2015
ITP Symposium
Equipping you with the tools and relationships
to be agile in a rapidly changing world
Background
In 2009, the six major metropolitan Institutes of Technology
and Polytechnics (ITPs) banded together to form the Metro
Group. Their aim is to further their collective vision for
collaboration between industry and education providers.
They believe that the application of responsive research
to business and community needs, and collaboration with
government agencies and the private sector will increase
the productivity of business, and help New Zealand grow a
strong and sustainable commercial innovation sector.
Together through the Metro Group we will invest in
ideas, in people, in our communities, and in New Zealand’s
economic future.
Introduction
Welcome to the 2015 Metro ITP Symposium. Over the last two
years we’ve been fostering deeper collaboration with industry,
so this year we’re taking it to the next level by showcasing case
studies and stories of successful collaboration.
Times are changing and this year’s theme is all about
‘equipping you with the tools to be agile in a rapidly changing
world’. Whether you’re a business or an ITP professional, you
will leave with a clear understanding on how to collaborate and
the benefits of using research to solve industry problems.
To keep it lively, and you on your toes - the sessions range
from keynote speakers to lightning talks; panels and debates;
interactive workshops and networking events. We’ve booked
celebrated speakers from diverse industries and educational
providers to ensure this will be an engaging event.
We look forward to watching conversations start, and we’ll be
actively helping to identify collaborative partnerships
Tuesday 14 th July
Schedule
Sargood Centre
9:00 am
Welcome
Chair - Dr Jacquie Harper / Marcus Williams
- Weltec/Unitec
Speakers - Mayor Dave Cull - Dunedin City Council
Alistair Regan - Otago Polytechnic
9:30 am
“Mind the Gap” Workshop
Facilitators - Jenne von Pein - Jungle Strategy
Eva Gluyas - Otago Polytechnic
10:30 am
Morning Tea
11:15 am
Health & Wellbeing Trends
Chair - Dr Marie-Louise Barry - CPIT
Speakers - Dr Karl Lyons - Otago University
Pauline Carruthers - Oceana Gold
Dr Marian Baxter - AD Instruments
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Creating Value
Chair - Alistair Regan - Otago Polytechnic
Speaker - Jillian de Beer - Incredible Edge
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2:15 pm
Business Improvement Trends
Chair - Richard Wanhill - Weltec
Speakers - Brian McMath - NZ Product
Accelerator
Grant Cochrane - Oritain
Lance Wiggs - Lance Wiggs Consulting
3:20 pm
Sponsor Presentation
Speaker - Dr Chris Kroger - ARMS
3:30 pm
Afternoon Tea
4:00 pm
Strategy Panel
Chair - Dr Jacquie Harper - Weltec
Speakers - Eva Gluyas - Otago Polytechnic
Dr Henk Roodt - Wintec
Jenne von Pein - Jungle Strategy
H Block - Cnr Union & Forth Streets
5:30 pm
Networking Function
Speaker - Alistair Regan - Otago Polytechnic
Drinks & Finger Food. Free event
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Wednesday 15 th July
Schedule
Sargood Centre
9:00 am
Welcome Back
Chair - Dr Jacquie Harper / Marcus Williams
- Weltec/Unitec
9:10 am
Sustainability Trends
Chair - Alexa Forbes - Otago Polytechnic
Speakers - Neville Auton - Otago Polytechnic
Dr Henk Roodt - Wintec
Steve Brewster - ADI Systems
10:10 am
Morning Tea
10:40 am
Sustainability in Computing
Chair - Margaret Leonard- CPIT
Speaker - Dr Sam Mann - Otago Polytechnic
11:10 am
Cyber Security
Chair - Marcus Williams - Unitec
Speaker - Dr Hossein Sarrafzadeh - Unitec
11:40 am
Funding Panel
Chair - Mariana van der Walt - Wintec
Speakers - Dr Max Kennedy - MBIE
Dr Dean Peterson - Callaghan Innovation
Colin Dawson - Powerhouse Ventures
12:40 pm
Lunch
1:40 pm
Ageing Population
Chair - Lesley Brook - Otago Polytechnic
Speaker - Dr Ganesh Nana - BERL
2:40 pm
Crowdfunding
Chair - Shane Stuart - Unitec
Speaker - Anna Guenther - PledgeMe
3:10 pm
Afternoon Tea
3:40 pm
Innovation Trends
Chair - Peter Harris - Otago Polytechnic
Speakers - Stefan Korn - Creative HQ
Colin Brown - TracMap
Dr Anna Campbell - AbacusBio
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Key locations
Symposium:
Z Block - Sargood Centre
Logan Park Drive
Networking Function:
H Block
Crn Union St East and Forth St
Speakers
Jenne von Pein
Jungle Strategy
Jenne recently started her own business, Jungle
Strategy. She understands that a clear purpose,
vision and strategy are key drivers for any
organisation, but the real strength and success
lies in the ability to execute.
