THE PROJECT: DIGITAL DISRUPTION: CONVERGE, CONNECT, CREATE

30+ Speakers, 400+Attendees, 1 $5K Pri$e, 2 Awesome Days Not To Miss

8:00 - 9:00
REGISTRATION + COFFEE, TEA, MUFFINS AND AM NETWORKING
Move from Sir Paul Reeves Building Foyer to Conference Meeting Room
Day One INSPIRATION and INNOVATION Being Digitally Disruptive
9:00 9:15 Welcome Comments and Overview
James Donegan, US Consul General, US Embassy in New Zealand
Derek McCormack, Vice Chancellor and Executive, AUT
MC/Morning Host Martin Bell, The Project, Executive Producer
9:15 9:40
LIVEstream from Washington DC
BEING PC: DIGITAL INNOVATION & GLOBAL DEMOCRACIES
Macon Philips Coordinator, US Bureau of Intl. Information Programs
Former Special Assistant to President Obama as Director of Digital Strategy
9:40 10:00
THE NEXT WAVE: INNOVATION for MILLENIAL CONSUMERS
Geraldine McBride, Former, CEO, SAP Asia-Pacific, Founder, MyWave
10:00 10:20
NEW ZEALANDS DIGITAL ADVANTAGES IN GLOBAL MARKETS
Jeff Cole, CEO, Center for Digital Future, USC Annenberg School (USA)
10:20 10:40
WHY GOD IS DIGITAL: INNOVATION, PLATFORMS &
THE MEANING OF LIFE
Mitch Olsen, Founder of Small Worlds, Innovation Advisor, ATEED
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10:40 11:10
MORNING BREAK Meet the Morning Presenters & Networking
11:10 11:30
PREPARING FOR THE DIGITAL TSUNAMI: INTELLIGENCE APPLIED
Dr. Jane Cherrington, Founder, String Theory, Author, The Briefing
11:30 11:50
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN PUBLIC DEBATE AND POLICY
Jacinda Ardern, Labour Party MP, Auckland Central
11:50 12:10
GOVERNANCE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW -- BOARD SHORTS A
GOOD CAUSE TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF DIRECTORS
Henri Eliot, CEO Board Dynamics
12:10 12:30
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: TO BE ANNOUNCED
12:30 13:30
LUNCH SERVED Meet Presenters/Networking
Afternoon MC/host Richard Pamatatau, Program Leader, AUT
13:30 13:50
THE FUTURE OF LEARNING FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION
Francis Valentine, Founder of Media Design School, now CEO, MindLab
13:50 14:10
FOSTERING DISRUPTION IN BRISBANE: CASE STUDY X THE DITCH
Anna Rooke, CEO of QUT Creative Enterprise Australia, Curator, Creative3

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14:10 15:00
THE REGIONAL QUICKFIRE 4 SPEAKERS, 10-12 MINS.
Digital Disruption Update From Wellington Dave Moskovitz, Webfund
Digital Disruption Update From Canterbury Ben Reid, Memia
Digital Disruption Update From Waikato Graham Gaylord, NetValue
Digital Disruption Update From Hawkes Bay David Toddy, ToddTalks
15:00 - 15:30
AFTERNOON BREAK Meet and Mingle with Day One Presenters
15:30 16:00
TWO AMAZING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS CASE STUDIES
Guy Ryan, Founder of Festival for the Future, interviews two millennial
digital entrepreneurs - Andy Wilkinson and Sebastian Hallum-Clarke
16:00 16:20
FROM HEART TO START Derek Handley, Founder, HyperFactory and Snakk
Media interviewed by Guy Ryan, Founder of FftF and Inspiring Stories Trust
16:20 - 16:30
DAY ONE CLOSING SUMMATION AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
16:30 19:00
CONNECTING THE DOTS COCKTAIL AND NETWORKING RECEPTION

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DAY 2 PERSPIRATION AND PRACTICALITY Making Ideas Happen

