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150 attended FORUM 2011

12th July 2011

There were 2 key points of focus for the day. The first was on building a brand story to transform your business and the second was on intelligent cities and communities and how Hamilton and New Zealand can move in this direction. Television sensation Kay Gregory MC’d the day with Brian Richards, the brain behind brands like Orca, Icebreaker and Steinlager Pure, providing several highly informative keynote sessions which the day was structured around.

After a moving opening kapa haka performance from Te Iti Kahurangi, SODA Chair Dame Cheryll Sotheran gave her opening address. Topics covered included the challenges of being a small isolated nation and that NZ needs to be aware of the future and adapt rather than continuing to do what we have done. She emphasised the importance of spotting new trends and capitalising on these. She also said that business clusters need to be in value chains rather than just similar businesses doing similar things. Clusters would be a recurring theme throughout the day.

You can find out more about the event on Twitter, where participants were using #dif2011 hash-tag throughout the day.

To see a full album of the day's events please link to SODA's Facebook page HERE 

New server facility to be built in Waikato

29th April 2011

NEW SERVER FACILITY TO BE BUILT IN THE WAIKATO - CONSTRUCTION TO START LATER THIS YEAR

An agreement between the Waikato Innovation Park and one of its tenants, theCloud Limited will result in the development of a purpose-built IT server facility on the campus. Read more on LinkedIn.

Google recruits in the Waikato

18th April 2011

GOOGLE RECRUITS IN THE WAIKATO - By Chris Gardner 

Google plans to grow by 50 per cent this year and came to the Waikato to recruit skilled talent. Read more on Linked In.