
ISPANZ ANNUAL CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY 27TH JULY 2022 – 9:00am – 5:00pm
AT Area Events, 1 O’Reily Avenue, Wellington
Accomodation
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Programme
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am | ISPANZ AGM | Members only |
| 9:40am | Meet / Greet / Coffee | |
| 9:50am | Welcome, Housekeeping, Gold Sponsor Intro | ISPANZ President, Mark Frater Gold Sponsor, Chorus |
| 10:10am | Morning Tea | |
| 10:30am | Ministerial keynote address | Hon David Clark, Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications |
| 11:00am | Commerce Commission – current initiatives | Brendan Dempsey, Principal Advisor, Telecommunications, Commerce Commission |
| 11:30am | Radio spectrum management | Daniel O’Grady, Manager, Radio Spectrum Policy and Planning, MBIE |
| 12:00pm | Satellites – An opportunity or a threat? | Michael Twist, Sales & Marketing Manager, Gravity Internet |
| 12:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30pm | The future for the TCF | Paul Brislen, CEO, TCF |
| 2:00pm | Hawaiki & Datagrid update | Hamid Maani, Head of Global Sales, BW Digital Ltd |
| 2:30pm | Getting connectivity to rural NZ | Caitlin Metz, The Rural Connectivity Group |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3:25pm | Cyber Security Considerations for ISPs | Seeby Woodhouse, CEO, Voyager Internet |
| 3:55pm | Southern Cross Cable | Brian Smith, Engineering Services Manager, Southern Cross Cable Network |
| 4:25pm | ISPANZ update & activities | David Haynes, CEO, ISPANZ |
| 4:35pm | Closing remarks | ISPANZ President, Mark Frater |
| From 4:45pm | Drinks offsite | Sponsored by ![]() |
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