WellyForge#2, 30th July 2025
Event description
Join us to help progress Wellington by bringing together science, tech & investors from across the city into an informal, fun and informative meet-up. The goal of the event is that you learn something new, meet someone new, have fun and we all start forging new paths ahead for Wellington.
The July event is sponsored by Litmaps and will have two main talks & Q/A from Wellington-based:
Neil Butler, proud Wellingtonian, founder and Chair of Optimation who won the Spark Best Hi-Tech Product for the Public Good at the 2025 NZ Hi-Tech awards.
Dr Ratu Mataira, OpenStar Technologies, your run-of-the-mill Wellington nuclear fusion start-up.
We'll also have 3 short talks from Wellington-based:
Jack Weekly, co-founder of Bupper, NZ's first Quantum Computing Company
Sarah Draper from Vic Uni
Jordan MacLachlan from Vic Uni
The venue is bohemian bookstore, Undercurrent, a perfect venue for story telling but tickets are limited - so please reserve yours, but if you do end up not being able to come please return the ticket!
Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity
