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You may have sighted some advanced media coverage of this event that the NZICT Group is facilitating in Christchurch during Rugby World Cup 2011. The intention of the Forum is to provide a business development platform for New Zealand companies and organisations (there also will be a science component) to engage with their key stakeholders, be it potential or existing partners, investors or customers.
It is rather like a trade mission in reverse, with the New Zealand companies determining who they want to target to drive their business forward, and the Forum programme being facilitated around these collective requirements. There will be some plenary sessions with keynote speakers, but the intention is for the bulk of the programme to be smaller workshops and in many cases one on one sessions. All of this happening in the middle of a festival Rugby World Cup environment.
While Christchurch will be the hub of the Forum it is intended that there will be spin-off activities around New Zealand, taking advantage where possible of the presence of international visitors, and a focus on the Hi-Tech sector. We will be working closely with NZTE, FORST, NZVCA, CDC, NZi3 and many other partners, utilising their respective existing infrastructure and programmes, to prepare companies for the event, and to target invitations. Already there has been international interest from groups wanting to attend the Forum and we look forward to sharing more information with you over the coming weeks.
If you are an NZICT member interested in being involved please contact us.