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Unconference

Unconference 2025 

Connect. Collaborate. Catalyse Change

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7-8 August 2025

AUT Conference  Centre, Auckland 

​The Global Entrepreneurship Network New Zealand is back in 2025 with our flagship Unconference and Workshops; two powerful days designed to ignite energy, spark collaboration, and supercharge Aotearoa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Whether you're a founder, researcher, investor, educator, or ecosystem enabler, this is your opportunity to learn, share what matters, and help shape a thriving future of entrepreneurship in Aotearoa.

Thursday 7 August:

A full day of hands-on, high-impact workshops, facilitated by experienced leaders. These sessions are practical, purposeful and designed to leave you with tools, insights and connections that add value to the ecosystem. 

Friday 8 August:

​Dive into a day where the agenda is curated by you and your community. Come with an open mind to take part in peer-led sessions that explore challenges and opportunities across the ecosystem and look to find the path forward. 

Expect fresh ideas, real conversations and meaningful connections

For more information on the event and to secure your ticket click below

Want to help ensure this amazing event and the rest of GEN NZ's work continues?

Reach out to discuss sponsorship opportunities!

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Unconference 2025 Sponsors

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Unconference 2025 Speakers

Jenny Douché

How can government agencies provide better support to startups?

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Dan Thurston Crow

Motivation: What Lies Beneath

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Colin Magee

Realising a Return on Your Startup

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Marissa Kaloga

Founders of the Future: A Creative Lab for Inclusive Entrepreneurship

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Richard Liew

How Startups Harness Strategic Storytelling for Growth

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Niamh Given

The Innovation Lens: Recognising Ideas Worth Pursuing

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Tamara Buckland

The Goblin Market: A playful experiment in entrepreneurial leadership

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Chris O'Neill

Accelerating Startup Progress with AI: Tools, Tactics & Open Dialogue

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Nathaniel Holmes

Think Like a Human: Unlocking Creative Problem Solving Through Design Thinking

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Ella Henry

Kaupapa Māori Entrepreneurship: Dialogue, Discovery & Decolonising Enterprise

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Michael Fielding

Turning Researchers into Entrepreneurs: Myth, Mindset & Mobilisation

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Debi Roder

What Is Economic Development? Understanding the Local Levers of Prosperity

What is an Unconference?

An ‘unconference' is a conference without a set agenda.

Attendees are given the freedom to create the event they want. There is no pre-planned agenda. Instead, it is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. Anyone who wants to initiate a discussion on any topic can choose a time and space.

Unconferences allow every attendee to be a worthy keynote speaker on their own. All topics of conversation are on the table.

GEN NZ has been running Unconferences in various locations around New Zealand since 2020. The event welcomes entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, ecosystem builders, and many others to meet, discuss, and learn together.

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