Keynote Speaker
Brett Roberts brought to you by Icehouse
Change and disruption – seizing the opportunity – Brett Roberts – “Futurist”
Brett will share his experience, insights and passion for utilising disruptive technologies to transform customer experiences and drive innovation and change in business. He will give examples of the impact that the constantly changing digital world is already having on the world of business and beyond and challenge the audience to think about what this means for their customers, colleagues, workplaces and the global environment. He will get the audience asking, and starting to answer, the critical questions about how they can be Brave and Bold and use opportunities from disruptive technology to create the future business, customers and environment that they want.
Brett is an entrepreneurial and innovative individual with a knack for ‘joining the dots’ to provide insight, identify opportunities and deal with challenges. He believes in the importance of a clear future vision, amazing customer experiences and that an organisation’s people, culture and agility are its only real, long-term competitive advantages. He has 20+ years in a wide variety of tech sector roles including digital agency CEO, CTO and Director of Innovation for Microsoft NZ, consulting, enterprise and SME sales, customer experience transformation, marketing, commercialisation, government relations, PR & communications and advising start-up companies.
Icehouse
Icehouse believe in the extraordinary potential of New Zealand business owners and entrepreneurs. They enable their success through knowledge, connection and investment.
New Zealand is a country of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). The Icehouse was founded in 2001 in recognition of the importance of this sector to the NZ economy. There are committed to creating a high performing New Zealand economy where ideas and businesses thrive. They believe that to unleash the economic potential, we need to lift the capabilities and aspirations of owners, entrepreneurs and people who run startup and SME businesses to enable them to take the business forward.
Since 2001, they have worked with over 5,000 ambitious owner-managers and entrepreneurs. On average their established businesses grow revenue by 12% every year, meaning they grow 2.5x faster than the average NZ business. There startups have collectively created over 900 jobs, raised more than $117m in funding and have generated over $325m in revenue.
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