Jenne has held senior management positions
across a variety of business industries including
at Manukau Institute of Technology Enterprise.
Her work with organisations to evaluate, share
and capture their knowledge has enabled them
to create new business opportunities and growth
they never thought possible. She leverages
her experience and passion to work with
organisations to identify and follow their vision
and strategy, and most importantly to execute
that into unrivalled results.
Eva Gluyas
Otago Polytechnic
Eva is the manager of workSpace at Otago
Polytechnic, providing externally focused
integrated design and research capabilities. Eva
is focused on enabling clients in the delivery
of tangible and successful business outcomes,
creating value, meeting strategic objectives and
serving the needs of the customer.
Eva has led user-centered product and service
design and development across a broad range of
companies and industry sectors in NZ, Asia and
in the UK/Europe. Eva has a profound practical
understanding of the design integration and
development journey, creating robust pathways
from user design lead smart ideas through hands
on prototyping and problem solving to validation,
implementation and commercialisation.
Professor Karl Lyons
Otago University
Professor Lyons works in the Faculty of
Dentistry at the University of Otago. He has
carried out research in dental implants and
materials, and in microbial adhesion to dental
obturator prostheses which are used to restore
surgicalresection defects in the maxilla of
patients who have had surgery to remove
cancer in the palate or sinuses. His research has
included both clinical and laboratory research.
In his work Karl has utilised the design facility
workSpace at Otago Polytechnic
Pauline Carruthers
Oceana Gold
Pauline Carruthers is the Occupational Health
Nurse at Oceana Gold. Pauline has a particular
interest in health promotion; by having a strong
focus on preventative health education there is
a direct flow-on effect to accident prevention,
workplace rehabilitation and overall wellbeing
of staff. Providing this type of health service is
hugely rewarding for her both from a personal
and professional perspective. Pauline has been
working with students from Otago Polytechnic on
a recent initiative.
Dr Marian Baxter
AD Instruments
Dr Marian Baxter is currently Nursing Product
Specialist at AD Instruments. Marian has a
background in Biostatistics, Mathematics,
Physical Education, Medicine and Education.
Marian began her career as a tertiary level
educator, and the implementation of new
technologies into the education environment
has always been a passion of hers. At AD
Instruments she has been collaborating with
Otago Polytechnic’s Nursing School.
Alistair Regan
Otago Polytechnic
Alistair Regan is the Director of Research and
Enterprise at Otago Polytechnic. Alistair’s
background is as an Interaction Designer and
he has experience in building and transforming
business, creating opportunities, and developing
curriculum.
Jillian de Beer
Incredible Edge
Keynote speaker
Jillian de Beer is a creative strategist and a big
picture thinker who fosters and develops strong
relationships and networks locally and globally
and engages at all levels of business, industry,
government and community. She is a connector
and motivator who seeds and cultivates
ideas and innovation in cross-disciplinary and
interdisciplinary contexts.  incrediblE Angel of the
IncrediblEurope summit and innovation forum.
Brian McMath
NZ Product Accelerator
Brian McMath is the Business Development
Manager at the New Zealand Product
Accelerator. Brian has over 40 years commercial
experience in New Zealand and the UK in
production, sales, market development,
marketing & general management with Ford
Motor Company, BOC Gases, APV, & Burkert Fluid
Controls. Brian currently runs his own company
supplying products to the equine industry and
is an active member of the Auckland based ICE
Angels investment group.
Grant Cochrane
Lance Wiggs
Oritain
Lance Wiggs Consulting
Grant Cochrane is the Chief Executive Officer of
Oritain Limited. Oritain offers food producers,
processors, retailers and consumers a unique
method for improving food safety. Oritain
has been working with Otago Polytechnic’s
communication design studio, workSpace over
the last 18 months to develop their brand.
workSpace has produced a new logo, certification
icon, signage, brand documentation and
associated collateral.
Lance Wiggs is an independent investment
and business advisor. He provides
investment readiness consultancy through
the NZTE service Better by Capital and the
research commercialisation programme Return
on Science investment committees. Lance
manages direct investments through LWCM and
through Punakaiki Fund in Technology, Internet
and Design-led companies, and he also provides
advice and directorships through LWCM and
Lance Wiggs Consulting.
After building a successful career as a currency
trader in London, Grant returned to New
Zealand and 10 years farming at Totara Hills
followed. He has now moved away from the
day to day farming operations to focus on other
investments such as Oritain, and AG Foley Ltd
trading as Foley Plumbers.
Dr Chris Kroger
Neville Auton
ARMS
Otago Polytechnic
Chris Kroger is the Research Manager and
Deputy Director Research at GNS Science. Chris
is here in her capacity as co-convener of the NZ
and Pacific chapter of the Australasian Research
Management Society which has kindly sponsored
this symposium.
Neville Auton is an experienced energy
professional with extensive knowledge of energy
technologies. He has worked on a wide range of
completed energy management projects. He is
an innovative thinker and an analyst with a thirst
for new technology and practical applications.
Neville is the Director of NRG Consultants and
has worked with the Dunedin City Council and
more recently with Otago Polytechnic.
Dr Henk Roodt
Wintec
Henk Roodt is the Manager Industry Research
and New Initiatives at Waikato Institute of
Technology and the director of business
consultancy Stone to Stars Limited. Henk is
a transdisciplinary scientist/engineer who is
focussed on understanding complex systems
through structuring, analysis and synthesis. He
has experience in R&D program establishment
and management, incubator development
and support, product solution development,
simulation and modeling, problem space
structuring, applied research in electro-optics
and pattern recognition (AI).
Steve Brewster
ADI Systems
Steve Brewster is the Electrical Design &
Commissioning Engineer at ADI Systems, Asia
Pacific, which is in the business of waste water
treatment and waste-to-energy solutions. Steve
has been involved in the renewable energy field
since 1989; particularly in the conversion of
waste-to-energy, which produces a renewable
fuel from organic waste material in the form
of biogas. While specializing in the electrical,
control and automation side of such projects in
a number of countries, Steve has taken an active
interest in sourcing and extracting the embodied
energy from a variety of organic, waste materials.
Dr Sam Mann
Professor Hossein Sarrafzadeh
Samuel Mann is Professor of Information
Technology at Otago Polytechnic. Sam teaches
Software Engineering (using a hybrid Agile
Development Framework) and manages
the capstone industry projects. Sam was
responsible for the development of Education
for Sustainability at Otago Polytechnic, where
the aim is to have “every graduate thinking and
acting as a sustainable practitioner” by 2009. This
initiative won the ITPNZ Award for Excellence in
Education for a Global Role.
Professor Hossein Sarrafzadeh from Unitec is
internationally known for his work in the areas
of computational intelligence, adaptive user
interfaces, software engineering and machine
translation. He has completed research with
teams at Unitec, Massey University and Auckland
University on projects like the world’s first
affective educational system ‘Eve’, educational
games, ‘Dr Eve’, machine vision and facial
expression and gesture recognition, and
machine translation technologies that promise
to revolutionize practices in online education in
the coming years. Hossein has been instrumental
in the opening of New Zealand’s first Cyber
Security Research Centre at Unitec in association
with the National Institute of Information and
Communications Technology (NICT), Japan’s
main research organisation. The launch of the
Delivery Centre on campus in association with
IBM and Concentrix has also been important for
the computing department under Sarrafzadeh’s
leadership.
Otago Polytechnic
Sam is working in computing to develop
strategies, practices and resources for computing
to contribute positively to a sustainable future.
He led the development of the draft statement
on Education for Sustainability for the ACM,
which followed up on the success of New
Zealand NACCQ policy and agenda on computing
education for sustainability.
Unitec
Dr Max Kennedy
Dr Dean Peterson
Dr Max Kennedy is the National Manager,
Biological Industries, at the Ministry of Business
Innovation and Employment, which invests
the majority of the NZ Government’s Research
funds. Max is responsible for R&D supporting
the biological economy ie the primary sector and
products made from these resources including
dairy, meat, seafood, wood, wool, kiwifruit,
wine and arable products. Max is leading MBIE’s
initiatives in Food for Health, Food Safety and
Food Processing. Max was awarded the Supreme
Technical Award in Chemical BioProcess and
Food Category by The Institute of Professional
Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ), of which he is a
Fellow, the New Zealand Science and Technology
Medal by the New Zealand Governor General
and is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical
Engineers (IChemE) and the New Zealand
Institute of Chemistry (NZIC).
Dr Dean Peterson is the Group Manager National
Technology Networks at Callaghan Innovation.
