ASPIRE 2025 Innovation in Action

This year for Aspire 2025 we’ve got a fantastic line up of speakers, panel discussions and regional insights for you.
We’re starting the day with a ‘regional round-up’, where you’ll hear from local organisations who are demonstrating Innovation in Action: Moananui, Whenua Iti Outdoors, SquareKicker, Tasman Environmental Trust and Nelson AI Sandbox.
How are these local players innovating to make a big impact? Find out more at Aspire. Get your tickets today
👉https://www.commerce.org.nz/event/aspire-2025

Meet the regional round-up speakers:
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Mark Houghton Brown
Mark is a Director of Biolumic and the Chair of Organic Farm Holdings, Clean Planet, Nelson AI institute, and the Nelson AI Sandbox. Mark will be speaking on behalf of Nelson AI Sandbox which is a community-driven not-for-profit initiative designed to demystify artificial intelligence.
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Jodie Kuntzsch
Jodie is the CEO of Moananui, Nelson-based cluster leading blue economy development. With 20+ years’ experience across four continents uniting seafood industry stakeholders for collaboration and innovation.
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Nick Ippolito
Nick Co-Founded SquareKicker, a tech company revolutionising the Squarespace ecosystem. Their tools power 25,000+ sites globally, and the new Template Store is transforming access to web design while supporting designers with passive income.
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Sky Davies
Sky brings her global experience and passion to Tasman Environmental Trust, where she is committed to community-led conservation and protecting New Zealand’s natural heritage.
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Mark Bruce-Miller
Mark is the CEO of Whenua Iti Outdoors. He’s helped grow WIO’s youth programming locally and now internationally through their Experiential Education New Zealand brand.
Go here to see the full Aspire 2025 programme👇

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