Delegates at this year’s INTERFACE Xpo are in for a technological treat – Ian Taylor will be our keynote speaker at the three events.

Ian is founder of Animation Research Limited. He was inducted into the New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame in 2009 and is one of New Zealand’s leading innovators. From revolutionising the viewing of sports with Virtual Eye, most notably America’s Cup racing, to award-winning TV commercials, he’s helped to pioneer and develop the use of 3D computer graphics on a global stage.

Ian holds an LLB from the University of Otago, and in 2010 was named North & South Magazine’s New Zealander of the Year. In the same year, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the New Zealand Computer Society, the top honour of the ICT sector in New Zealand.

He was named a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to television and business and won the Creative sector of the World Class New Zealander Awards in the same year. In 2013 Ian was also named Outstanding Maori Business Leader of the Year.

It may come as a surprise then that Ian claims to have no skills whatsoever – is at a loss to understand why anyone would want to hear his story and believes that the reason he has received the accolades he has is because he lives at the bottom of the world where no one has been able to check him out.

That … and the fact that he has had the amazing good fortune to have worked alongside some of the cleverest people in the world.

Here at INTERFACE, we’re delighted that he will take time out from his busy schedule to share his expertise and experiences, as well as thoughts and insights on using digital technology in learning.