Published on the 27/05/2011 | Written by Newsdesk
The ICE Ideas Conference is bringing together some of New Zealand’s best thinkers and doers to talk turkey about growing great kiwi businesses…
The event is scheduled for July 8th and will take place at The University of Auckland Business School.
Keynote speaker for the event is Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and first external investor in Facebook.
At the event speakers have 6 minute slots to set out their big idea, their challenge and their one big lesson that New Zealand needs to know about. There are then informal breakout sessions with participants discussing the concepts together.
This year’s speakers include:
- Peter Thiel – Co-founder Paypal, first external investor in Facebook
- Derek Handley – Co-founder The Hyperfactory
- Mark Weldon – CEO NZX
- Melissa Clark-Reynolds – Founder Minimonos
- Mike Riley – CEO Endace
- Murray Bain – CEO Ministry Science & Innovation
- Peter Chrisp – CEO New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
- Phil McCaw – Managing Partner of Movac
Date and Venue Details
8th July 2011
8.00am – 5.30pm
The University of Auckland Business School
$399
Established in 2001, The Icehouse is a collaborative partnership between The University of Auckland Business School, The Boston Consulting Group, Telecom and Gen-i, BNZ, Ernst & Young, HP, and Microsoft. It includes growth programmes for SMEs, a business incubator for start-ups and New Zealand’s largest group of angel investors.
For a full list of speakers and topics click here.
