GEN NZ 2025 Unconference and Workshops

GEN NZ Unconference and Workshops are back again and it's all happening at AUT this year!

This unique opportunity to connect and reconnect will be held on Thursday 7 August (Workshops) and Friday 8 August (Unconference) at the AUT Conference Centre, 55 Wellesley Street East, Auckland in rooms WA224A+B, WG128 and WG129. 

Let's come together kanohi ki te kanohi / face to face and learn from each other about the art and science of entrepreneurship, and how to improve our entrepreneurial ecosystem. Join your ecosystem colleagues and new ones for a barely controlled explosion of entrepreneurial energy.

The Unconference on Friday 8 August 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 in the sessions.

The Unconference will be preceded by a day of workshops on Thursday 7 August. 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 feed in the Unconference sessions the following day.

If you're interested in running a workshop, please let us know by filling in our workshop proposal form.