STEM Wana is excited to announce our STEM in the Community Summer Tour for January 2024!
A FREE Summer Robot and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tour around New Zealand’s North Island showcasing and promoting robotics and AI and all its career possibilities for adults to children as young as 8 years old. We will be at a different location each day with an event that includes an interactive talk and demonstration from our friends at Datacom, along with some hands-on activities for visitors provided by industry and community partners.
Over one week from January 15th to 18th, during the summer school holidays, our team will be travelling across three regions in the North Island offering opportunities to places outside of the usual big city-hubs. The locations are: Hastings, Tūrangi, Cambridge, culminating in a main event in Tauranga.
Tickets are very limited at each location and we fully expect to sell out – so don’t delay and get your tickets now!
Hastings
15th
2pm
Featuring Robotics and AI talk and demonstration with Datacom – Datacom is NZ’s largest homegrown tech company so it’s really important to us that we help grow local talent and create pathways into tech careers, which are really rewarding. Come meet us and discover more about AI and VR.
Activity: STEM Wana x Hastings Library robotics taster
Location: Hastings Library, 201 Eastbourne Street East, Hastings 4122
Tūrangi
16th
1pm
Featuring Robotics and AI talk and demonstration with Datacom – Datacom is NZ’s largest homegrown tech company so it’s really important to us that we help grow local talent and create pathways into tech careers, which are really rewarding. Come meet us and discover more about AI and VR.
Activity: STEM Wana robotics taster
Location: Tongariro School, 20 Waipapa Road, Tūrangi 3334
Cambridge
17th
2pm
Featuring Robotics and AI talk and demonstration with Datacom – Datacom is NZ’s largest homegrown tech company so it’s really important to us that we help grow local talent and create pathways into tech careers, which are really rewarding. Come meet us and discover more about AI and VR.
Activity: STEM Wana robotics taster
Location: Cambridge Town Hall, Victoria Street, Cambridge 3434
Tauranga
18th
4pm
Headline: Robotics and AI talk and demonstration with Datacom – Datacom is NZ’s largest homegrown tech company so it’s really important to us that we help grow local talent and create pathways into tech careers, which are really rewarding. Come meet us and discover more about AI and VR.
Additional activities provided by:
- Robotics with STEAM-Ed
- Robotics with Tauranga Libraries Digital
- Drones with Agridroneco
- Robotics with University of Waikato
- and more to be confirmed…
Bring some pocket-money as we will have refreshments and some cool merchandise available to purchase.
Location: Tauranga Boys’ College, Devonport Road Entrance, Tauranga
Special Guests at Tauranga Event
Sarina Todd – MC
Mechatronics engineering intern advocating for equity and accessibility of STEM education.
Steve Swallow – Datacom
Leading Datacom’s presence and creating value for our customers across Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
Henry Williams – University of Auckland
Research Fellow in the Centre of Automation, and Robotics Engineering Science (CARES) at the University of Auckland, led by Bruce MacDonald.
Amber Taylor – Ara Journeys
CEO & Co-Founder at ARA Journeys | Māori Tech Entrepreneur & Diversity Advocate Building the Real-World Metaverse
Featuring Datacom
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow. Our vision is to enable our customers and communities to thrive and shape their own futures.
Built on strong values, Datacom has grown to be one of Australasia’s leading locally-owned technology businesses, with more than 6500 people and $1.49 billion in revenue. Datacom is the largest technology company in New Zealand.
STEM in the Community Summer Tour 2024 is supported by Taupo District Council and Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund.