Events & Courses
ITP offers a range of events and short courses monthly for our members, to help you network, upskill, and keep informed with the local industry.
Our events include networking sessions, educational lectures, thought-provoking conferences, and regional meet and greets.
Our series of short courses and workshops run throughout New Zealand, and online, and are presented by senior practitioners and some of the best trainers in the industry.
Accessibilty for Digital Leaders
More and more products and services are moving towards digital-first delivery. Quality design, development, testing and security of these digital interfaces are important to ensure customers (or users) get access to your information, products or services. If the customer cannot navigate the system easily and safely, then digital first becomes expensive customer service support.
This course aims to explain and discuss why and how digital accessibility should be considered from the beginning and all the way through your digital product life cycle. The course is designed to help you understand why and how to create that road map.
Tech Chat Tuesday
Grab your lunch, a cuppa, and come have a chat with other digital tech folks across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Fireside Chat - Education and Pathways into the workforce, new approaches
Join Vic and Diana Sharma, CEO of Mission Ready for a fireside chat on digital technology education, pathways into the workforce and preparing our next generation for the future of work. They will discuss challenges like falling interest in STEM education at all levels, alternative education solutions designed to make education accessible, and pathways into the workforce – which are rapidly changing in these interesting times.
Palmerston North Meetup - Breakfast at Hope Cafe (Copy) (Copy)
Monthly meet up for IT Professionals in Palmerston North, every second Thursday.
Reboot Your Career - Next Steps After Job Loss
Welcome to the first of 3 bespoke ITP NZ workshops in the series: Moving Your Career Forward
These workshops / webinars are designed to provide practical advice, resources, and strategies in an accessible 2-hour format, allowing participants to gain the necessary skills, tools and confidence to move their careers forward.
Participants will also be provided access to Next Steps online Job Seeker Resources and additional personalised post workshop coaching on an as needs/self or organisational purchased basis.
Christchurch Catch-up Drinks & Networking
This coming Tuesday, October 15th at 5 PM come and join Vic and the Christchurch branch for a casual get-together.
Fireside chat - Navigating Digital Delivery on a tight budget
In this webinar Vic will be joined by Mark Bennett the Director of Digital and Information Technologies for Salvation Army.
In their discussion they will dive into the realities of managing technology on tight budgets, the impact of rising digital costs on service delivery, and how to effectively communicate the importance of tech investment to boards and donors. Mark will talk about how digital transformation can assist organisations in realising mission driven outcomes, share his insights on the current labour market and how charities like his own are grappling with the growing complexities digital tech has to bring.
Palmerston North Meetup - Breakfast at Hope Cafe (Copy)
Monthly meet up for IT Professionals in Palmerston North, every second Thursday.
CITRENZ Conference 2024 at Otago Polytechnic
CITRENZ 2024 is the premiere computing education conference in New Zealand and spans all disciplines of computing and IT education. While focusing on tertiary education, it also provides links from secondary education and further into the industry.
Tech Chat Tuesday
Grab your lunch, a cuppa, and come have a chat with other digital tech folks across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Lunch and Learn: An introduction into Digital Accessibility
With an aging population and up to 24% of the population with some form of permanent disability, there is a huge target market that needs to be specifically considered when delivering digital products and services. But those conflicting priorities often get in the way, considering accessibility for MVP seems too hard and there aren’t that many digital accessibility experts in New Zealand.
Vic will be joined by Chandra from Access Advisors to help demystify what Digital Accessibility is all about.
Lunch and Learn: Jobs and Careers
Vic will be joined by professional career coaches Jonathan Rogers and Kirsten Nicholl to discuss the real pain points people are facing out there in this tight market. We will clarify the difference between a mentor and a coach, how to pivot your career at any stage of life, advice for finding your first job after arriving in Aotearoa NZ, when to use GenAI (and not!), and more.
Dunedin ICT Community - Drinks, Meal and Get Together!
Come and join the Dunedin Branch of IT Professionals NZ for our monthly social get-together for the local tech community.
Auckland - Spring into action with Drinks & Networking!
We know that winter can be a drag, but we've got the perfect antidote: drinks and networking with fellow ITP members!
Wellington coffee chat monthly drop in - Third Thursdays
If you are in the capital come and drop by for a coffee and a natter on anything that is topical for those of us in the digital technology space - Wellington market news, government issues, economic climate, job market, anything digital tech that is top of mind and topical for those of us living in the capital.
How to leverage web accessibility for big impact
Join us for a lively session with Maia Miller, managing director of Aleph Accessibility, as we uncover the essentials of web accessibility.
Palmerston North Meetup - Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Monthly meet up for IT Professionals in Palmerston North, every second Thursday.
Lunch and Learn: Investment for Startups
In this session Vic will be joined by Steph from Ice House Ventures who will share the basics of fundraising and investment for early-stage businesses. What’s involved, what the landscape looks like here in Aotearoa NZ. We will also talk about opportunities and support for female founders.
Tech Chat Tuesday
Grab your lunch, a cuppa, and come have a chat with other digital tech folks across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dunedin ICT Community - Drinks, Meal and Get Together!
Come and join the Dunedin Branch of IT Professionals NZ for our monthly social get-together for the local tech community.
Wellington - Beat the Winter Blues with Drinks & Networking!
We know that winter can be a drag, but we've got the perfect antidote: drinks and networking with fellow ITP members and ITP's CEO!
Some courses are scheduled and can be run anywhere in New Zealand with sufficient demand - either on-demand or as a competitively priced in-house course for your team. Check out the full range of courses on offer, and contact us if you are interested in any being run in the future: