The GEN NZ Unconference on Wednesday 10 February brings together people from all over the country and the various niches in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to collaborate on how we can connect entrepreneurs to the resources and people they need to thrive, locally and globally. At an unconference, you set the agenda - and we’ll be soliciting ideas for sessions closer to the date. We’ll meet in small groups and discuss topics that are of interest on the day. Everyone can contribute to the conversation, and the main idea is to connect with like-minded people that you can work together with to achieve your common goals. The Unconference sessions will be facilitated, but there won’t be a single “presenter” as such.

The Unconference will be preceded by a day of optional workshops on Tuesday 9 February. The workshop sessions will be like more traditional conference workshops - lead by one or two people, with presentations, each with specific learning outcomes, and ideally followup in the following day’s Unconference sessions. We’ve already had a few people put up their hands to run workshop sessions, including Veronica Stevenson on “How to Win as an Entrepreneurial Student”, Ron Clink on data for evaluating ecosystem performance, Pia Andrews (formerly known as Pia Waugh) on Entrepreneurship in Government, and Suse Reynolds on the changing investment landscape in Aotearoa NZ. If you're interested in running a workshop, please let us know by emailing nz@genglobal.org