The CDC’s technology initiatives aim to:

• Promote Christchurch as a modern knowledge based city to national and international networks
• Develop hi-technology industry clusters
• Facilitate innovative cross-sector research and development partnerships
• Accelerate the speed of technology transfer between all sectors of our economy

Canterbury Innovation Incubator The Canterbury Innovation Incubator is an exciting new centre providing support for emerging technology-based companies and entrepreneurs. The centre has been established to enhance Canterbury’s capacity as a hi-tech growth region. For people and businesses with innovative ideas, the Canterbury Innovation Incubator will help harness that creativity and develop and market competitive products and services for the global marketplace.

HITlabNZ Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand (HIT Lab NZ) is a human-computer interface research centre hosted at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. The lab is a partner of the world-leading HIT Lab US based at the University of Washington in Seattle.