Update June 23rd: Due to possible Covid cases in Wellington, we have made this event Hybrid - both online now and in person.

If you have been in Wellington at the places of interest or been in contact with some one who has travelled there June 19 to June 21st we request you stay home and watch via zoom - the links will be sent out via email to registered attendees only.

We are still running the in person event for those local and safe to attend, and also open up to those who wish to watch online

Event Overview:

AFxY is a variation of the original AFQY event with the 'x' enabling speakers for the first time in 13 years! So the new format means starting at 3pm for AFxY speaker series to 5pm followed by AFQY the original networking event, where we can enjoy a few quiet yarns by "meeting the person, not the suit" with our famous 'No selling' rule to connecting before talking tech - as we have for 13 years.

Event Format:

3pm Arrive and find you way to the Roaming Giant upstairs Function Room
3.30pm Welcome Ryan the Lion Founder AFQY
3.40pm Speaker 1: Declan Ingram: Security Good Practice
3.55pm Speaker 2: Hussein Elrakhavvy: Ransomeware
4.150pm Keynote: Helaman Tangiora: Leadership
4.40pm QnA
5.00pm AFQY Networking

Who is invited to attend:

We invite ICT Resellers and the Tech-End-Users to join us for an afternoon of insights from our 3 speakers before continuing for AFQY networking.

- Note a limit of 2 from any given provider/reseller org

Speaker Bio and Presentation:

1. Security Keynote: Declan Ingram, former Deputy Director of CERT NZ

Declan is a security leader and the ex Deputy Director of Cert NZ Declan will present on “ The State of Cyber Security: How did we get here and what do we do now?”

2. Security Deep Dive: Husssein Elrakhavvy, Engineer: Ransomeware, a technical view

Hussein is a leading Security Engineer and will be presenting on ransomeware which is a regular threat. Taking a technical deep dive into this area he'll identify areas of focus and concern.

3. Leadership Keynote: Helaman Tangiora, CDO: Leadership challenges

Helaman is CDO for Tanui Holdings leading a team and will share the various challenges and success of leadership in the tech space of both managing a team, technology and managing the board and budget.

Venue:

The Roaming Giant - Upstairs Function Room

- which has parking our the back

AFQY Rules:

No Selling - the process is get to know the person as a person first, then as you develop conversation tech and work naturally comes in, but any pricing, offers, pitching is not allowed and risks being red-carded for 3 events.
No flicking cards out - you can't give a card out, but you can ask for a card after you have had a good yarn - relationship first.
You can't ask what a person does until the 3rd question - again meet the person, not their suit, the first two questions help you discover who you're talking - uncover commonalities be it rugby or ballet or origami our diversity makes us inclusive before finding out what someone does.