As our lives become increasingly digital, our reliance on smart machines grows. But who's making those machines and how can those manufacturers ensure the production of new technologies has minimal negative impact on the world? New Zealand's high tech manufacturing sector is thriving, with innovators finding brilliant ways to turn unlikely materials into high value items, and to construct technology that is used in coveted products globally. Join us on the webcast and hear from the New Zealand innovators who are building a better place. See the full schedule here >>

Agenda
9.00 - 9.20am - Welcome
9.20am - 10.00am - Perception vs. Reality in High Tech Manufacturing: Keynote speaker David Chuter, CE of the Innovative Manufacturing CRC, Melbourne
10.00am - 10.45am - How to be globally competitive from the other side of the world
10.45am - 11.00am - Break
11.00am - 12.00pm - Steal my job
12.00pm - 12.45pm - Break
12.45pm - 1.30pm - Start-up showcase
1.30pm - 3.00pm - Breakout session - details to be confirmed
3.00pm - 3.15pm - Break
3.15pm - 4.00pm - Introducing Revolution Fibres
4.00pm - 5.00pm - Future of Manufacturing: Keynote speaker Professor Olaf Diegel
5.00pm - 5.10pm - Wrap up and close