Start-up Fireside Chats

Spark your start-up journey! Join a community of aspiring founders and early-stage entrepreneurs at our Start-up Fireside Chats for relaxed, insightful conversations with experienced innovators. This is your chance to connect, learn, and get the advice and inspiration you need to take your ideas further.

Open to all University of Auckland students and staff.

Guest speaker: Luke Sutherland-Stacey, PhD - Founder of Weather Radar New Zealand

Dr Luke Sutherland-Stacey, a two-time Velocity Ideas Challenge winner, bridges research and application in in-situ and remote sensing. Founder of Weather Radar New Zealand, he offers expert rain radar consulting and monitoring. He completed his PhD in Physics while engaging with the University of Auckland’s CIE programme.

About the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship:

The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides a world of opportunity to participants so that they can stand out and create value through innovative careers and start-up creation.

CIE is New Zealand’s leading University entrepreneurship centre, winning 12 international awards since 2020.