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Media Release: Agritech networking events are back for 2021

Covid-19 has had a massive impact on events, both locally and throughout the world. Up until now, in-person events have either been cancelled or moved to online only. While this has provided a temporary stop-gap measure for many industry sectors, the return to holding in-person events is providing a much needed boost for businesses and communities.  We are pleased to …

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MobileTECH Ag 2021 theme is ‘Smart Data Innovations’

While 2020 has been a tough year for all, it has not stopped the level of innovations coming out of agritech. If anything, COVID-19 has reinforced how connected we are and how important it is for businesses to improve their productivity and ensure our supply chains are stronger than ever. The key message from the last couple of years has …

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MobileTECH Ag 2020 Event Summary

MobileTECH Ag 2020 transitioned into an online event Given the global COVID-19 pandemic, which closed down international borders throughout the world, we decided to reformat MobileTECH Ag 2020 into an online only event series. Six interactive technology webinars were developed and run for all our delegates, speakers and sponsors. While it was disappointing for all that we could no longer …

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MobileTECH Ag 2020 Update – An Online Event Only

Given the new directives from then New Zealand Government on running events and the current COVID-19 global pandemic, we have decided to take this year’s MobileTECH Ag 2020 event online – and run a series of interactive technology events for all our delegates, speakers and sponsors. While it is disappointing for all that we can no longer hold the physical …

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Launch of the Agritech Industry Transformation Plan

We are pleased to confirm that the Agritech Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) will be officially launched at MobileTECH Ag 2020. Both Phil Twyford, the Economic Development Minister and Damien O’Connor, the Agriculture Minister will be making the release of the full plan. The ITP launch is scheduled for 8.30am on Tuesday 7 April 2020 at the Distinction Rotorua Hotel, Rotorua. …

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Agritech Workshops in April

MobileTECH Ag 2020 is now only weeks away. Hundreds of primary sector leaders, developers and early adopters will be travelling to Rotorua for NZ’s leading agritech event on the 7-8 April 2020.  “We are pleased to announce the addition of a new post-conference workshop at MobileTECH Ag 2020,” said Ken Wilson, the Event Manager at Innovatek.  “Jim Wilson, one of …

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Featured Post: 2020 Vision – Our Internet Predictions

Supplied by InternetNZ It gets harder and harder each year to make predictions about the Internet in New Zealand as technology changes become faster and faster. Last year our Engagement Director Andrew Cushen scored 1.5 out of 4 with his 2019 predictions.  This year we’ve pulled together thoughts from across the organisation about Internet security, policy, and domain names. And of …

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New International Speaker – Jim Wilson

Jim is based in North Carolina, USA and has served in several data-standards-development roles over the past 20 years, covering global standards for agriculture, chemical, aerospace and defence. He is dedicated to promoting and enabling the transition to digital agriculture and improve the efficiency and productivity of data across the sector. With such a dizzying array of new technology emerging …

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Early-bird Ending

Don’t miss the opportunity to grab your and your colleagues discounted tickets for MobileTECH Ag 2020.  February is fast approaching and April’s MobileTECH Ag 2020 is just around the corner. We have already had a tremendous response to this event.  If you have yet to register, 7 February 2020 is the final day for big discounts on MobileTECH Ag 2020 registrations. If you have already registered, …

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AR and Exoskeletons Demos for Primary Industry in NZ

MobileTECH Ag 2020 has a bunch of new toys for primary sector delegates to demo at the upcoming event. Next-generation user-interfaces, exoskeletons and more will all be demonstrated in front of over 300 primary sector leaders, developers and early adopters in early April.  “This annual technology event is a chance for the agritech community to check out a new range …

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Early-bird discounts ending 7 February

Don’t miss the opportunity to grab your and your colleagues discounted tickets for MobileTECH Ag 2020.  February is fast approaching and April’s MobileTECH Ag 2020 is just around the corner. We have already had a tremendous response to this event.  If you have yet to register, 7 February 2020 is the final day for big discounts on MobileTECH Ag 2020 registrations. If you have already registered, …