Welcome to the Lunch and Learn series, lunchtime webinars by tech experts. Learn new skills, get insights, boost your career.

Regular meetup breakfast with Manawatū IT Professionals.

Paula from UCOL will pop in to talk about their new Masters / Diploma / Certificate in IT. Some interesting looking papers to help round out your skills.

This Member-only event is held on the second Tuesday of every month. Meet colleagues old and new for a robust discussion on the most important / interesting / random things happening in technology right now.

Join me for a candid conversation with Stephen Judd, President of InternetNZ, as we dive into the ongoing constitution reform and the recent surge in new members from across the political spectrum—including groups like the Freedom of Speech Union.

Join in for a day of learning and exploring the possibilities of AI. It is also a great chance to meet up with people from our local tech community.

This event is one of many Global AI Bootcamp events being run globally in March 2025

Students Welcome! Studying IT, Information systems, or related subjects?
Come and meet fellow students and local tech professionals, and make some connections in the city.

Cybersecurity is evolving faster than ever, with threats becoming more sophisticated and geopolitics increasingly influencing the digital battlefield. From AI-driven cyberattacks to the rising importance of protecting critical infrastructure, 2025 is already shaping up to be a defining year for security professionals. Join us for a lively panel discussion with three of the most influential wāhine in cybersecurity, as we unpack what’s hot in cyber right now, the emerging threats we need to watch out for, and how prepared New Zealand really is. Are we taking cybersecurity seriously enough as a country? Is our government stepping up to meet the challenge?

Come and join the Dunedin Branch of IT Professionals NZ for our monthly social get together for the local tech community.

For this, our first Fireside Chat of 2025 Vic will be joined by Paul Brislen, CEO of the Telecommunications Forum, to have a free and frank discussion about the pending shutdown of the 3G network in Aotearoa.

Final Fireside Chat of 2024 – for our final Fireside if the year is one Vic is very excited about, she will be joined by Engie Matene, a fabulous wāhine Māori digital technology leader, future thinker and innovator.
Vic and Engie will discuss Digital Identity and the broader context of identity, how to create safe solutions for Māori communities. They will also talk about public digital infrastructure, decentralised asset organisations and a range of challenges Aotearoa is facing today.

This is notice of the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Institute of IT Professionals NZ Inc, trading as IT Professionals New Zealand (this is the national AGM). 

As we wrap up the year, join us for a festive evening of drinks and networking to kick off the summer season! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 3rd at 5:30 PM at Moretons in St Helliers, and come connect with fellow ITP members to celebrate the holiday spirit.

A chance to raise a glass to 2024 and look ahead to 2025.

This is a collaborative session where we ‘go around the room’ and ask people for their thoughts on the year, what has been interesting professionally or personally and generally round-out the year gone by over a drink and nibbles.

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.

Grab your lunch, a cuppa, and come have a chat with other digital tech folks across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Monthly coffee catch up in the capital!

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.

Monthly meet up for IT Professionals in Palmerston North, every second Thursday.

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.

Hils will discuss the current need for ‘science meeting business’ and how to implement fundamental UX principles within an organisation that can lead to improved information assurance and decision-making tenacity.

Grab your lunch, a cuppa, and come have a chat with other digital tech folks across Aotearoa New Zealand.

This coming Tuesday, October 15th at 5 PM come and join Vic and the Christchurch branch for a casual get-together.

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.

Monthly meet up for IT Professionals in Palmerston North, every second Thursday.

Grab your lunch, a cuppa, and come have a chat with other digital tech folks across Aotearoa New Zealand.

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.

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.

Come and join the Dunedin Branch of IT Professionals NZ for our monthly social get-together for the local tech community.

We know that winter can be a drag, but we've got the perfect antidote: drinks and networking with fellow ITP members!