16 March 2010
The CFO Summit & Awards
Fairfax Media Business Group, and Conferenz together with foundation sponsor Ernst & Young would like to invite you to attend the New Zealand CFO Summit on 16 March 2010 at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland.
Click here for more information about the CFO Summit
Click here for more information about the CFO Awards
24 March 2010
 CIO Insights Luncheon
Topic: Transformation and Optimisation to Drive Productivity
Location: Wellington
Sponsor: Unisys
Date: 24 March 2010
Venue: The Wellesley Hotel, Maginnity Street
Speakers: Nigel Prince, CIO, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Brett Hodgson, Managing Director, Unisys NZ
October 2009
 CIO Leaders' Luncheon
Topic: TBA
Location: Auckland and Wellington
Sponsor: Unisys
Dates and venues TBA
21-22 July 2009
2009 New Zealand CIO Summit
As organisations face increasingly economic uncertainty, challenges keep growing and IT leaders are expected to deliver greater results within tighter budgets. What does this mean for CIOs? What challenges are they facing? Which skills are required not only to meet these challenges, but to become true leaders?
The 2009 CIO Summit will examine the growing importance of INSPIRATION, INNOVATION and INTEGRATION at organisations and how CIOs are the key drivers behind this.
Be inspired:
- 2 CIO panel discussions will be addressing the current financial situation and key leadership skills
- 3 international keynotes with: John Gantz of IDC; Carey Eaton of SEEK and Sid Ahuja of BELL LABS INNOVATION, ALCATEL-LUCENT
- 7 CIO presentations – your opportunity to hear the challenges they face and 'tricks' they use
- Over 25 sponsors and exhibitors
Keeping up with the trends and challenges that are driving the CIOs agendas this year, we have again appointed an Advisory Council – that has assisted us in ensuring the agenda is the best possible outcome for CIOs to learn and debate. The 2009 CIO Advisory Council is:
- Andrew Cammell, CIO, Chapman Tripp
- Chris Wickham, Manager IT Customer Services, Wellington City Council
- Hazel Jennings, IT manager, Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
- April Walker, GM Information Systems, Southern Cross Healthcare
- Robin Johansen, CIO, Beca
- Ross Hughson, CIO, Inland Revenue
- Channa Jayasinha, Chief Technology Officer, Ministry of Economic Development
For more information on the 2009 CIO SUMMIT, click here
Computerworld Awards
CIO, Computerworld and our sponsors ITCRA and NetApp are delighted to announce the winners of the CIO of the Year Award and the Excellence in IT Recruitment Award for 2009. We would like to thank all entrants and finalists for supporting these awards and thereby highlighting the talent and high standard in the ICT industry.
CIO and Computerworld would also like to thank the judging panels of each Award for their contribution and time and knowledge.
Winners:
CIO of the Year
Julia Raue, CIO, Air New Zealand
Excellence in IT Recruitment
Candle ICT Recruitment
Computerworld is proud to announce the launch of another award in our series of single, targeted Awards for this year. We are now calling for entries in the "Excellence in the Use of ICT in Government Award", kindly sponsored by EDS
Entries are now open until 11 September 2009. Click here to go through to download the entry/submission form.
The winner of this Award will be announced at Te Papa, Wellington at a cocktail function on 28 October 2009.
Wednesday, 24 June
MIS100 Event
The MIS100 is the most eagerly anticipated publication listing the country's biggest information technology users. We will present the findings of the 2009 MIS100 research and hear from CIOs in the MIS100 list talk about their latest projects. There will also be an analyst presentation on the trends shaping enterprise ICT.
Speakers:
Ullrich Loeffler, country manager, IDC New Zealand
Stephen Whiteside, director IT, The University of Auckland
Kevin Drinkwater, global CIO, Mainfreight
Rob O'Neill, editor, Computerworld
Kerry Sims, Country Manager, Hitachi Data Systems
Sponsors:
Hitachi(Gold Sponsor), Gentrack(Silver Sponsor)
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Albert Street, Auckland
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17 and 18 June 2009
 CIO Insights Luncheon
The June 2009 CIO Insights Luncheons will feature Ashley Mudford, chief information officer of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA). He will speak on balancing critical business outcomes with the need for cost savings during a tight economic environment.
The luncheon will include a presentation on the findings of the latest survey commissioned by Unisys among ICT executives on how enterprises can reduce costs in an outsourced IT environment without negatively affecting productivity, service and revenue.
