About us


About Us

Conferenz and Bright*Star are NZ’s largest and most respected conference and training company brands. We have been providing conferences and training for NZ’s corporates and public sector for almost 30 years.

Owned by Steve Scott, Conferenz and Bright*Star are proudly NZ-owned and operated. We are also proud to play a significant part in the NZ community through our charitable, environmental and sustainable initiatives.

Conferences Division -
Quite simply, our vision is to provide relevant, topical and timely business information and knowledge to specific target markets – quality information you need, when you need it , from experts in the market. Each year we originate, research and host 100 of NZ’s most well-regarded business conferences.


We want to help you find your next great idea. We will help you find new people and new ideas to do your business better. We want every participant to return from our conferences with five great ideas and five new key contacts. That’s how we contribute to the business communities we serve.

Training Division
Our goal is to provide your staff with high level, skill based training to help NZ organisations develop world class performance and best practice methodologies in business.



How we do it -
Our expertise as an organisation lies in identifying information and training needs for your industry sector or job function. We then design timely, customised conference or training programmes to address these needs. Often mistaken for simply an event management company, our true talent is researching business issues and information and skill needs. Of course, excellence in conference/training delivery is a given with us, as we deliver 100 conferences and over 400 training days each year.


As part of our research each year, we closely monitor business and government policy trends. Where significant policy, legislative or business shifts are detected, we immediately act to arrange significant business forums where these trends can be debated in a neutral arena.

Conferenz and Bright*Star will continue to set the precedent for the provision of world-class conferences and training for enterprising New Zealanders.

Steve Scott, Managing Director/Owner, Conferenz Ltd 

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