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Marsden Research Fund review disappoints
The outcome of the Government's long-awaited review into the Marsden Research Fund was released today, but was met with disappointment from the tech industry.
The review found that the current panel model of the fund was susceptible to "disciplinary bias" - meaning that disciplines such as computing/IT could be being left out in the cold as per the evidence provided by ITP and others - however rather than addressing the issue, simply recommends another review.
This week's ITP update
It was a big planning week for ITP, with various board planning sessions for 2017, a new President and Deputy President, first face-to-face meeting of the full new ITP Board, various ministerial meetings and much more.
Here's a summary of the highlights.
This week's ITP update
In this week's update from ITP, the leaders of 12 of the largest tech bodies come together to work on election policy advice, heaps of those with CITPNZ go through the Breadth of Knowledge test, and discounted entry to the Blockchain Symposium in Wellington for ITP members.
This week's ITP update
In this week's update from ITP, the Government's ICT (ur, Cloud) Marketplace, and taking some of the sector's concerns about education changes to Education Minister Hekia Parata.
This week's ITP update
In this week's update from ITP, new Cyber Security and Testing quals possibly on the cards, student projects, and a big welcome to our new Corporate Partners.
International News from IFIP
ITP has been profiling some of the international bodies doing some great things for the IT profession, and explaining how New Zealand's tech community can engage. This month we have more news from IFI…
This week's ITP update
In the first of a series of regular weekly updates, ITP CEO Paul Matthews outlines the tech sector's disappointment at the Marsden Research Fund's continued overlooking of computing research, the laun…
New president for IFIP
Mike Hinchey is the new president of IFIP, the International Federation for Information Processing. IFIP has also announced it is working with XPRIZE on the new US$5million XPRIZE to help explore ways…
IT industry speaks with one voice on Marsden research funding
11 of the leading representative bodies from the tech sector have joined forces to raise serious concerns about apparent bias within New Zealand's major Marsden research fund that has led to a signifi…
Winners of the 2016 NZ Excellence in IT Awards
Last night the winners of the Excellence in IT Awards 2016 were handed out in front of nearly 700 people at a gala event in Wellington.The Awards are a collaboration of 11 of New Zealand's leading tec…
Everything you know is wrong - Day One at ITx
Day One of the ITx conference has seen disruption and challenges aplenty. Guest blogger Ian Apperley recounts his experiences at the event.