Dean’s experience in R&D Management and
Research Funding Management includes
senior roles in: atmospheric research and the
aerospace industry in US; the US Government;
the New Zealand Antarctic programme; and
the New Zealand Government. His strengths
lie in strategic research leadership; managing
international relationships; translation of
research; financial management of contracts;
and managing Information Systems.
MBIE
Callaghan Innovation
Colin Dawson
Powerhouse Ventures
Colin Dawson is the Chief Operating Officer for
Powerhouse Ventures. Following ten years in
veterinary clinical practice Colin held a number
of senior executive positions in the primary,
secondary and tertiary healthcare sectors in NZ.
He was a founding partner of health consulting
and investment banking firm Medicus Capital
and was the inaugural CEO of Otago Innovation,
the commercialisation arm of the University
of Otago. Colin is a Chartered Fellow of the
NZ Institute of Directors and has governance
experience with a wide range of private and NZXlisted technology companies.
Dr Ganesh Nana
BERL
Keynote speaker
Dr Ganesh Nana is Chief Economist at BERL.
Despite his passion for numbers, Ganesh
believes economics is about people; their jobs,
their incomes, their opportunities, and their
futures. He strongly believes robust economic
analysis is critical to ensure informed choices
and policy decisions are made that have a
positive effect on the lives and prospects of New
Zealanders.
Anna Guenther
Stefan Korn
Anna Guenther is the CEO/Chief Bubble Blower
at New Zealand’s crowd funding website,
Pledge Me. Anna worked as a project manager
for NZ Trade and Enterprise. Anna completed
a Masters in Entrepreneurship through the
University of Otago, and wrote her thesis about
crowdfunding and her startup, PledgeMe. In her
role at Pledge Me Anna is responsible for the
co-creation and implementation of their strategy,
team management and publicity through public
speaking. Anna is interested in using crowd
funding to build businesses from their crowd up
and how this is changing the face of investment
in New Zealand.
Stefan Korn Stefan Korn is the Chief Executive
Officer of Creative HQ. Creative HQ is dedicated
to increasing the number of high growth
businesses that fuel New Zealand’s economy
through its incubation and acceleration
programmes as well as grassroots entrepreneur
initiatives and innovation services. Stefan’s
expertise is in high growth ventures, lean
start-up, online sales and marketing, lean and
Six Sigma optimization, and bridging the gap
between business and technology at all levels of
an organization.
Pledge Me
Creative HQ
Colin Brown
TracMap
Colin Brown Colin Brown is Founding Director
at TracMap NZ Limited. TracMap is a world
leader in supplying precision guidance systems
for ground applications in the agriculture,
horticulture, viticulture and aviation industries
in New Zealand and overseas. These GPSbased systems achieve productivity gains
for people operating vehicles in demanding
outdoor environments. Colin has an extensive
background in farming and agricultural
consultancy prior to establishing TracMap.
Dr Anna Campbell
AbacusBio
Anna Campbell is Managing Director at
AbacusBio Limited. Anna specialises in using
commercially focused science to improve
agricultural food products. She has worked
in science research roles in Australia and
New Zealand. Her desire to become more
commercially focused led her to Dunedin
company AbacusBio seven years ago. She is
currently leading the company’s initiatives in
Asia, particularly China.
Anna believes the biggest challenge for our
generation is to produce safe, high quality food
in a sustainable manner for the growing world
population. She is optimistic that scientists can
play a role in finding innovative solutions and
sharing knowledge. She is also a strong advocate
for science and industry working together to
grow the value of New Zealand’s export products.
Voucher Scheme
The Metro Group offers a service where you can
outsource your research requirements to help solve
practical problems or develop ideas into solutions
that will increase productivity. One of the ways that
you can engage the Metro Group is via the metro
research voucher scheme. Vouchers are ‘research
credits’ making funding available to industry within
New Zealand.
If your business needs a problem solved, a question
answered or an idea developed. Then the Metro
Group’s research offices would love to have a
conversation with you. We have the capability
and services to match your requirements with an
appropriate solution. We manage the whole process
to save you time and deliver quality results.
www.metros.ac.nz
Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic has exceptional experience in the
following areas:
Our sports faculty is leading in the fields of nutrition, occupational
therapy, and professional sports software. Our design school’s
strengths lie in product, spatial and fashion design with an
emphasis on innovative materials and manufacturing.
We have a specialist faculty dedicated to food design, which
explores the aesthetic, sensory and nutritional aspects of food.
