• Arturo Pelayo

    Innovation Consultant, Designer & Entrepreneur

    Arturo Pelayo

    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.

  • Product Analyst, Airways

    Harriet Jenkins

    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.

  • Creative Director & Founder of realityvirtual.co

    Simon Che De Boer

    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.

  • Dylan Packman

    Social Media Marketing at Socialites

    Dylan Packman

    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.