Flanagan
Innovation Developer at Nike
Dreams Come True: Hear how Wade’s cooking up a storm in Nike’s Innovation Kitchen developing innovations to fuel the most famous sports brand in the world.
Sinead O Sullivan
Fusion Space Tech CEO
Out of this World: Hear how a trip to NASA led to a career in space tech for Sinead, a leader in the use of drone & satellite technologies for large scale humanitarian disasters.
Catherine Harris
TBWAAuckland MD
Once Upon A Time: Hear how brand innovation has defined Catherine’s advertising career, including Penny The Pirate, WARC’s 2016 Most Effective Campaign in the World.
MC: Jono Jones
Bluelab Head of Innovation
Growing Something from Nothing: Hear how Jono puts innovation to work in a company using hydroponics to alter the way we grow our plants for a sustainable future.
Previous Speakers
Andrew Mckechnie
Apple Creative Director
Carol Ward
Zespri, Head of Innovation
Ross Stevens
Vic Uni - Design Futurist
Barry Vercoe
MIT Media Laboratory
Jenene Crossan
nzgirl.co.nz
Professor Simon Fraser
Victoria School of Design
Wayne Munro
SLI Systems
John Illingsworth
OCEANZ BLUE, FLETCHER
Peter Tinholt
Taura Natural Ingredients
Mark Pennington
Sir Paul Callaghan
Sir Ray Avery
David Darling
Ed Burak
Tony Hadfield
Blythe Rees-Jones
Steve Saunders
Rob Heebink
John Gertsakis
Rob Ford
Siobhan Bulfin
Stewart Collie
Robbie Van Dam
Trent Mankelow