Futures Forum Selwyn
Waikirikiri Selwyn’s flagship event for business, leadership, and future focused thinking
Connect with the people shaping growth, talent, innovation, and opportunity across the district.
Waikirikiri Selwyn’s flagship event for business, leadership, and future focused thinking
Connect with the people shaping growth, talent, innovation, and opportunity across the district.
A gathering place for the districts economic stakeholders to share insights, co-create solutions, showcase local pride and identity and gain new knowledge with the shared outcome of catalysing economic activity.
Join business leaders, innovators, educators, mana whenua, community organisations, and decision makers for a day of ideas, insight, and practical conversations about growth, talent, technology, and opportunity across the district.
This year’s theme, Powered by People: The Next Generation of Growth, explores how Selwyn can build a strong and adaptable economy while supporting thriving communities. Hear from regional and national voices, discover emerging trends, and connect with others working toward a shared future for Selwyn.
Hosted at Lincoln University, the forum sits at the centre of land based research, innovation, and future focused learning. It is the ideal setting to explore how people, place, and partnerships can shape long term success.
Across the day you will:
The Selwyn Futures Forum is designed to spark ideas, strengthen relationships, and support confident decision making for the future of our district. The forum serves as a gathering place for the districts economic stakeholders to share insights, co-create solutions, showcase local pride and identity and gain new knowledge with the shared outcome of catalysing economic activity.
Stay for the networking function to continue the conversation and build new connections across the Selwyn business and leadership community.
The Selwyn Futures Forum is a strategic action item developed out of Selwyn District Council’s Kai Aku Rika Economic Development Strategy that serves as a roadmap for achieving productive and inclusive economic growth for Waikirikiri Selwyn.
The Selwyn Futures Forum brings together a diverse and influential audience, including:
Be part of the conversation shaping Selwyn's future.
8:00am Registration Opens
8:30am Mihi Whakatau
8:50am Conference Welcome
8:55am Conference Housekeeping
9:00am Session 1: Future Selwyn – Panel Discussion
10:00am Morning Break
10:30am Session 2: Selwyn’s Economic Landscape
11:15am Session 3: Government Speaker
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – Concurrent Sessions
Session 4A: Growing Talent
Session 4B: Story as Strategy
2:00pm – Concurrent Sessions
Session 5A: Systems for Tomorrow
Session 5B: Future Foods
3:00pm Afternoon Break
3:30pm Session 6: Impact Group Wrap Up – Panel Discussion
4:15pm Session 7: Keynote Speaker
5:15pm Conference Wrap Up
Download Programme Selwyn Futures Forum
Matty Lovell is living proof that adversity can lead to extraordinary success. In 2011, he faced the Christchurch earthquake, spending eight hours at the collapsed PGC building rescuing survivors. Later that year, an accident left him with two broken kneecaps and the prognosis that he might never run again. Undeterred, Matty rebuilt his life with resilience, turning challenges into opportunities.
Now a husband, father, and ambitious entrepreneur, Matty has started, bought, sold, and managed multiple award-winning businesses. As a finalist in the Westpac Business Awards, he currently leads O-Studio, a wellness franchising company focused on helping others thrive.
Matty also hosts The O-Studio Podcast and The Road to Success, interviewing world-class experts to uncover insights into human wellness and performance. As a speaker, his raw and inspiring story empowers audiences to embrace challenges, rethink possibilities, and discover that their greatest obstacles are their greatest opportunities.
We have a range of sponsorship opportunities available that gets your business in front of an impactful Selwyn Audience.
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For any questions regarding registration, sponsorship or the programme please email: selwynfuturesforum@selwyn.govt.nz