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ICT Capital News - October 2006

ICT Capital News is a bi-monthly newsletter circulated to members of the ICT Capital Cluster and/or the ICT Sector in the Wellington region, the ICT Capital News is supported by Positively Wellington Business.

Contents

1. New members
2. News
3. Upcoming Events

 

1. Welcome to the following new members;

•  David Brandon  -  MindSync Ltd
•  Mark Sokacic  -  Naughty Monkey Enterprises
•  Michael Fitzgerald  -  Weltec
•  Nick Barbalich 
•  Richard Hovey  -  Afid Mobile
• Ian Sturt  -  NZ Whatson Ltd
• Pierre-Etienne Vachon  -  Proximus Ltd/  Mille Verba
• Christian M Aguilar  -  Amkor Technology Phillipines
• Thilo Frotscher 
• Sue Bridger  -  At & T Global Network Services International Inc
• Jim Whitman  -  Office of the Privacy Commissioner
• Pengcheng (Thomas) Gao  -  Catalyst IT
• Perce Harpham  -  Harpham & Co Ltd
• Mary Peek 
• Kapil Chadha
• Nicola Horwood  -  Unlimited Potential
• Bing Galope 
• Rob Campbell  -  Whitireia Polytechnic
• Steve Baker  -  Effacy Group

If you wish to find out more about our new members, please check out their capabilities and contact details on the Member Section.

2. News

Business to business assistance needed.

Sustainable Business Network- The winners of the 2006 Northern Sustainable Business Awards were announced on Tuesday 5th September at a cocktail event at Auckland Art Gallery. The winners were selected from organisations partaking in the Sustainable Business Network’s Get Sustainable Challenge, and who chose to be entered into the Regional Awards.  The winners of the 2006 Northern Sustainable Business Award are automatically entered into the Westpac National Sustainable Business Awards on 12^th October.  

3. Upcoming Events.

The next cluster event will be in November. Details to follow.

Commercialising Innovation - 8am - 5pm, 18th October, Duxton Hotel

A one-day workshop created and presented by John O’Hara, Serial Software entrepreneur and author of the book “Commercialising Innovation”.

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Apectel 34 - 23rd - 27th October, Skycity Convention Centre 

Auckland is hosting the 34^th meeting of the APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group.

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Wellington Software Showcase - 5.30pm - 9pm, 13th November, Duxton Hotel

Networking Forum and dinner for investors and technology companies at the Duxton Hotel, Monday 13^th November. The NZ Software Association facilitates networking between technology companies and the investor community and advisers who can help them. The event begins at 5.30 pm with networking until 5.45pm. Each presenter will then have 5 minutes in which to give an elevator pitch. Following the pitches there will be a brief Q&A session, followed by the opportunity for participants to meet, learn about each other and possibly strike a deal over drinks. So that everyone knows who is who, each attendee will wear a colour-coded name tag — a green dot for a pitching company, red dot for an investor and amber dot for an advisor/other party.

Approach the Dragons. If you wish to make an elevator pitch, please contact Helen Fisk - email to helen@nzsa.org.nz before 10 November 2006. If you haven't done a pitch before, you can download a PDF copy of John O'Hara's “Guidelines for an Elevator Pitch” from http://johnohara.co.nz/resources.htm.

Networking Dinner. After the “Dragons Den” you're invited to continue networking with your peers over dinner (served at 7.15pm) and then listen to an entertaining and informative speaker, Rod Drury. Rod provides an overview of the software market and what it takes to be successful

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Connect New Zealand’s 4^th Springboard Showcase - 1.30pm -5.30pm, 1st November, SkyCity

Connect New Zealand are proud to be associating with the NZ Venture Capital Association Conference to present the 4th Connect New Zealand Springboard Showcase which showcases New Zealand growth and technology companies that are seeking collaboration and/or funding for their next stage of growth and development.

The Connect New Zealand Springboard Showcase presenters are graduates of the Connect New Zealand Springboard Programme which endeavours to mentor and groom their business proposition with an aim to fast track them into the market. They will have completed the Roundtable Programme and have had coaching in their presentation skills.

Connect New Zealand Springboard Showcase for November 2006 will attract venture capital and angel investors together with a relevant mix of industry personnel.

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Convergence Oceania 06 - 9am - 5pm, 7th November, SkyCity Convention Centre

Over 30 exhibitors, national and international experts and outstanding keynote speakers will be sharing their knowledge and experiences. 

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