Deloitte Presents: NZ Inc - Resilience in today’s geopolitical environment
Description
Join us for NZ Inc-Resilience in today’s geopolitical environment,
a thought-provoking panel exploring how global uncertainty is reshaping cloud strategy for New Zealand organisations.
Resilience in the cloud has been defined by redundancy and availability. As geopolitical tension, jurisdictional complexity, and offshore dependency risks grow, a new model is emerging, where resilience is centred around control, continuity, and strategic independence.
This session will unpack what this shift means for New Zealand private and public sector entities. From data sovereignty and Māori data considerations to the risks of global dependency, we will explore how organisations are rethinking cloud in a more uncertain world, including the role of sovereign, isolated cloud models.
Aligned with Techweek’s Foundations pillar, this session focuses on strengthening New Zealand’s national digital infrastructure through cloud resilience, sovereignty, and continuity in the face of geopolitical and jurisdictional risk.
What to expect:
A new perspective on resilience in a geopolitical context
Insights into sovereign cloud and isolation
Discussion on data sovereignty, including Māori data
Real-world examples of evolving cloud strategies
Panel discussion and audience Q&A
Whether you're a technology leader, policymaker, or business decision-maker, this session is designed to challenge assumptions and offer a clearer view of what resilient cloud looks like for New Zealand.
Speakers
Craig Hampson
TEAM Cloud, Co-Founder, and TEAM IM ANZ, COO/CSO Craig Hampson is the Co-Founder TEAM Cloud, powered by OCI, Regional Director TEAM IM ANZ and Co-Owner of TEAM IM ANZ. He brings decades of experience in cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise technology, with a focus on resilience, risk, and digital transformation.
Volker Schaberg
TEAM Cloud, Co-Founder, and TEAM IM, CTO/Head of Sales Volker Schaberg is Co-Founder of TEAM Cloud, powered by OCI, and CTO/Head of Sales at TEAM IM. He brings over 20 years of experience scaling IT and SaaS businesses across New Zealand, the USA, and Australia, with a focus on cloud, AI, security, and go-to-market strategy.
Ian Rogers
TEAM Cloud , Co-Founder, and TEAM IM, CEO Ian Rogers is Co-Founder of TEAM Cloud, powered by OCI, and Managing Director of TEAM IM New Zealand. He also serves as Regional Director and Co-Owner across the ANZ region. He brings over 30 years of experience in IT, specialising in Oracle technologies, cloud, and information management, with a focus on delivering complex projects and driving better business outcomes through data.
Ashwin Almeida
Deloitte, Technical Cloud Architect Ashwin is a Technical Cloud Architect at Deloitte with over 23 years’ experience across New Zealand, Europe and India. He has spent the last 12 years architecting the digital foundations for New Zealand’s most critical public and private sector infrastructure. Ashwin specialises in the orchestration of Autonomous AI Agents, Cognitive Service Layers and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, utilising High-Dimensional Semantic Search and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) to unlock latent value in unstructured data.
Zhi Yan
Deloitte, Senior Specialist Lead Zhi is a techno-functional Cloud Architect at Deloitte with over 19 years of experience specialising in Oracle ERP solutions. For the past 11 years, he has helped public and private sector clients across New Zealand to deliver successful ERP implementations and to architect robust integration and data management solutions. Zhi is passionate about leveraging the latest AI technologies to drive productivity improvements and deliver greater business value for his clients.
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