The engineering school is leading in structural and seismic
safety and architectural design, as well as electrical engineering
and the development of sustainable energy systems. Our
automotive school is cutting edge in sustainability, design and
commercialisation.
Within Otago Polytechnic we have a dedicated commercialisation
and business transformation facility called workSpace. They
work with over 100 external businesses yearly on product
development, sustainability, business design, website and
branding, IT and health.
Alistair.Regan@op.ac.nz
0800 762 786
121 Forth Street, North Dunedin, Dunedin 9016
Christchurch Polytechnic and
Institute of Technology
CPIT has completed research and development projects for
local industries involved in renewable energy systems (including
solar thermal, PV and energy management). We have supported
local industries and suppliers with one-off niche CAD models
and/or designs, 3d products and prototypes, plastics pilot
plant, product testing, big data, and design and testing of smart
technologies. Our experience covers a diverse range of industries
including: transport, energy, power utilities, mobility, data and
telecommunications and plastics.
Margaret.Leonard@cpit.ac.nz
0800 24 24 76
130 Madras Street, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8011
Wellington Institute
of Technology
WelTec’s research and innovation activities include: Engineering,
which encompasses mechanical, electrical and civil specialities;
Information Technology; Business and Management; Creative
Technologies; Health and Social Services, including counselling,
addiction studies, and youth development. The Institute has a
strong reputation for its work in the area of product development,
including the design, build and pre-manufacturing phases.
Utilising a “projects with industry” approach, WelTec works with
numerous businesses and organisations, including technology
companies, and high value manufacturing enterprises. There
is an emphasis in working closely with small to medium sized
enterprises to support their growth and development.
Jacquie.Harper@weltec.ac.nz
0800 935 832
Buick St, Petone, Lower Hutt 5012
Waikato Institute
of Technology
Wintec has researchers covering areas ranging from Media
Arts, Business, IT and Enterprise, Education, Health and Social
Practice, Engineering and Industrial Design, Science and Primary
Industries, and Sport and Human Performance. We also have
dedicated innovation capabilities in sensor applications (domestic,
business and industrial and outdoor applications), On-farm
solutions, product development, 3D printing and prototyping,
social innovation with application in health, aged care and rural
development, and customised in-house training solutions for
refresher training or managing high risk work environments.
Mariana.VanderWalt@wintec.ac.nz
0800 294 6832
106 Tristram Street, Hamilton West, Hamilton 3204
Unitec Institute
of Technology (Unitec)
Unitec has over 150 programmes representing a wide range
of expertise spanning the social, health and natural sciences,
education, creative industries, business, technologies and the
built environment.
Specialist areas currently include: Cybersecurity – systems
research, business health checks; Computational Intelligence
– robotics, medtech, intelligent tutoring, augmented reality;
Sustainable Energy – hydrogen technology, energy economics,
hot water systems; Built Environment – whole house research,
disaster recovery, environmental quality, GIS mapping, virtual
design (BIM); Biosecurity, NZ biodiversity, invasive pests and
animal behavior; Communication – planning, analysis, media
campaigns, events; Market Research and Market Validation
– design and implementation; Social Practice/Community
Development – evaluation, surveying, project analysis; Health
– health services research, clinical research design; Education
– early childhood education, evaluation of workplace learning,
vocational learning; Sport – effective leadership/coaching in sport;
Biostatistics – systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Mark Towl or Shane Stuart researchvouchers@unitec.ac.nz
0800 10 95 10
Carrington Road, 1, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025
Manukau Institute
of Technology
MIT has established a dedicated subsidiary company,
EnterpriseMIT, to engage with business and industry. Our
purpose is to work with organisations to answer questions, solve
problems and develop ideas and innovation. We have a wide
range of experience in commercialization, business growth and
opportunity development. We work in close collaboration with
our seven faculties to ensure our clients have access to the most
up to date knowledge and expertise.
Some examples of our specialist expertise include: our faculty of
nursing and health leads in community health strategies with a
strength in qualitative and action research methodologies; our
maritime school are recognized globally for maritime consultancy,
port modeling and simulator training and development; we have
groundbreaking results in freshwater aquaculture research at
our dedicated facility; our education and social sciences faculty
are renowned for their work in early childhood education; our
engineering and trades faculty has expertise in maintenance and
reliability, mechatronics and prototype development; creative arts
is involved in arts development and workshops throughout New
Zealand and our faculty of business and IT is involved in a variety
of projects including market research and IT development.
We specialise in growing your ideas and your business.
Jenne.vonPein@manukau.ac.nz
0800 86 85 85
Newbury Street, Otara, Auckland 2023
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