The biggest event on the business calendar, the UnisonFibre Business Expo, opens tomorrow and a key focus will be new technology for a competitive edge.
With almost all economic indicators suggesting that New Zealand is lagging in the productivity race, many speakers will be addressing how to make the mostof Hawke's Bay's fast expanding fibre connectivity and demystify the use of cloud storage.
Keynote speakers Edith Yeung, Tim Molloy, Craig Meek, Don Christie, and Steve Mills promise to be eye-openers for those interested in where technology is taking business.
The expo showcases new ideas and ways of doing things, but also provides contacts with the many Bay businesses making a difference.
It opens at 7.30am at Pettigrew Green Arena in Taradale for a TUMU ITM Trades Breakfast and closes with the Hawke's Bay Business Awards finalist announcements (starting at 5.30pm).
