HPE Discover More New Zealand 2026

One day. Networking, hybrid cloud and AI.

Auckland’s business and technology leaders, HPE’s global alliance partners, and the practical strategies to modernise, strengthen resilience and accelerate innovation from edge to cloud.

Date

Wednesday 21 October 2026Registration from 7:45am

Venue

Park Hyatt Auckland99 Halsey Street, Wynyard Quarter

Format

Keynotes and three breakout tracksBreakfast, lunch and networking drinks

Overview

Where technology vision meets business opportunity.

Join business and technology leaders from across New Zealand to explore the innovations shaping what’s next: secure networking and hybrid cloud, AI, data and infrastructure modernisation.

Hear fresh perspectives from industry experts and HPE’s strategic global alliance partners, and leave with practical strategies to modernise your organisation, strengthen resilience and accelerate innovation from edge to cloud.

Networks built for the AI eraSecure, intelligent foundations from campus and branch to the data centre.
Hybrid cloud as the operating modelPrivate cloud transformation and a unified data foundation, run your way.
AI from pilot to productionTurning AI investment into measurable outcomes, from training to the inference edge.

The day’s format

Breakfast to networking drinks, in one place.

A morning of keynotes with HPE, NVIDIA and Intel, breakout tracks either side of lunch, and the HPE Showcase running throughout. Green rows mark the plenary keynotes.

7:45, 8:50Registration, light breakfast and the HPE Showcase

9:00, 9:15Welcome, setting the scene and market overview

9:15, 9:45Keynote: Architecting AI starts with your network

9:45, 10:00Platinum sponsor keynote: NVIDIA

10:00, 10:15Platinum sponsor keynote: Intel

10:15, 10:45Guest speaker

10:55, 12:00

Breakout tracks, round one Two back-to-back sessions in your chosen track

Campus and branch networkingTransform with private cloudSpeed time to AI value

12:00, 13:00Lunch and the HPE Showcase

13:00, 14:05

Breakout tracks, round two Session plus a panel discussion with gold sponsors

Protect with securityUnify your data foundationUpgrade your inference edge

14:05, 15:30Networking drinks and the HPE Showcase

Choose your track

Three tracks. One day.

Morning keynotes bring everyone together. From 10:55 the day splits into three parallel tracks, so you follow the conversation closest to your agenda.