Tag: Christchurch

Discussion Sessions for the Cyber Security Strategy Refresh – Christchurch – 27 August 2018

What

A further chance to contribute to the Cyber Security Strategy refresh

We need your input.The National Cyber Policy Office has developed a strawman Cyber Security Strategy. We invite Connect Smart partners and members of the public to give us feedback on the strawman strategy.

A copy of the strawman Cyber Security Strategy can be found here

The strawman is the result of feedback on New Zealand’s cyber security settings from earlier public workshops and stakeholder engagement. You can see the outputs from the workshops here.

The vision in the strawman strategy is to make New Zealand secure and confident in a digital world. It has four values that reflect what is important for building the online environment New Zealand needs:

  • Partnerships are Essential
  •  People are secure online
  • Economic growth is enabled
  •  National security is upheld

The strawman strategy includes six priority areas. These priority areas reflect what we have heard through our outreach and engagement about where we need to collectively intensify our efforts

  • Cyber security aware and active citizens
  • Strong and capable cyber security workforce
  • Resilient and responsive NZ
  • Internationally active
  • Proactively tackle cybercrime
  • Adapt and challenge

To help collate the feedback, we have produced a feedback worksheet that can be found here. If you want to contribute, please download the worksheet, put down your views, and email it to connectsmart@dpmc.govt.nz.

The NCPO will also be holding discussion sessions during the week of 27 August in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Click here to find out more

The National Cyber Policy Office

When and Where

Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce,
57 Kilmore St, Christchurch Central

27 August, 2.30pm – 4.00pm. Click here to register

Drop in: 2.30pm – 3.00pm
Discussion Session: 3.00pm – 4.00pm

How Much

Free

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Refresh of New Zealand’s Cyber Security Strategy and Action Plan 2018.

Cyber Security Strategy Refresh.

National Cyber Policy Office (NCPO).

A further chance to contribute to the Cyber Security Strategy refresh and Discussion Sessions for the Cyber Security Strategy Refresh.

The diagram featured is the 2015 National Cyber Security Strategy.

 

CERT NZ Update at Information Security Interest Group – Christchurch – 29 August 2018

What

CERT NZ is officially one (happy birthday to us!), and being the central point for reporting security incidents: we have seen things. Many, many things. 506 things this past quarter in fact! We share the data for all the incidents we see in our quarterly report. Our latest quarterly report (Q1 2018) is out and Erica is going to come by and talk about some of the interesting stories that the data is telling us, and what we do with it.

Highly recommend giving the report a read (it is a quick read!) so you can come ask some difficult questions and discuss the data with us. BYO birthday hats.

https://www.cert.govt.nz/about/quarterly-report/

Speaker: Erica Anderson
Her twitter bio says “info sec, cat, and ketchup enthusiast” which summarises her quite nicely. Erica works at CERT NZ as a Senior Incident Manager on the Operations team. She also does stuff with Kiwicon, Code Club Aotearoa, and (previously) BSides Wellington.

Like all Meetups, we’ll have the locksport gear at hand and some folks to help get you started on it!

When and Where

29 August 2018
7 pm to 9 pm

The Twisted Hop, 616 Ferry Road, Christchurch

How Much

Free. Buy your own food and drink. RSVP here.

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Meetup event.
Information Security Interest Group (ISIG) – Christchurch, NZ meets on the last Wednesday of the month.
NZISIG Code of Conduct (pdf).
NZISIG – NZ Information Security Interest Group.

Canterbury Tech Summit – Christchurch – 12 September 2018

What

The annual CanterburyTech Summit is the preeminent industry event of the year for the tech sector. This one-day conference hosts national and international speakers as well as a trade show area. The Tech Summit offers both aspirational and educational content and allows attendees to learn about new technology developments, have insight into success stories, and explore new business opportunities. The event also provides plenty of opportunity to network and share views, problems, and solutions with others working in your field.

Keynote speaker: Harold Hillman, Managing Director of Sigmoid Curve Consulting Group.

Speakers include

Pre-conference workshops

Join us for one of four workshops prior to the main conference. Our workshops provide a hands-on, deep-dive into topics including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Innovation & team leadership. All workshops are by registration only and have limited capacity. Morning tea will be provided.

When and Where

12 September 2018
12 PM – 7 PM
Summit Schedule

9am – 11:30am Pre-conference workshops

Airforce Museum of New Zealand
45 Harvard Ave, Wigram. Christchurch, 8042

How Much

$34.50 – $402.50

Student $30+GST
Canterbury Tech Members $150 + GST
Standard $350+GST
Pre-conference Workshops: Free, $50+GST or $75+GST

Buy Tickets at http://www.techsummit.nz/

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Canterbury Tech Summit

If you’re new to the Summit, or haven’t been for a few years, see highlights of last year’s Summit in this short video: https://vimeo.com/237312167

PechaKucha Night ChCh 37 – Women, Science and Conservation – Christchurch – 19 September 2018

What

PechaKucha Night Christchurch is teaming up with Christchurch City Council to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage and Conservation Week with a night of quick-fire talks by some amazing women!

We are proud to bring you a collection of local women including a marine biologist working with the world’s rarest and smallest dolphins, an adventurer who returned from a 29-day expedition across the Greenland Icecap, a young musician speaking on the power of rest and creativity, an entrepreneur starting a podcast focused on women change-makers, a writer working on a book about women and World II and more.

Line-up include:

María Jesús Valdés Hernández // Marine Biologist // Working with the world’s rarest and smallest dolphins

Amy Johnston Bray // Interpretation and Exhibition Designer // Conversation is about conservation-engaging the public to act

Victoria Metcalf // Scientist // Celebrating the unlovable and the unseen

Jo Bailey // Writer, Author and Editor // Writing, Women and World II

Rebecca(Bek) Tavete// Founder ARGO beach Co-working Limited // A Contribution to Sustainability

Hollie Woodhouse // Adventurer, Designer + Daydreamer // Be your own Movement Maker and more.

When and Where

Wednesday 19 September 2018
Doors open 6:30pm, event starts 7:30pm
(Ilex café open for drinks and snacks)

Botanic Garden’s Visitor Centre
Rolleston Ave, Christchurch

How Much

$18

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Event on pechakucha.org
Event on Eventfinda

Games and Politics exhibition – Christchurch – 16 August – 23 September 2018

What

An interactive exhibition by the Goethe-Institut, in cooperation with ZKM | Center for Art and Media

Games and Politics has been touring worldwide and features 18 significant politically-ambitious video games, it encourages viewers to examine how they each unfold their unique political potential.

The exhibition offers numerous materials which allow the visitor to explore the connections between computer games and politics. Visitors are encouraged to get first-hand experience and are welcome to play themselves – to slip into the different roles and try their luck in the virtual worlds unfolding in the games.

A game is always more than just a game. Without considering the influence of the society that plays it, it remains just as impossible to understand as without considering its influence on that society. And yet, chants of euphoric praise for the immersive potential of pedagogical propaganda are as inadequate vis-à-vis the diversity of contemporary computer games as are undifferentiated media debates about ego-shooter games that glorify violence and ought to vanish from the bedrooms of young people. Because they aren’t vanishing. The apparent riffraff among the newer media have long since turned into formidable giants, about to create, in their numerous guises, a new leading medium.

This development has come to include the political sphere as well and games are increasingly used as propaganda for various political factions and often express a certain political stance. In contrast to representational media such as painting and photography, computer games conceive of themselves not merely as a (re-) presentation of social conditions and conflicts, but attempt to simulate the processes and rules that give rise to these conflicts.

All of the games in this exhibition share this political approach, which is intended by the games’ designers to set them clearly apart from both the conventional market as well as from computer games as an entertainment medium. They explore a wide range of topics.

Aside from the contingencies of political decision-making (Democracy 3), they grapple with problematic aspects of gender (Perfect Woman), of the surveillance state (TouchTone and Orwell), of drone warfare (Killbox), the treatment of refugees (Escape from Woomera), uprisings against totalitarian political regimes (Yellow Umbrella), the power of the media (The Westport Independent) or historical and current political events (The Cat and the Coup and Madrid).

When and Where

16 August – 23 September, 2018
10am -5pm Weekdays
11am – 4pm Weekends

The Physics Room,
49-59 Worcester Boulevard,
Christchurch

How Much

Free

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Eventfinda Page
Homepage of Games and Politics Exhibition

 

Week of Engineering: Open Day! – Akl, Wel, Chch – 18 August 2018

What

Get involved with the Week of Engineering!

Tomorrow’s engineers will have jobs that don’t even exist today. The Week of Engineering is an annual event that will inspire young minds to think about those future possibilities. From 13-18 August, Engineering New Zealand will be hosting a variety of events that showcase amazing engineering across the country, feeding children’s natural curiosity about the world and how it works.

Engineering Expos:

As part of the Week of Engineering, there will be three free public expos in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Over 70 exhibitors from around the country will give visitors a hands-on look at what engineers do – perfect for kids and anyone who wants an inside look at how things work. There’ll be virtual reality, robots, rockets and lego, along with interactive activities, competitions and spot prizes.

Last year more than 5,000 people attended the expos and this year Engineering New Zealand are expecting 10,000 people.

Come along and get inspired!

When and Where

10am – 4pm
Saturday 18 August 2018

University of Auckland Science Centre
23 Symonds St, Auckland

Shed 6
4 Queens Wharf, Wellington

Canterbury University’s College of Engineering
69 Creyke Street, Christchurch

How Much

Free

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Week of Engineering: Engineering Expos
Eventfinda pages: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch

WORD Christchurch – Writers & Readers festival – 29 August-2 September 2018

What

ADVENTUROUS

Whether you’re into extreme sports or more of an armchair traveller, invite a bit of adventure into your lives by checking out our adventurous-themed events, with whale lover Philip Hoare, intrepid traveller Robyn Davidson, extreme sportsters Nathan Fa’avae and John Hellemans, adventurous woman Hollie Woodhouse and Laurence Fearnley on mountain writing. Kids can even get adventurous with science, with Nanogirl herself, Michelle Dickinson.

SCOTLAND

This year, we celebrate all thing Scottish, with six writers from that bonnie land: poets Hollie McNish, Robin Robertson and Michael Pedersen; Shaun Bythell, author of Diary of a Bookseller; crime writer Denise Mina, and megastar novelist Irvine Welsh, who will revisit the Trainspotting crew. If you love a dram, don’t miss our tasting event, Whisky Galore!

Supported by the British Council and Creative Scotland.

SUFFRAGE 125

This September we commemorate and celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand. Events include a look at how far we’ve really come (125 Years: Are We There Yet?, chaired by Kim Hill), readings and discussions on women’s bodies (The Body Issue, Sonya Renee Taylor: The Body is Not an Apology), an Adventurous Women event, and the Margaret Mahy Memorial Lecture from Barbara Else, author of Go Girl.

When and Where

Various venues in and around Christchurch

29 August – 2 September 2018

How Much

Tickets to most events $20 ( or $19 concession)

Some events more.

Dash Ticket for most events
Ticketek for Irvine Walsh and Starry, Starry Night.

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Festival Website

Christchurch Amateur Radio Club Monthly Meeting – Christchurch – 4 July 2018

What

Monthly meeting is where radio enthusiasts get together to share ideas and meet with fellow hams.

Amateur Radio offers something for everybody, talking to the world or your mate down the road, even helping in an emergency. Using any communications means available this includes radio, satellite, smart phones and computers, all from the comfort of your home, your car, or walking the dog via a handheld radio.

We offer advanced radio training where you get a world recognised qualification (An Amateur radio licence). Once you have this you can become a part of our Amateur Radio Emergency Communications team. This will have you out on a jetboat, or in a prime spot for rally car action. You may even help save a life working with the Police Search And Rescue teams in the communications area.

If this sounds like you come along and meet us.

When and Where

5 Idris Rd
Fendalton
Christchurch 8052

7:30pm – Midnight
July 4 2018

How Much

Free

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Christchurch Amateur Radio Club Webpage

Canterbury Tech Cluster meeting: With Vivienne Ming – Christchurch – 3 July 2018

What

Our monthly Canterbury Tech Cluster events provide a great opportunity to network and listen to speakers present on a wide range of topics.

Feature Speaker: Dr. Vivienne Ming, Theoretical Neuroscientist Co-Founder, Socos Founder

Named one of 10 Women to Watch in Tech in 2013 by Inc. Magazine, Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, technologist and entrepreneur. She co-founded Socos, where machine learning and cognitive neuroscience combine to maximize students’ life outcomes.

Schedule:

5.30pm Networking, drinks and nibbles
6.00pm Canterbury Tech (David Carter), industry news & quick pitches (15 minutes)
6.15pm Joanna Norris (10 minutes)
6.25pm Dr. Vivienne Ming (20 minutes)
6.45pm Two Stream Presentations
Stream A ~ Phil Garing (30 minutes)
Stream B ~ Sarah Trevethick & Mary Martin (30 minutes)
7.15pm Networking and drinks until 7.45pm

When and Where

Ara – Engineering and Architectural Studies building
Corner Moorhouse St & Madras St
Christchurch, 8041

5:30pm – 7:45pm
Tuesday, 3 July 2018

How Much

Canterbury Tech members – Free
Students – Free
Non Members – $25

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Event webpage
Canterbury Tech Website

PechaKucha Night Christchurch Vol.35: Celebrating 10 Years! – Christchurch – 1 June 2018

What

PechaKucha Night Christchurch is turning 10! We are excited to celebrate our 10th birthday at this special event. There will be live music by The Response, T-shirt spot prizes and of course your favourite collection of quick-fire talks by 10 speakers.

Speaker Lineup:

Vanessa Coxhead // Architectural Graduate and co-founder of PechaKucha Night Christchurch // Turn me around and take me back to the start…
Chris Flack // Type Geek // What Font to Use When Firing Someone
Kaila Colbin // Human // On The Phenomenon of Bullsh*t Jobs
Reuben Woods // Art Historian // Painting the Town: Reflections on Christchurch’s Relationship with Urban Art…
Cécile Tait // Traveller and Long Term PechaKucha Fan // Visiting Another Planet

T-shirt Giveaway + Beer Break

Jessica Halliday // Kaiwhakahaere – Director // Hope, Dreams and Absurdity
Kit Hindin // Coach, Facilitator, Designer // Gender, Sexuality and Labels
Caleb Ward // Vodafone Solutions Specialist // Learn, Create, Repeat: CHCHin1
Amy Marr // Christchurch Art Gallery Visitor Programmes Coordinator// Answering Nature’s Call
Richard Hayman // Architect // on Guided by Kaitiakitanga?

When and Where

7pm – 10pm, Friday 1 June 2018
The Transitional Cathedral, Latimer Square, Christchurch

How Much

$25

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Event page
PechaKucha Night Christchurch