Fri 30 September 2022 at the Pullman hotel, auckland
The M2 Summit, presented by M2 Magazine, is a series of live events that bring the pages of M2 Magazine to life.
The M2 Summit, presented by M2 Magazine, is a series of live events that are set to bring the pages of M2 Magazine to life.
With a focus on Innovation, the Future of Work, Disruption, Strategy, Wellness, and Technology, M2 Summit is designed to keep you, your colleagues and team, and your valued clients ahead of the game in a rapidly changing environment while supporting New Zealand Inc.
Now that the world has been forced to go digital, M2 understands that the value of face-to-face interaction is stronger than ever. M2 Summit creates the space for you to network with like-minded business professionals working on ideas and solutions to meet the challenges of growth in today’s exciting world. Get back to growing your network to build, strengthen and deepen your professional relationships in person, rather than over a quick coffee or Zoom meeting.
Every Summit will introduce you to multiple keynote speakers, all experts or top professionals from their respective fields, to speak wisdom, value, and inspiration to you and your team. These talks are followed by a Q&A session and a networking event for our guests to engage.
Join us at our next M2 Summit:
Fri 30 September 2022 at the Pullman hotel
Our Last Speakers
How to Connect as Better Humans
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Well known and loved broadcast personality
Jason speaks to how building confidence to step forward and tell your story is so important, how we connect better as humans – why he is so passionate about teaching us to tell our stories, how he has built his entire career around this – and why, he was even more motivated to do so off the back of a huge health scare.
How to build an Aerospace Industry in NZ
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CEO of Kea Aerospace
Internet and aerospace entrepreneur, Mark founded two internet companies in 1998 and sold one of those ventures to Telecom Yellow Pages in 2006. Mark was the first New Zealander to book a ticket with Virgin Galactic and was the seed investor and co-Director of Rocket Lab from 2007 to 2011. In 2018 Mark started up Kea Aerospace to develop commercial aerospace projects and is committed to growing the Christchurch aerospace ecosystem.
How to Fix Power Poverty
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Founder of Nau Mai Rā.
Ezra Hirawani (Te Āti Haunui-a-Paparangi / Ngāti Rangi / Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Hako / Waikato Tainui) founded Nau Mai Rā, Aotearoa’s first kaupapa Māori energy retailer, with a mission to not only end power poverty, but reconnect with his marae, iwi, and hapū. Having grown up outside of Te Ao Māori, Ezra began his journey reconnecting with his heritage. Upon returning to New Zealand, he found that power poverty was one of the key challenges faced by whānau. In addition, Māori were often seeing little benefit from energy produced on their own whenua.
Nau Mai Rā is just the beginning for Ezra. He has a vision of uplifting Māori in every sector where his people are under-represented.
How Sea Cleaners removed 10.9M litres of rubbish from the Waitemata Habour
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New Zealand Local Hero of the Year – 2017 New Zealander of the year awards.
Hayden has over 16 years’ experience on the water as a contractor to the Watercare Harbour Clean-Up Trust. With an extensive marine litter collection knowledge from co-ordinating the removal over 10.9 million litres of rubbish from the Waitemata Harbour and surrounding waters, Hayden has directed the co-ordination of over 160,000 volunteer hours of individual support for the concept.
He has also co-ordinated a personal expedition to the North Pacific Ocean to raise awareness of litter in the North Pacific Gyre, and has promoted the positive effects of working locally within local communities to solve global issues. Hayden is a founding Trustee of this project to ensure the fulfilment of the plan and its objectives.
How to create more food options for NZ families on a budget
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Founder and CEO, Kete Kai
Lisa Booth is founder and CEO of Kete Kai, Aotearoa’s most accessible food box — borne out of her frustration with the current food system.
Lisa’s passion for people, community and learning are what drive Kete Kai’s core values, which are based upon redesigning food systems within New Zealand and creating a more affordable, sustainable and accessible option for families on a budget. Her long-term vision is to be part of the change that accomplishes Kete Kai’s Kaupapa which is to end hunger in Aotearoa by 2030.
Lisa is also an activator with SheEO, a global initiative founded by Vicki Saunders that pushes the reset button on how woman-led ventures focused on the world’s to-do list are funded, supported and celebrated.
Technology That Allows Buildings To Recover From Earthquakes.
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Director and CTO of Tectonus
Pierre, as the founder, CTO and director of Tectonus, is the Professor of Timber Design at the University of Auckland and is one of the inventors of Tectonus technologies. With over 30 years of experience nurtured from the academia, industry and military, Pierre is the thought leader of timber construction and structural resiliency, actively advocating the need for an improved resiliency in our urban nature.
