Digital Health Week NZ 2025

Persuade your manager you should attend Digital Health Week NZ

Digital Health Week NZ 2025 is Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier digital health event, taking place 24–27 November 2025 at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre.

With 1,000+ delegates, 200+ speakers, and 100+ exhibitors, this is the perfect platform to engage with industry trailblazers across healthcare, technology, research, and leadership.

As HiNZ marks its 25th anniversary—and returns to the South Island for the first time in a decade—this conference promises not only inspiration but celebration too.

Why This Conference Is Unmissable

Exceptional Speaker Line-Up
Gain direct access to expertise and vision from a stellar lineup of keynote and invited speakers, including:

Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard – National Chief Medical Officer, Health New Zealando
Cam Calkoen – Dreamer, Doer and Champion of Possibilities
James Laughlin – High-Performance Leadership and Personal Mastery
Anne Fitisemanu – CEO, Make-A-Wish Aotearoa NZ
Corinne Haines – CEO & City Missioner, Christchurch City Mission
Professor Tim Woodfield – Professor of Regenerative Medicine, University of Otago
Dr Luke Bradford – President, Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
Hon Tracey Martin – Chief Executive, Aged Care Association
Dr Lloyd McCann – CEO, Tāmaki Health
Becky Cassie – National Manager of Improvement & Performance, Health New Zealand
Jim the AI Whisperer – Thought leader bridging AI and health
Darren Douglass – Acting Chief Information Officer, Health New Zealand
Doug Healey – Manager, Hauora Māori ICT, Health New Zealand
Lara Hopley – Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Health New Zealand

This range of prominent national and sector-leading voices means attendees will engage with cutting-edge thinking—from ethics to AI, digital transformation, regenerative technology, aged care leadership, and Māori health innovation.

Tailored, Cross-Sector Learning Opportunities: With five theme streams and optional deep-dive workshops in areas like eNursing, AI in Research, Allied Health, and Data Standards, you can tailor your learning to align closely with our team’s goals.

Collabor-Action at Its Core: The program emphasizes collaborative action across disciplines—from clinicians and technologists to policy makers—to drive real change in healthcare delivery.

Email to get the green light to attend from your manager

Subject: Professional growth opportunity - request to attend Digital Health Week NZ 2025 in Christchurch

Kia ora [Manager’s Name],

I’d like to request approval to attend Digital Health Week NZ 2025, taking place from 24–27 November 2025 at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre. This is New Zealand’s leading digital health conference, bringing together over 1,000 delegates, 200+ speakers, and 100+ exhibitors from across the health, technology, education, and research sectors. The conference offers a unique opportunity to engage with national and international leaders who are driving transformation in the health and disability system.

In addition, the programme features influential keynote and invited speakers who are shaping the future of digital health globally. Hearing their insights first-hand will provide fresh perspectives and practical ideas I can bring back to our organisation, ensuring we stay aligned with international best practice and emerging innovations.

Here’s how attending will benefit our team and organisation:

Gain Insight into Cutting-Edge Innovations: I'll learn about the latest digital health tools, including AI, remote monitoring, predictive analytics, and systems integration. These learnings will influence how we think about our service design, delivery and engagement with consumers. The issues that will be discussed are all directly applicable to our current and future projects.
Cross-Sector Collaboration: The event focuses on 'collabor-action' - bringing together key players from health, tech, policy, and community sectors to forge new partnerships and scalable solutions. I will make new connections that will inform our work and help us to 'lift and shift' good ideas that could work for our services.
Enhance Strategic Capabilities: Sessions on leadership, data, integration, and change management will strengthen my ability to lead digital transformation and support our strategic goals.
Customised Learning Path: The conference features multiple streams and optional deep-dive workshops (e.g. eNursing, eResearch, eAllied Health and Terminology and Data Standards), allowing me to tailor the experience to our team's priorities. I will be able to bring back new knowledge specific to our workforce and the services we deliver.

Approximate Outlay:

Registration costs: [insert applicable registration rate - supersaver or earlybird]. You can view pricing here.
Travel and Accommodation: [insert approximate total cost]
Total Cost Outlay Cost: [insert total outlay]

Attending the conference dinner or one of the post conference workshops would be additional but could be valuable learning and networking opportunities.

I’m confident that attending Digital Health Week NZ 2025 will enable me to bring back practical, innovative strategies and key connections that will add value to our projects. And I would be happy to discuss ways we can ensure a strong return on this potential investment. You can find more event details here.

Thank you for considering this request.

Ngā mihi,
[Your Name]