There are some awesome things underway… technology to ensure we are all empowered, informed and enabled to build better futures.
Be a fly on the wall, as our three panelists discuss their shared passion for empowering communities through tech and sharing data for community and environmental action.
The panel will discuss in the context of their work and experience how data can be used effectively to engage communities and improve wellbeing, how it can influence governance and environmental change, and how the data we collect can and should be valued.
Through their own work, their shared passion for the collection, interpretation and use of data will bring themes of gamification, citizen science and the integration of modern tech.
This event is being held at the Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club, 280E Grey Street, Gisborne, Tairāwhiti and can be attended physically or virtually.
You can drop into this event at any time.
Renee (Ngāti Porou) is hopeful that our innate kaitiakitanga will enable us to recognise the pace and urgency of the shifts needed to regenerate our region and planet. Renee comes from the easternmost reaches of Tairāwhiti, in Rangitukia, and is proud to be part of a community with a hopeful future, where people and nature are connected. With a background in education, science and technology Renee is involved in a number of initiative, organisations and trusts supporting education in the development of tech and science for good.
Founder and CEO of Riposte Analytics, Debs Hancock is passionate about
analysing complex problems and experimenting with innovative solutions using
science and data. She first discovered her love of science through her
studies in Neuroscience at Otago University and Master of Science in
Forensic Science at Auckland University, and moved into the data analytics
space through her work as an intelligence analyst for the NZ Police and
SKYCITY. Using data analysis, pattern recognition techniques and problem
solving, Debs used data to analyse and predict crime trends, detect money
laundering and problem gambling, and design new approaches to persisting
problems. Debs is now applying the same strategies to create a new social
data impact-business model, and has created a platform built upon the values
of transparency, collective responsibility and fair value exchange. She aims
to provide workplaces, schools and organisations ethical access to real-time
social wellbeing data, so that they can not only increase their social and
emotional intelligence and provide the right support at the right time, but
also detect long term patterns or issues within their organisations.
The Riposte platform has been built and tested with support from
organisations within the Tairawhiti community, with pilot studies run with
Campion College/Sustainable Coastlines, Gisborne Girls High School, St
Mary's School, Lytton High School and Riverland Fruit Company.
Supported by Callaghan Innovation this project has moved into the machine
learning and predictive analytics space for additional insight and research
into experienced wellbeing in our communities.
The Riposte Analytics team is based at the impact house Taiki E, and is also
currently participating in the Impact Hub Waikato Open Accelerator
Challenge. Debs is enthusiastic about creating entrepreneurial and
technology opportunities for others in the Tairawhiti region, and has helped
facilitate Startup Weekend Tairawhiti, Technovation Tairawhiti and the youth
entrepreneurship course Business Time over recent years.
Co-Founder and CEO of ARA Journeys, Amber Taylor (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti
Whātua, Te Rarawa, Ngapuhi) is obsessed with building mobile data platforms,
robots, and developing opportunities that support Māori and Pasifika
students interested in digital technologies.
ARA Journeys builds mobile games that blend the digital world with te taiao
and te ao Māori. Their gaming platforms utilise augmented and mixed
realities and are designed to collect data across multiple channels,
providing insights into the mental, physical and environmental wellbeing of
communities. ARA built the first bilingual te reo Māori and English
augmented reality game, were a finalist of the 2019 NZ HiTech Awards,
finalist of the 2019 Callaghan Innovation CPrize Challenge, and only New
Zealand company invited to showcase at the 2019 RISE tech conference in Hong
Kong.
Amber is the Auckland Regional Ambassador for the National Digital Forum
(Ministry for Culture & Heritage), member of the Polynesian Creative
Cluster (North Asia CAPE), member of the Young Business Leaders Initiative
(Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade) and New Zealand scout for the USA
Female Founded Club.