DayBreak – Festival of Innovation 2026

If you’re ready to Make Shift Happen in 2026, lock Wednesday, 25 February in your diary and grab your tickets NOW! 

Tickets: $215 ($247 incl GST) and booking fees.

Note: tickets are transferrable, so you can share with your colleagues.

Programme details

(Full session descriptions here. Bios on all our expert speakers are here.)

8.30am-10am Welcome & keynote
- Mihi whakatau
- Keynote plenary session: Turning Signals into Strategy with Melissa Clark-Reynolds.

10.45am-12.15pm Morning sessions (choose which to attend)
- Startup Secrets – From the Bay of the Big Time (panel)
- Artificial Intelligence – Real Experience (workshop)
- Leading within Complex Systems for Powerful Change (workshop)
-Future‑ready Organisations: Critical Success Factors for Intrapreneurship (workshop)

12.15pm-2.15pm The DayBreak Lunch
Take your lunch voucher to a downtown eatery of your choice and enjoy!

2.15pm-3.45pm Afternoon sessions (choose which to attend)
- Under the Hood – What it Takes to Grow a Competitive Organisation (panel)
- Turning an Idea into a Scalable Business (workshop)
- Be Open to Possibility: Small Shifts, Big Impact (workshop)
- Sparking Action: 4 Simple Brand Tools for Influencing Behaviour (workshop)
- The Role Clarity Roadmap – From Whiteboard to Reality (workshop)
- Community-driven Approaches to Building Youth Capability (workshop)

3.45pm-6pm The Sundowner – festival finale
Experience innovation in action! Creative drinks, canapes, networking and a showcase of multi-sensory, interactive displays.

Full session details here. See all speaker bios here.

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For more information on DayBreak 2026 head to daybreakfestival.nz