Future of Learning 2019: Audio of Conference
The Future of Learning conference took place in Christchurch for two days on Monday 30th September and Tuesday 1st October 2019. This page is a landing spot for the audio…
Say NO to say YES
This is a short reflection on the power of “no” to free us up to say “yes” to what really matters. It is transcribed in full below and here: …
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd on being Chief Justice of England and Wales, being a peer in The House of Lords and the role of Judges now and in the future
Lord Thomas was called to the bar in 1969 and after a long and distinguished career became Chief Justice of England and Wales between 2013 and 2017. In this interview…
Say NO to say YES . . .
You are walking along with a dog in a field and a rabbit springs out of nowhere – the dog immediately chases after it. The dog is fast and is…
Dr. Mahsa Mohaghegh on founding She# and connecting Women in Tech
Mahsa is an expert in Artificial Intelligence working as a senior lecturer at AUT. In this interview we talk about her background and childhood in Iran and what first got…
Jason Swanson on being a Futurist
Jason is Director of Strategic Foresight at KnowledgeWorks where he works as a futurist. He visited New Zealand for The Future of Learning Conference held 30 September – 1 October 2019. In…
Impact Summit 2019: Audio of Conference
Audio of entire day held on 21 September 2019 of the main stage speakers at Impact Summit 2019 hosted by UCE (University of Canterbury Centre for Entrepreneurship). The speakers were…
Longdy Chhap on being Trafficked
Longdy was trafficked age 8 from Cambodia to Thailand and forced to beg on the streets. He had contracted polio as a young child and lost the use of his…
The Christchurch engineering graduate taking on the medical device industry
A Canterbury startup is exposing medical equipment manufacturers’ deliberate one-use design tricks and proving that hospitals can reuse and recycle.
Ben Reid on AI
Ben is the Executive Director of the AI Forum and in this interview we discuss his background and journey to settle in New Zealand. We then talk in depth about…
Transforming Christchurch into an Innovation hub
In the biggest cities in the world there is a sense that you are at the cutting edge and that you will see the latest technology released, the biggest bands…
Key points when buying (or selling) a business: Part 2, What should the agreement cover?
What should the agreement cover? In the first part on buying or selling a business here we saw there were some big picture things you need to think about when buying a…