Wellington: 17 June, The Wellesley Hotel
Auckland: 18 June, Stamford Plaza Hotel
Topic: Optimising sourcing during a slowdown
Speaker: Ashley Mudford, CIO, NZ Food Safety Authority
Sponsor: Unisys
About the speaker:
 He has been the CIO for NZFSA since 2005, with his responsibilities including information systems, business-IT integration, information and knowledge strategy, along with organisational development. He has worked in a range of organisations in both the public and private sectors, and ran his own business in project management and business development. Prior to his appointment as CIO, Ashley had been working on various projects with NZFSA. He was responsible for the electronic certification programme that helped modernise New Zealand’s food-related trade supply chain, which subsequently had an influence on the development of trade-related international data standards.
Presentation:
13 and 14 May 2009
 CIO Leaders' Luncheon
Topic: Enterprise security
Speaker: David Spaziani, Chief Information Officer, Department of Internal Affairs
David has been CIO at Internal Affairs since 2006. Originally from Australia, he has made Wellington his home for the past 13 years. David's IT career began as a software developer, but has spent much of his career in systems integration and delivery roles, working for Kodak, Unisys and EDS. He joined MED in 2003 as Programme Manager prior to moving to DIA. David has a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours from the University of Melbourne.
Auckland: 13 May, Stamford Plaza Hotel
Wellington: 14 May, The Wellesley Hotel
Sponsor: Unisys
Presentation: 
CIO Conference 2008
Successful strategies for a complex world
16-17 September, SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre
This year's CIO Conference recognises the growing challenge of complexity within business. Technology change is accelerating. The internet has revolutionised service delivery. Globalisation has introduced both new clients and new competitors and has placed greater pressures on business for operational excellence.
Attend the ninth annual CIO conference and hear from your peers on their strategies for overcoming some of these business challenges.
Full details of the speaker programme Day 1 and 2 can be found on www.cio.co.nz/conference.
August 2008 CIO Leaders’ Luncheons:
The new IS: Innovation Strategy
Today’s CIOs are tasked to build flexible and agile systems in a fast-changing environment. Smart leaders see them as strategic innovators, harnessing their CIOs to power the business with improved processes, increasing customer numbers and providing a competitive edge – but in a cost effective manner. Here in New Zealand these CIOs can be found across all sectors – in government, business, education and not for profit. Meet some of these crusading ICT leaders in the first interactive CIO Leaders’ Luncheon at the IBM Forum 2008.
This year, we are holding the CIO Leaders’ Luncheons in three cities, as part of IBM Forum:
Wellington:
Date: 11 August (Monday)
Venue: Renouf Foyer, Michael Fowler Centre
Time: 12:45 to 2.10pm, followed by IBM sessions till 3.30pm
Speakers: Matjaz Jug, CIO, Statistics NZ
Russell Turner, CIO, MetService
Julian Lonsdale, Chief Technologist, IBM New Zealand
Auckland:
Date: 14 August (Thursday)
Venue: The Hyatt Regency, Auckland
Time: 12:45 to 2.10pm, followed by IBM sessions till 3.30pm
Speakers: Nigel Beach, Research and Development manager, Compac Sorting Equipment
Julia Raue, CIO, Air New Zealand
Julian Lonsdale, Chief Technologist, IBM New Zealand
Christchurch
Date: 19 August (Tuesday)
Venue: Christchurch Convention Centre
Time: 12:45 to 2.10pm, followed by IBM sessions till 3.30pm
Speakers: Simon Gould-Thorpe, CIO, Honda New Zealand
Mike Harte, Director, Information Technology Services, University of Otago
Julian Lonsdale, Chief Technologist, IBM New Zealand
To reserve your place at the CIO Leaders’ Luncheons please call Sue McIntosh on 09 302 8779 or email sue_mcintosh@fairfaxbm.co.nz and specify whether you will attend the Wellington, Auckland or Christchurch event.
Following each of the luncheons, IBM has created two sessions of interest to CIOs: “Global Innovation Outlook - The nature of innovation in the 21st century” and “The new agenda - CIO as a Change Leader”. If you’re interested in finding out more about these sessions and other presentations at the IBM Forum, such as “Government 2020” and “Demystifying SOA” – visit
http://www-07.ibm.com/events/nz/ibmforum/
The August 2008 CIO Leaders’ Luncheons are proudly sponsored by IBM New Zealand. CIO magazine reserves the right to restrict this event to CIOs and equivalent senior roles.