Making high-performance Accessible
to Everyone
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Management & Strategy Consultant
Lani is an experienced management and strategy consultant who spent her twenties as the country manager for one of Australia’s largest financial services groups, and now works closely with ambitious Directors and teams to help unlock their company’s financial potential. She is passionate about what makes people and businesses tick, and is on a mission to shake up the world of consulting in a way that makes high-performance accessible to everyone.
Being There For The Next Generation
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CEO, Big Buddy
Paul Burns is CEO of Big Buddy, a charity that works hard to better the lives of boys whose dads are absent. To do that they recruit and connect good guys from the community with boys aged between seven and 14, giving them a trusted Big Buddy to spend regular time with and look up to. Big Buddy is all about encouraging confidence and resilience in the lives of boys without a father around.
Paul Burns has been the very proud CEO at Big Buddy since August 2017 working alongside extraordinary people with big hearts who make a positive difference.
Paul has a varied background – a chef by trade, he worked with Michael Meredith in Simon Gault’s first viaduct restaurant back in the mid-1990s.
After that he spent 10 years with Fonterra in sales, managing to also fit in three Ironman triathlons and he competed for New Zealand as a track cyclist. These days he describes himself as a football fanatic – his wife Maryanne and his three children are all involved in some way and Paul now referees senior men’s football. He is passionate about how the simple gift of time and the seemingly small gesture of “showing up” can fundamentally change the life of another.
Biology is Technology: Making Milk Without Cows
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CEO and Co-founder of Miruku
With projections showing the world population will reach 10 billion by 2050, there will be extreme pressure on humanity to produce enough food without destroying the planet. Amos Palfreyman has worked in food and agriculture across the US, Israel and the Netherlands. Amos started Emerging Proteins New Zealand with Dr. Abby Thompson of FoodHQ and is the co-founder and CEO of Miruku, a technology company producing dairy in plants.
How to create a world-class VR game from NZ
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Co-founder of Oddboy and Wanderer
Big ears and big ideas – pretty much sums me up. Though I do back that up with a willingness to get stuck in and make things happen. Co-Founder of Oddboy and Wanderer my path to making games has always been underwritten by the attitude of ‘fu*k it, why, not? let’s give it go’ – a kiwi optimism and naivety that has sometimes left me caught out with my pants around my ankles but more often than not it has led to good fortune and opportunity. I’m a designer by trade but these days I wear a good many hats in order to keep stoking the fires of progress and production at wanderer.
Event Details
12:00am Registration & Lunch
12:20am Keynote Speakers 1-4
2:40pm Afternoon Tea
3:00pm Keynote Speakers 5-7
5:00pm Network Cocktail Party
6:00pm Close
A FREE 1-year subscription to M2 Magazine & M2now.com.
This gives you exclusive access to podcasts, videos, transcriptions,
summaries of discussions from the speakers, and pictures from all our events.
Buffet Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Some free gifts to take home
Drinks and nibbles at the Networking function
Network opportunities throughout the day with like-minded people
Table (of 8) Bookings include 8 x 1-year subscriptions,
and lunch, drinks and nibbles for eight people.
We’re taking appropriate measures to ensure your safety at M2 Summit
by working closely with the Cordis Hotel to provide a safe and seamless event.
Everything will be planned according to the best interest of our attendees, also taking
into consideration the rules and regulations advised by the Government at the time of the event.
Areas we will focus on for the event. and that we are working on with The Cordis include:
– Advance online registration and managed contact tracing
– 5 star sanitisation and hygiene practices
– Appropriate seating arrangements
– A table service menu and table drinks service
– Signage to remind all attendees of the current safety requirements
If you have any questions around what we are doing to keep you,
our staff and the Cordis team safe, please don’t hesitate to
email Lucie at: [email protected]
If you have questions regarding our next M2 Summit
and/or your booking or if you want to give us feedback on a previous event,
please don’t hesitate to reach out to Lucie at: [email protected]
m2 summit resources
Watch and/or listen to recordings from our previous events to give you a preview of what you can expect at the next M2 Summit.
With a focus on Innovation, the Future of Work, Disruption, Strategy, Wellness, and Technology, M2 Summit is designed to keep you, your colleagues and team, and your valued clients ahead of the game in a rapidly changing environment while supporting New Zealand Inc.
Now that the world has been forced to go digital, M2 understands that the value of face-to-face interaction is stronger than ever. M2 Summit creates the space for you to network with like-minded business professionals working on ideas and solutions to meet the challenges of growth in today’s exciting world. Get back to growing your network to build, strengthen and deepen your professional relationships in person, rather than over a quick coffee or Zoom meeting.
Every Summit will introduce you to multiple keynote speakers, all experts or top professionals from their respective fields, to speak wisdom, value, and inspiration to you and your team. These talks are followed by a Q&A session and a networking event for our guests to engage.
