MORNING 

8:30AM Registration, meet and greet 

Opposite Eden Café, on the ground floor of the main (H) building on Forth St.

9:00 Welcome 

9:30 Panel 1: People & Planet

Convenor: Ross McDonald 

Alex Broad • Evolve Outdoors Group 

Demetre Tryfiatis • Zero Co 

Lauren Palmer • Fisher & Paykel

Gina Dempster • Wastebusters Wanaka

Tim Hunt • Arup 

10:45 Morning tea

11:00 Panel 2: Recent Grads

Convenor: Professor Caroline McCaw 

Zoe Morehu • Ngāti Marū Runanga 

Adam Bartlett • Rocket Lab 

Emily Mackenzie • LPHS 

Jacob Earles • Virtuo 

Alice Wassell • Otago Furniture 

Griff Hadland • Tabula 

12:30 Lunch at Manaaki

AFTERNOON 

1:30 Panel 3: Design for the Outdoors

Convenor: John Atkinson 

Maia Holder-Monk • Evolve Outdoors Group 

Nikki Linwood • Mons Royale 

Sheena Denmead • Make it Better 

James Fagan • Osprey 

Harry Wager • Kathmandu 

2:30 Afternoon tea

3:00 Panel 4: Design Entrepreneurs

Convenor: Nigel Bamford 

Chris Thomson • Syrp 

Rob Sterling • Scannable 

Mike Maguire • Aeroe 

Derek Manson • Fi Innovations 

4:30 Closing

5:00 Nibbles and drinks

And celebrating Pat Maguire, programme founder

Here’s the plan for the day! Friday 4 October 2024.

More info about our fab speakers on this Speakers page.