Industry Forum

8 December, 2025

Don’t miss this year’s Industry Forum featuring hot-topic talks and a panel discussion titled ‘Accelerating quantum and photonic innovation in Australasia’ followed by a catered networking session.

Timing: 4.30pm – 7.00pm, 8th December 2025
Registration: NZ$75.00 per person

Agenda

4.30pm | Welcome and introduction

Analeise Murahidy, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland

4.35pm | Hot Topic Talks

Commercialising Measurement Tech: From Research to Scale Up
Prof Daniel Shaddock, CEO, Liquid Instruments

The Scientist in the Boardroom
Prof Cather Simpson, CSO Engender Technologies & Orbis Diagnostics

Inertial Sensing with Atoms
Prof Dana Anderson, CSO, Infleqtion

5.20pm | Panel Discussion

Accelerating quantum and photonic innovation in Australasia
Chair: Prof John Harvey, CEO Southern Photonics
Panellists: Dr Geoff Pryde, CTD, PsiQuantum; Dr Paul Muckleston, Venture Partner, Pacific Channel; Prof Cather Simpson, CSO Engender Technologies & Orbis Diagnostics; Prof Daniel Shaddock, CEO, Liquid Instruments; Prof Dana Anderson, CSO, Infleqtion.

6.20pm | Catered Networking Session