Neil Prentice

Neil is the Chief Operating Officer of Soar and has been with the company for 5 years. Prior to embarking on the mission to build the world’s new atlas, Neil had an eclectic career including industrial chemistry, working for half of the Big 4 accounting firms in R&D advisory, commercialising university innovations and senior roles in renewable energy industry development.

In his spare time, he is an amateur history buff, news junkie and avid student of works across politics, economics and human behaviour. Since joining Soar, he is also on his way to becoming a bit of a map nerd too….


Sessions

10-17
14:30
25min
Maps Media and Manipulation
Neil Prentice

An overview of how maps and geospatial information is used by news, media and governments to advance political agendas and disseminate misinformation.

Talk
Plenary
10-19
11:45
25min
Soar: lessons from our start-up experience.
Neil Prentice

Curious about how you would run a Start-Up? Come and here from Soar about their experience.

Talk
Te Iringa