Save the date – 26–28th July 2019, Wellington

Festival for the Future is an action-packed weekend of inspiring speakers, future-focused panels, workshops and a marketplace for great ideas.

Highlights from Festival 2018

2018 Speakers and Panelists

Featured
EZEKIEL RAUI
EZEKIEL RAUI

Ezekiel is a 2018 Queen’s Young Leader Award Recipient, and a champion for improving mental health and wellbeing amongst rangatahi and Māori men.

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VANISA DHIRU
VANISA DHIRU

Vanisa is the President of the National Council of Women. She’s helping to lead the movement for a more Gender Equal New Zealand.

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GUY RYAN
GUY RYAN

Guy is the Founder and CEO of Inspiring Stories, the instigator behind Festival for the Future, and a former Young New Zealander of the Year.

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ALEXIA HILBERTIDOU
ALEXIA HILBERTIDOU

Alexia is a 2018 Queen’s Young Leader Award Recipient. She’s the Founder and Co-director of GirlBoss NZ, and is challenging the status quo.

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JUSTIN FLITTER
JUSTIN FLITTER

Justin is the Founder of New Zealand AI, and is passionate about emerging technology and new opportunities to create customer value.

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JILL DAY
JILL DAY

Jill is the Deputy Mayor of Wellington City – the first Māori woman elected into this position. She plans to make Wellington NZ’s Te Reo Maori Capital.

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GULED MIRE
GULED MIRE

Guled is a former refugee who is passionate about advancing the social wellbeing, inclusion and development of ethnic and refugee communities.

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LOUISE AITKEN
LOUISE AITKEN

Louise is the CEO of Akina, helping to grow social enterprise in New Zealand. The NZ Government recently invested $5.5M to support this.

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MALCOLM ALEXANDER
MALCOLM ALEXANDER

Malcolm is the CEO of LGNZ, working across New Zealand’s 78 local, regional and unitary councils, and acting as a voice into Central Government.

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JOSIAH TUALAMALI’I
JOSIAH TUALAMALI’I

Josiah is a recipient of the Prime Minister's Pacific Youth Leadership Award, and part of the panel working on NZ’s mental health inquiry.

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CHLOE SWARBRICK
CHLOE SWARBRICK

Chloe is NZ’s youngest MP in over 40 years. She is the Spokesperson for Education, Tertiary Education and Youth for the Green Party.

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ADITHI PANDIT
ADITHI PANDIT

Adithi leads strategy and operations, and the social impact practice at Deloitte NZ. She’s passionate solving wicked problems.

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HON. ANDREW BECROFT
HON. ANDREW BECROFT

Andrew is the youth principal chief justice, and Children’s Commissioner working with some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable young people.

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MATEAWA KEELAN
MATEAWA KEELAN

Mateawa is a business owner who is passionate about empowering Ngati Porou women to achieve financial and economic independence.

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MEIHANA DURIE
MEIHANA DURIE

Head of Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, Massey University's School of Māori Knowledge. His work focuses on rangatahi-centered pathways.

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PAMELA BELL
PAMELA BELL

Pamela a former winter olympian, and the founder and CEO of PrefabNZ. PrefabNZ seeks out and creates solutions for NZ’s housing crisis.

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