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Our 15 minute wrap up from Tauranga and the "10 Billion Mouths" event talking agritech/agtech and foodtech alongside investors from the US and innovative startups.

We talked with:
- Arama Kukutai
- Graeme Mueller
- A taste taste of Sunfed Chicken
- George Kellerman
- Steven Saunders & Alistair Scarfe
- Sarah Nolet
- Rosie Bosworth
- Richard Wildman

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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

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DAYS 1 and 2 are in the can - we have Techweek TV as a going concern, it's happening!

We learned that #ai is writing media, #electric bikes are fun, the passion of the many to #collaborate and grow the #newzealand #tech industry, what #UpStarters is, how awesome #cricket #bats are made, and Techweek NZ is a massive beast!

We'll be LIVE tomorrow from the #Tauranga headline event chatting with #Agritech, #foodtech, and all things #food.

12pm-2pm - let us know where you'll be listening from!

- DAY 1 VIDEO: https://www.accessgranted.nz/coming-soon/2018/2/22/techweektv-good-for-the-world-open-day-1
- DAY 2 VIDEO: https://www.accessgranted.nz/coming-soon/2018/5/22/techweektv-good-for-the-world-open-day-2

- All about us and Techweek TV: https://www.accessgranted.nz/techweektv-2018
- Techweek TV page: https://techweek.co.nz/techweek-tv/

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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

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We thank Hamish McGregor who took time out of his busy schedule to meet Mike in Miramar between flights, and it was well worth it.

Hamish discusses the kin2kin (https://kin2kin.com/) app that he co-founded in Wanaka, it's origin, the journey of a startup, being an entrepreneur, and how having an idea and even the first release is only the first tiny steps.

[Mike: kin2kin is probably one of the few apps we've encountered via the podcast that I have instantly seen how it would help in my life. The idea of shared family photos via wifi frames makes my heart sing.]

- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/hamish-mcgregor-4324b114
- https://kin2kin.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/kin2kinapp/
- https://twitter.com/kin2kinapp


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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website
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Following on from last week's Ben talking AI we have another :) Ben Reid is Executive Director at Artificial Intelligence Forum of NZ and we were extremely fortunate to have some time with Ben on the day that the "Artificial Intelligence: Shaping a Future New Zealand" report was released upon the world.

"This report is the culmination of a one year research project led by the AI Forum with research partners IDC and Sapere. The research examined the New Zealand and international AI industry landscapes, investigating AI’s potential impacts on New Zealand’s economy and society. The report identifies key AI opportunities, in the public, private and education sectors, that New Zealand can invest in now to actively shape the effects on our collective future."

We could wax on lyrically about what it says but let's leave Ben to tell you and after you read it for yourself ...


- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/benreid
- https://twitter.com/ben_r
- https://aiforum.org.nz/
- [PDF] http://resources.aiforum.org.nz/AI+Shaping+A+Future+New+Zealand+Report+2018.pdf


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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website
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Ben Rose, General Manager, Direct and Partnerships at nib, joined us via the magic of the Internet to take us through how nib are experimenting with Artificial Intelligence through the use of chatbots and machine learning to automatically answer clients questions.

Ben also explains how a seemingly "stuffy" insurance company has an attitude of this century and not the last, and how they have "online" in their DNA that enables agile experimentation. He also advises that companies of all sizes in New Zealand should start working out how AI can help their company - it's not expensive, but it is something to get one's head around.

- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/mrbenrose
- https://twitter.com/mrbenrose
- https://www.nib.co.nz/

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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

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ALL Wellington events: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/filter/?Location=3

At a WREDA organised event we stick our microphone under a number of Wellington event organisers and ask them, "What is your event, where / when and why should people come along?", enjoy the answers from:

- Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Edmund Hillary Fellowship / Spacebase
NZ Space Challenge Regional Showcase - Monday 21st 5:30pm - 7:30pm /  BizDojo, 115 Tory St

- Amber Joseph, New Zealand Students' Space Association
Students in Space Conference - Monday 21st 5:30pm - 9pm / Rutherford House - Lecture Theatre 2, Vic Uni, 33 Bunny Street

Andrew Wood, Touchtec
- Your Data in Future Politics - Friday 25th 5:30pm - 8:30pm / Main Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Vic Uni, 139 Vivian SZt

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
ECLI: The system that saves lives - Wednesday 23rd 2pm - 4pm / MBIE, 15 Stout St

