TechSoup New Zealand Blog
High profile speakers confirmed for Transform conference and NZ Charities Tech Awards

One of IBM Watson’s leading artificial intelligence experts and an internationally regarded social media strategist are among the speakers confirmed for this year’s TechSoup New Zealand #Transform2019nz Conference in Auckland.

Gus Quiroga, from IBM Watson, and Alecia Hancock, from Hancock Creative, join IT Strategist David McLean, from Infoxchange, Kiwi social media guru Pauline Stockhausen, and Communications and Evaluation Strategist Kate Sunners, from Strategic Grants, for the two-day event on August 15-16.

Taking place at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, the annual two-day TechSoup New Zealand Conference will this year focus on the strategies, technologies and tools available to help Kiwi non-profits and charities transform how they work to achieve maximum impact.

Complimented by the annual New Zealand Charities Technology Awards on Friday 16 May, also at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, the conference will take a holistic approach to helping organisations not only with technology, but also with a range of supporting skills, including marketing and grant writing.

This year’s Technology Awards, which are open for nominations until 5 July, will see a new category of Best Accidental IT Person introduced alongside the existing six categories of:

  • Technology Volunteer of the Year
  • Not-for-Profit Technology Lifetime Service Award
  • Best Social Media Campaign of the Year
  • Technology Innovator of the Year
  • Using Technology to Connect to the Community – Best Small to Medium Enterprise
  • Using Technology to Connect to the Community – Best Government Agency

Thanks to Amazon Web Services (Gold Scholarship Sponsor), and The IT Team (Silver Conference Sponsor), the conference has already received support and will be offering a number of scholarships.

If you are interested in sponsoring Transform2019nz please email the conference team at conference@techsoup.net.nz

To register for the event – Master Classes, Main Conference and Awards – please visit the conference website here.

To make a quick and easy nomination for this year’s New Zealand Charities Technology Awards, please click here.

 

TechSoup New Zealand is a program of Connecting Up.

Connecting Up is a part of the Infoxchange Group.