Sponsorship and Exhibitors 2026
Forum Partner
The University of Auckland Business School is about shaping the futures of people and organisations for the benefit of Aotearoa New Zealand and the world.
We’re researching and collaborating with business leaders to drive positive change for the future. Innovating and using technology to explore new worlds. And we’re learning every day from the students who pass through our doors. We are proud to be partnering with Human Resources New Zealand and bringing you the Future Workplaces Forum.
Exhibiting Partners
Boost Employee Benefits is your go-to platform for instantly rewarding your team with amazing deals from over 50 of New Zealand's top brands. Whether it's homeware, holidays, DIY, or insurance, Boost offers a wide range of discounts to cater to your employees' needs. With flexible membership options and easy online administration, Boost is the perfect, hassle-free solution for managing employee rewards.
Award-winning HCM that powers productivity, engagement and retention
HiBob is at the forefront of HR innovation, transforming the way organisations operate in the modern world of work with its award-winning HCM Bob. From out-of-the-box onboarding, workflows, performance management, and compensation management to integrations with leading payroll providers and more—Bob’s breadth of core HR functionally gives your team everything needed to operate efficiently.
HiBob serves over 3,800 customers globally and has a team of 50 Bobbers based in ANZ, including Implementation and Customer Service teams. In New Zealand, HiBob is proud to support leading organisations like Gallagher, Auror, The Energy Collective, and Ando Insurance for their HCM needs.
We Make the Complex Simple
Lane Neave is committed to solving problems and realising opportunities for our clients.
We tap into more than 150 years of experience and provide our hugely talented pool of emerging and current legal experts with the opportunity to make the complex simple.
We provide clear, decisive legal advice that gives real value and advantage to our clients, who range from multi-national corporates to small business owners and individuals.
Most of our lawyers specialise in specific areas of the law and many have become recognised experts in their chosen fields. However, everyone embraces a ‘team’ approach, which gives us a strength and depth across the whole spectrum of the law.
Our Partners work directly with our clients on a day-to-day basis. The insight we get from getting to know you and your business means that we’re better able to help you when it counts, and that we will be there for you through thick and thin.
Umbrella Wellbeing is a leading provider of workplace mental health and wellbeing services. Umbrella's team of clinical psychologists, researchers, and wellbeing experts' partner with organisations across Aotearoa to enhance employee resilience, psychological safety, and overall wellbeing.
Their evidence-based approach combines clinical psychology, neuroscience, and behavioural science to deliver tailored solutions including:
- Wellbeing assessments to benchmark psychological health
- Strategic consulting to design inclusive wellbeing frameworks
- Training programmes for leaders and teams to manage stress and foster mental health
- Leadership development and psychosocial risk assessments
Umbrella helps organisations nationwide create thriving, high-performing workplaces through measurable wellbeing outcomes.
Partner with us ~ Become a sponsor
Get in front of Aotearoa's most influential HR and people leaders.
Sponsorship + Exhibition Spaces for our Future Workplaces Forum are available. At the Forum we offer a number of engagement opportunities.
Contact Nikita Barends (Senior Communications Advisor) at [email protected] for further information on our 2026 programme.