Nadia Webster, Service Innovation Lab
- Better Rules Hack - Saturday 19th - Sunday 20th 9am - 4pm / tbc
- Transitioning to an Optimistic Future - Monday 21st 9am - 12pm / tbc
- Showcase: Building government’s digital service innovation capability - Monday 21st, Tuesday 22nd, Thursday 24th 1pm - 3pm / tbc
- Emerging Tech: Artificial Intelligence and what feeds it - Tuesday 2nd 12pm-1:30pm / tbc
- Workshop – Delivering digital government services informed by the Māori worldview - Thursday 24th 10:30am-12:30pm / tbc
- Showcase: Building government’s digital service innovation capability - Friday 25th 3:30pm - 5:30pm / tbc

Kate MacDonald, BizDojo Wellington
- Founders Night w Paper Kite's Nic Gibbens #Techweek Edition - Thursday 24th 5:30pm - 7:30pm / BizDojo, 3 Market Lane
- Collider Tech for Noobs: an intro to Agile - Monday 21st 12pm - 1pm / BizDojo, 3 Market Lane
- Collider Tech for Noobs: Understanding Open Source Software - Tuesday 2nd 12pm - 1pm / BizDojo, 3 Market Lane
- Collider Tech for Noobs: SEO - What even is it? - Wednesday 23rd 12pm - 1pm / BizDojo, 3 Market Lane
- Many "other people's events" ...

Ben Reichelt, Wellington PHP Meetup
An introduction to web development - Tuesday 22 6pm-9pm / BizDojo, 115 Tory St

Dorien Vermaas, WREDA
Creative Realities - Thursday 24th 9am - 5pm / Shed 6, Queens Wharf

Raqi Syed, Miramar Creative Centre
Technology and bad luck - Wednesday 23rd 5:30pm - 7:30pm / Miramar Creative Centre, 133 Park Road, Miramar

ALL Wellington events: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/filter/?Location=3

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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website
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Melissa Firth, a person we have been working hard to get on the show for what seems like a lifetime ;) And it was worth the wait as she takes us through the inner workings of Te Papa, what the Chief Digital Officer role involves, how the team has been built-up in a short number of years. and their goals for the coming years.

Melissa also highlights some of the attributes of her team, the organisation and the wider environment that has allowed them to experiment, deliver and ensure they aren't bogged down in "old thinking":

https://nz.linkedin.com/in/melissa-firth-3b37871
https://twitter.com/mslissa
http://www.mahuki.org/about/mahuki-team/melissa-firth
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/what-we-do/leadership/executive-team

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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ
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Melissa Firth, a person we have been working hard to get on the show for what seems like a lifetime ;) And it was worth the wait as she takes us through the inner workings of Te Papa, what the Chief Digital Officer role involves, how the team has been built-up in a short number of years. and their goals for the coming years.

Melissa also highlights some of the attributes of her team, the organisation and the wider environment that has allowed them to experiment, deliver and ensure they aren't bogged down in "old thinking":

https://nz.linkedin.com/in/melissa-firth-3b37871

https://twitter.com/mslissa

http://www.mahuki.org/about/mahuki-team/melissa-firth

https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/about/what-we-do/leadership/executive-team

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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website

https://www.accessgranted.nz

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Adam Blackwell, a man on a mission to rid the world of not just terrible Powerpoint presentations but also give back the joy to meetings. Through the use of training and services at Stun Sells he moves people and companies to those that can engage business peers, whether that's to close a deal, sell a concept or merely to inform progress.

And it's not just services but using the app, Showcase, he is able to equip those out on the road with the information that they truly need to do their jobs ... and track the usage and fine tune the information given.

AND, he's worked in the US and has some brilliant tips to be aware of when flying on NZ1 to your first few big deals ... just because they say they will call you with an excited voice, doesn't mean they will.

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-blackwell-0a47255/
- https://stunsells.com/
- https://showcaseworkshop.com/

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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website
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In a quiet, yet hot corner of the University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering Mike stole away most (not all, unfortunately) of the speakers at the inaugural Women In Data Science 2018 New Zealand (https://www.widsnz.org/) to find out what they were going to say on stage - here they all are:

- Professor Rosalind Archer
- Liz MacPherson
- Pieta Brown
- Dr Lisa Chen
- Amanda Hughes
- Dame Diane Robertson
- Kat Kolich
- Emma Vitz
- Alex Garkavenko

(unfortunately we missed Agate Ponder, but watch this space ...)


Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VKOQGxJVu4
Full photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ARioZUGW8Ou5aXCC2

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Access Granted podcast featuring Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Vaughan Rowsell, Dave Lane, and others sharing the NZ people from tech, social media, startups and upstarts

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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