8:30 - 9:00
COFFEE AND AM NETWORKING in the Sir Paul Reeves Building Foyer
9:00 9:15 Welcome, + Recap Of Day One Along With Highlights Video
Morning Host/MC John Lai, Founder Social Media NZ
9:15 9:45 MORNING MEDIA KICKSTARTER CHAT
LIVEstream w/ San Francisco
DOING BUSINESS IN DISRUPTIVE ECOSYSTEMS: THE FUTURE OF WORK
A High-Tech Talk with Gary Bolles, SF Industry Analyst, ex-IT Publisher,
Founder of EParachute and Consulting Producer of Googles visionary TEDlike Conference, Zeitgeist
9:45 10:05
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF THE INTERNET FOR KIWI BUSINESS
Murray Sherwin, Chair, Innovation Partnership
10:05 10:25
THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS IN A DIGITALLY DISRUPTIVE WORLD
Charles Araujo, Founder & CEO, The It Transformation Institute,
Author, The Quantum Age Of IT
10:25 10:45
FOSTERING NZ INNOVATION: TAKING A PRACTICAL APPROACH
Andy Blackburn, and Louise Webster, Directors, The NZ Innovation Council
10:45 11:15
MORNING BREAK Meet the Morning Presenters & Networking

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subject to further iteration. Please do not copy or distribute without written permission.

11:10 11:40
THE TEXAS TWO-STEP OF MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY
Cameron Gawley, Co-Founder and CEO, BuzzShift (USA)
11:40 12:25
DIGITAL DISRUPTION IN PROGRESS: SPOTLIGHT ON MARKETING
INNOVATION -- 3 presenters each for 10-12 minutes and then 10 minutes
Q&A featuring Tom Reidy, CEO Catalyst 90, Todd Wackrow, Head of Client
Services at Union Digital & James Hurman, Managing Director, Y&R NZ
12:25 12:30
12:30 13:30

ANNOUNCEMENTS
LUNCH SERVED Meet Presenters/Networking

Afternoon Host/MC Russell Browne

13:30 13:50
A METHOD TO SYSTEMATIZE BEING DIGITALLY INNOVATIVE
Hayden Raw, Founder, the common room, Director, Design and Online
13:50 14:10
DISRUPTING THE MOMENT: LIVE, PUBLIC AND CONVERSATIONAL
Nivin Sewpershad, Manager, DSO, Twitter Australia
14:10 14:55
APPETITE FOR DISRUPTION: LORDE AND THE NEW MUSIC BUSINESS
Russell Brown interview with Adam Holt, Chairman, Universal Music NZ
14:55 15:00
15:00 15:30

Afternoon ANNOUNCEMENTS
AFTERNOON BREAK Meet The Afternoon Presenters

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15:30 16:00
DIGITAL DISRUPTION IN PROGRESS: SPOTLIGHT on TOOLS AND APPS
Two presenters, Dan Milward, Founder, GameFruit, Rollo Wenlock, Founder,
Wipster in discussion with The Project Program Chair, Hal Josephson
16:00 16:40
SPOTLIGHT ON CONTENT AND MEDIA MAKING : DIGITAL DISRUPTION
in Progress -- 3 presenters each for 8-10 minutes and then 10 minutes Q&A
w/ Jane Wrightson, CEO, NZ On Air, RoseAnne Liang, Flat3 and Lisa Touma,
Producer, The CocoNet.tv
16:40 17:15
COMMERCIALIZING DISRUPTIVELY: OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES
Panel discussion ( Day 2 presenters TBD) moderated by either John Campbell
Sasha MacNeil, Rachel Smalley or Mike Wilson with TV3 News
17:15 17:30
CONFERENCE SUMMATION
AUT Prof. Welby Ings
The Project 2014 Prizes Announced THE PROJECT ADJOURNs
TO CELEBRATORY BUBBLES AND A PROJECT 2014 TOAST TO ALL

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