It included a guest speaker who highlighted how to create a balance between work and life.
More than 80 representatives from local small businesses heard from national experts about how to use technology to advance their business and be more competitive, while also using it to increase the amount of time they could spend with their families.
The Small Business Company chief executive and founder Glen Senior spoke about using technology to achieve a work-life balance and to become more competitive.
"It is possible to achieve true life balance," he said.
Mr Senior, who spends two months of the year overseas, said he was able to read his four daughters bedtime stories in New Zealand from his desk in London, via video-messaging.
He explained how small businesses could get past barriers and compete with bigger companies by discussing better technology solutions.
New technology from Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and other exhibitors was on show for small and medium businesses yesterday, including the 360deg camera "Office Roundtable", Windows Mobile 6.0 and the Small Business Server 2008.
"We can pretend that we are bigger than we are by using technology," Mr Senior said.
His success in developing practice tools for small businesses has seen his company expand in New Zealand and overseas.
He used technology to be competitive, to increase revenue and to decrease costs, he said.
"If you don't adapt to this new technology then someone else will. Your clients will want a company who shows they are up-to-date."
- Mary Holmes
