Join us for Hardware Meetup AKL, part one of our Sports Tech edition!

New Zealand has a massively strong sports following, and on 7th August we're showcasing some of our coolest Kiwi sport-related technology. It's a relaxed evening for engineers, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts and anyone interested in human performance to meet each other and celebrate what's being built. This is likely part one of a multi-part sports tech showcase.

Who Should Attend?

- Engineers and entrepreneurs building products
- Anyone who wants a job in a hardware company
- Students who want to break into the industry
- Anyone who has an idea and wants to build something
- Anyone curious about these events

We want more women and non-binary folks to believe there's a place for them in Hardware development, and we think they should account for 50% of all people building things. To reflect this, there's a discount for women and non-binary folks, and half of all tickets are allocated to you.

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Speaker 1: Daniel Thomson from Circuband

Daniel Thomson is Founder and CEO of Circuband, a company that has been changing the way athletes monitor and track performance. Daniel created Circuband out of a garage after seeing that there was a problem with people not getting out an exercising enough through resistance training. With his pro-athlete brother, Nick, he set out to build the ultimate fitness product.

These days the Circuband is used by some of the top exercise enthusiasts in the world including Gunnar Peterson (trainer to the Kardashians, The Rock and the LA Lakers), influencer Casey Neistat, the All Blacks, the NZ Military and many others. Furthermore, Circuband has successfully paired Virtual Reality with Resistance Training to make fitness more engaging and stimulating for both athletes and the public.

Speaker 2: Ilya Vensky from O2O2 Facewear

Ilya Vensky is Co-Founder and CMO of O2O2 Facewear, a company creating anti-pollution masks for the burgeoning respirator market. Their high-tech masks will compete with more traditional respirators used by both athletes and the general population in countries like China.

O2O2 Facewear has emerged from leveraging the properties of nanofibers, recent advancements in battery technologies, and advanced computer modelling.

After investment from a joint venture between BMW and Global Venture Capital group, SOSV, the company began to be based in New York, but the R&D and innovation remains in New Zealand.

Speaker 3: Parn Jones and Kensa Randle from Avice Wearables

Parn Jones (Co-Founder and CTO) and Kensa Randle (Brand Ambassador) are from Avice Wearables, a company building wearable devices that give real-time feedback while lifting weights.

Avice competed in Callaghan Innovation's C-Prize, an incentivised technology competition which in 2017 focused on wearables. Kensa, a Youth Olympic athlete, is Product Champion for the company.

Speaker 4: Dave Stewart from One Studio

Dave Stewart is Co-Founder of One Studio, a company specializing in custom-made alpine sports clothing and ski suits for athletes at the very top of their game.

One Studio works with a number of Olympic teams both in New Zealand and around the world.

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Details:

Date: 7th August

Time: 5:30pm until 8:30pm

Venue: GridAKL, 101 Pakenham Street West, Auckland

Cost: $10 general admittance, $5 for women and non-binary folks

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What Does Your Money Get You?

- Dinner

- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks

- The opportunity to meet cool people doing amazing things

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Sponsors

Teknique

Teknique's imaging solutions are behind many of the world's largest consumer brands. Their products help companies who are integrating cameras into their own consumer products, all the way from drones and 360 VR cameras, to IoT and Smart Home products. Teknique are a previously showcased company, and are based in Albany.

GridAKL

GridAKL is the amazing space we are lucky to call home; a space created to bring established innovative business and start-ups together into one humming technology precinct.

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About Hardware Meetup AKL

Hardware Meetup AKL is one of the largest gatherings of hardware and product enthusiasts in New Zealand! Every few months, we showcase founders, engineers and the world-leading products they're building. Since 2016 we've showcased some of New Zealand's most cutting edge technology.

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Diversity

We believe diversity of thought makes life as good as it is. Diversity of thought comes from diversity of gender, ages, and races. A broad set of perspectives allows us to solve problems better, accelerate change faster, and make the world a whole lot nicer.

In our ongoing effort to increase the level of diversity at our events, around half of our tickets will be available as General Admittance to anyone, and the remaining percentage will be available to genders who aren't as well represented (we're choosing to address gender first).

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Event Alignment: This is an independently run initiative and is not aligned with any one organisation.

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