Presenting: What drones are getting up to around the world

Arturo helps organisations deal positively with unstoppable change. He focusses on the design and implementation of strategies compatible with an accelerating future.

He brings over 14 years experience working on projects with design consultancies creating new products and services, and delivering corporate training and business intelligence briefings with top executives in the USA, Germany, United Kingdom, Mexico and New Zealand.

Presenting: Policy, ethics and law 

Harriet manages airshare.co.nz, the drone hub for NZ which provides essential safety information, airspace maps, a flight logging tool and a facility to request permission to operate in controlled airspace.

Airshare was developed by Airways (the air traffic control provider for NZ) in 2014 in response to the growing drone industry to ensure the industry is aware of the rules and fly safely.

Airways are also about to launch an upgraded business directory called the 'marketplace' - a first port of call for commercial drone businesses searching for drone operators for commercial projects.

Presenting: Virtual Reality applications

realityvirtual.co is an Auckland based creative technologies R&D collective enthusiastic towards the visual realm. In a nutshell, they are streamlining VFX & capture technologies - allowing people to experience a 'being there' sensation by delivering presence in many forms.

Presenting: Technology and social media marketing

Dylan has a long background in online community management and social media, across telco, tech, customer service, and non-profit. Until recently he represented Vodafone in the Geekzone technology community and also ran Vodafone Community, an online forum that helps prevent thousands of calls to Vodafone every week. Dylan’s also one of our SMCAKL committee members. 

Dylan knows all about social and tech. He’ll join the dots about how new technology can be used in social campaigns and where this might be heading.

Wendy Thompson is Founder and CEO of Socialites, a specialist social media agency, recently placed on the 2015 Deloitte Fast 50 and Tech Asia Pacific 500.
Thompson has been a digital and social marketing leader for over 15 years.

She is Lead Marketing Judge for the Westpac Business Awards, was awarded the Ernst & Young Winning Women Scholarship in 2015. She sits on the board of the Well Foundation, the Social Media Club Auckland committee and CAANZ Experiential and Social Committee.

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Get yours now, $35 each. We’re giving some away for the best tweets at the event.