Open Technology SeminarWhangarei Girls High School2020-11-03 Tuesday1:00 – 1:15pm Reception (Convenor Nick Major, Whangarei Girls High)1:15 – 2:40pm Open Technologies on 5G (TN Chan, Compucon)2:40 – 3:00pm Review Discussions (Haggis Henderson, Whangarei Boys High)3:00 – 3:30pm Muffin & TeaYou are cordially invited to join this event which is the 20th annual edition of the series since year 2001. Previous seminars were hosted by Kamo High School. This event will be hosted by Whangarei Girls High School thanks to Nick Major for the efforts of maintaining the longevity of the series. Please register for this event by emailing [email protected] giving your name and organisation name if applicable.TN is a chartered engineer, an official PhD adviser of the University of Auckland, and the R&D director of Compucon New Zealand. He spent 6 years in the international SKA telescope project until February this year after the NZ Government decided to pull out of the project. Compucon is based in Albany and its core business is in making high quality computing systems.The theme of this seminar stays pretty much the same as previous years and it is about preparing ourselves to meet incoming technologies that will displace existing ones in a destructive manner making us very uncomfortable if not prepared. What is 5G?How does it relate to the Internet of Things?How does it enable the 4th Industrial RevolutionThis seminar will be given in a casual and pictorial manner and will not bring up deep mathematics, science, or engineering to scare off the audience. Essentially the seminar is an opportunity of sharing relevant technology information with the wider public in a leisure manner that is otherwise not available elsewhere. It is suitable for senior high school students, university students, post-graduates, teachers, professionals, technicians, management people, organizers, and anyone interested in general knowledge at an advanced level.This circulation via the Chamber of Commerce is sponsored by UIT Limited.
Open Technology Seminar
Whangarei Girls High School
2020-11-03 Tuesday
1:00 – 1:15pm Reception (Convenor Nick Major, Whangarei Girls High)
1:15 – 2:40pm Open Technologies on 5G (TN Chan, Compucon)
2:40 – 3:00pm Review Discussions (Haggis Henderson, Whangarei Boys High)
3:00 – 3:30pm Muffin & Tea
You are cordially invited to join this event which is the 20th annual edition of the series since year 2001. Previous seminars were hosted by Kamo High School. This event will be hosted by Whangarei Girls High School thanks to Nick Major for the efforts of maintaining the longevity of the series. Please register for this event by emailing [email protected] giving your name and organisation name if applicable.
TN is a chartered engineer, an official PhD adviser of the University of Auckland, and the R&D director of Compucon New Zealand. He spent 6 years in the international SKA telescope project until February this year after the NZ Government decided to pull out of the project. Compucon is based in Albany and its core business is in making high quality computing systems.
The theme of this seminar stays pretty much the same as previous years and it is about preparing ourselves to meet incoming technologies that will displace existing ones in a destructive manner making us very uncomfortable if not prepared.
- What is 5G?
- How does it relate to the Internet of Things?
- How does it enable the 4th Industrial Revolution
This seminar will be given in a casual and pictorial manner and will not bring up deep mathematics, science, or engineering to scare off the audience. Essentially the seminar is an opportunity of sharing relevant technology information with the wider public in a leisure manner that is otherwise not available elsewhere. It is suitable for senior high school students, university students, post-graduates, teachers, professionals, technicians, management people, organizers, and anyone interested in general knowledge at an advanced level.
This circulation via the Chamber of Commerce is sponsored by UIT Limited.