Wednesday, 9 November 2022
9:00am - 9:30am
Registration and Networking
9:30am - 9:40am
9:40am - 9:45am
Export New Zealand Welcome
Welcome and a short visual celebration of the 50-year anniversary of ExportNZ.
9:45am - 10:10am
Address from MFAT
MFAT Chief Trade Negotiator Vangelis Vitalis will discuss recent progress on:
- The Government’s Trade Recovery Strategy including recent trade agreements with the UK and the EU.
- How the CPTPP is growing in strength and stature.
- The refreshed Trade Recovery Strategy including how it will help to deliver widespread and good quality options for Kiwi exporters.
Tech Tigers – Digital disrupters lifting business capability
10:10am - 11:00am
Byte-sized case studies of exponential growth driven by digital demand
Fuel50 – Fastest growing HR technology vendors
Discover the secret to:
- Fuel50’s 70% year-over-year growth in recurring revenue.
- Using investment opportunities to support strong international growth throughout Europe and North America.
- Fuel50s success in defining their category on a global scale and enabling high fidelity career pathways.
Data Insight & Valocity Global – Innovation for effective business decision making
Carmen Vicelich unpacks how:
- She created two next generation multi-million-dollar, global industry-leading businesses using data and technology to create value.
- Overcoming biases faced as a female tech entrepreneur growing a global business across Australia, India and Asia.
- Utilising data, she can better understand and reach her end consumer to drive business success.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) – What tech hyperscalers can teach NZ exporters
- From scaling Kiwi companies to global hyperscaler – the highs and lows
- Building teams in the face of growth – what I wish I’d known before
- Lessons from a hyperscaler – what Kiwi companies can learn
Q&A Panel Discussion with Tech Tigers
- Building on your X factor
- Become an industry disruptor
- The hurdles and challenges that come with success and how to overcome them.
11:00am - 11:30am
Networking - Morning Tea
Let’s move it, move it
11:30am - 12:10pm
Shipping and logistics panel
Logistics industry leaders come together to frame the current state of affairs and share their projections on freight rate and cargo availability trends.
- Air cargo trends post Covid19 and what is happening in the smaller package end of the market.
- What is a resilient transport system within New Zealand and how will this support future industry needs.
- Ensure New Zealand maintains a sustainable, secure supply chain and remains competitive on the world stage.
- Projections on passenger and cargo routes and the future of air travel.
Thinking global from day one
12:10pm - 12:40pm
Keynote Speaker
Disrupting cosmetic industry giants, one bottle at a time
- Turning environmental sustainability into a first mover advantage and having values that solidify the authenticity of your brand.
- Sustainable sourcing and enabling growth through your supply chain.
- Expanding their product line, breaking into new markets globally and showing no signs of slowing down.
12:40pm - 1:40pm
Networking - Lunch
Partnering globally
1:40pm - 2:15pm
Start up players entering the big investment league
Straker Translations blends human and machine intelligence to be a leader in global translation services.
- Hear how to become a disrupter in a traditional market with the creation of smart tech solutions and a new way of looking at old problems.
- How a tech solution offered scale, price and speed advantages over competitors that paved the way to listing on the ASX
- How additional capital has helped scale the business for future growth.
Seequent – The international success story that’s changing the future of subsurface software
- Explore how Seequent has:
Seen the opportunity to build sophisticated technology that maps the “upside down”. - Managed significant year on year growth at a rapid pace while being a disruptor in a novel market.
- Excelled enough to attract over a billion dollar sale during a global pandemic, and what that investment adds to future growth prospects in New Zealand and globally.
- Natural Pet Food Group – From paddock to plate
Creating premium brands and products in a globally competitive market and increasingly crowded pet food market. - Getting in shape to attract investment to support strong international growth.
- The positive benefits of success that comes with external investment.
Global Pulse Check – Market insights
2:15pm - 2:40pm
Spotlight On Asia-pacific – Maximising Cutural Understanding To Drive Commercial Success
Panel discussion sharing:
- Experiences with New Zealand firms doing business in Asia-Pacific.
- Best practise methodologies from in-market businesspeople and experts.
- The value of cultural understanding when engaging in the Asia-Pacific.
2:40pm - 3:00pm
Painting a post COVID-19 picture - NZ Story deep dives into how the world sees New Zealand
The latest Global Pulse Check Research considers:
- How international perceptions are changing in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
- In-depth insights into what global consumers care about now.
- How perceptions of NZ have shifted to allow them to better tailor their stories for different markets.
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Networking - Afternoon Tea
Adapting to different markets
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Market opportunities in a post-Covid world
NZTE Trade Commissioners will beam in from LA and Singapore to provide a panel discussion on market opportunities and consumer sentiment in a post covid world.
Spotlight on Los Angeles
Spotlight on Singapore
4:00pm - 4:25pm
From Export Zero to Export Hero
The extraordinary growth story of a small emerging business:
- Shifting an art project into a multi-million dollar manufacturing and export business using a unique business model.
- Decipher Metalbird’s ability to internationalise a tailor made product, to the export market, using scalable methodologies.
- The successful re-imagination of speed to market in a global commerce era.
This is a truly inspiring story from a company with a big future and an opportunity to have your questions answered on how they’ve achieved success.
4:25pm - 4:35pm
Closing Remarks
4:35pm - 5:30pm
Networking - Drinks and Canapés
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