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Coming to a city near you! These incredibly inspiring, global Kiwi’s are just not to be missed!

Winging their way home for a series of exciting, dynamic and hugely inspirational presentations, these are some of our most successful and entrepreneurial NZers who all have a fairytale or two to tell - Auckland and Wellington are the lucky recipients so be sure to get in quick smart!

In order to tease you just a little –

Talk about shooting for the stars! Being a finalist in the NASA Astronaut Selection while aiming to become New Zealand’s first astronaut (and in between running marathons),Dr Karen Willcox found herself heading up an incredible, NASA-funded research team at MIT designing environmentally sensitive aircraft. As if that wasn’t enough, learning 3 new languages got the nod as well!

Marketing Chief at Virgin Airlines yet not content on showing up to the Cannes Film Festival with her rather savvy, entrepreneurial boss Sir Richard Branson, Sarah Robb-O’Hagan decided to start dealing with the world’s fastest man. Not only that, but she’s been working with him (Usain Bolt) to re-invigorate one of the world’s best known sports drinks, Gatorade – and it’s bolted.

From Fielding, New Zealand to fielding calls from global heavyweights (hundreds of them), Michael Boustridge commands the multi-billion dollar BT Global business and has friends in very high (and far-off) places. Sitting on the board of the educational not-for-profit XPRIZE Foundation, large incentives are offered to those trying to solve the delicate problems of our time.

What better way to spend your time? 

Exclusive offer: In recognition of the contribution that our young designers and innovators make to our economy, Kea New Zealand is pleased to offer the yMedia network members a heavily discounted price of $50+GST per ticket (usually $225+gst per person, this represents a 78% saving). Ticket sales will be limited at this price so you will need to be quick to secure one.

More information about the speakers is available on the following links:

Or to book simply go to www.eventfinder.co.nz and search for “World Class New Zealand” Simply enter the Promo code YMEDIA when entering your payment information to get this special price.

Get your ticket and get excited! See you there!

Further information:
Hannah Wills, Kea New Zealand
http://www.keanewzeland.com

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Auckland Startup Weekend

This event is one of many which will come through the yMedia blog now that the Challenge is over. You can always check out what’s available by visiting: http://news.ymedia.co.nz/tagged/events

“The 54 hour startup event provides the networking, resource and incentives for individuals and teams to go from idea to launch, with a programme centered on action, innovation, education and mentoring,” says Jason Armishaw, one of the organisers with Microsoft, the Biz Dojo and Valentine Addis – Venture Catalyst.

“It starts on the Friday night (April 1st, 2011) with pitches through to testing, business model development and basic prototype creation, culminating on Sunday night demos to a panel of potential investors and serial entrepreneurs, including guys who have gone from whoa to go with successful web companies.”

We’re looking for people (developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketers, designers) to come along and sink their teeth into it. Tickets are $90, or $49 for students which includes 7 meals and drinks all weekend. 

Further information:
Jason Armishaw, Startup Weekend
http://auckland.startupweekend.org/

Workshop Report: A room full of experts

yMedia Management crew member, and PR expert, Tim Holmberg reports back:

Last Wednesday marked the eighth and final workshop for this year’s yMedia Challenge and it was great to see a majority of the teams taking part in our “Room Full of Professionals”. For two hours we crammed a load of fantastic industry minds all into one room for our challenge participants to plumb for information, advice and help. The Challenge officially closes next Monday so this was the perfect opportunity for the students to get an industry opinion on their final touches and troubleshoot any issues that they have been having. With a diverse range of skills and knowledge, ranging from design to public relations to marketing to development, our students were in good hands and many of them were in deep discussion about their projects right until the end of the workshop. At the workshop we also had the extreme joy of handing out invitations to our yMedia Graduation Awards Dinner to all of the team members - We can’t wait to celebrate all of the astounding work that is being produced!