Conference ambassadors from Te Herenga Waka - Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand, have helped secure three international conferences for
the region.
Business Events Wellington, in partnership with Tourism New
Zealand’s Business Events team, has secured the conference wins in
collaboration with Victoria University of Wellington’s (VUW) School of Design
Innovation, Museum & Heritage Studies, and School of Linguistics and
Applied Language Studies.
“Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington
is a key driver of Wellington’s knowledge economy,” said Irette Ferreira, Business
Events Wellington manager.
“The internationally recognised expertise of the faculty
plays a major role in attracting international conferences to the capital.
These conferences boost local knowledge by bringing global thought leaders to
the city, while simultaneously showcasing Wellington’s knowledge strengths and
creating opportunities for collaboration. They’re a win for the university, for
Wellington, and New Zealand.”
The conference wins include OzCHI in 2023, the International
Annual Conference on Computer Human Interaction.
The Australasian event will
bring together an international community of interaction designers, user
experience (UX) practitioners, information architects, software engineers,
human factors experts, information systems analysts and social scientists to
boost Wellington’s growing Human-Computer Interaction knowledge hub.
“This is an opportunity to bring people over and showcase
the excellent and diverse research we do in the area of Human Computer
Interaction, as well as what Aotearoa New Zealand and specifically Wellington
has to offer across several industries such as gaming, film, fine arts and tech
startups,” said VUW senior lecturer of interaction design and chair of the NZ
ACM SIGCHI chapter, Dr. Nadia Pantidi.
The 15th Linguistic Landscapes Workshop will
follow in 2024. Known as the world’s premier gathering of scholars
investigating the intersection of language, communication and space/place.
"Wellington was
unanimously voted as the desired place to hold the 15th Linguistic Landscapes
conference during this year’s AGM,” says VUW senior lecturer of applied linguistics
Dr. Corinne Seals. “This is the first time that this conference will be held in
the Australasia region, and Wellington was selected for its lively atmosphere
as well as Aotearoa New Zealand’s active support for multilingualism in the
public sphere. Future delegates are excited to engage with what Wellington has
to offer.”
A third conference win has yet to be announced publicly.
A desire to travel led Holly Patrick to the business meetings and events world and she’s never looked back. Holly takes a particular interest in event sustainability and creating a diverse and inclusive industry. When she’s not working, she can be found rolling skating along Brighton seafront listening to an eclectic playlist, featuring the likes of Patti Smith, Sean Paul, and Arooj Aftab.