What you missed from the last M2 Summit:
Thu 20 May 2021
Cordis Hotel
Keynote Speakers
Vaughan Fergusson
Dr. Sydney Savion
Nuwanthie Samarakone
Sarah Colcord
Matt McHardy
Imche Fourie
Greig Brebner
Melissa Davies
Katheren Leitner
Greg MacPherson
Event Details
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11:00am Registration & Morning Tea
11:20am – 12:40pm Keynote Speakers 1-4
12:40pm Lunch Break
1:40pm – 3:00pm Keynote Speakers 5-7
3:00pm Afternoon Tea
3:20pm – 5:00pm Keynote Speakers 8-10
5:00pm Network Cocktail Party
6:00pm Close
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A FREE 1-year subscription to m2now.com.
This gives you exclusive access to podcasts, videos, transcriptions,
summaries of discussions from the speakers, and pictures from all our events.
Luncheon including dessert options, buffet style
Goody Bag
Lunch
Drinks and nibbles at the Networking function after the Panel
Network opportunities throughout the day with like-minded people (drinks included)
Table (of 8) Bookings include 8 x 1-year subscriptions, 8 x goody bags,
and lunch, drinks and nibbles for eight people. -
We’re taking appropriate measures to ensure your safety at M2 Summit
by working closely with the Cordis Hotel to provide a safe and seamless event. Everything will be planned according to the best interest of our attendees, also taking into consideration the rules and regulations advised by the Government at the time of the event.Areas we will focus on for the event. and that we are working on with The Cordis include:
– Advance online registration and managed contact tracing
– 5 star sanitisation and hygiene practices
– Appropriate seating arrangements
– A table service menu and table drinks service
– Signage to remind all attendees of the current safety requirements
If you have any questions around what we are doing to keep you, our staff and the Cordis team safe, please don’t hesitate to email Lucie at: [email protected]
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If you have questions regarding our next M2 Summit and/or your booking or if you want to give us feedback on a previous event, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Lucie at: [email protected]
m2 summit resources
Watch and/or listen to recordings from our previous events to give you a preview of what you can expect at the next M2 Summit.
m2 SUMMIT GALLERY
MAY 2021 EVENT
m2 summit feedback
“The guests we hosted and myself had the opportunity to re-invest in ourselves & our businesses. It was about personal and business and we all got a lot out of it. During our usual workday we are busy, but the M2 Summit allowed use to re-calibrate. I was able to invite people I bump into in the industry that I wanted to spend more time with. The variety of topics & speakers made a valuable day, as opposed to just one speaker / one topic events – there was something to keep everyone engaged throughout the event”.
Reese Barragar
Senior Commercial Broker at Barfoot & Thompson Commercial.
I enjoyed the day and came away with several excellent take outs and a couple of good networking opportunities for follow up. Often when one attends such events, they are industry specific and themed, but what really made the day was the eclectic range of speakers covering a broad spectrum from start-ups to business stars with something to interest most people. I think the 20 min speaker format kept things interesting and moving as did the format and variety from individual speakers, to Andre interviewing some of the presenters. Well done to you and your team.
Les Probert
Many thanks for the exceptional day! The broad range of speakers were inspirational, as were the amazing people that filled your audience. The venue was spot on and the food was awesome! I particularly enjoyed the format – fast moving that showcased the depth of talented people doing some incredible things both here and internationally. I’m looking forward to more.
Peter Adams
What an inspirational start to a Wednesday, hearing Dave Letele aka the Brown Buttabean open the #m2successsummit. Love his message that health is the real wealth – it’s not uncommon to forget this if we’re too focused on our work life demands. A good reminder to stop making excuses for neglecting your physical and mental wellbeing (and with that, I’m leaving the office and heading off to play a game of netball!).
Sally Vernon
Well done on an exceptional event. By far the best of its kind in New Zealand. Can’t wait for the next one.
Melanie Reece
Vaccination helps New Zealand fight COVID-19.
The Cordis Hotel Auckland are taking every step we can to ensure the safety and well-being of our city, our guests, and our colleagues. As we continue to remain vigilant and implement stringent measures against the spread of COVID-19, the health of all our guests, event partners and colleagues remains, as always, our top priority.
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At alert level orange, following government’s direction, proof of vaccination is no longer required to enter the hotel. However, clients must advise guests pre-event to not come on-site should they have any Covid-19 symptoms.
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At traffic light orange, wearing a face mask is mandatory in all of the hotel public areas and encouraged but not mandatory in private meeting spaces. Banquet staff must wear a face mask at all times. All touch points are sanitized after set up. Hand sanitizers are located throughout the hotels.Please contact us if you have questions or require additional information about our preventative measures and protocols. You can also refer to our website www.cordishotels.com for procedure regarding accommodation rooms, Chuan Spa and the food and beverage outlets.We are in this together and we wish for everyone to stay safe and healthy.
