New Zealand Symposium
The New Zealand Symposium brings together engagement practitioners, community development practitioners, communications and marketing professionals and academics to engage, learn, share and network.
As we continue with some uncertainty and challenges this year, IAP2A will be providing a new opportunity for New Zealand engagement practitioners to connect, share and learn in 2022.
In place of our usual NZ Symposium, a series of events will celebrate the strength of engagement success and innovation across the country.
It is anticipated that these events will be held in various centres including Christchurch, Bay of Plenty, Auckland and Dunedin with potential virtual opportunities to join throughout the year.
Focusing on people and practice, with localised content, these events will aim to honour and learn from leaders of the practice, share knowledge and discuss contemporary issues in partner, community and stakeholder engagement.
This 2022 event series will wrap into the NZ Symposium that will be held in Wellington in March 2023. Sign up to our e-newsletter, or, bookmark the Hidden Gems of Engagement information page.
Stay tuned for further information as we develop the program and confirm all the details for these events.
If you would like to be involved in organising, participating, speaking or sponsoring these events, do reach out to us at info@iap2.org.au with the subject “NZ Events 2022”.
That’s a wrap – past symposium events
Read about our past symposium events.
All wrapped up | A recap of the 2021 Symposium with Jo Wilkins
On Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 May, New Zealand engagement practitioners met at the Hilton Hotel in Tāmaki Makaurau for the ‘What’s on your mind?’ NZ Symposium.
NZ Symposium 2019 – It’s a wrap!
It was really quite satisfying to spend a couple of days with engagement colleagues growing our collective body of knowledge (matauranga) at our recent Symposium. The Matariki theme was focused on new beginnings and particularly relevant in that Christchurch is a city that has had more than its fair share of ‘engagement’ recently. Mostly due to the huge effort to help our people recover, rebuild and regenerate after a damaging series of earthquakes.
“Are we there yet?” Symposium report by Jo Wilkins
“Are we there yet?” Symposium report by Jo Wilkins
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