The Innovation Lab & Hackathon, Brought to you by Horticulture Advisory Group Hawke's Bay, The Brave Venture, NZAPI and Workplace Wellness
Event description
The Innovation Lab & Hackathon, brought to you by Horticulture Advisory Group Hawke's Bay, The Brave Venture, NZAPI, and Workplace Wellness.
Join us for a hands-on day to tackle grower challenges, connect with tech providers, share your concerns directly with government reps, and inspire youth about careers in horticulture. Let's work together on practical solutions for a sustainable and thriving industry.
The Innovation Lab brings together key industry members to collaborate on current and future challenges for Hawkes Bay growers. On-farm decision-makers and technologists will work together to identify common issues and develop innovative solutions, with government and local council representatives present to engage in discussions and explore opportunities.
In the Hackathon, young entrepreneurs, IT workers, future growers, and startup enthusiasts will work on solving the challenges identified by the Innovation Lab. At the end of the day, they will create and pitch novel solutions and new product ideas to industry experts in the Innovation Lab.
Joint breaks will offer networking opportunities between Innovation Lab and Hackathon participants, encouraging collaboration and innovation toward practical, novel solutions through idea testing. The day will also feature a keynote speaker on financial wellbeing and resilience in the workplace and a showcase of new technologies.
Don’t miss out - reserve your spot now, as tickets (which are free, thanks to our sponsors) are limited! There will also be some prize packs available throughout the day, thanks to our sponsors.
What does the day look like?
| Innovation Lab (for on-farm decision makers, owners, operators, management, technologists working industry) | Hackathon (for young entrepreneurs, students, people interested in start-ups or new product generation, future growers, young IT workers) | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Welcome & Registration | Welcome & Registration |
| 8:30 -10:00 | Identifying & articulating common challenges | Team formation, goal setting, and startup methodology |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Joint morning tea & networking | Joint morning tea & networking |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Landscape scan & current responses | Delve into problem statements, focus on customers, work toward solutions |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | Joint lunch with Keynote | Joint lunch with Keynote |
| 12:45 - 2:30 | Showcase and demonstration of new technologies | Build and iterate potential solutions. |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Joint afternoon tea & networking | Joint afternoon tea & networking |
| 3:00 - 4:45 | Exploring innovative solutions | Finalise idea and prepare pitch |
| 4:45 - 6:00 | View Hackathon Pitches & Networking | Pitch to Innovation Lab, Networking |
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