Computerworld Tech Briefing: Utility Computing
Tuesday 24 June, Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland
Is the information utility the future of corporate IT?
Computerworld’s latest forward-looking technology briefing will explore an entirely new model of service delivery – utility computing.
Real-world users will present their experiences and outline why they adopted a utility strategy. They will explain the benefits and pitfalls of their projects and share tips and insights with their government and corporate peers.
In addition, industry experts will explain the development of utility computing and how technologies are now falling into place that can make the utility dream a reality.
What will all of this mean for the corporate IT department? Come to Computerworld’s utility computing briefing and find out. Click here to register now!
Featuring;
Eric Svetcov, Senior Manager, KPMG
Eric Svetcov has more than 15 years of information security and information technology management and recently joined KPMG's Risk Advisory Services practice in Auckland. Svetcov will be talking about the business challenges of the utility computing model.
Tim Chaffe, Enterprise Architecture Manager, University of Auckland
The University embraced virtualisation early and reaped its benefits in consolidation and simplification, but pushing that further, towards a utility model of service is difficult. Tim Chaffe will talk about the barriers to implementing a utility computing model, covering technical and cost challenges, as well as cultural issues within the IT environment.
Jeff Shaw, Information Systems Manager, North Shore City Council
Jeff Shaw will outline North Shore City's journey to a utility model for ICT service delivery, covering the reasons behind the quest and the challenges the council faced to make it work. Shaw has been with the North Shore City Council for over four years, and is responsible for the delivery core corporate applications, along with over one hundred other line-of-business applications to over 1000 desktops.
Henare Howard, Executive Manager Information Services, Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau Trust
Henare Howard has over 20 years experience in the IT sector managing information systems in both the public and private sectors. Howard will tell how a utility model helped his organisation face challenges of growth and scalability.
Wayne Norrie, CEO, Revera
Wayne Norrie will talk about the value of utility computing, sustainable IT, the skills shortage and the business benefits.
MIS100 Event
Thursday 1 May, Crowne Plaza, Auckland, 10am-2pm
The MIS100 is the most eagerly anticipated publication listing the country's biggest information technology users. At this event, CIOs had the opportunity to hear from a number of CIOs and analysts on the trends past and present that are shaping enterprise ICT before the publication was released.
Presentation links
Rob O'Neill, editor, Computerworld
MIS100 research findings
John Brand, Research Director, Hydrasight
The new leadership challenge
Steve Graham, General Manager, Fronde Systems Group
Agile values are New Zealand values
Owen McCall, CIO, The Warehouse Group
Competence before influence
Johan Vendrig, CIO, Auckland District Health Board
Workplace collaboration; where is the fun in that?
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CIO & Computerworld Luncheon
| Wellington: | Tuesday 15 April, The Wellesley Hotel |
| Auckland: | Thursday 17 April, Stamford Plaza |
| Speaker: | Richard Hitchcock, Programme Manager, CIS Branch, New Zealand Defence Force |
| Topic: | Protecting New Zealand's critical defence infrastructure |
December 2007
 CIO Luncheon:
| Auckland: | Thursday, 6 December, Hyatt Regency, Auckland |
| Wellington: | Friday, 7 December, The Wellesley Hotel, Wellington |
| Speaker: | Dr Paul T. Callaghan, 2007 Blake Medallist, Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards |
| Topic: | 'Beyond the Farm and the Theme Park' |
To register your interest, please email Sue McIntosh or call 09 302 8779.
CIO Conference 2007
The New CIO Agenda: Business Leadership & Innovation
18-19 September, SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre
The 2007 conference featured those who are redefining the CIO role through vision and innovation, and from leaders across a wide-range of disciplines, all of which now form part of the growing CIO portfolio. Speakers included;
- Julia Raue, CIO, Air New Zealand: At Air New Zealand, the ‘I’ in the title of CIO stands for both information and innovation. This keynote will provide interesting and practical insights on ICT leadership and management in a constantly shifting and competitive business environment from someone in one of the biggest CIO roles in the country.
- Andre Mendes, Global CIO, The Special Olympics: In this searingly honest presentation, award winning CIO Andre Mendes will discuss how CIOs can cope when they are caught in the crossfire of inflated expectations, vendor failings, departmental infighting and, importantly, how they can effectively negotiate the delicate equilibrium of innovation and change in a real world organisation with great outcomes.
- Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence, University of Sydney: In this presentation Durrant-Whyte will argue that robots represent the next great step in the fusion of machines, computing, sensing and software to create intelligent systems capable of interacting with the complexities of the real world.
- Mary Ann Maxwell, Group Vice President, Executive Programs, Gartner: This session will look at what's next on the CIO agenda with pointers and projections for the coming year, covering all aspects of what will shape the CIO role in the future.
Virtualisation Technology Briefing
Tuesday 28 August, Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland
$235 + GST per person
Make virtualisation a reality....
If you’re responsible for enterprise technology, come and learn from the experiences of those who have successfully deployed this new technology: find out how they’ve done it, the benefits it has brought to their organisations and what you need to be aware of.
CIO and Computerworld have come together to bring their readers a unique event where attendees will hear not only from a range of industry experts but also from a selection of well-known New Zealand organisations who have completed virtualisation projects.
Featuring:
- Captain Roger MacDonald, Director, Joint Information Services Agency and Peter Thomas, CIO, New Zealand Defence Force: NZDF has recently completed one of the largest and widest-ranging projects in New Zealand, complete with a unique set of challenges. Hear from Roger and Peter on how the project has been deployed.
- Daniel Kenna, Systems Specialist, Manukau Institute of Technology: One of New Zealand’s early adopters of virtualisation, Daniel will present on the case for virtualising and the benefits it has brought. This is invaluable advice for anyone wanting to learn from peer experience.
- Paul Harapin, Managing Director, VMWare ANZ: As a threat to operations and the bottom line, corporate computing’s fast-growing power consumption is forcing companies to adopt green energy practices. Learn how virtual infrastructure reduces energy consumption by allowing you to run your applications on fewer physical servers.
- EMC will focus on how virtualisation technologies help optimise information infrastructure costs. Learn how to increase asset utilisation, reduce physical resources and costs while improving service delivery to your organisation.
- Dell will give an overview of the current virtualisation industry and expected developments over the next few years. The session will look at how virtualisation technology is shaping ICT departments and their organisations and how it will continue to do so as it evolves and matures.
For more information, click here
Computerworld IT Security Briefing
Tuesday 29 May, Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland
$235 + GST per person
The enemy is everywhere!
If you're involved in your organisation’s IT security, register for this must-attend event now. In the first of a series of technology briefings, Computerworld brings you a compelling half-day event analysing the information security landscape in 2007.
Speakers include;
- Peter Benson, founder and chief executive of Security-assessment.com.
- Peter Gutmann, University of Auckland information security researcher
- Christian Seifert, New Zealand Honeynet Alliance
For more information, click here.
 CIO Luncheon
| Location: | The Duxton Hotel, Wellington: Tuesday 22 November |
| Carlton Hotel, Auckland, Thursday 24 November |
| Speaker: | Pat Armitstead |
| Topic: | Laugh as you lead: How to combine business savvy and wit to motivate your team |
CIO Conference 2005
Service Delivery Management - Raising the Bar
13-14 September, SkyCity Auckland
The 2005 Conference is about raising the bar in service delivery by applying management frameworks for process improvement, rationalisation and standardisation. The annual CIO Conference is your opportunity to hear from CIOs, IT managers and industry specialists about what is really happening at the ICT coalface and learn from case studies what is currently best practice and regarded as ‘industrial-strength’.
 CIO Breakfast Briefing
| Location: | The Duxton Hotel, Wellington |
| Date: | Friday 15 July |
| Speaker: | Bill Vass, CIO Sun Microsystems |
| Topic: | Grid Computing,Security & Mobility |
 CIO Cocktail Function
| Location: | Hilton Hotel, Auckland, Princes Wharf |
| Date: | Friday 15 July |
| Speaker: | Bill Vass, CIO Sun Microsystems |
| Topic: | Grid Computing,Security & Mobility |
Uncommon sense: Confessions of a software entrepreneur
A one-day seminar by Mike Muhney, co-inventor of ACT!
Auckland: Thursday 19 May
Christchurch: Monday 23 May
Wellington: Wednesday 25 May
 CIO Conference 2004 - 14-15 September, SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland
The 2004 CIO Conference will be the fifth event for New Zealand information managers, featuring top overseas and local speakers. Topics will cover a wide range of issues that are of primary importance to those attending. The conference schedule will be completed in June 2004, so please refer back for further information, or click here to visit the CIO website.
Computerworld Excellence Awards 2004
The Computerworld Excellence Awards recognises the outstanding achievement of organisations through the use of technology and is the leading awards recognition programme within the New Zealand technology industry. Entry for the 2004 awards has now closed. Below is the schedule for this year’s programme:
| 19 March: | Submissions due to IDG |
| 26 & 27 April: | Finalists announced at cocktail parties in Auckland and Wellington |
| 28 April – 21 May: | Judging of finalists |
| Friday 25 June: | Winners announced at a gala presentation dinner at The Edge, Aotea Centre, Auckland |
Unlimited Best Places to Work seminar series
The Unlimited Best Places to Work survey is New Zealand’s largest employee satisfaction survey. The supporting seminar series will feature the leaders from three top 20 companies and give a detailed look into the results of the survey by author John Robertson.
29 March, Crowne Plaza, Christchurch
30 March, St James Theatre, Wellington
31 March, Hyatt Regency, Auckland
CIO Conference
2-3 September, Carlton Hotel, Auckland
Driving the Business Value
Find out how you can define – and refine – your position as a key driver of business value in your organisation. A full conference programme, plus a parallel series of sponsor case study presentations and a fully-fledged Enterprise Expo all add up to one great event for any CIO.
Enterprise Expo 2003
2-3 September, Carlton Hotel, Auckland
Getting the best return on your IT investment is crucial to the success of any firm – large or small – and research, comparison and evaluation is essential to achieve this. Enterprise Expo, in conjunction with Computerworld and CIO, will offer you the opportunity to investigate and speak with a select group of exhibitors with a focus on the enterprise solution market. No ‘tyre-kickers’ here, just serious companies with serious products and services, who won’t waste your time, but might just have exactly what you’re looking for. In addition, a full stream of presentations will cover some of hottest technologies and latest topics of interest. Come along and see how these organisations can help you transform your enterprise.
ICE Expo 2003
2-4 May 2003, Auckland Showgrounds
ICE (Internet, Computers and Entertainment) Expo 2003 is a brand new event for the technology sector. ICE will be the country’s largest ever technology expo and will bring together over 80 exhibitors from the telecommunications, home theatre/entertainment, computing, Internet, electronic and digital imaging sectors. It will be the ultimate in tools and toys!
Sponsored by TelstraClear, Apple Computer, Canon and LG Electronics, ICE Expo 2003 will cater for the many thousands of technology users and buyers from small businesses, as well as home computer and electronic entertainment enthusiasts.
CIO Conference 2002
10-11 September 2002
Carlton Hotel, Cnr Vincent Street & Mayoral Drive, Auckland
'At the Speed of Light'
CIO New Zealand will be holding it's third annual conference, At the Speed of Light, on 10-11 September 2002 in Auckland. This year the conference focuses on the issue of change and how CIOs need to continually rethink business objectives for their companies to remain on top. The conference brings together some of the more interesting and relevant people encountered over the last year through CIO New Zealand.
Computerworld Expo 2002
7-9 May 2002
Auckland Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland
All the latest developments from industry leaders in business technology under one roof. Whether it’s desktop computers, mobile systems, Internet services or e-commerce applications, Computerworld Expo, New Zealand’s largest business and technology event, is where you’ll find the up-to-date information you need.
Computerworld Excellence Awards 2002
Companies and individuals are now invited to enter for the 2002 Computerworld Excellence Awards.
CIO Conference 2001
14-15 August 2001
Carlton Hotel, Cnr Mayoral Drive & Vincent Street, Auckland
Putting the "e" into the enterprise
CIO New Zealand will be holding it’s second annual conference, Transforming the enterprise on 14-15 August 2001 in Auckland. The theme this year is centered on the impact CIOs can make towards a future that is not always perceived or understood thoroughly by many of their most senior managers.
Computerworld Expo 2001
8-10 May 2001
Auckland Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland
CIO Conference 2000
3-4 October 2000, Carlton Hotel, Auckland
The inaugural CIO conference 2000 was entitled Leadership: The Defining Edge. It was planned with the help of a board of leading CIOs from around New Zealand to cover issues a leading CIO needs to grasp for success in business beyond 2000.
Computerworld Expo 2000
4-6 April 2000
Auckland Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland
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